City Council Elects Teachers and Reads Revenue Ordinance
The city council held a busy session electing city school teachers for 1915 16 and passing the revenue ordinance on its third reading. The board approved a $60 000 funding bond issue and heard petitions while deferring several positions, with three colored teachers rejected for the negro school. Bids for the funding bonds were authorized and the sale set for July 6 with a $1000 bid bond requirement.
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Haynes
Elm Street
Barbee
Miss Johnson
Miss Edwards
Miss Hughes
Miss Chappel
J. Carpenter
Miss Marshall
Miss Darlington
Third Ward School
Nellie Dundas
Carrie Lowe
Miss King
Mary Wilson
Edith Hill
Ada Blair
Park Street High School
Emma Blair
Goodson
Miss Walker
Martin
South Main Street
W. M. Marr
Miss Council
Verta Idol
Vera Idol
Miss Parnell
Miss Faison
Walker
Miss Hunt
Miss Burgess
Miss Bunch
Miss Jordan
Miss Holt
Miss Carrett
Miss Strickland
Miss Allen
Miss Howell
Roberson
Two Escaped Prisoners Nabbed at Workhouse
Police arrested Raymond Gray and Oscar Stone who fled the county workhouse while serving sentences for larceny. They were recaptured last night after authorities, expecting possible return, tracked their movements.
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Workhouse
Raymond Gray
Oscar Stone
Peacock
High Point
Guilford Bond Campaign Opens With Boren Letter
Chairman W C Boren of Guilford County outlines reasons for a 250000 courthouse bond. He counters a signatureless opposition circular, cites Jefferson Standard Life Insurance offer, explains site title issues, and urges voters to register by May 22 and vote June 1. The letter is dated May 15, 1915.
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Guilford County
W. C. Boren
Board of County Commissioners
Guilford
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Mohonk Conference Urges Obligation in International Law
Theodore Marburg, former U S minister to Belgium, told Mohonk Lake delegates that current arbitration lacks obligation, urging a league to compel nations to accept and abide by tribunal awards. He proposed using Hague institutions and an international grand jury to compel lawbreakers to court if needed.
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Associated Press
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
United States
Belgium
Lake Mohonk
the Hague
Austria
Serbia
Council of Eastern Carolina Diocese Closes in New Bern
The annual council of the diocese of Eastern Carolina in New Bern concluded with over two hundred delegates attending from across eastern Carolina. The final day featured diocese matters and several talks during morning and evening sessions.
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New Bern
Eastern Carolina
Carolina
Zion mule transport corps formed in London Jewish refugee drive
London reports the Alexandria Zion mule transport corps, a Jewish legion formed largely of Palestine refugees. Russian nationals express desire to serve under Britain, with Col. J. H. Patterson to command. Members wear the Shield of David alongside the British ensign. camp commands spoken in Hebrew.
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London
Alexandria
Jewish Chronicle
Zion Mule Transport Corps
Palestine
J. H. Patterson
David
Nice Old Lady Refuses Cab Handle Bag
At a railway station a polite elderly woman leaves the train and climbs into a cab. The cabman offers to place her bag on the roof but she declines saying the boss has enough to pull and will keep it on her lap.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Berlin High School Potato Cake Delights Empress
The Berlin high school's cooking department presented a war cake made from potatoes to the empress who visited the school to observe baking. She later sent a cake baked for the emperor at headquarters, reflecting royal interest in the wartime treat.
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Berlin
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Washington Street
MR. Boren
Wooc. Boren
Board County Commissioners
The
Hague
Mule Transport Corps
the Rose
Vitagraph
Lady
Stephen Clark
Clark About
Point Theater
Christy Matthewson
Matty
Over
Max Asher
Chas. Oozle
Ari
Ea Tos An
Hart
With Frazier
Frazier Piano Company, Incorporated
North Main St
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