Women Form a Nonpartisan Party to Back Nationwide Suffrage
Chicago May 24 Thousands of women prepare for the June 5 6 7 convention called by the Congressional Union to push nationwide women’s suffrage. Notables including Miss Alice Paul and Miss Mabel Vernon lead a broad organizing drive with speakers from multiple states. The group insists the movement is strictly nonpartisan and aims to influence both major parties toward enfranchisement.
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Mabel Vernon
Delaware
Doris Stevens
National Organization Department
Elizabeth Elder
Philadelphia
Information Bureau
Ada Flatman
London
Eng
Pankhurst
Maude Younger
National Advisory Council of the Union
Fara Bard Field
Woman Vetera
San Francisco
William Kent
California
Alice Paul
Paul
Republican Party
Eleanor S. Ccell
Montana
Caroline Spencer
Colorado
John &. Allen
Wallis Williams
Washington
J. A. Keating
Oregon
Margaret Tyler
Idaho
W. H. Sawtelle
K. B. Perrin
Arizona
Misa Gail Laughlin
Anne Martin
Nevada
Lilla Day Monroe
Kan
Col John L Phillips to be buried at Chapel Hill
Washington May 24 The remains of Col John L Phillips A S A retired who died by self inflicted shooting will be buried at Chapel Hill per his dying wish Phillips son of Sam Phillips of Chapel Hill former US solicitor general a UNC graduate he joined the army after graduation and served until his death A note to hospital officers asked Mrs Phillips and a daughter be notified Coroner Nevitt ruled death by own action citing melancholy Lieutenant Ferguson a hospital surgical staff member later died in a horse accident while coroner investigated the death at the hospital
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Washington
John L. Phillips
Chapel Hill
Phillips
Sam Phillips
United States Solicitor General
University of North Carolina
Homes Tuthill
Colonel Philips
Nevitt
Coronel Pins
Luther M. Ferguson
Maj
P. M. Ashburn
Ferguson
A Losing Game. Judge Comments on Averages and Diet
The judge quotes Prof. Pate who notes the average man of five years age has eaten 16 000 pounds of meat 17 000 pounds of bread and 4 600 pounds of vegetables and drunk 7 000 gallons of liquid. An old codger questions the value of the diet and its impact on building public support.
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Mas
Pate
Bryan May Make Race on Prohibition Ticket
Chicago May 24. If he consents, William Jennings Bryan may be named candidate for President of the Prohibition party. Prohibition leaders note his Saratoga Springs remarks about national prohibition and may pursue him if the Democratic convention fails to adopt a prohibition plank. The national convention meets at St Paul July 19 to 20 with a rally aiming to mobilize 5 000 000 voters for prohibition aligned candidates.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Prohibition Party
Bryan
Saratoga Springs
Prohibition
St. Louis
Irvant
St. Paul
Fisher-Girl Brigade Fires Spirit to Seek Front
In Novgorod a fisher-folk brigade led by Pelegeya Mandrin recruited seventy girl warriors after her return wounded from seven actions. She pleaded with General Kuropatkin to send the fisher girls to the front, was refused as women are not allowed in the army, so they cut their hair and joined troops along the front in disguise.
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Petrograd
Novgorod
Pelegeya Mandrin
Kuropatkin
Pskot
Nuropatkin
Thousand Mile
Picture brides arrive at immigration station in procession
A new batch of Japanese picture brides is distributed at the United States immigration station. The Shinyo Maru brought 44 brides from Orwat on Tuesday morning and they are identified and assigned to prospective husbands. Earlier 15 to 20 brides were allowed to depart. Imm officials say about 100 such arrivals occur monthly from the Orient.
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United States
T. I. Wy
Shinyo Maria
Orwat
Orient
Over 100000 French Women In Factories
Paris reports 109300 women employed in munition making in France with 28293 in state factories. Women rapidly learn to operate smaller machines and work across food industries textiles rubber and metal trades. Husbands and male relatives mobilization boosted wives role in business, reflecting national resilience and solidarity amid war.
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France
Journalistic rhythms amid life and death in Kansas
The piece recalls the newspaper office juggling obituaries births and fights while welcoming a new baby and a showman’s ad. It contrasts sorrow and joy as life’s events unfold on the same page and ends with reflections on the steady roll of news and human emotions.
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Opelika
Hart
Graphie
Modern painless dentistry advances in North Carolina
An Enterprise reporter visits Dr. W. Clayton's dental suite in the Bank of Commerce building to learn about the Fischer method. Clayton says the painless technique banishes pain in extractions and other procedures, with over 100 patients reporting no complaints. The method, now widely adopted by top dentists, uses no dangerous drugs and is praised for patient comfort.
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Bank of Commerce
Clayton
North Carolina
State's Democratic contests shift after Kitchin nomination
Tom Best notes Cling Mitchell will not defeat Claude Kitchin for the Democratic nomination. The editorial signals a pivot to other races across the state as campaigns adjust to the new political landscape.
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Tom Best
Cling Mitchell
Claude Kitchin
Mortgage Sale of Paschal Property in High Point
Mortgagee Josephine M. Barbee will sell at public auction on June 17, 1916, the High Point township tract No. 20, Block B, 5 by 150 feet, from a 1907 mortgage on J. H. Paschal and Della Paschal, recorded Guilford County.
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J. H. Paschal
Della Paschal
Josephine M. Barbe
Register of Deeds Office of
Guilford County
High Point
D. O. Burns
Molasses in War Effect on Explosives and Beef Prices
The piece explains how blackstrap molasses from Louisiana, used as a cheaper alcohol substitute for explosives, raises prices and affects alfalfa feed and beef production. It notes corn and molasses, key to beef, are redirected to war needs, impacting cattle markets and costs.
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Lewisiana
Louisiana
For Sale Bellevue Hotel Property in High Point NC
Pursuant to a Superior Court order in Gainford County North Carolina the Bellevue Hotel Property near the railroad station in High Point Guilford is to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder on June 17 1916 at 3 P M The brick building has about twenty five rooms and land forms a square 100 by 100 feet Terms require one fourth cash four months eight months and twelve months with 6 percent interest on deferred payments title retained until paid This notice dated May 15 1916 5-16-41
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Superior Court
Gainford
North Carolina
George F Leech
Tirnie Wo Leaen
W. H. Pickard
uaJler
High Point
Guilford County
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