Germany's Note Hopeful Tone Eases U S Public Alarm
Washington reports that Germany's forthcoming reply to President Wilson's Lusitania note will be friendly in tone and spirit. The answer is said to accept no submarine war against enemy commerce while pledging no repeat of neutral noncombatant sinkings. President Wilson may not be fully apprised yet, but Count von Bernstorff is believed to seek an amicable settlement. The coverage notes reduced fear of U S entry and hints at possible reparations discussions, with emphasis on preserving neutral crossing rights.
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Wilson
Bryan
Gerd
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Italy
State Department
Lusitania
Paris Prepares For Another Siege Uses Bois de Boulogne
Paris reports the Bois de Boulogne no longer held by the army as cattle and sheep left the grounds to feed soldiers. Longchamp and Auteuil tracks are muddy needing regrading and resodding. With German forces about fifty miles away the mood shifts from public spectacle to conscription drills and quiet recuperation.
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Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Loneghamts
Auteil
Bagatelle
Longchamps
Auteuil
Poverty Drives Parents to Sell Children in Trade
A Reuters report from Nkwelvang describes Canton traders buying and selling women and girls through Tantanghsien to Canton. Poverty forces parents to sell children, with price varying by age and region from under fifty cents in famine districts to over fifty dollars for a teen girl in large cities.
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Peking
Reuter
Nkwelvang
Tantanghsien
Canton
Bell Telephone Lineman Is Poorly Hurt by a Fall
Greensboro May 26 June Montgomery a wireman for Southern Bell Telephone Company fell five feet to the sidewalk from a pole in front of Greensboro College for Women. A circuit formed by the wire connection caused the shock and led to the fall. His chin caught on a footblock, easing the impact. Montgomery was bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Greensboro
Montgomery
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Greensboro College For Women
Mr. Montgomery
Monument Marks Braddock Expedition Site Unveiling
Alexandria Virginia May 26 An unveiling ceremony by the Society of the Colonial Dames of Virginia marks Braddock s expedition trail from April 1755 toward Fort Duquesne. The old Braddock cannon and 1785 Alexandrian cobblestones form the monument base with bronze inscriptions detailing the campaign and Washington s role. The exhibit recalls legion losses and Braddock s death at Great Meadows and Washington s escape with survivors.
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Alexandria
Edward Braddock
Virginia
George Washington
Fort Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Society of the Colonial Dames of
Society of Colonial Dames
Daughters of the American Revolution
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Winchester
Braddock
England
General Braddock
Mount Vernon
The
Daughters of the American Revoluution
Virginia Colonial Dames
Society of the
Old Alexandria
Virginia Ee House of Burgesses
Benjamin Franklin
Fredericktown
Niagara
Frontenac
Duquesne
Washington
Great Meadows
Uniontown
Penn
Bit of Wood Fatality In Pa Woman Dies From Wood Ingest
Mrs. Luella J. Packard aged 64 dies after swallowing a nearly inch long wood stick. An operation to remove the wood from her appendix was performed but blood poisoning developed. She said she had no memory of swallowing the stick before death.
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Towanda
Luella J. Packard
Norene St. Clair Stock Co to Present St Elmo at Eagle Theatre
The Norene St. Clair Stock Co led by Virginia Powell will perform St Elmo at the Eagle Theatre in High Point on Wednesday May 26. Darrell F Marion J May Bennett and Blanch Rose fill key roles with Ned Haverly and Marta Leigh supporting. The company just finished an extended Greensboro run and promises a polished, entertaining production.
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Norene St. Clair Stock Co
Eagle Theatre
St. Elmo
Norene St. Clair Stock Kro
Virginia Powell
Edna Earl
Darrell F. Marion
Vanderdeck
Ned Haverly
Earl
Grand Theatre
Greensboro
Agret
Miss Madie Adams Dead at 17 in Greensboro
Miss Madie Adams aged 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Adams died last night at 88 Fourteenth Street after a year long illness. She was popular and patient during her sickness. Funeral services will be held at the residence today at 3 PM with Rev Barrs officiating. Interment follows at Proximity Cemetery.
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Greensboro
Madie Adams
J. A. Adams
Fourteenth Street
Barrs
Regulations on Flour Mixing Police Seizure Cake
Berlin authorities enforce rye and potato flour mixing rules for bakers and housewives. A christening party faced an unpleasant surprise when a police official demanded a slice of an elaborately baked cake, confiscated it for improper preparation, and a fine was imposed.
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Berlin
Officers and men pass through Omsk to Siberia camps
May 26 report from Omsk Russia notes 195 officers and 1 944 men have left the city for Siberian camps at the war's start reflecting large troop movements through the transit city during the early war period.
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Omsk
Russia
Wrar
Siberia
Smallpox Epidemic in Greensboro Not Yet Under Control
Greensboro and Guilford county face a continuing smallpox outbreak with eight current city cases, including two white residents and six Black residents. Health authorities urge vaccination as no quarantine law exists, as state health officials distribute circulars stressing protection.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Donavant
South Ashe Street
South Elm
Wilmington
Landreth
Jeffrey's Alley
Collie
Southern Station
Tie
Danville
Southern Railway
Atlanta
State Department of Health
A H Slocomb Dies Prominent Fayetteville Resident
Fayetteville May 26 A H Slocomb a leading citizen of Fayetteville died at Hygia hospital Richmond Va at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon after weeks as a patient He was about 60 native of Massachusetts resident of Fayetteville for nearly 50 years having come here in 1866 He was a prominent Republican and twice ran for Congress against G B Patterson in 1904 and H L Godwin in 1908 He is survived by his wife and six children.
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Fayetteville
A. H. Slocomb
Hygia
Richmond
Massachusetts
G. B. Patterson
H. L. Godwin
Spring in the calf at Donnelly farm
In Hamilton county near Marion county line a playful calf knocked Mr. Maurice Donnelly against a building. He traveled to Indianapolis for medical examination after the incident.
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Indianapolis
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