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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1915

Page

8

Torpedoing of the Nebraskan Reported by AP

London May 26 The Nebraskan was torpedoed before 9 pm last night an armed trawler aided the ship. Norways outrage over the Minerva sinking and the Iris attack is noted. The Cromer carrying passengers escaped a direct hit four miles north of North Hinder lightship.

Associated Press London Liverpool British Isles Lloyds Norway Minerva Iris Cromer Rotterdam North Hinder

Greensboro College for Women Holds 67th Commencement

Greensboro May 26 Yesterday marked the close of the 67th annual commencement of Greensboro College for Women. Dr Henry Louis Smith president of Washington and Lee University delivered the literary address. Fourteen graduates earned bachelor of arts degrees and six earned music degrees.

Greensboro Greensboro College Henry Louis Smith Washington and Lee University S. B. Turrentine W. M. Curtis Roy Urban Lahser Charles W. Byrd Smith

Scouts Head to Shepherd Mountain Camp for Ten Days

Tomorrow Scout Master W. M. Marr leads 25 High Point boys from three camps to Shepherd Mountain in Randolph County near Asheboro for ten days. They will fish bathe trek and cook their own meals in rustic camp life with patrols Bob White Whippoorwill and Rattlesnake.

W. M. Marr High Point Shepherd Mountain Randolph County Asheboro Bob White

Local homing pigeons to be released at 5 30 Saturday morning

C A Yost of the express office received notice from the Queen City Homing club of Allentown Pa that another crate of homing pigeons will be released Saturday morning with High Point as the 400 mile starting point. Yost plans to release them at 5 30. The item also notes Australia’s population at 5 000 000 and over 1 700 building societies in the United Kingdom.

C. A. Yost Express Office Queen City Homing Club Allentown High Point Mr. Yost

Name Change Sought for Normal College to MeClver College

Greensboro May 26 The Alumnae association of the State Normal and Industrial college votes to recommend to directors a name change to MeClver College when it becomes a 14 unit institution. The proposal, if approved, would go to the North Carolina general assembly for final action. Supporters credit Dr Charles D Meclver with building the college into a premier women’s training institution in the south. The board’s decision will be highly watched.

Greensboro State Normal and Industrial College MeIver College North Carolina General Assembly General Assembly Charles D. Meclver South

Dodamead Returns Home After Noted Art Training

Thomas Dodamead is expected home on No. 12 tonight after completing his art course at the Mason school of art in Knoxville Tennessee. Principal Mason calls him one of the best students he has produced and Dodamead plans to pursue art as his life work without fixed immediate plans.

Thomas Dodamead Dodamead Mason School of Art Knoxville Tenn Mason Roland Park

Ice Cream Sale Benefiting East Methodist Church

At 8 p.m. on Thursday the ladies of the East Methodist church will serve ice cream on the church lawn for the benefit of the church. The public is cordially invited. Those who have insured their remembrance by their deserts.

Virgil

Council Defers Election and Licenses at Meeting

The council postponed electing a police official while Dr. McCain’s candidacy was approved unanimously. It denied a pool room license on South Main with Mayor Pickett opposing. Meat dealers sought a $50 annual license tax and sanitary controls, but were told current rules set $35 yearly and minimum one year terms. City Manager Lyon vowed strict sanitation compliance. The rest of the agenda was tabled for the next meeting.

McAnnally Brayson Dr. McCain Clements and Parrish South Main Street Pickett Lyon

Foley Honey and Tar Trial Package Ad

A promotional slip offers a five cent mail order for Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets via Mann Drug Company in Chicago Illinois. An unrelated line notes ocean evaporation could yield 4 500 000 cubic miles of salt and Germany leads in International Council of Women membership.

Foley & Co Chicago Ill Foley Mann Drug Company Adv Germany International Council of Women

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Greensboro College For Women H. L. Smith BOY Scouts Clarence Schuitheiss van Sheetz James Lyon Howard Hicks Arthur Kirkman Carlton Kirkman Neil Edwards Hugh Hamilton Carl Smith Frank Weedon Reed Marsh Samuel Davis Samuel Strickland George Wood Arnold Wiliams Bryce Bennett Lawton Dutton Shelton Woodson Alec Rankin Earl McFarland Charles Welborn Wilbur Jones Neil Williams Australia United Kingdom Normal College M’iver College Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Co Bray Brothers Stocks and Bonds Greensboro, N. C Justus Miles Forman Dorothy Kelly George Ade America The Norene St. Clair Stock Company Universal Features Israel Bruns Lessing Cleo Madison Murdock MacQuaries Nestor Lee Morgan Victoria Forde Point Theater Saint Elmo Man of the Hour Parkway Manufacturers’ Record Baltimore Clark
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