Wheels of Trade Hum in Wartime Editorial
A Greensboro area editorial urges citizens to register for selective service next Tuesday and keep the wheels of trade turning. It cites seven billion dollars in wartime spending, explaining its scale with vivid analogies and urging thrift without sacrificing essential needs. The piece notes former Mayor Murphy of Greensboro has become High Point’s business manager.
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Salisbury Post
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The Managerial Form in City Government
The Winston Salem Sentinel urges the managerial form for cities and cites High Point as a successful example. It notes an election brought in a former Greensboro mayor to run the town and argues this plan suits smaller cities like High Point and Dayton, Ohio as a model of well governed municipal work.
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Raising Teacher Salaries Spurs School Standards
A study or opinion notes that increasing pay for underpaid teachers boosts school quality, arguing fair compensation raises morale, recruitment, and student outcomes across districts. It highlights the link between teacher pay and classroom performance.
Three hundred miles in thirteen hours sailing
Akron Ohio March 30 The Army dirigible balloon started from the government aviation field in Chicago this morning and landed near Medina west of Akron at 1 o'clock yesterday after covering 320 miles in 13 hours. Pilot Ralph Upson said the engine worked perfectly and noted Toledo and South Bend was observed.
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Mrs. Lloyd George Tours London Communal Kitchens
Mrs. Lloyd George visits a municipal communal kitchen in East End London and samples the fare, praising it as fit for her household. The kitchens aim to feed the poor at nominal prices and run on a self supporting basis nationwide.
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Princess Mary to receive small official household
Princess Mary, twenty, daughter of King George, will be provided with a modest official household after the war. Queen Mary will choose the staff, and Princess Mary has not attended official functions beyond those with her mother.
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Volunteer system fails in emergency recruiting says War Department
Washington officials cite daily recruiting totals to argue the volunteer system collapsed during national emergency. May 29 figures show 2,237 recruits that day and 87,518 since April 1, with Illinois and New York leading. Officers warn a strong volunteer surge is needed to reach war strength for regulars and national guard amid conscription plans.
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Physicians Duty to Enlist for Service
Baltimore May 30. Dr Joseph Colt Bloodgood, chairman of the Southern Medical association committee on medical preparedness, urged medical recruits for the new army. He said most physicians do not realize the military situation and that every doctor under 55 must volunteer. He advised reporting to state committees. Bloodgood has renewed his commission as a major in the medical reserve corps.
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Belgian officials resign rather than serve German regime
In Havre Frances on May 30 the article notes Belgian officials staying in Belgium refuse to continue under the German decreed administrative division. M Sauveur general secretary to the minister of the interior resigns and is moved to a "fixed residence" in Germany, interpreted as prison.
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Administrator's Notice for Sarah Millikan Tucker Estate
Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Sarah Millikan Tucker deceased of Guilford County North Carolina the administrator requests all claims be presented to him or his attorney by May 29 1918 or be barred. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly. May 29 1917. De er Mellissan Administrator and W P Ragan attorney.
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Public Auction Sale of Lumber and Freight Charges
A public auction will sell to the highest bidder a carload of lumber content for Quinlin and Moore Lumber for freight, storage and other charges near Southern Car Co. at High Point Casket Co. lot on Tuesday June 26 1917 at 10 o'clock a.m. Terms: Cash.
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Train schedules from High Point listed with departures and arrivals
A timetable fragment shows multiple trains with numbered No. 107 141 143 135 142 136 134 and times in a day, including departures from High Point at 2 10 p m 8 15 a m and 8 00 p m and arrivals at 7 05 a m 12 20 p m and 6 45 p m.
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Causes of backache and kidney remedy promoted
A High Point resident describes long term kidney trouble and back pain improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. R. B. Welborn of 13 E Washington St credits the remedy with restoring her health after years of dizziness and vision spots. Price 50 cents at dealers.
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