Arbor Day Address by J J Blair in Archdale
John J Blair of Archdale vice president of the North Carolina Forestry Association will speak Friday afternoon at 3 36 in the high school auditorium during the Arbor Day observance by the Civic Conservation Department of the Women s Club. Emma Blair will lead a Junior Civics program with songs and recitations. The talk outlines forest conservation and management aims and the value of trees wildlife and waterways.
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John J. Blair
Archdale
North Carolina Forestry Association
Civics Conservation Department
Woman’s Club
Junior Civics League
Emma Blair
Blair
Civics Department
Conservation Department
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mitchell State Park
North Carolina
Von Hindenburg Birthday Visit Draws Nation to Hero
Germany on November 4 marks Field Marshal von Hindenburg's seventy third birthday as school children visit him at his residence. He tells the youngsters that much has been taken from us but God will restore it.
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Hanover
Germany
Marshal von Hindenberg
Hindenburg
Heckler Challenging Eight Hour Bill Sparks Dialogue
In Terre Haute Indiana on November 4 Miss Emma Mary spoke for an eight hour law for women. A male heckler challenged with questions about housewives and proposed two wives. Miss May replied that the law could not help housewives, and the heckler quipped about two wives.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Emma Mary
Miss May
American gives house to France largest war family
In Paris the largest French family, 17 members including M. and Mme. Duborepere and their 15 children, received a new home funded by American J. Davis who gave $3,000 to the French ambassador in Washington for the wartime homeless family.
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Paris
France
J. Davis
Washington
Mme. Duborepere
First He Found in 40 Years
London reports that public chemist E. K. Wilson of Paddington, after fifty years of searching, found sand adulteration in sugar in two cases this year marking a rare deviation from a common superstition.
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London
E. K.wilson
Paddington
Man Tosses Baby Into Sea in Shell Shock Claim
In Manchester on November 4 ex-soldier William Wilkes wheeled his baby to the seashore and, after five minutes, told a passerby he had tossed the infant into the sea. He said five thousand went and only fifty returned, offering shell shock as alleged explanation.
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Manchester
England
William Wilkes
Election Scene In High Point Shows Muted Voter Interest
Tuesday night crowds gathered around election returns on Main Street though turnout appeared lighter than in 1916. The piece notes limited participation by women and a mix of reactions among men, with Republicans jubilant over Harding carrying Ohio and a mock funeral for Cox at the Orpheum theater.
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High Point
Main Street
United States
Harding
Ohio
Cox
Orpheum Theatre
Principles of becoming a great conversationalist
The passage urges constant effort and practice to become an interesting conversationalist. It stresses tact, friendliness, sympathy, and helpfulness, advising reading and discussion with others. It notes touching what is best and beautiful over dwelling on the bad as the mark of good conversationists. It mentions the Greek silvery talent valued around $1,000.
Facts from a historic knowledge compendium
A collection of disparate statements covers ancient artifacts, Moorish rule in Madrid, Caesar era dress, Slavonic language reach, North Atlantic seals, Chinese art conventions, Easter customs, jellyfish cuisine, sound speed in fog, Kaffir cattle work, olives with and without thorns, cricket in Europe, cassava processing, the magic lantern invention, Icelandic terrain, the Sphinx as ancient sculpture, shell sounds among early peoples, U S military pay versus others, Prussia coastal erosion, and English language usage extending over time.
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Madrid
Kent
Ceasar
North Atlantic
China
Japan
Denmark
Sweden
British Isles
Roger Pbacon
Iceland
Gizeh
United States
Prussia
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Charlotte, N
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Gott
Jetty Garland
Motor Service Co
Cleveland
Lexington
BUICK
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Naby Cates, Jr
Greece
Rome
Mississippi River
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South Seas
New Foundland
British Empire
Union College
Great Britain
Eatonic
Mann Drug CO
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Efird
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Efird Department
Isasese
Weleesel
Coats
Pee Pines Iiss
Maississeceedieese Felelefelaelse Esesiese
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