A Dinner Dance and a Secret Love in Two Parts
A young woman attends a dinner dance hosted by Homer Carleton and ponders love and loyalty. She toys with using another man’s affection to win the man she loves, while wrestling with moral restraint and jealousy as guests mingle and conversations unfold. She hints at a hospital bound Louisa and ends with a promise of a surprise tomorrow.
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Margaret
Homer
Homer Carleton
Landry
Carleton
Determined on Equitable Prices for All Pork
Washington reports the U S food administration will push to keep hog and pork product prices fair in the United States. Bulletin No 10 notes prices to producers should cover production costs and align with feed costs through export influence.
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Washington
U. S. Food Administration
United States
The
Food Administration
Food Administrator
Saving Car Tonnage Through Increased Freight Load
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads War Board, reports that 77 principal U S railroads saved 114 109 cars in one month by boosting average load of less than carload freight. July 1917 loading averaged 13 027 pounds per car versus 11 619 the prior year. total moves reached 579 180 cars, needing 693 280 at 1916 rates. Locomotives in shop or awaiting repairs fell to 4 122 from 4 460, down 7 percent, while cars in repair dropped to 35 83 percent from July 1916.
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Washington
Fairfax Harison
Railroads War Board
United States
Socialists tipped to win Newark city commission
Final returns from today’s election in Newark are awaited as Socialists may gain control under the new commission plan. Business interests have spent heavily to block this outcome, while the Socialists campaign on peace, communal ownership, and cost cutting for foodstuffs with five commission candidates.
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Newark
Commission
City Commission
Arraignment in plot to abduct Ford grandson
Detroit court heard Jacob Yellin on a preliminary hearing charge for using the mails in a scheme to abduct or kill Henry Ford 1. A letter demanding 10000 dollars signed Sicilian Anarchists Association led Ford to place a decoy package in the post office. Yellin allegedly arranged the delivery to a retrieval boy nearby.
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Detroit
Mich
Jacob Yellin
United States
Henry Ford 1
Ford
Sicilian Anarchists’ Association
English counties drop wedding cakes to save food
In response to food shortages, several English counties have dispensed with wedding cakes to cut costs.
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London
City Transfer Co Moves Any Load With Auto Service
The City Transfer Co. employs competent men and promises the best service. There is nothing too large to move and an auto service with cars for hire anywhere at all hours.
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City Transfer Co
Interurban Motor Lines Schedules 1917
Interurban Motor Lines announces daily service between High Point Winston Salem and Greensboro starting March 26 1917. Key departures include High Point 7 30 am 9 00 am 3 00 pm 4 00 pm 6 00 pm and Winston Salem 10 00 am 11 30 am with Elwood and Zinzendorf connections plus a 9 00 am Greensboro Guilford Hotel stop and a 9 00 am Elwood Hotel stop.
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Interurban Motor Lines Incorporated
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Winston Salem Line
Winston Elwood
High Point Greensose
Elwood Hotel
Westminster to Danai Atlanta to Richmond
A condensed route listing shows travel connections from Westminster to Danai and from Atlanta to Richmond passing through Augusta, New York, New Orleans and ending southbound. The note implies a sequence of city pairs and directional flow.
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Birmingham
New York
Charlotte
Washington
New Orleans
New Y
Westminster
Danai
Atlanta
Richmond
Augusta
New
Pirmingha
New Orlea
Danville
Westminister
SOU
High Point
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Wwormnane
Dale Drummond
Dwight
Mrs. Lawrence
Dora Lawrence
Claire Adams
Dot Chamberlain
Graham Yorke
Lloyd Masters
Louisa Lawrence
Louisa
Louisa, Dywieht
Sybil
Coffee Wee Reity-Faytor & Importers Groaster
Sin Omgans USA
Luzianne
the Reily~Taylor Company
Wescott Roberson
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
W. C. Idol
Julius C. Smith
Insurance Department
J. A. Dalton
Jay
Winston
Zinzendorf
Avelock
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Mt Airy
al Pointe West
Guilford Hotel
Kirkman
Sec. and
Treas
Grace
H. A. Moffitt
Southern Railway
Greater
On Earth
Burton Mank
Turer
Ruth Stonehouse
Broadway
F. P. Love
High Point, N. C
Carolin & Yadkin R. R. CO
H.R
N. H. Silver CO
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Coca-Cola
Ness
High Point Bottling Works
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