Thirty Five Men Will Be In Home Guards Here
The Guilford county council of defense in High Point began selecting men for its share of the 35 needed for the Home Guards and Other's Reserve Militia under a governor's proclamation. Names to be announced soon, with rules stressing character, courage, and fitness for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County
J. W. Harris
J. Edwood Cox
F. N. Tate
R. Berry
T. A. Geld
Carter Daltos
Ett
North Carolina
Advisory Council
General Conference Called by Coal Operators for October 23
Washington reports that J D A Marrow of the National Coal Association announced a general conference of coal operators in Pittsburgh on October 23 to aid the fuel administration in averting a coal famine. Dr Garfield said winter shortages depend on demand and current figures are unavailable. He noted this year’s production runs about 10 percent above last year and 23 percent ahead of two years ago.
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Pittsburgh
Waso
J. D. A. Marrow
National Coal Association
The
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Interesting electrical inventions and notes from 1916
A survey of electrical progress mentions France importing 12.2 million dollars of electrical materials in 1916, a dining table with built in electric plate warmers, wireless detectors locating bullets in bodies, and projected 38 million dollars in electric ranges sales. It notes U S Coast Guard needs in wiring and telegraph work, automatic elevators, non magnetic watches for electrical settings, and a demand for electricians and linemen in the Signal Corps.
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France
U. S. Coast Guard
War Department
Signal Corps
United States Slipping Board
Administratrix Notice for the Haney Estate
Flora Haney administratrix of Alvin T. Haney deceased seeks all claimants to present verified claims by October 4, 1917. Probate papers filed before M. W. Gant in Guilford County Superior Court. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin T. Haney
M. W. Gant
Superior Court of
Guilford County
Walter Royal
Mail-order cough remedy trial offer from Foley page
Readers are invited to mail a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to obtain a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, via Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Treason at Rose Theatre by Bluebird Players
Bluebird leads with the military melodrama Treason at the Rose Theatre today. Allen Holubar Joseph Girard and Lois Wilson star with a large company. Robert Lee Wegert wrote the story based on The Reward of its Government. Stirring battle scenes and thrills headline the program.
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Bluebird
Rose Theatre
Allen Holuhar
Joseph Girard
Lois Wilson
Robert Lee Weigert
Cenes
Seven Pearls serial to debut at Broadway theater
Pathe introduces The Seven Pearls a new Astra Film production by Charles Goddard. Mollie King stars as Jima the American foster daughter of Mustapha Bey who must reclaim seven pearls stolen from her father within six months or face dire choices. Creighton Hale and Leon Bary co star in a globe trotting thriller with Nemesis the villain.
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Pathe
Charles Goddard
Astra Film Corporation
Jima
Mollie King
Mustapha Bey
Harry Grant
Creighton Hale
Nemesis
Leon Bary
A Friend of Womanhood at Municipal Theatre
Robert Hichens author of The Garden of Allah tours with a drama showing at Greensboro October 18 in matinee and night. The work portrays modern womanhood with gentle apology for flaws, praising her underlying goodness and maternal ideal while critiquing harsher modern critique.
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Robert Hichens
Desert
Greensboro
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Hichens
Two E F Members Die in France in October
General Pershing reports two American Expeditionary Force deaths in France. Sergeant Patrick Cassidy, infantry, died October 1 from a fall from a railway train. Private William J. Sanders, medical department, died October 6 of natural causes. Cassidy’s next of kin is niece Miss Margaret Seager of Syracuse New York. Sanders’s next of kin is cousin Miss Grace Rooks of Shaver Arkansas.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
France
Patrick Cassidy
Infantry
William J. Sanders
Medical Department
Cassidy
Margaret Seager
Syracuse
N. Y
Sanders
Grace Rooks
Shaver
Ark
Railway timetable fragment shows arrivals and departures
Train schedule lists southbound and northbound trips with origin and destination pairs. High Point departures include No 141 at 8 15 am and No 143 at 8 00 pm with No 142 arriving at 7 05 am and No 136 at 12 20 pm. No 134 arrives 6 45 pm.
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New York
Birmingham
Augusta
Richmond
Charlotte
New Orleans
Danville
Westminister
Washington
Atlanta
High Point
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General Assembly
Thomas W. Bick
Councils of Defense
County
Larg
Hamilton Street
Grimes Street
Best Street
Cox Street
Denny Street
Thistle Street
Citizens Real Estate and Insurance Company
Sheryll
Bank of Commerce
Hesshien Sheng Point
N. C
General Conference OF Coal Operators
America
Edison
Hart Drug Company
Berlin
Peoria
Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
Yosemite National Park
Chamber of Deputies
Argentina
General Electric Company
Flora Haney
Hart Drug Co
Creighton Hale and
4&C
Bell Telephone
Wome
Eitentious
Hboard
SOUTI
BELL
Southern Railway
No. A. M
Westminster
New O Oleans
R. E. Andrews
the Petrie Co
South
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