Local unit of North Carolina Reserve militia formed in High Point
The committee named by D N Welborn and others selected 35 men for High Point's unit of the sixth company of the North Carolina Reserve militia. They meet tomorrow at 1:30 PM at the post office building to take oath and be mustered in. The selection followed governor orders and extensive vetting of fitness and character under 1917 militia laws.
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Bickett
North Carolina Reserve Militia
High Point
J. W Harriss
J. Elwood Cox
Fred N. Tate
Randall B. Terry
Thomas J. Gold
Carter Dalton
Commercial Club
Home Guards
General Assembly
North Carolina
Thomas W. Bickett
Councils of Defense
Advisory Council
DECISION ON REMAINING DRAFT EXAMS PENDING
Washington October 16 Secretary Baker signals a decision on examination and classification of all men remaining under the draft may come within days. Congress dropped funding in the urgent deficiency bill, delaying work until December at the earliest. Baker weighs exam changes but aside from this, keeps 19 to 26 as the preferred service age with no amendments to the law.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
Painful impression over the sinking of the Bari
Reports reach Athens that the Italian steamer Bari was torpedoed by Germans sinking lifeboats and causing casualties among Greek officials from Turkey. Fifty survivors landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. names not listed. The Bari is identified as a small 24 ton vessel formerly Liburno built at Fiume in 1875.
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Athens
Bari
Turkey
Gallipoli
Fiume
New York Bank Purchases Twenty Million of Bonds
New York bank subscribes 20 million to the second liberty loan with additional smaller bids across the New York federal reserve district bringing total to 32,002,950. The district trails the 1.5 billion quota with two weeks remaining to raise it.
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NEW York Bank
New York
National Bank of Commerce
New York Federal Reserve District
Uruguay Decrees Neutrality Rules Exclude Entente
Montevideo reports a presidential decree stating neutrality rules will not apply to Entente allies. Uruguay had cut diplomatic relations with Germany on October 7.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Germany
Women Seek Kidney Help With Various Aches
Article notes women of all ages suffer backache pains and rheumatic aches caused by overworked kidneys. Advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble and promote health. Mann Drug Co.
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Kidney Trouble
Mann Drug Co
Notice to creditors for Annie Pitts estate executor filing
Having qualified as executor on October 13 1917 this is to notify all claimants against Annie Pitts estate to present claims within twelve months or be barred from recovery All parties indebted to the estate must pay immediately This October 15 1917 J Blawood Cox Executor of Estate of Annie Pitts
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Annie Pitts
Student Math Quips Highlight Simple Shapes
A classroom exchange features Johnny defining a cube as a solid divided into 81 equal shares while Willie fumbles a cone definition, describing it as a funnel for ice cream in a lighthearted moment of arithmetic humor.
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D. N. Welborn
John S. Welborn
A. T. Wishart
High Point's
Charles L. Amos
A. S. Caldwell, Jr
Stephen C. Clark
W. A. Copeland
J. D. Cox
B. S. Cummings
Hurley Davis
G. W. Denny
J. H. Dobbs
J. J. Griffith
Albert Hart
Charles M. Hauser
M. T. Hicks
W.C. Idol
Ed Ingram
George Kearsey
Bert W. Wirkman
R. O
L. L. and
Public Service Co
H.harris & Bro
the House of Kuppenheimer
J. Blawood Cox
R. E. Andrews
R. D. Penny
Mgr
Boyd’s
Conservatory OF Music
Burrowes
C. Evelyn Boyd
L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
N. Main Street
Green
Car
Dinal
Copenhagen
Old Rose
Atlantic
Blair-Hoskins
The
High Point, N. C
Johny
Johnny
Willie
U. S
United States
High Point, N.C
Sheraton Hill
Coca-Cola
Ness
High Point Bottling Works
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