McAdoo to Preside as Raleigh Readies Rural Bank Meeting
Governor Craig spoke at the North Carolina fair praising agriculture and Wilson without partisan jab. Secretary W G McAdoo will preside at the Tuesday meeting October 24 on rural land bank location with Raleigh racing to raise 2500 dollars as local funds near 2000.
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Woodrow Wilson
R. S. Busbee
Rotary Club
Wilson
Craig
Max Gardner
Fayetteville
Cumberland
Gardner
Southron
Supreme Court
Republican Party
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Chamber of Commerce
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Raleigh
Panama opens Mandinga port on Atlantic coast near Colon
Washington reports Panama has opened Mandinga port on Mandinga bay in the Gulf of San Blas with deep water harbor and proximity to manganese ore mines owned by an American syndicate. A nearby town site, Nicuesa, will rise under a government concession granted to an American long resident in Colon.
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Republic of Panama
Atlantic Coast
Colon
Mandinga
Mandinga Bay
Gulf of San Blas
Aembenasyn
Ciao Eta Eta Osconovnts American
Nicuesa
Stockholders Meeting of High Point Building and Loan
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan association will be held in the directors room of the Commercial National Bank on Monday night October 30 1916. Secretary W A J Idol announces notice dated September 30 1916.
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High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
Arkansas on Wheels Exhibition to Visit High Point
A 11 car Arkansas on Wheels train arrives Saturday around 3 pm in High Point. The traveling expo showcases apples corn pumpkins peaches alfalfa aluminum zinc diamonds a piano carved from Arkansas oak and features a 20 member brass band plus singers. 125 Arkansas citizens including lawyers doctors bankers merchants and officials will tour the exhibit with free souvenirs for visiting housekeepers.
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Arkansas
Southern Eliminates 93 Grade Main Line Crossings
Washington October 17 Ninety three grade crossings on the Southern railway Washington Atlanta line are eliminated during double track work from Orange Virginia to Central D C. Bridges and underpasses replace crossings and some routes are moved to public roads. The policy aims to separate highway crossings for safety with continued cooperation with local authorities on other lines.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Washington-Atlanta
Orange
Central
D. C
Southern
Pastor Demands Goose as Palm Sunday Gift in War Time
An account from the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung describes a Pomeranian village custom where the pastor receives a fat goose or 4 marks per child on Palm Sunday for confirmations. The pastor insisted on a live goose as stipend and warned authorities if not fulfilled, noting geese are scarce andPrices have surged from 4 marks in peace time to 50.
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Pomerania
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung
Emma K
Pomrania
High Buildings Comic Exchange in a Lift Tale
An American dismisses English ignorance of height with a New York anecdote. He recalls seeing a man in bearskins emerging from a lift on a hot day and explaining the top-floor snowbound climate due to great height.
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England
New York
Waal
Milk supply near Norval as investigations loom
New York reports 7 percent of the milk supply arriving and more shipments expected. Borden's gains 75 percent supply, with upstate farmers returning to market. Attorney general probes alleged price fixing, with hearings postponed and Wicks committee set to begin in November.
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New York
Borden's
Upstate
H. N. Halleck
Borden’s
Dykman
Bre
Wicks Committee
Missionary Workers Meet in Columbus Convention
Bishops officers and members from every twisting workers conference in the United States and island possessions join worldwide missionary leaders at the national convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society in Columbus. The event runs through October 25 with three sessions daily and includes a Columbus youth pageant. The society operates over 40 industrial homes and 25 mission schools serving diverse racial groups across the country.
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Columbus
Clwisting Workers
Unites States
Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society
Memorial Hall
Columbus Young People
After Marriage Humour About Fiances Carving Initials
A light quip contrasts romance with domestic life as a fiancée used to carve initials on a tree and now refuses to carve a steak, highlighting comic shifts after marriage.
Secret Powder Cache in Maine Blown Up in Unknown Manner
Fast Machias Maine October explosion wakes the town. A deserted fishing shed on East Machias river piles housed high explosives. Cause and perpetrators remain unknown. Carroll Denison owned the building but was not nearby. The destroyer McDougal briefly landed a liberty party at Bar Harbor before leaving swiftly.
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Maine
East Machias
Reo
Carroll Denison
Descreey
McDougal
Bar Harbor
German War Loan Reaches 16.59 Billion Marks
Berlin report from the Reichstag says Count von Roedern announces the fifth war loan total subscription at 16.59 billion marks, about 2.118 billion dollars, with foreign subscriptions not fully included. Total German war loan subscriptions now stand at 46.5 billion marks.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
von Roedern
Imperial Treasury
Foley Cathartic Tablets First Aid To Health
Biliousness sick headache sour stomach gas bloating and constipation from undigested food are avoided if bowels stay open. Foley Cathartic Tablets are first aid to health. Do not gripe. For sale by Mann Drug Co.
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Mann Drug Co
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