Local Musicians Perform for Asheboro Club Session
The Friday Afternoon club on South Fayetteville Street hosted a fall meeting with entertainment by High Point College trio Prof. Ernest Stimeon, Miss Margaret Sloan, and Miss Mildred Luce. They presented a varied program with encores, followed by a salad plate amid Halloween decorations. Attendees included Mrs. Harriette Hammer Walker and several Winston-Salem visitors.
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Asheboro
Harriette Hammer Walker
Wm. C. Hammer
J. W. Page
Hal Worth
T. A. Burns
D. B. T. Dell
Tom Myatt
Mesdames Stantford Martin
Arthur Bernard
Winston- Salem
I. D. Wagger
Woman's Club
Park Street
Julia Thorns
Save One Penny a Mile on Gasoline
A Whirlwind device promises major gas mileage savings with Rudie Kunz Jr of Montgomery Minnesota reporting a Willys 6 car improving from 16 to 28 miles per gallon after installation. The device allegedly paid for itself on a 400 mile trip and offers a free unit to those who help promote it, with positions paying up to 100 dollars weekly.
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Rudie Kunz, Jr
Montgomery, Minn
Willys 6
Whirlwind Company
Whirlwind Mfg. Co
Dept
Station C
Milwaukee
Wisc
Indian customs and music enliven Mrs Licr lecture
A reading note recalls Mrs J. C. Licr reviewing LaForge's Laughing Boy and Mrs Henry Ingram with Miss Louise Swaim providing Indian music, illustrating a vivid depiction of Indians and their customs.
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J. C. Lic
LaForge
Henry Ingram
Louise Swaim
Church leader defies US conference after call to resign
A church figure rejected appeals that he resign as presiding bishop. He criticized Bishop Cannon for alleged unchristian appeals to religious prejudice and continued pressure against Catholic church leaders.
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United States
Cannon
Pershing and Petain Laud Franco American World War Bond
The Allied high command leaders Pershing and Petain praised France’s sacrifices and the U S French alliance in World War I. Petain honored Pershing for leadership and the July 4 1917 La Fayette tribute before the tomb, as the vast celebration honored the guests in the amphitheater.
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John J. Pershing
Marshal Petain
Verdun
America
France
Pershing
United States
Yorktown
General Pershing
LaFayette
Mill workers in Mass return to work Monday
Lawrence Mass Oct 17 Twenty one thousand of Lawrence s 22 000 striking textile workers tonight considered an invitation to return to work Monday morning Three companies American Woolen Pacific mills and Arlington mills announced their plants would be opened for workers who wanted to resume. The American Woolen mills named Wood Ayer Washington Ehaw sheen and Prospect mills as open. The Pacific mills announcement followed a workers management conference. details not disclosed. Arlington mills made a parallel announcement.
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Lawrence
Mass
American Woolen Company
Pacific Mills
Arlington Mills
American Woolen
Wood
Ayer
Washington
Ehawsheen
Prospect Mills
Pacific Company
A F L Chief Draws Appeal For Relief
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor was directed by the federation's executive council in Vancouver to go before Congress with an appeal for many millions of dollars to fund unemployment relief. The council expressed its determination to secure an adequate sum to meet the unemployment situation in a full and complete way.
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Vancouver
B. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Congress
Green
Negro Killed When Mule Stops On Tracks
In Wilmington on October 17 James Jacobs a 10 year old Black boy died after the mule he rode balked in front of an approaching Seaboard Air Line freight train. The train struck both animal and boy, killing them instantly.
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Wilmington
James Jacobs
Seaboard Air Line
House Damaged by Fire at 915 Asheboro Street
Fire caused heavy damage to the home of M. M. Hicks at 915 Asheboro Street yesterday after 5 o clock in the afternoon. No one was in the house at the time of the blaze.
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M. M. Hicks
Asheboro Street
Fire destroys portion of house as flames are contained
Fire origin remains unknown while the rear of the residence suffered heavy damage. Firemen put out the blaze before total loss, saving most of the furniture as local naan companies responded to the incident.
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Naan Companies
Appalachian Stounds in Win Over Piedmont College Eleven
Appalachian State defeated Piedmont College 24 to 12 in Boone North Carolina as 4000 spectators watched. Triplette scored two touchdowns Harris and Weaver added scores for the Mountaineers while Guill McCarty scored for Piedmont. Officials were Miller Moretz Courley.
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Lenoir- Rhyne
Courley
Tennessee State
Milwaukee woman raises fine to seek appeal in disorderly conduct case
Mrs Minnie Griebling agreed to pay 14 01 more than her 1 fine to appeal a disorderly conduct conviction. She alleges her estranged husband influenced the charge to block her divorce. Her lawyer increased the fine to 15 01 to enable an appeal.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Minnie Griebling
John C. Sheppard Former Governor of South Carolina Dies
Columbia dispatch reports John C. Sheppard former governor of South Carolina died at his Edgefield home. A schoolmate of Ben Tillman he backed Tillman then opposed him in a fierce 1890s gubernatorial campaign losing in 30 of 35 counties. Born 1850, Sheppard rose from state representative to lieutenant governor then governor before retiring from public life.
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Columbia
D. C
John C. Sheppard
South Carolina
Edgefield
Ben R. Tillman
Sheppard
Tillman
House of Representatives
Tili
Edgefield Academy
Fourth Ward Ramblers rout Box Shop 24–0 for junior title
Captain Clayton Steele scored all points in a brilliant running display as the Fourth Ward Ramblers crushed Captain Enoch Cooper's Box Shop team 24 to 0, laying claim to the City Junior Championship.
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Clayton Steele
Fourth Ward Ramblers
Enoch Cooper
Box Shop
Graf Zeppelin Passes Over Gibraltar in Flight to Brazil
The Graf Zeppelin, a German airship, flew over Gibraltar at 8 30 p m tonight on its journey from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco Brazil. The event occurred at 3 30 p m E S T.
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Gibraltar
Graf Zeppelin
Diricible
Pernambuco
Brazil
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Furman Batteries Down Richmond in 34 to 6 Victory
Furman’s Purple Hurricane sparked a dominant 34 to 6 win over the University of Richmond Spiders in Greenville. Pittman and Wells each scored touchdowns for Furman, Alley ripped a 74 yard TD, and Chastain added a late interception return for a touchdown.
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Greenville
Furman
Purple Hurricane
University of Richmond Spiders
Hurricane
Erskine College
Virginians
South Carolina Baptists
Lyles
Chastain
Virginia
Flash
Pearson
Alley
Tchmond
Richmond
Chaltan
Pittman
Wells
Traweek
Kearns
Welle
Phillips
Tech
Edwards
Major
Auburn
O'Sullivan
Atlanta Athletics Club
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Asheborg
Minnesota
Appeal For Relief
Stewart-Warner
Clinard Electric CO
North Main Street
Appalachian
Piedmont
H. S. Thompson
Ramblers
High Point Ice &T* Coal Company
National Bellas Hess Co
South Main Street
George
High Point, N. C
Rayon
Blue
Satene
Banke
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