Poincare Greets Blind Soldiers at Paris Lighthouse Visit
Miss Winifred Holt describes the August 9 visit of President Poincare and Ambassador Sharp to the lighthouse for blinded war veterans at 14 Rue du Parvis Paris. French and American officers, veterans from Verdun, and Blue Motor escorts shared tours of the museum, workshops, and dormitories.
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Miss Winifred Holt
Paris
New York
Poincare
Sharp
Ruedaru
Paria
Winifred Holt
American Committee
East
Thirty-eighth Street
Joseph Choate
David H. Greer
D. John H. Finley
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Sciom Forbes Morgana
Emily H Bourne
Petor Thomas Core
Ted Holt
Herbert
Mme. Poincare
Marquise de Choiseul
M. Ernest Mallet
Comite France-Americain Pour Les Aveugles de al Guerer
Bank of France
John Ridgely Carter
Comite
Works
Joseph Reinach
The
Figaro
Count de Naurois
Pacine
Gardienne
Mme. Pome
President Poincare
Ambassador Sharp
France
Pasrais
Miss Holt
Jack Wendell
Hollingshead
Verdun
Wendell
Two Men Die as Train Strikes Albemarle Ford Truck
In Albemarle two men, G. K. Kearns and John Merrit, were killed when a Winston-Salem Southbound railway train struck a Ford motor truck carrying them. Claude E. Merrit was seriously injured. all three were near Albemarle and tried to cross a cut near G. F. Smith’s house.
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Albemarle
Winston-Salem
G. K. Kearns
John Merrit
Claude E. Merrit
Kearns
Merrits
G. F. Smith
Merrit
Murder theory collapses as Willie Howell is found
In Rocky Mount and Goldsboro the missing Willie Howell was located after an extensive police search. Willie Howell, adopted son of Greene county planter Tom Carter, had been alleged to be severely whipped, but authorities confirmed the boy’s discovery and he was returned to Greene county.
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Rocky Mount
Tom Carter
Greene County
Willie Howlel
Willie Howell
Goldsboro
Big Purse for Fight in New Orleans for World Title
An $18 000 purse was announced for a 20 round New Orleans bout on January 1 for the world lightweight championship between Freddie Welsh the titleholder from England and Johnny Dundee of New York. The promoter telegraphed offers to Welsh in New York and Dundee in Kansas City.
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New Orleans
Freddie Welsh
England
Johnny Dundee
New York
Welsh
Dundee
Kansas City
Sunday school rally to close county tour in high point
A Sunday school tour including A E Tate J Allen Austin and Dr W A Brown visits Groometown Pleasant Garden Oak Ridge Summerfield and High Point with a mass meeting at the high point auditorium. The tour ends Monday night in Greensboro as leaders urge full county convention participation and an Education Day parade plan for autumn.
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A. E. Tate
J. Allen Austin
Groometown
Pleasant Garden
Oak Ridge
Summerfield
High Point
Greensboro
W. A. Brown
International Association
President Considers Men for the Trade Commission
President Wilson began selecting the five members of the tariff commission while Congress debated the revenue bill. Among those considered are F. M. Halstead, chief of the customs bureau, E. E. Pratt, head of foreign and domestic commerce, and Harvard economist Prof. F. W. Taussig.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
F. M. Halstead
Customs Bureau
Treasury Department
E. E. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Commerce Department
F. W. Taussig
Harvard University
Disrobing Scarecrows in German Village
A small Wurttemberg country paper reports an official notice to peasants to remove old clothing from field scarecrows. The measure aims to prevent escaping prisoners of war from exchanging clothes with scarecrows.
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Berlin
Wurttemberg
Baker Speaks to Packed Forsyth Courthouse Audience
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker addressed a crowded Forsyth County courthouse in Winston-Salem with local and Greensboro leaders present. After a reception at the Zinzendorf hotel, Baker praised four years of Democratic legislation under President Wilson amid cheers and a Dixie salute.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Newton D. Baker
Winston- Salem
Baker
Greensboro
Zinzendorf Hotel
Richard G. Stockton
Forsythe Democratic Executive Committee
E. B. Jones
Wilson
Democratic Party
Ohio
The Enterprise Subscription Drive Opens Today
Today the Enterprise announces a subscription drive inviting readers to sign up for daily afternoon editions. The notice emphasizes ease of enrollment and highlights benefits of timely local reporting.
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Enterprise
Suffragists Adopt Platform and Adjourn
Atlantic City N J September The National American Woman Suffrage Association adopted a platform for a federal amendment campaign and ordered a 1917 convention in March or thereabouts A Washington lobby will continue and a nationwide education agitation and publicity drive is planned A million dollar campaign fund will be raised between October this year and October 1917 President Carrie Chapman Catt spearheaded a viewpoint prioritizing federal submission over state work.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt
Russia to Discuss 1917 1929 Railway Plan Conference
Petrograd reports plans for a conference on the railway construction program for 1917 to 1929. Representatives from public and private business and the imperial government will attend. The meeting will consider private capital investment and financing for both government and private rail projects.
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Russia
Petrograd
Woman Credits Kidney Pills For Recovered Health
A Missouri writer identifies kidney trouble as the cause of her inability to cook and says after using Foley Kidney pills she feels like a new person. The ad urges readers with weak backs swollen ankles and rheumatic pain to try the product, sold by Mann Drug Company.
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EF. Hartmeister
Mann Drug Company
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Wen
Dell
Phare
America
Comite Franco-Americain Pour Les Aveugles de la Guerre
A. E. Tate and
High Point High School
Edu
Trade Commission
Twin City
Thacker’s Shoe Store
Ghege
N. C
Thacker’s Shoe Store, Inc
George Bryant
Thacker’s Men’s Store
London
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