Four Longtermers Escape Prison Bloodhounds Trail Them
Four long-term inmates escape from the Raleigh prison as bloodhounds track a seven hour lead. Names include John Pearce White Emmett Smith Repass Asbury and Tom Boylan. The escape recalls security lapses and a kitchen exit key.
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W. ¥. Bost
Raleigh
Septi
John Pearce White
Granville County
Repass Asbury
Northampton
Emmett Smith
Tom Boylan
Bladen County
J. Bushee
Bushee
Raeford
Land Deed Transfers Ownership On East Greene Street
Yesterday only High Point deed shows Mrs. Etta Wood transferring a 75 by 200 foot lot on East Greene Street to Mrs. Bertha A. Ponton for $10 and other valuable considerations.
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Etta Wood
Bertha A. Ponton
East Greene Street
Ambassador Gerard criticized by German press over Stresemann speech
Berlin wires report the American ambassador James W. Gerard is subjected to German press criticism for allegedly commenting on Dr. Gustav Stresemann’s speech urging resumption of submarine warfare. Gerard denies hearing Stresemann’s speech and says his stance is pro American, not pro British.
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Berlin
London
James W. Gerard
Gustav Stresemann
Reichstag
Gerard
America
National Liberal Press
Germany
England
Dr. Stresemann
Investigation of Government Ownership of Railroads Announced
Chicago to host a major inquiry into government ownership and control of railroads telegraph lines express companies and other public utilities starting November 20. Senator Newlands of Nevada declares the joint sub committee of House and Senate Interstate Commerce will lead the inquiry in line with President Wilson's recommendation.
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Chicago
Newlands
Nevada
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Committees
House
Senate
High Point Woodmen of the World in Salisbury Initiation
About fifty Woodmen of the World from High Point attend a public initiation in Salisbury at a uniformed encampment. More than 300 W O W members are present for the event, with the first public initiation in the order's history planned to be conducted.
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High Point
Salisbury
Rural schools open across county with mixed start dates
Rural schools in the county are opening at different times with several already in session and others set to begin next week. Total enrollment reaches 10,574 with 8,293 white students among them.
Court Opens Next Week for Guilford County Trials
A Superior Court term for Guilford County opens in Greensboro next Monday with Judge Webb presiding. The flagship case is the murder trial of J A Terry charged with killing his neighbor John R Stewart, expected to last several days and draw wide attention.
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Raleigh
Peace Institute
Mary Owen Graham
Presbyterian
Meredith College
C. E. Brewer
W. W. Kitchin
Orange County
Kitchin
Hillsboro
Warren
Glenn
Craig
Thomas
Enin Nunn
Superior Court
Guilford County
Greensboro
Webb
J. A. Terry
John R. Stewart
Venice Seaplane Attack Strikes City and Chioggia
A group of enemy seaplanes attacked Venice between 1300 and 1430 hours Tuesday morning, dropping incendiary and explosive bombs. The church of San Giovanni l'apol and the aged home suffered no casualties, while fires were started in Chioggia and quickly extinguished.
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Venice
Rome
Paris
San Giovanni L’apol
Chioggia
British Forces Withdraw From Struma Crossing
British forces which crossed the Struma river in Greek Macedonia last Sunday have been withdrawn after inflicting heavy losses on Bulgarian forces, according to a Saloniki press representative report.
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London
Struma River
Greek Macedonia
Saloniki
Sunday School Tour Closes After County Reach
A week long Sunday school tour ended in Jamestown after a program at Guilford College and Sandy Ridge. Dr. William A. Brown led 30 addresses reaching an estimated thousands with religious education messages. The event spurred plans to reorganize the Guilford training school and expand follow up through county schools.
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Jamestown
Guilford College
Sandy Ridge
William A. Brown
Chicago
International Sunday School Association
Atlanta
Points South
Dr. Brown
J. Walter Long
A. E. Tate
J. A. Austin
C. W. Byrd
C. H. Ireland
Sylvester Newlin
T. M. Johnson
Norman Willis
A. W. McAlister
Martha Dozier
E. R. Michaux
Charles L. van Noppen
J. H. Bennett
A. R. Williams
Guilford
High Point
Brown
Wesley Memorial Church
Southern Railway Schedule for Asheboro Branch
Train numbers 142 136 and 134 list departure times from Asheboro at 7 05 a m 12 15 p m and 5 40 p m respectively with all stations noted on the Asheboro branch timetable.
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Asheboro
Crickets Swarm Muncie Streets At Night
Muncie Indiana reports millions of crickets filling streets and lighted areas for several nights. Pedestrians struggle with the insects while autos skid on slick ground. Street car operators are warned to fear greasy rails as swarms land on tracks and disrupt travel.
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Muncie
Ind
Mystery Fire Confession Clears 26 Year Secret
C G Ray of Downs Kansas receives a letter from an Omaha man confessing to setting fire to the Ray barn in September 1893. The writer, then a six year old boy, says he confessed now seeking luck changing his past misdeed.
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Smith Centre
Kan
C. G. Ray
Downs
Here
Omaha
Whittier’s 106th Birthday Honor for Lydia Sharpless
Lydia Heald Sharpless celebrated her 106th birthday joined by fourteen grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. She calls herself the youngest woman in Whittier and the oldest voter in California, having registered first and attended every election while avoiding worry, overexertion, and alcohol stimulants.
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Los Angeles
Lydia Heald Sharpless
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs for Two Girls
Mrs Ada Sanders of Cottontown Tennessee praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for her two little girls coughing with colds. It relieves hoarseness tickling throat bronchitis hay fever asthma and croup with Mann Drug Company selling it.
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Ada Sanders
Cottontown
Tenn
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Kidney Pills Restore Mrs Hartmeister’s Health
Mrs E Hartmeister of Tea Missouri writes she suffered kidney trouble for two years and could hardly cook before using Foley Kidney Pills. She reports feeling like a new person and urges others with symptoms of kidney derangement to seek relief, with Mann Drug Company selling the product.
Local listing fragmented timetable notes
Partial clock and schedule fragments show scattered times 8:00 5:2 7:00 8:30 11:30 a m 11:00 3:00 and 10:00 with unreadable labels and garbled words. The legible items indicate a grouped day plan or station timetable without coherent events or destinations.
Train Schedule Notice for Carolina and Yadkin River R R Co
timetable indicates expected arrival and departure times at stations but these times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
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Carolina & Yadkin River
R. R. Co
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Young Thomas
Charlotte Observer
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High Point W. O. W
the Party of Sunday School Workers
Rlee
A. Hart Drug Co
Grace _EPhart
Floyd L. Kenyon
Greensboro, N. C
Southern Railway
Interurban Motor Lines, Inc
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Guilford Hotel
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Ney Om
Elwood Hotel
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Winston-Salem
Vaees
Elwood
Sreses Corpemavusr
Deily
Thomasville
Gordontown
Serene
Denton
High Point Ee
W. E. Price
Home Banking Co
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
V.A. J. Idol
Commercial National Bank
Ai K. i Ra Cae
Ana
Bottiea By
Arcilic
Bank of Commerce
Business Horizon
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C. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
G. H. Pollock
H. A. Millis
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