Wheat Production Data Shows Profitable Yields Across State
Raleigh reports data from 105 farms across all regions indicating 1,318 acres yielded 21 bushels per acre at 68 cents per bushel. Government agents urge soil prep seed selection and fertilization to boost future yields and home flour supplies.
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Raleigh
C. R. Hudson
The
Extension Services
Coastal Plains
Vr. Hudson
Agricultural Extension Service
Decrease Shown in Efficiency of the Russian Labor
Petrograd reports 1916 iron and steel production up 24.3 percent with 427 500 workers, yet overall output barely higher than 1915 and below 1913. Loss of Poland, transport disruption, material shortages, and wartime labor shifts to women and prisoners explain the efficiency drop.
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Petrograd
Ressia
Trade and Inquiry Gazette
Poland
Odd Fellows Hold Grand Lodge Session in Louisville
Thousands of delegates and visitors attend the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Louisville. The convention opens with deliberations and runs to Saturday morning, with Rebekahs meetings and wartime member care programs on the agenda. The event features special sessions and competitive drills, culminating in the annual parade on Wednesday.
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Louisville
Kyw
Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
4 Order
United States
Alfalfa Palace Fair Opens in Rapid City
The first annual Alfalfa Palace Fair and Exposition opened in Rapid City South Dakota on September 17 with strong support. The event aims to highlight alfalfa as a major regional crop while featuring farm garden and orchard displays and an attractive week long entertainment program for visitors.
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Rapid City
S. D
South Dakota
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by User
Mrs Chas Reitz of Adlens Mills Pa praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a true remedy for coughing croup hay fever and asthma after eleven years of use. The advertisement urges readers to get the genuine FOLEY'S product from Mann Drug Co.
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Chas. Reitz
Adlens Mills
Foley’s
Mann Drug Co
Li Yuan-hung Faces Diminished Power in Peking
Li Yuan-hung, former vice president and veteran Kuomintang figure, is a prisoner in Peking with no office or title. He seeks rest in Tien-tsin but the government blocks his departure as factions in the south push for a new republic under Sun Yat-sen. The north relies on foreign backing while efforts to reconvene a provisional parliament falter and a new constitutional framework looms.
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High Point
Commercial National Bank
Peking
Tien-tsin
Priier
Tuan Chi-jui
Feng Whao-chang
Li Yuan-hung
Republc
Sun Yat-sen
Tang Chao-yi
C. T. Wang
Kuomintang
Canton
Chang Hsun
Tartar
Forbidden City
Hsuan Tung
Chang Usun
Legation
Ki Yuan-hung
Puan Chijui
Yuan Shih-kai
Yuan Shi-kai
Li Yuan Hung
Yanetze
Feng Kwo-chang
Farr
Tang Shaoyi
Nanking
Soveth
Calendar of Sports Highlights Openings and Meetings
Opening of grand circuit in Columbus and fall races at Aque duct New York events include AAU meetings in New York Philadelphia Rye Easton Lexington and Chicago with boxing golf horse shows auto races and athletic meets across multiple cities through autumn.
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Columbus
Aqueduct Track
New York
Metropolitan
Middle Atlantic
A A. U
Philadelphia
Eggers
Pete Herman
Kentucky Racing Association
Lexington
Piping Rock Horse Show Association
Central A. A. U
Chicago
Airedale Terrier Club
New York Athletic Club
Travers Island
N. Y
Central Tlinois
Peoria
San Francisco
National Army unit conducts first hike near Camp Jackson
Men of the national army from North Carolina South Carolina and Florida at Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina marched on their first hike to a suburb nearby. The next practice march will cover a longer distance.
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Columbia
S. C
National Army
Camp Jackson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Embargo Lift Brings Relief to Local Manufacturers
Local manufacturers received news late Saturday that several embargoes have been lifted including the Norfolk and Western. The move allows shippers to forward cars to most parts of the country, except where yard congestion imposes local limits. With limited warehouse space, the embargo lift eases a looming storage crisis and helps prevent plant shutdowns.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mortgagee Sale of Mechanicsville Lot in Guilford County
Mortgagee by power in a 1915 deed will sell at 2 PM on September 1 1917 in front of J W Montgomery’s store Mechanicsville for cash the 1 3 acre lot with a two room house 85 yards from the graded school. Proceeds to satisfy the secured note. August 1 1917. J W Hedgecock. 8 2 4wks. Continued on next page.
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Office of the Register of Deeds of
Guilford County
N. C
Elisha Wing
Ana Kine
J. W. Montgomery
Mechanicsville
Chanicsville Graded School
Elisha King
Elisha King’s Corner
J. W. Hedgecock
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Department of Agriculture
San Jose
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering Op
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Army
Rapid Cty
Building & Loan Association
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
V. A. J. Idol
Sammy
Poilu
Red Cross
St. Cloud
Paris
Charles Mei
St.loud
Wu Yi
Li Yuan-hune
Calendar OF Sports
Tournament of Seniors Golf Association
Rye
Ted Lewis
Soldier Bartfield
Brooklyn
American Baseball Association
White Plains
Lehigh Valley Patriotic Lawn
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Allentown
Hart Brug Co
Paiman
Sisson Motor Supply Co
High Point, N. C
Gjou Prii
the Petrie Co
Tire South
Public Service Co
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