Sevres Porcelain Factory Turns to War Munitions
Paris September 18 Sevres, famed for porcelain art, is producing earthenware retorts and cauldrons for explosives and gas, enamelers and sculptors adapting to industrial war work. Bourgeois says the shift serves national defense while art may resume later.
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Paris
Forcelain
Sevres
M. Bourgeois
Fine Arts
M. Dalimor
Angouleme
St. Chamond
St. Fons
Toulouse
Bordeaux
Dijon
Brest
Statesville Merchants Tackle Bad Egg Problem
The Statesville Merchants Association meets at the Commercial club to address the bad egg campaign and stop sale of spoiled eggs. A committee of A Y Alexander F B Phifer J L Sherrill and J E Tharpe will press grocers and producers for concerted action with cooperation from the full association. Raleigh inspector W M Allen notes the department of agriculture must act to halt bad egg sales under the food law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Y. Alexander
F. B. Phifer
J. L. Sherrill
J. E. Tharpe
W. M. Allen
Raleigh
Negro Held for Robbery of Rural Mail Box in Anson
Deputy United States Marshal E S Williams arrested Junior Kersey in Wadesboro on a federal charge of robbing a rural mail box and seizing mail matter including a ring and fountain pen valued around seven dollars. He was bound over to appear at the October term of federal court in Charlotte under a $500 bond. The prisoner remains in the county jail in Charlotte awaiting federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
United States
E. S. Williams
Wadesboro
Junior Kersey
Kersey
Williams
Electrocution claims Southern Power fireman at Greensboro shop
Albert Lindsay 45, a new fireman for the Southern Power company, was electrocuted in the auxiliary shop at the plant after lifting a brass pipe and contact with a high voltage line. The incident follows another family tragedy when his son died by electricity two years earlier. Surviving are his widow, a daughter Mrs. Logan Page, and two stepsons, with funeral set for the afternoon at his residence.
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Greensboro
Albert Lindsay
Southern Power Company
Lindsay
Southern Power
Mr. Lindsay
Steam Electric Manufactory
T. C. Apple
Logan Page
Battle Ground
Dewey Lindsay
A. L. Milner
C. F. Miller
Will Pleasants
Dixie Fire Insurance Company
South Elm Street
Run on Chicago Banks Forces Private Bank to Close
Panic in Chicago's westside foreign quarters as the Schiff and Braslowsky banks faced runs after a series of private bank failures. Depositors withdrew over 50,000 before the Schiff bank closed at 1 pm. cashier Samuel S. Schuster urged patience, stating funds remained and deposits would be paid.
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Chicago
Westside
Schiff and Company
Schiff
Samuel S. Schuster
of Braslowsky and Company
Imir Braslowsky
Private, Insolvent Institutions Spotlighted in Chicago Probe
An ongoing Chicago investigation publicly announced that many institutions connected to private ends are insolvent. The disclosure highlights financial fragility across several entities operating under private endowments.
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Chicago
Optometrists from Three States Plan Merger
North Carolina Optometric Society to merge into a tri state group with South Carolina and Virginia societies. President N Josenstein of Durham announces the plan as the NC optometrists held a recent session in High Point. About 35 optometrists would join, with aims to secure speakers and promote cooperation. date target January 1917 for federation.
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High Point
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
N. Josenstein
Durham
Ederated Society
High Points Realty Transfers Lead In Latest Deeds
A deed transfer in High Point involves a 96 by 170 foot tract on Thurston Street bought by A H Cox from Jake Cox for 1200 dollars. Another High Point transfer records James Griffith selling a 150 foot lot on White Oak Street to L W McFarland.
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Office of the Register of Deeds
Thurston Street
A. H. Cox
Jake Cox
Jas. Griffith
L. W. McFarland
White Oak Street
A Bad Summer for Children
An unusual rise in illness among children prompts warnings about digestive discomfort and bilious symptoms. The text promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a wholesome remedy that causes no nausea or griping.
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Arctic Ice & Coal
Porcelain Factory
Statesville
Merchants Association
Commercial Club
Anson
Sunday
Optometrists
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