Central Carolina Fair set to break records in Guilford
The 1916 Central Carolina Fair booklet for October 10 to 13 near Greensboro promises a record crowd and the biggest week in the association’s history. Horse races with purses up to 300 dollars daily, a larger agricultural exhibit featuring Guilford County farmers and exhibitors from outside, and showcases of livestock, poultry, and industrial products highlight the program. Greensboro and High Point are emphasized as textile and wood goods centers contributing to a major regional fair event.
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Central Carolina
Greensboro
Garland Daniel
National
Guilford County
Guilford
Couilford
Agricultural Department
Piedmont
North Carolina
South
High Point
Grand Rapids
Michigan City
Potatoes May Cost $2.50 A Bushel This Year
In St Paul Minnesota on September 20 commission men say the Irish potato crop is a total write off. They report a failure with magnifi cent tops but no potatoes in the ground as harvesting begins in the nation’s potato country. Prices are expected near $2.50 per bushel.
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St. Paul
Minn
Commission
United States
Kidney Pills Help Hartmeister Woman Anew
Mrs. F Hartmeister of Teal Missouri reports kidney trouble for two years and says Foley Kidney Pills made her a new person this summer. The ad notes neglected symptoms like weak back swollen ankles and joints pains and rheumatism. For sale by Mann Drug Company.
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F. Hartmeister
Teal Mo
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Players to oppose base pay cuts as contracts end
Daily Sport Letter reports the Players' Fraternity will strongly resist wholesale contract slash proposals by baseball magnates. David L. Fultz notes plans to cut salaries on long term deals amid reserve clause disputes, while aging stars seek releases as Federals fade. Reds’ Hal Chase shines at second base prompting lineup shifts by Mathewson.
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New York
Players’ Fraternity
David L. Fultz
United Press
Fultz
Hal Chase
Cincinnati Reds
Keystone
Cincinnati
Chase
Christy Mathewson
Prince Hal
Heinie Groh
Bill Louden
Clarence Mitchel
Reds
Story of two tramps Jack London origin tale
In Columbus, Ohio, Jack London recalls a 15 year friendship with Jerry Hogan, a sansdusky salvo writer. They traveled together writing half their jointly sold stories. London pursued education and became famous, while Hogan stayed behind in the Ohio penitentiary weekly paper, now reduced to a number.
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Columbus
Memphis
Terma
Jack London
Jerry Hogan
Ohio Penitentiary Weekly
Jerry
Jack and I
South
Jack
South America
Pensacola
Fla
Delicate Question Raised in the French Chamber
In Paris the chamber of deputies heard M. Roux Costadau press Premier Briand for unity of action among entente allies and proportional troop contributions. Briand opposed the topic, deeming it unjust to doubt allied efforts in a sacred cause.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Roux-Costadau
Briand
Chamber
M. Roux- Costadau
France
Baseball scores across league show mixed results
A recap lists multiple games with teams like New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Washington, Detroit, and others. Notable scores include Pittsburgh 21 over New York 9.5, Philadelphia 0 by New York 9.5 effects, and St. Louis 3 over Cincinnati 1 among others.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
National
Or St. Louis
Scores Snapshot From A Night Of Cold City Matchups
The scoreboard shows Toledo 10 against Minneapolis 15, Columbus 7 over St Pawl, Louisville 7 against Kansas City 4, and Indianapolis 11 versus Milwaukee 4 reflecting a set of late season results.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Pawl
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Carrier Pigeons Used by German Armies
Behind the Somme Front stations along German lines form a vital communication link in war times. Trained pigeons keep sheltering on standby ready to carry short notes in aluminum capsules from front trenches to rear stations when telephone lines are cut. Longer messages or maps ride in larger harness containers fitted to the birds.
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Somme
France
Five Hundred Postmasters Attend National Meeting
Dayton, September 20. Five hundred postmasters from across the nation gathered for the annual convention of the National League of Postmasters. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General James I. Blakeslee will speak and a public exhibition tracing a letter’s journey from mailbox to delivery will be shown at the YMCA building venue.
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Dayton
National League of Postmasters
James I. Blakeslee
Washington, D. C
Irish Emigration Declines Further in 1915
Dublin reports a continued drop in Irish emigration for the first seven months of the year with 23 percent fewer departures than last year and 50 percent below 1914. The decline is driven by fewer male migrants while female emigration rises. Ulster remains the source with the highest numbers, and overall US-bound passage falls to 1,630 from 3,067. Prepaid passages in America drop to 198 from over 2,000 in prior years.
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Dublin
Ulster
All Ireland
United States of America
America
Sevres Reclaims Madame de Pompadour Statuette Of Founder
Paris announces Sevres national porcelain factory recovered the original figure of Madame de Pompadour gifted to her over 150 years ago. The statue shows Pompadour as a shepherdess beside an urn at Versailles, with Louis XV’s Louis II statue nearby. The piece, crafted as a special gift, had its moulds destroyed after limited copies were made. Sevres had long sought the historic relic marking its foundation.
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Mme. de Pompadour
Pompadour
M. Bourgeois
Sevres
Louis XV
Versailles
Leuis II
Louis and
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Daily Sport Letter
American Association
Virginia
Newport News
Portsmouth
A. Hart Drug Co
Fetzer Co
Associated Press
National Porcelain Factory
Madame de Pompadour
Sevres Factory
Mme. de Barry
Cre
Ation of
Sevres Porcelain Factory
Bank of Commerce
The
C. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
G. H. Pollock
H. A. Millis
Interurban Motor Lines, Inc
Guilford Hotel
A. m
Elwood Hotel
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P. m
A. Mm
Jamestown
Winston-Salem
Eenewe Eee
Winston, Zinzendorf
Isc Nie Weatanane
Terminal Station
Norfolk
Asheboro
Aia
Norfolk Southern
North
Carolin
N. B
Aberdeen
Charlotte
Interstate
O. Burkhead
E. D. Kyle
Traffic Mgr
K, VA
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