Formal Opening of City Schools in High Point 1917
The High Point city schools opened for the 1917-18 term with chapel at 9:30 at the South Main Street school. Mayor W P Ragan urged opportunity through education and cited George Pullman as an idea visionary, while speakers emphasized preparation for life and democracy during wartime.
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Ragan
High Point
South Main Street
Sylvester Newlin
Friends Church
W. P. Ragan
George Pullman
Pullman
Fred N. Tate
J. F. Parriss
United States
Mr. Farriss
P. Coble
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Coble
Bse
Thomas J. Murphy
Main Street
Elm Street
National Chemical Exhibit Opens at Grand Central Palace
The third National Exposition of Chemical Industries opens in New York for a week. Dr. Charles H. Herty, Julius Stieglitz, Dr. Colin G. Fink, and Dr. G. W. Thompson address the opening. The show highlights chemists’ war preparation advances and waste-to-useful-product initiatives.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
National Exposition of Chemical Industries
Charles H. Herty
Julius Stieglitz
American Chemical Society
Colin G. Fink
American Electorchemical Society
G. W. Thompson
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
America
South
Last Pennsylvanian on Death Row Seeks Commutation
Letters flood Harrisburg as Martin Leskowsky, condemned for a Carbon County murder, seeks clemency before the state board of pardons. He is the last Pennsylvanian to face execution by hanging under the preelectric chair law, with a scheduled Thursday hanging unless commuted.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Martin Leskowsky
Staff Board of Pardons
Leskowsky
Pennsylvania
Carbon County
Maunch Chunk
State Board of Pardons
Schwenkfelder Cedaechtniss Tag Observed in Pennsburg
In Pennsburg Pennsylvania the Schwenkfelders at Palm church marked the third annual Cedaechtniss Tag commemorating the 1734 landing in Pennsylvania to escape German persecution. The observance has continued each year on Sept 24 since then with half day services during the American Revolution due to soldiers nearby.
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Palm
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Germany
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