William Woods Holden Centenary Remembered In Raleigh
Raleigh marks tomorrow the centenary of William Woods Holden born November 24 1818 a NC governor whose impeachment during Reconstruction sparked national debate Holden a native NC politician journalist and lawyer built a Raleigh career before and after the war leading to roles as legislator secession delegate provisional governor and governor whose 1870 impeachment trial followed martial law clashes in several counties Holden later edited the National Republican in Washington and served as Raleigh postmaster dying there in 1892
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Mr. Holden
Wilson Accepts McAdoo Resignation from Treasury Railways
President Wilson accepted the resignation of William G. McAdoo secretary of the treasury and director general of the railways. The shock reached official Washington as the fourth cabinet vacancy in six years. Speculation grows that another cabinet member may head the nation’s railroad systems, with unclear plans for combining or separating the two posts.
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William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Washington
Snow falls in Dalhart and notes on notable dates
One inch of snow falls in Dalhart Texas today. Feast of St Clement and centenaries mark hatters and horticulture. Birth centenaries for James Vick and David Hayesegnew. Manchester Martyrs anniversary. Richard Croker birthday. Toronto Methodism centenary. Education Sunday in Georgia. Fathers Christmas Victory Letter Day urged for service men abroad.
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Texas
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Manchester
David Hayesegnew
Garfield
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Toronto
Hugh M. Dorsey
Georgia
Andrew Carnegie and the self made man who lacks education
A Scottish castle compliment to Andrew Carnegie includes a remark on education. A young lady recalls his joke about educated versus uneducated men. In New York a man with a diamond horseshoe pin orders a waiter to move a chandelier, misnaming it as a chandelier while noting not everyone has been to college.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
War News and Frontier Notes From The Front
Luxemburg on the line of Ingeldorf Ditzdorf Remich and Scheungen. Occupation is progressing. Paris reports continued French occupation progress in Alsace and Lorraine with enthusiastic locals. Reuters describes pitiful conditions of freed British POWs wandering hungry and ragged toward Allied lines. Cuban War Propaganda Commission donates funds to French soldiers British Red Cross Belgian Queen Italy Queen and United States soldiers fund. Chaos in Germany and Bolshevik ideas spreading as a Rhenish republic is whispered. American, French, and British troops with Belgians entered Brussels with King Albert.
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