Closing Exercises at Mount Airy Graded Schools
The Mount Airy primary program impressed with careful teacher guidance and strong student effort. The senior class graduation in the new high school auditorium featured a unique three scene program with address by Gilmer Wolfe and valedictory by Claude Absher, culminating in diplomas presented by Prof. Staley and a class song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Hill
Gilmer Wolfe
Hatcher Patterson
Claude Absher
Prof. Staley
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Sallie Lovill Before June Wedding
Mrs M D Moore hosted a miscellaneous shower Wednesday morning for Miss Sallie Lovill with Miss Virginia Speer Moore as guest of honor. Minnie Edmonds provided music while Julia Lundy dressed as a fairy presented the event. Little Jimmie Drew Martin and Edmond Burke delivered the gifts, and a handmade Copies Cook Book was given to Miss Lovill after guests wrote recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Moore
Virginia Speer Moore
Sallie Lovill
Minnie Edmonds
Julia Lundy
Jimmie Drew Martin
Edmond Burke
Missa Lovill
Mesdames Edmonds and
Jenkins
Mr. Gilmer Wolfe Named Bank of Mount Airy Bookkeeper
Mr. Gilmer Wolfe has accepted the role of bookkeeper at the Bank of Mount Airy and is now filling the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer Wolfe
Bank of Mount Airy
First Training in Statesville of Frontline Soldier Ernest Graves
Statesville notes reveal Ernest Graves of North Carolina once trained as a fighter in Statesville and Chapel Hill before serving with General Fershing in England en route to France. As a youth he played ball in Statesville and endured a bloody clash during a visiting game near the Episcopal church.
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Statesville
Ernest Craves
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Fershing
England
France
Graves
Episcopal Church
Germany
Traveling Man Crippled For Life by Strawberry
Salisbury June 7. J F Johnson Davie county man traveling for F E Blocke and company fell on Main street and burst his knee cap in two after slipping on a strawberry.
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Strawberry
Salisbury
J. F. Johnson
Davie County
F. E. Blocke and Company
Main Street
Liberty Bonds Drive Urges Full Local Subscriptions
Statesville voice urges rapid Liberty bond subscriptions as of Friday, with $1.3 billion raised and $700 million still needed. It warns that failure means heavier taxes, and compares nonparticipation to slacking in the war effort, urging every person to invest even one $50 bond. It highlights a $350.99 bond funding a soldier and notes $500 funds a year at the front.
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Germany
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Pinnacle Reader
Mrs J L Spainhour of Pinnacle North Carolina reports four years of back pain and kidney trouble. After using six boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills she notes reduced back pain and regular kidney function. Price 50 cents at dealers. Yester Millburn Co Props Buffalo New York.
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Pinnacle
Dean
Spainhour
Yester-Millburn Co., Props
Buffalo, N. Y
Wilson on Sub mission and National Rights
A famous Woodrow Wilson quote asserts determination to defend sacred national rights and oppose submission that would ignore or violate them.
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Woodrow Wilson
The
United States
King Constantine Abdicates Greek Throne
London June 12 King Constantine of Greece abdicates in favor of his son Prince Alexander and leaves Greece with Crown Prince George Ia. The move follows entente demands for freedom of movement of allied forces and safety from attack. Simultaneous Italian occupation lands near Janina as entente forces push changes in Greece.
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Greece
Prince Alexander
George Ia
Entente
Janina
Elassona
Patriotism and Class in War Bond Support
The North Carolina Christian Advocate praises war effort generosity. Arthur J. Draper, R. M. Miller of Charlotte, and J. W. Cannon of Concord each donate $1,000 for three ambulances. A poor man spends his last money on a $50 Liberty Bond, showing sacrifice. Cannon mills subscribe to bonds, highlighting class unity in patriotism.
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France
Arthur J. Draper
R. M. Miller
Charlotte
J. W. Cannon
Concord
Cannon Chain
Reports From Russia Seen Promising for War Effort
Washington officials expressed optimism about Russia stabilizing its provisional government as the Root commission prepared to reach Petrograd. They believed the worst of the crisis had passed and that Russia could still serve as a key ally in the war, influencing events in the near term.
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Washington
Russia
Wilson
Petrograd
Navy Denies Rumors Of Great Naval Battle
Secretary of the Navy Daniels condemns widespread false reports of a German fleet clash with British and American ships. He denies any battle, ship losses, hospital crowds, or wounded sailors, urging public trust in official statements and opposition to rumor campaigns.
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England
United States
Pensylvania
Texas
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Holland- American Line
Washington
Earthquake Devastates San Salvador and Surrounding Towns
A strong earthquake struck San Salvador and nearby areas causing extensive property damage. Early reports indicated heavy destruction in the capital and several towns, with fatalities and injuries in Armenia and Quezaltepeque. The San Salvador volcano erupted, lava and ash issuing from three new craters as torrential rain worsened conditions.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Central Amrica
Armenia
Quezaltequpep
Santa Telga
Sanachat
Quezaltepeque
Men of training camps join student aviators
Washington June 12 The army air service trains via college detachments. Officers candidates from 16 camps go to institutions nationwide weekly. Plattburgh 19 to MIT Cornell 22 from Fort Ben Harrison to Illinois. Fort Niagara 11 to Cornell others to Texas and California.
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Washington
Army Air Service
Platteburg
Massachusettes Institute of Technolog
Madison Barracks
Fort Niagara
Cornell
Fort Benjamin Harrison
University of Illinois
Fort Logan
Leon Springs
University of Texas
Princeton
Georgia School of Technology
University of California
Fierce Battle Waged by Snake and Catfish
New Bern June 12. A core founder recounted a strang e tale of a water moccasin attempting to swallow a catfish. Two other witnesses backed the story noting the struggle as the snake tried to disgorge the fish and both ended exhausted, sinking after a struggle across several hundred feet of water.
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New Bern
Crisis in China escalates as army demands Parliament dissolution
Dispatch from Peking reports Gen Chang Hsun and thousands of troops pressuring for Parliament dissolution within 48 hours. President Li Yuan Hung refuses to act without constitutional provisions, while MPs urge restraint to avoid a constitutional crisis.
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China
Peking
Chang Hsun
Anhwei
Associated Press
Li Yuan Hung
Irish potato shipments boom from New Bern region
Shipments of Irish potatoes from New Bern continue heavy with hundreds of carloads moving north weekly. Growers report top notch prices and strong profits as records likely to be broken.
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New Bern
Woman Recovers Using Vegetable Compound After Stairs Dread
Mrs M D Johnston of Richmond Indiana narrates a two year struggle with weakness that made stairs painful. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gained strength moved to a new house and took up gardening building cement work and raising hundreds of chickens and ducks.
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Atory
Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Belgium Needs Help But Is to Be Purged
A Ro tary club luncheon heard Rev Heni Anet of Belgium describe German cruelties in occupied Belgium and northern France. He lauded Belgian heroism, urged support and sympathy, and cited Lloyd George on national greatness through sacrifice.
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Belgium
Rotary Club
Country Club
Heni Anet
Anet
Brussels
France
Albert
Assyria
Lloyd George
Auction Notice of Stocks at Siloam Telephone Co
Notice announces sale of listed stocks at Siloam North Carolina on Saturday June 9 1917 at 8 oclock PM for nonpayment of 1916 assessments. Names include S W Crissman J M Ashburn J E Dodson Mrs J T Mathews Mrs T F Reeves N J Falk Giles Whitaker and W R Norman president T W Snow general manager B E Whitaker secretary treasurer.
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Siloam Telephone Co
Siloam N. C
S. W. Crissman
J. M. Ashburn
J. E. Dodson
J. T. Mathews
T. F. Reeves
N. J. Falk
Giles Whitaker
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Elizabeth
Sparger
Alice Allred
John Ashby
Walter Carter
Ruth Chapman
Thelma Dobie
Lillie Mae George
Wade Hatcher
Lucile Haynes
Guy Hill
Hatchi Patterson
Nellie Saunders
Elizabeth Sparger
Mary Spaugh
Osier Woltz
Statesvile
Liberty Bonds
London
King Constantine
Constantine
Jonnart
Mount Olympus
Gulf of
Saloniki
U. S. Steel Corporation
Liberty Loans
New York
States Steel Corporation Today
Phelps, Lodge and Company
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Rockefeller Foundation
Consolidated Gas Co
United States Trust Co
Equitable Life Assurance Society
E. H. Harriman
Insurance Company of North America
Union Pacific Railway
Ing Association
Cotton Exchange
Christian Advocate
Mr. Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels Has
Foundation of Truth
United Sta
Central America
Foundry and Machine Shop
J. D. Minick
Mt. Airy
N. C
Greensboro
Rotarians
W. R. Norman, Pres
T. W. Snow
Gen. Mgr
B. E. Whitaker
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