Dedication of Rowan Community Building in Salisbury
The Rowan Community Building dedication marked a milestone for Salisbury and Rowan County. The old court house was transformed into a modern social center with a library, meeting rooms, fireproof vaults, a theater auditorium, and community spaces. Mayors, state officials, and local clubs celebrated a plan seen as a model for counties, aiming to provide a central hub for town and county gatherings and preserving local history.
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Rowan
Statesville
Salisbury
Rowan County
Court House
Wenn
A. H. Boyden
John Henderson
New Court House
Salisbury Merchants’ Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Revolution
The
Civic League, Historical Society
J. P. Moore
Salisbury Civic League
Aerangia
A.M. Spedustrial
Dudley Hall
T. K. Brown
Corn Club
Joyner
Westminster Abbey
Salism
T. W. Lingle
Davidson
Lingle
Landwark
Miss Matthews of Providence Entertains Friends
Miss Bleker Mae Matthews of Providence hosted a tacky party at her parents home from 7 to 12 o clock. Guests enjoyed costumes, music by Winnie Helms and Mrs J M Crowell, and lively games with refreshments. prizes went to Bailes Porter and Kate Matthews.
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Bleker Mae Matthews
Providence
C. W. Matthews
Bailes Porter
Kate Matthews
Jmges
Misa Ona Griffin
Mathews
McMurray
Lee Simpon
Winnie Helms
J. M. Crowell
All Is
Minves Allee Simpson
Eunice Shannon
Ja Griffin
Matthews
da Matthews
Charlotte
Lucy Simpson
Lymanod
Sadie Matthews
Meeker Porter
Mac Garmon
K Simpson
Collie
Mrs. McMurray
Blieker Matthews
Leo Shopson
James Norwood
Ernest Austin
Stallings
Irvin Simpson
Clifford Condor
Tom Matthews
Olin Norwood
John Crowell
Surratt
Columbia
8. C
Henry Simpson
Calvin Matthews
Tom Crowell
Murray Simpson
Eustace Hemby
Weddington
Malcom Plyler
Oline Hall
Philip Simpson
Richard Biggers
Ernest Saukes
Eli Alexander
Will Matthews
Russ Morrix
John Wilson
McCluse Matthews
H. N. Porter
R. J. Helms
Bryan to Speak Twice at Raleigh Social Service Conference
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will address the General Assembly at noon on Saturday and again to the Society Conference in the morning. Debate arose over venue and admission rules with senators backing a single public address and opposing two talks in one morning.
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Social Service Conference
Assembly
Raleigh News and Observer
William Jennings Bryan
General Assembly
Friends of the General Assembly
Senate
Gardner
House of Representatives
McMichael
Raleigh
Bette
Cohoon
Cooper
Snow
Bryan
Craig
Daniels
Meleod
Suffragist Mission Aims at North Carolina Organizing
Miss Gertrude J. Crocker of Illinois travels to North Carolina to join Minnie E. Brooks in urging votes for women. She will speak first in Wilson and then visit Charlotte to consult local suffragists, signaling intensified national effort as North Carolina caucus opposition shapes federal amendment strategy.
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North Carolina
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Gertrude J. Crocker
Llinois
Minnie E. Brooks
Miss Crocker
Charlotte
Miss Crocken
Webb
Representative Poll
House
Helps for Home Makers An Extension Plan Announcement
An Extension Department plan from State Normal and Industrial College outlines weekly practical home and community topics for readers. It promises real, tested solutions from other homemakers, covering food variety, year round gardening, milk care and use, kitchen efficiency, and floor care to ease the housekeeper’s load.
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State Normal and Industrial College
Emperor Birthday Celebrated Amid War Talk and Reports
German celebration of Emperor William II’s 86th birthday coincides with renewed fighting on multiple fronts. Berlin papers note limited congratulatory messages from major powers, while German boasts claim progress and a hoped “birthday gift” of victories. Separate items cover Taft’s one term view, Rockefeller testimony, local notices, and ongoing war dispatches from France, Russia, and the Caucasus with details on battles, troop movements, and political tensions.
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Pierce
Czar
Russia
England
Francis Joseph
Austria
Turkey
Kaiser
William
Berlin
Sociists
Turkish Soldiers Frozen to Death in Caucasus War
Daily Mall correspondent reports in winter conditions near Erzerum the annihilation of Turkish corps. Soldiers frozen to death, rifles in grasp, weather recorded at 13 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Some troops from warm climates suffered extreme exposure and captivity.
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Turkey
Funn
Flanders
France
Poland
Craonne
Vosges
Alsace
Belgium
Ypres
la Basse
Hun- Sar
Vienna
Russia
Roumania
Servia
Rumania
London
Vilesing
Servi
Caucasus
Beypt
Admiralty
Astory
United States
von Derna
Invincible
South Atlantic
Petrograd
Daily Mall
Erzerum
Bagdad
Farmers Union pushes four measures on rural reform
The Farmers Union seeks to drive rural policy by advancing four bills including a rural credit system land segregation and a cap on land sales to white buyers. They advocate repeal of the crop lien law with a 12 month sunset after passage and government oversight of cooperative enterprises.
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Farmers’ Union
Cooperative
Home Made Meat Club Reaches 1000 Members in North Carolina
The Home Made Meat Club, a year old group tied to the Experiment Station animal husbandry department, reports 1000 members and plans crop rotation to boost home raised meat across North Carolina. In Edgecombe county a farmer yielded 20,750 pounds of pork on 140 acres of peanut land, highlighting waste reduction and home production potential. The western region will push soy beans, with a goal of 2000 members by 1916 as part of statewide meat self sufficiency.
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North Caroling
Dan T. Gray
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
How the Town Polks Can Help Progressive Farmer
In urging diversification, the author calls for permanent town level marketing systems to connect local farm output with city demand, noting the South lacks a marketing system. The piece also notes Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, a leading suffrage figure, is slated to speak at the February pow wow organized by suffrage advocates.
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Polks
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
America
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