Randleman School Comm mencement Plans
May 1 to May 3 marks Randleman high school closing exercises with a May 1 comedy play The Deacon and a May 2 sermon by Rev Melton Clark. Dr H W Chase will deliver the literary address on May 3 as graduates include Christen Kerry Curtis Floyd Hayes Hughes Parsons Rike Sheffield Sinclair Trodgon Trogdon.
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H. W. Chase
State University
Chas
Christen Kerry
Loura Curtis
Glenna Floyd
Rouss Hayes
Ruby Hughes
May Parsons
Epsie Rike
Neal Sheffield
Freda Sinclair
Narweese Trodgon
Lucy Trogdon
J. H. Weaver
Greensboro
Naomi Church
An Honor Just the Same
A Greensboro News item reflects on public reaction to High Point suburbs and a second game outcome against Charlotte. The piece jokes about myth versus suburb and suggests Charlotte may have developed a baseball myth rather than a true base team.
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Greensboro
Reddy Rowe
High Point
Charlotte Way
Charlotte
Ex Sheriff B E Jones Named Guilford County Tax Assessor
B E Jones is appointed tax assessor for Guilford County by the North Carolina corporation commission to fill the vacancy from M L Sherrill who resigns to join the secretary of state's office. Jones is well known across the county and brings years of sheriff's office experience to the post.
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B. E. Jones
Guilford Couty
North Carolina Corporation Commission
M16 G. Sherrill
Secretary of State
Jones
Court Openings Delayed By Confederate Memorial Day
Guilford Superior Court will be closed Monday May 10 for Confederate Memorial Day. The civil term opens Tuesday May 11 with jurors and witnesses already summoned instructed not to report until that morning.
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Guilford Superior Court
Lyon
Consistent Advertising Persuades Merchants and Readers
The note stresses steady advertising to boost merchant profits. It argues persistent, attractive newspaper ads beat movie scenes and circulars, praising consistent media presence as the best form of promotion.
Anarchists Sentenced Over Cathedral Bomb Plot
Anarchists Frank Abarro and Carmine Carbone, arrested for making and setting a bomb at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York during Mass, received prison terms of six to twelve years at Sing Sing.
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Frank Abarro
Carmine Carbone
Diners and Jackals in Algerian Households
In Al-Seria, Mohammedans trap and cook jackals, but decline eating prepared jackal pie. Albert Edwards notes Arabs resemble others except in appetite and culture. A host muses on cleanliness and food ethics amid colonial views and a sly joke about pie.
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al- Seria
Barbary Coast
Albert Edwards
Algeria
Ivory Carving in Canton Shows Few Expert Workers
Canton has about forty shops selling ivory articles with two-stage work from cutting to carving. Six expert carvers exist, mostly working in their homes, earning around 30 Canton currency monthly. Ivory comes from Siam. cutters use wooden vises, water tubs, bamboo-handled knives, wire saws, and gimlets.
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Canton
Siam
Police In Old Glasgow Describe Burghers Guard Duties
In eighteenth century Glasgow the city relied on unpaid burghers aged eighteen to sixty who paid 15 dollars yearly to guard the streets. At night a drum called them to posts at ten, patrolling crowded lanes until four in the morning when the city lacked police.
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Old Glasgow
Glasgow
Scotland
Dust and Sand Banter in Latin Proverb Exchange
Quotations reflect a humorous exchange about rain, sand, and dust. A judge quips that Poor Metnoa chases rainbows as a plan for a rainy day. The banter contrasts confidence with doubt as two speakers debate sand and dust and innovation.
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Metnoa
Wallace State Souvenir Spoons Free Offer Promotion
The Wallace State Souvenir Spoons cost 15 cents each with free Uncle Sam Sugar Spoons for six sets or larger. Orders add postage and new yearly subscriptions to The Review earn free spoons, with escalating quantities for prepaid payments.
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Wallace
Review
Great Subscription Offer for Publica tions Ends June 1
Advertises a limited time sale offering Holland's Magazine Farm and Ranch and The Review at half price. Claims unprecedented value and urges readers to act before June 1 to secure three papers at reduced rates. Subscriptions must be current and paid to cover the deal. Company aims to gain 1000 new subscribers in 30 days.
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Holland’s Magazine
Farm and Ranch
Review
Just Between Ourselves and The Lamppost Just Between Ourselves and The Lamppost
A promotional piece urging business men to craft persuasive advertising. It stresses arousing interest before purchases and making every feature a vital fact to reach the buying class. Encourages presenting a complete, punchy selling story to persuade readers.
Grand Excursion to Washington from Salisbury May 13 1915
Special Southern Railway train departs Salisbury at 830 PM May 13 1915 for Washington arrives 755 AM next day returning May 15 1915. First class coaches only daylight trip throughVirginia. Round trip fares from Salisbury Greensboro Lexington Thomasville High Point Asheboro five dollars. Tickets valid only on the special train. R H DeButts D P A Charlotte NC.
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Washington
D.C
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Virginia
Greensboro
R. H. Debutts
D.P. A
Charlotte
N. C
Losing Side of Mail Order Frading in Iowa Farm Loss
Hans Garbus, a German Iowa farmer, recalls how mail order credit sprees harmed his town and farm value. He details nine years of decline from $190 to about $167 per acre, loss of local merchants, schools, and services, and a $5 600 decline in property value.
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Iowa
Hans Garbus
The
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
New York
Everett L Routh Dies at 21 in Guilford County
Everett L. Routh, 21, died Monday at his parents home in southern Guilford. He is survived by his parents, two sisters Mrs. Walter East of Richmond Virginia and Miss Eve Routh of Proximity. Funeral and burial were held Tuesday afternoon at Burnett's chapel with Rev G F Millowny officiating.
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Everett Routh
Everett L. Routh
E. M. Routh
Guilford
Walter East
Richmond
Eve Routh
Proximity
Burnett’s Chapel
G. F. Millowny
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