Does Education Pay in Wake County Fight for School Tax
W L Stamey of High Point argues for a Wake County school tax as a key to progress. He cites state comparisons, notes teachers are underpaid, and urges five times 30 cents per hundred on property to fund better schools and future prosperity.
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W.L. Stamey
High Point
Wake County
Stamey
Massachusetts
North Carolina
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Cameron Park
Wake
Empey
Army of Education
W. L. Stamey
Useless Wheat and Meat Demands Amid World War Food Policy
The United States Food Administration relaxes meat restrictions and urges a single meatless day on Tuesday to balance global needs. Meat supplies rise as hogs average 232 pounds, shifting emphasis to conserving breadstuffs due to uncertain crops and transport. The agency pledges regular updates on changes in the food situation and citizens’ sacrifice in the war effort.
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America
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Get This Week’s Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman
Advertisement invites readers to obtain this week’s Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman at the Review Office, with a contact phone number 275 for inquiries.
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Saturday Evening Post
Mortgage Sale Notice on High Point Property
Mortgage sale due to default. J. D. Horney and wife pledged property in Guilford County to J. F. Hoffman, later assigned to executors. Bank of Commerce in High Point will auction Lot No. 4 Rain Lots, 5708 square feet, at noon June 8 1918 in front of the bank.
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J. D. Horney
J. F. Hoffman
Guilford County
N. C
Bank of Commerce
Main Street
High Point
Maggie Suits
Ray Street
Suits Corner
Suits
J. F. Hoffman, Jr
D. H. Parsons
Billy Jones Heroic Return Scene From France Frontline Nurse Care
A comrade carried Billy Jones from No Man's Land to American trenches after being hit by a bullet in France. He was treated at a dressing station then moved to a field and base hospital where Red Cross nurses tend him back to health. The piece highlights Red Cross efforts to sustain the U.S. war effort and save the half a million soldiers overseas.
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Billy Jones
France
No Man’s Land
Medical Department
Red Cross
Oifice
The Red Cross War Effort Shown In Facts And Figures
The American Red Cross supports 50 000 French children and supplies 8 423 French military hospitals with dressings. It runs 30 front line canteens and six more at railway junctions serving 80 000 French soldiers daily. It operates a movable hospital in four units for 1 000 men and four children refuges with a medical center and traveling dispensary for over 2 000 children. A vast warehousing network from seaboard to Swiss frontier holds 100 000 tons with 400 motor cars. It shipped 46 freight cars of supplies to Italy within two weeks and maintained ambulances at Piave after America joined the war. The Red Cross supports five Holland hospitals and a workshop with 20 workers. Paris reports 120 000 cases received from US chapters. The piece urges renewed sacrifice to aid the war effort and promises victory with the Red Cross.
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America
Red Cross
Seaboard
Swiss Frontier
Italy
France
Piave Front
United States
Austria
Holland
Paris
American Fel Cross
American Red Cross
Romania
The Review to the Soldiers
The Review to the soldiers is noted in the article as a ceremonial event. It mentions a salute or parade context with participants from the barracks and local volunteers. The piece references mounted troops and infantry units joining the observance in the town.
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High Point, N.C
Wright A. Patterson
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