Modern maple syrup plant opens in western North Carolina
Linville Improvement Co. installs first modern maple syrup equipment on Grandfather Mountain. W W Hensel reports 100,000 sugar maples at 4000 to 5000 feet will feed a growing industry. plans seek wider orchard development and state independence from imports.
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News and Observer
North Carolina
Linvill Improvement Co
Linville
Grandfather Mountain
W. W. Hensel
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
Nelson McRae
Grandfather
Sugar Mountains
Hensel
Pacha Tes Orld Eebe
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Linville Improvement Company
A Fine School And Its Founter
The Appalachian Training School at Boone has been well provided for by the Legislature. Under Supt. B. B. Dougherty and his brother, the school has grown into a useful, growing institution. Dougherty is praised as a leading educator and civic figure shaping North Carolina's future.
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Boone
Supt
B. B. Dougherty
North Carolina
Student Army Training Corps officers eligible for $60 bonus
War department data shows student officers in various colleges may claim a $60 discharge bonus if inducted into service before Armistice Day and began training at a designated college. If not inducted by Nov 11 or not passed by the local board, they are ineligible. colleges hosting officer training count as military camps for eligibility.
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Student Army Training Corps
War Department
Greensboro
Daily New’s
North Carolina
United States
Russia in War News and Opinion by Walt Mason
A critical wartime verse reflects on Russia's turmoil with grim imagery of blood and demagoguery. The speaker calls for action to aid Russia and mentions Trotsky while acknowledging uncertainty about a path to safety.
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Kaiser Bill
Russia
Walt Mason
News and Observer
Victory Liberty Loan Campaign Opens April 21
The Victory Liberty Loan campaign runs from April 21 to May 10 and seeks at least 5 billion dollars. Notes maturing in five years will be issued instead of bonds. interest rates are not yet announced but expected above four percent.
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Victory
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised for Children
The article extols Chamberlain's Cough Medicine as ideal for children citing safety palatability and effectiveness in treating coughs and colds. It notes mothers favor the product and emphasizes careful selection of pediatric remedies.
Property Return Oath Guides May 1919 Valuation Rules
The article explains that taxpayers begin returning taxable property on the first Monday in May for full valuation. It details the oath to be sworn or affirmed on listing blanks, and clarifies that while full-value assessment occurs in May, the tax is not levied until the next year with a cap of no more than 10 percent above 1919 revenue. It notes a special legislative session in Summer 1920 to revise state rates. It also mentions Battery E, 113th P and the 118th field artillery's deployment and muster plans.
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Lhave
Charlotte Observer
Russians In Famine Face Starvation War Crimes Rumor
Reports to the U S State Department describe chaotic conditions in Russia with claims of human flesh sold to famine victims in Moscow. Petrograd lacks fuel, sewerage may fail, and daily deaths reach around four thousand while Moscow food remains scarce and rationed. Deserted streets and beggars haunt Petrograd as peasants sell food at inflated prices.
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U. S. Department of State
Russia
Moscow
Petrograd
Gentle laxative tonic for chronic constipation
The article explains chronic constipation caused by overuse of mineral waters and strong cathartics. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild laxative that produces gentle bowel movements with minimal risk of rebound constipation.
Aged Admiral Usher Retires After 48 Years of Service
Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher retires from active duty on April 7 upon reaching the age limit after nearly five decades in service. A graduate of the Annapolis training program, he commanded the battleship Michigan for years and will return to Potsdam New York.
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Nathaniel R.usher
Admiral Usher
Annapolis Naval Training School
Michigan
Potsdam
N. Y
British Navy Holds Big Record
From August 1914 to March 2 1919 the British Navy transported more than 26 500 000 soldiers and others connected with the war. This total includes nearly 200 000 prisoners 2 250 000 animals 500 000 vehicles 48 000 000 tons of military stores and 5 000 000 tons of live stores.
Civil Service Commission Shakeup Aims for Roster Change
President Wilson seeks resignations of two members Herman W. Craven and Charles M. Galloway. New appointees are Martin A. Morrison of Indiana and George R. Wales of Vermont to reorganize the Civil Service Commission.
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Wilson
Civil Service Commission
Herman W. Craven
Charles M. Galloway
Martin A. Morrison
Indiana
George R. Wales
Vermont
Caldwell County Bay Decorated For Bravery
Lieutenant Andrew L. Nelson of Lenoir North Carolina received the Croix de Guerre from the French army for exceptional bravery and heroism near Bussy Farm in the Champagne Sector on September 29 1918. He risked his life to gather scattered company units amid direct artillery and machine gun fire.
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Andrew L. Nelson
Lenoir
N. C
Bussy Farm
Champagne
Nelson
Bank of Blowing Rock Report March 4 1919
Report of the condition of the Bank of Blowing Rock at Blowing Rock North Carolina at the close of business March 4 1919 signed by cashier J T Mitter with attestations and listed items including Westinghouse electric lamps irons and double sockets sworn before J B Gree J P on March 12 1919 and signed by directors.
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina
J. T. Mitter
JA. Luntz Wis
Lewis
India reports 1916 influenza deaths at five million
The report cites deaths from influenza in 1916 totaling five million. Other items note frontier reopenings between Germany Austria and Czecho Slovakia on 9th, large mercantile fleet in German harbors to be surrendered, and a US 5 million loan raising allied credits to over 8.84 billion.
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German- Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
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