A Sorry Custom Borrowed From Foreign Countries
The Richmond Journal decries social snobbery and the idea of excluding people “in trade” from elite circles. It condemns English style class lines, citing Mrs. Galt and widespread wealth origins, calling for an end to snobbery in American society. It also recounts Edith Cavell’s execution by Germany and comments on the political response.
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Richmond Journal
Washington
Galt
White House
Virginia
England
Asheville
Germany
Edith Cavell
Brand Whitlock
Miss Cavel
London
Miss Cavell
John Simon
Great Britain
Miss Caveer
Best Work Wins: Do Your Job Better Than All
A moral on lifelong success from the Anderson Daily Mail notes that excelling at any craft guarantees steady work and respect. The best carpenter, bricklayer, machinist, and lawyer stay employed, while lesser effort crumbles. It argues quality over ostentation yields money and pride.
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Anderson Daily Mail
Moonlight Month Seeks to Start Nationwide Moonlight Schools
Charity and Children urges November as Moonlight School Month urging adult literacy with volunteers. aims to reach families across North Carolina where many cannot read. Emphasizes public schools, clergy, merchants, and rural workers joining to teach evenings after work to light the path to reading and writing.
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Moonlight School
North Carolina
The Danger of Seech in Public Discourse
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent argues there would be long term benefits if people temporarily lost the power of speech or writing. The piece cites monkly silence and Solomon, noting humans rarely master the tongue. It emphasizes daily progress from refraining from foolish or cruel words and the enduring value of a guarded tongue.
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News and Observer
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Solomon
To Think About A Nation Haunted By Sickness And Waste
In the United States an over. The text notes 600000 preventable deaths yearly and 1644 daily, with 2900000 persistently sick. It cites costs exceeding 80000000000 to society, tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria, and hookworm, and mentions South Carolina losing about 35000000 annually.
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United States
Panama Canals
South Carolina
News bias bars vital freight revival story
Courier Journal notes New York dispatch on rail freight revival labeled vital news but blocked by Republican and Bull Moose aligned papers. It was AP and nonpartisan, yet suppressed for political aims. The piece questions party tactics and self styled newspapers that hide such news from readers.
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New York
Dispatch
Associated Press
Health and disease claims spark broader social critique
The piece argues about widespread illnesses like hookworm malaria and syphilis, linking them to national productivity and crime. It cites estimates of ill Americans, including 190,000 syphilis sufferers and 250,000 plus with mental impairments, asserting heredity and infancy outcomes under the "New Chivalry Health" banner.
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United States
United States Army
Navy
Louise Pasteur
Notice of Sale of Sands Mercantile Co Interest
We notify all persons that we sold our entire interest in the Sands Mercantile Co to N. E. and J. L. Moretz. All debts to be paid by said company and all accounts due the firm to be paid to them. T. C. Moretz interest was stock formerly owned by Timothy Moretz. This Oct. Ath, 1915.
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Sands Mercantile Co
N. E
J. L. Moretz
T. C. Moretz
Timothy Moretz
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R. H. Hardin, M.D
Boone, N
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G. M. Peavler
Bristol, Tenn
T. E. Bingham
Lawyer
Boone
F. A. Linney
Ly. Pd
N.C
Silas M. Greene
Mabel
Vilas
G. H. Hayes
E. S. Coffey
Attorney AT Law
N. C
Nat. T. Dulaney
Bristol
Tenn
Edmund Jones
Lenoir, N. C
Watenga
Avery
A. Linney
F. Lovill
W. R. Lovill
Lovill
Boone, N. C
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