Timeline of Ireland Home Rule movements and key actions
A compact chronology traces the Irish Home Rule movement from its 1870 leadership under Isaac Butt to 1918. It covers Parnell, Gladstone, Redmond, Castledoom, and the Acts, bills, votes, revolts, and royal assent shaping self government aspirations and the 1916 martial law and wartime conscription developments.
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Isaac Butt
Charles Stuart Parnélll
Parnell
Gladstone
Frederick Cavendish
Burke
Phoenix Park
Dublin
House of Commons
House of Lords
Ireland
Redmond
Lords
Commons
George V
Sir Roger Casement
Ulster
Lloyd George
Lady Duff Gordon Sister of Novelist Elinor Glynn
Lady Duff Gordon a London milliner who has run a successful millinery business and lately staged a fashion show on the American vaudeville circuit is identified as the sister of Elinor Glynn the noted English novelist.
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Duff Gordon
London
Elinor Glynn
War Savings Contest Offered by National Education Association
Miss Mary C. Bradford offers a bronze commemorative tablet to the school with the largest per capita War Savings. Colonel Fries of North Carolina coordinates entry, urges every school to form a War Saving Society and report monthly per capita sales to state headquarters.
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Dispatch
Winston-Salem
United States
Mary C. C. Bradford
National Education Association of the United
Colonel Fries
Miss Bradford
North Carolina
National Education Association
Washington
D. C
Bradford
Commonwealth
Teachers Institute Underway in Kenansville
Warsaw reports Professor J Henry Highsmith and Miss Hattie Parrott lead a two week teachers institute in Kenansville starting April 15 with 28 teachers in attendance. Professor M H Wooten sets April 26 as Big Day for county teachers and committeemen followed by a Liberty bond and War Savings stamp rally with expected prominent speakers.
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Warsaw
J. Henry Highsmith
Hattie Parrott
Kenansville
M. H. Wooten
Funeral of Mrs Loftin in Warsaw
Warsaw April 19 Special to The Dispatch services for Mrs Sarah Loftin were held at the home of her son Joel M Loftin in Warsaw followed by interment in the local cemetery. She died in Fayetteville Monday at about 72 years old and was noted for estimable character. Survived by daughters Mrs Lon Davis Seven Springs and Mrs Nannie Herring Burgaw a son Noel M Loftin Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Sarah Lofttin
Fayetteville
Joel M. Loftin
K. W. Cawthon
Lon Davis
Seven Springs
Nannie Herring
Burgaw
Noel M. Loftin
A Great Speech by John Sprunt Hill at Faison
Special to The Dispatch reports John Sprunt Hill delivering an inspiring war speech in Faison North Carolina praising local soldiers who went over the top with 30 volunteers. He urges support for Liberty Bonds and War Savings certificates and lauds Duplin county’s history and resolve.
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Faison
N.O
Hill
Life expectancy debated by insurance experts for middle aged adults
Life insurance experts contend a healthy 45 year old woman may outlive a man of the same age due to greater temperance and lower accident risk, suggesting gender based longevity differences.
Reporting Disloyal Acts During War Urged in Charleston
In Charleston on April 19 the office urges reporting suspicious acts of sympathy for the enemy. Citizens should address communications to Intelligence Officer, Headquarters Southeast Department, Charleston. Informants’ names will not be divulged and no punishment if suspicions are unfounded. Include nature, source, time, and place of information.
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Charleston
S. C
Southeastern Department
Endell Street Hospital in London staffed by women
One hundred twenty women physicians surgeons nurses and attendants are on the staff of Endell Street Hospital in London the world’s only military hospital staffed entirely by women.
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Endell Street Hospital
London
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White
Milans
Alma Brown
Payne Drug CO
Fifth and Red Cross Streets
Luzianne
Home Rule Movement
Cereal Beverage
Mint Cola Bottling Works
Wilmington, North Carolina
Teachers’ Institute
Institute
Loftin
John Sprunt
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Dele
Sega
Lesher Whitman & CO. Inc
Broadway
New Yo
Cordo Tan
Oxfords
Peterson & Rulfs
Wilmington
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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