War Savings and Exemption Boards Discuss North Carolina Rally
A Raleigh conference reviewed exemption boards and war savings goals. Officials including Colonel Fries and Lt. Mackay urged broad participation and understanding of war needs, while debates centered on discretion and the government’s rules for handling cases.
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Rrs
Young
Mackay
Bers
Fries
F. H. Fries
Camim
Raleigh
Con
Warings
Olonel Fries
North Car
Colonel
North Carolina
Smith and Jones Debate Grammar in Cincinnati Enquirer Snippet
An exchange shows Brown calling Smith an egotist and Jones correcting him. The fragment ends with a misquoted line about a bird struck by light. The source, Cincinnati Enquirer, preserves a casual editorial tone.
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Smith
Brown
Jones
Cinmati Enquirer
The Girl Who Couldn’t Grow Up Brings Pants Parade to Grand
Miss Margarita Fischer stars in a Mutual- Pollard production at the Grand. She displays an array of trousers from pajama to sailor bottoms while a trap set by a step mother stirs intrigue around Lord Raleigh. Fischer’s tomboy performance and rapid costume shifts aim to captivate the audience.
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Margarita Fischer
Mutual- Pollard
Miss Fischer
Margarita
Shepferd
Lord Raleigh
A Regular Minstrel at the Royal by Wills Company
The Wills Musical Comedy Company presents the Lady Minstrels today and tomorrow at the Royal. Twelve performers promise a genuine minstrel show with lively humor and a satirical trolley car afterpiece.
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Wills
the Royal
Wills Musical Comedy Company
Herad
Nebraska Permits Sale of Horse Meat in Grand Island
Lincoln dispatch reports Nebraska will permit horse meat for human consumption with the first butcher shop set to open in Grand Island. Officials say no state law blocks the sale and labeling will require clear designation as horse meat, with sausage labeling rules also clarifying its use.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Island
First Treason Case of the Present War Unfolds in New York
Paul Hennig, 43, German-born American and Bliss Torpedo Company employee, stands trial for tampering with gyroscopic torpedo attachments at Bliss in South Brooklyn. Investigators say microscopic flaws were implanted, risking U S Navy vessels. Trial follows long shadowing by agents and a grand jury indictment for treason with possible death or heavy penalties.
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New York
Paul Hennig
Harland B. Howe
Hennig
E. Ye. ‘Bliss Torpedo Company
Brooklyn
O’shea
Annapolis
United States
Imperial German Navy
Kiel
Karl
Germany
Ellis Island
Theodore Roosevelt
Bliss Plant
Navy Department
Navy
Bliss Company
Navy Intelligence Bureau
Lieut
Bliss Works
Winston-Salem to Goldsboro Sleeping Car Line Renamed
Southern Railway announces change of the Winston-Salem Morenead City Beaufort line to Winston-Salem Goldsboro line effective with the last cars into and out of Beaufort Sunday August 12. The car will still be handled on trains 232 112 and 111 237. Details from Southern Railway System Agents or J O Jones traveling passenger agent Leich NC.
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Winston - Save - Morenead City-Beaufort
High Schools Line Up For Debate in North Carolina
Chapel Hill on January 16 reports more than 250 schools signaled intent to contest for the Aycock Cup at UNC in April. Debaters per school reach 25 in some, while an 84 page booklet supports the topic that Congress should enact compulsory arbitration of labor disputes.
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Dispatch
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
B. R. Rankin
Congress
Debating Union
Alabama
University News Letter
Army Y. M.C.A
Red Cross
England
France
Canada
Greensboro
State Normal College
W. W. Rankin
David Eugene Smith
J. Stuart Allen
Signals and codes rule army communication science
Washington reports that military signaling is a precise science with trained signallers using telephones flags lamps heliographs dispatch riders and carrier pigeons. Allied and German efforts show secret instruments and coded messages to stay ahead in No Man's Land during modern warfare.
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Washington, D. C
Signal Corps
Europe
Western Front
Old Teeth and Gold Recovered for Cash
Advertises buying old false teeth, broken sets, and jewelry for cash. Pays $2 to $15 per tooth set and offers cash for gold and silver. Send by parcel post to L. Mazer at 2007 So. Ltd St., Philadelphia, with check by return mail and a 10 day hold for sender approval.
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L. Mazer
So. Ltd
Phila
La Creole Hair Dressing Promises Dark Natural Color
Ad touts La Creole Hair Dressing as restoring natural color, stopping dandruff, and preventing falling hair. Claims gray hair turns evenly dark, hair becomes thick and radiant, with a money back guarantee. Sold by Jarmen and Futrelle Drug Store in Wilmington NY at $1.20 a bottle. mail orders also available.
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Jarmen and Futrelle Drug Store
Wilk
Mington
Calotabs Calomel Purified From Objections
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern calomel free from old side effects. One tablet at bedtime purifies the liver and cleanses the system with no dietary or habit restrictions. Sold in original packages for thirty five cents with druggist guarantee.
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Cyrus Thompson
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Evety County
Jooking Senate
Nomi
the Grandomorrow
Jackie
Saunders
Star of
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Will
Neaess
Mareo Brite Clark
TNA
Dr. King
City Livery Co
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Columbia
Ron Heaters
Aliso
Calomel
On Earth
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C.D. Kenny Co
Winter Park
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Beach
Inter PP
Leave “Electric Centre” For
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Leave “Electric Centre
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Wrightsy'le
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