University Commencement at Chapel Hill Ends Amid Rain
The One Hundred First Annual UNC commencement was held in Memorial Hall Chapel Hill with heavy rain. Thirty seven graduates received their degrees and presented theses. Vice President Stevenson spoke to the class and a large audience attended the events along with the glee club concert and the German. Notables including Mr and Mrs W H Proctor and others traveled by private conveyance or rail to the ceremonies.
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University of North Carolina
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
R. P. Jenkins
W. T Woodley, Jr
J. W. Canada
R. G. Allsbrook
J.C. Eller
Alsbrook
Carr
A. Henderson
Durham
HeRann
Stevenson
United States
Adelai E.stevenson
W.r(ox
Hill
University Glee Club
W. H. Proctor
Fitch
Taxes and travel notices from Durham era 1896
County officials set the year’s assessment on a 100 dollar value with state, pensions, school and local levies totaling 79 cents plus a poll tax. Public notices cover an excursion on June 16 with trains via Selma and Wilson, a Baltimore trip price, and a Durham teachers assembly travel deal. Knights of Pythias officers elected for six months and a jail of local advisories, alongside local society notes and a University commencement report.
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Register of Deeds Office
Court House
Great Tabernacle
Selma
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Washington City
Baltimore
Norfolk
Knights of Pythias
W. M. Yearby
A. B. Burch
A. A. Pruden
J. Scott Burch
Has
Piper
Grand Lodge
Asheville
Samuel Kramer
Martin Page Nuptials and Durham Union Depot Talk
Announcement of the marriage between Ella Barringer Martin and Frank Page set for June 18. The piece also urges public support for a Union depot in Durham to benefit railroads, city, and travelers, noting possible accident savings. Report of a buggy overturning near Chapel Hill injuring Bill Lunsford and Del Sears.
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Ella Barringer Martin
J. B. Martin
Chapel Hill
Frank Page
A. F. Page
Moore County
Park Hotel
Raleigh
Thursdey
Mr. Page
Miss Martin
Durham
Hxrald
Recorder Office
Bill Lunsford
del Sears
Mr. Lunsford
Catarrh cures touted by Hall's remedy and other tonics
A midwestern newspaper column touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for deafness and catarrh. It promotes testimonials, offers a $100 reward for cure failures, lists Toledo Ohio manufacturer F J Cheney & Co, and notes distributors in Memphis and San Francisco. Also mentions Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs and Simmons Liver Regulator as spring tonics.
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Eustachia Tube
Hall
F J. Cheney
Toledo
Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
Ill
Blackwall & Son
F. J. Keney & Co
Tolédo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertised by Mrs Gettys
A testimonial from Mrs P Gettys of Polkville N C praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for long term poor health and quick improvement after starting use. The note highlights the medicine as easy to take and operate.
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Hood
Gettys
Polkville, N.gc
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Stephenson
Florence Hargrove
Williams Mill
Jim
Henderson
Lila Tucker
Julian Ingle
Sydney Cooper
Tom Lassites
Tucker
Comm
Board of Town Commissioners
Pine Street
Petigrew Street
Teachers Assembly
Southern Railway
Jacksnvile
Fla
Jane
Three Friends
Key West
Pakxstxy
Dunne Avenue
Frankfort
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Harmony
Georgia
Montie Christian
Norwood
Montgomery County
Dr. Fitch
J. W. Graham
Hillsboro
Geo. I. Nowitsky
H. Norton
A. N. Thompson
Banner Warehouse
Oak Grove Township
Chi’ Lcago
Jeye
Chicago Tribune
Adelai Stevenson
Con’. W. R. Cox
U. S. Senate
Wasu Hindon
W. R. Cox
United States Senate
Washington
N. C
Daniel
Pickerell
23Rd Street
Gov
Sprigg
Maryland
Col Pickerell
North Carolina
New York
South
Heraxo
San Jose
Cal
James C. Dunham
Des Moines
Iowa
Allison
J. N.baldwin
Council Bluffs
St. Louis
Macon
Wolff & Hass
Greenstore
Fifth District
Greensboro
W. W. Fuller
Robert L. Holt
Burlington
Martin-Page
Schoolfield. Hanauer Grocery Company
Memphis, Tenn
Maceo
Havasu
Fred Miller
Irving, Ill
R. Blackwall Son
Simmont Iver
Simmons Liver Regulator
Ae Poo
Danly
N.C
Sun
Indiana
Missou« , Kansas
Nes Waske, Colorado
Shansas
Clifornia
Txas
St NM West
Proctor
The
Recorder
Amd
Deanam
Lea Burch Hutchings & Co
Pitts
Inacs
Bois
Gan and Caton
Broadway
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