Women of this city map prohibition campaign
The regular meeting of the local W C T U was held at the Sunday School rooms on Highmarket and Orange streets at 5 this afternoon. A main item was planning a prohibition campaign between now and next August to place the county in the prohibition line under the new act. State groups are adopting similar programs. Superintendents of different departments were to be chosen to lead the work.
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Highmarket
Orange Streets
A Tip For Advertisers From a Roadside Card of Thanks
A rhetorical note argues that cards of thanks and obituaries are read in newspapers, not on pasture fences. It suggests advertisers should place ads in print to reach people, not cattle, asserting newspapers offer better readership and impact for notices.
Young Mother Seeks Opinion on Rocking Babies
In the Jonesville Monitor a blunt stance denounces rocking as a brutal practice. The writer, a busy father of many children, states he never rocked his infants and jokes about arrest if compelled to fully condemn any woman who rocks a baby.
Made Expensive Mistake
The Postal Telegraph Company lost a suit for 400 dollars after a telegram from M. C. Heath & Co. for 500 bales of cotton was misread due to a missing letter. The misprint changed meaning from wired to wire, creating an incorrect order. The jury awarded 400 dollars to Heath.
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Columbia
Postal Telegraph Company
M. C. Heath & Co
Torpedo Boat to be Raised for Confederate Exhibit
Arrangements have been completed to raise the first Confederate torpedo boat from the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain. The vessel lies near the Spanish fort and is to be placed on the lawn of the Confederate Soldiers' home in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Spanish Fort
Lumsden Guilty of Manslaughter in Suydam Case
John C Lumsden, 31, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the murder of Harry Suydam at a Broad street office. The trial before Judge Malone ended with a quiet verdict as witnesses and family looked on. Lumsden claimed self defense and faced sentencing Friday morning.
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New York
John C. S Lumsden
Malone
Supreme Court
Harry Suydam
Broad Street
Reed Miller
Anderson, S.C
E. G. Powell
Lumsden
Birmingham
Henry Bagley
Ensign Worth Bagley
North Carolina
Jas. T. Johnson
Raleigh
N. C
Knott
Col
Z. P. Smith
First
North Carolina Mounted Infantry
Cuba
Chas. B. Aycock
Suydam
Twenty Years Ago Subscriptions Stir Wheat Promise
A reader proposes a nostalgic column recalling past events. The starter recalls John Dobbins promising to pay his subscription when his wheat was sold, and asks whether he lied or still holds the wheat.
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John Dobbins
John
Money and The Crops News Summary
Crop prospects for next year loom large with overall revival ahead. droughts in Western areas and moisture shortages in the cotton belt temper sentiment. Bank rate nudges up as government deposits shift, with Secretary’s actions curbing speculation and fortifying Treasury for looming crop-moving season next fall.
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Inventor
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W. Fifty-seventh Street
Caro Miller Lumsden
Kate Su
Carolina Hardware Co
J.B. Washington
Front ST
Green Grocer
Front Street
Choice
A. Moore
Steel Rae
M.kintar
M. Kintar
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YLE
Maven
Newmeen
Miso
Nadia
Beasty Corso
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Hing
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Hans Cees
Uefa
Lee Ato Gle
HE Daily Item
Otown
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