Great Christmas Day for Wrightenberry Farm Family
Mrs Wrightenberry and her husband celebrate Christmas and the sixth birthday on their 117 acre Greensboro area farm. Mr Wrightenberry, long ill, credits Tanlac for a full recovery including weight gain and better digestion and sleep. The medicine is advertised as sold in Hart Drug Store and various North Carolina outlets.
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Greensboro
High Point
Hart Drug Store
Randleman
Randleman Drug Co
Thomasville
Thomasville Drug Co
Murder charge looms in case of Frederick Small
Frederick L. Small, a former Boston broker, faces first degree murder charges for the death of his wife. The body was found among the ruins of their Mountainview cottage after a fire Small allegedly started to conceal the crime. Investigators cite an insurance motive with a $20,000 joint policy.
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Ossipee
N. H
Little
Frederick L. Small
Boston
Dhe
Small
Mountainview
Scientists Gather in New York for AAAS Congress
Several thousand scientists from major American institutions descend on New York for the annual congress of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Papers will be read at venues including the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University on discoveries across physics mathematics astronomy chemistry biology geology and medicine.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
America
American Museum of Natural History
Columbia University
Game Plentiful in East Africa Despite War
Reports from Mombasa say game including elephants and buffalo are plentiful in East Africa as war halts hunting. Rhinoceros numbers surge in the north becoming a nuisance while the southern reserve sees military use but not to threaten future scarcity.
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Mombasa
British East Africa
East Africa
Breckenridge Long Slated for High State Department Post
Washington reports Breckenridge Long now of St. Louis and a Charlotte native is expected to be named first assistant secretary of state succeeding Governor Osborne of Wyoming. Long leads the Woodrow Wilson club of St. Louis and aided North Carolina delegates at the June Democratic convention. He is linked to the Charlotte Graham family and gave 5000 dollars to the Wilson campaign fund.
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Washington
Breckenridge Long
St. Louis
Charlotte
Osborne
Wyoming
Long
Woodrow Wilson Club
Wilson
Mr. Long
Graham
State
Wilson Campaign
Panama California Exposition Nears Final Week
San Diego officials announce the Panama California International Exposition will close next week after a record run since January 1, 1915. Attendance nears four million as investors and home seekers learn Southern California’s offerings. Final week festivities promise spectacular closing-night events.
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San Diego
Cal
California
Louisburg Sees Only Five Quarts Of Christmas Drams
Louisburg officials report unusually calm holidays as only about five quarts of Christmas spirits arrived instead of the expected six hundred. The short supply kept peace and the town avoided holiday trouble, with mail misrouting noted toward Laurenburg and a quiet season anticipated.
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Louisburg
Laurenburg
Walker dies from wounds inflicted by son in Danville
Samuel D. Walker of Pitsylvania died in a Danville hospital after being shot in the back by his 18 year old son last Tuesday. Doctors had hoped for recovery until gangrene spread, and Walker remained conscious except during surgery, thanking the medical team before his death.
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Danville
Samuel D. Walker
Pitsylvania
Walker
Key West Opens First Mid Winter Carnival
Key West Florida shines with carnival spirit as city streets bloom with decorations and visitors. Committees led by city leaders prepare a royal pageant coronation of the carnival queen and a two week program featuring street shows aquatic contests band concerts fireworks civic parades industrial and automobile parades.
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Key West
Fla
Note Handed to Russia By Ambassador Francis
London reports American ambassador David R. Francis handed President Wilson's note to the belligerents to Russia's foreign minister in Petrograd. The dispatch cites a Reuters report from Petrograd on December 26.
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London
David R. Francis
Petrograd
Wilson
Reuter
No Higher Price for This Foley Kidney Pills
A vintage advertisement notes prices for Foley Kidney Pills remain steady despite cost of living. It touts relief from sore muscles stiff joints rheumatic pains and bladder trouble and credits Mann Drug Company with its affordability and effectiveness.
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Mann Drug Company
Burns Fire Destroys Old Factory Slept On Christmas Day
Point fire department fought three alarms on Christmas Day. The old Burns factory on Steel and Anderson burned severely, a wooden structure neglected for years. Early morning fires at East Green and Cable streets damaged a residence owned by Mr. McIntyre, insured. A fifth alarm at the Ewood Hotel area suspected a blaze at the Matton Drug store but was not confirmed.
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Point Fire Department
Steel Andardson
Burns Sp
East Green
Cable Streets
MclIntyre
Ewood Hotel
Matton Drn Company
Infant Found Dead In Cradle Near Louisburg
The three month old infant of Mr and Mrs Ames Spencer living just outside Louisburg was found dead in its cradle Saturday morning. The child appeared healthy and strong when last seen, a convulsion is suspected. Interment was held at Oaklawn Cemetery Sunday afternoon.
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Louisburg
Ames Spencer
Modernization of Harbor Expands Copenhagen Port Capacity
The Associated Press reports a broad modernization of Copenhagen free harbor aimed at boosting transit trade with Russia once normal trade resumes. Warehousing will exceed 90 000 square meters now, up 10 000 since 1913, with plans for 22 700 more by end 1917. Christiania notes renewed free harbor interest, while a northern Norway harbor project is dropped.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Russia
Christiania
Norway
Pigs Destroyed At Birth Over Feeding Costs
London reports farmers kill newborn piglets due to soaring feed prices. A government agricultural committee urges stock raisers to help stave a pork famine. Farmers defend the action, arguing meat export to Holland drains domestic supplies and raises costs, cutting profits.
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Associated Press
London
Ward
Holland
Land Then Cultivated by French Army Corps in Meuse Region
The Bulletin des Armées reports that 735 acres were cultivated by a French army corps in autumn and spring in the Meuse region near German positions. Oats barley potatoes and vegetables were grown, with 225 acres used for hay. Preparations included grass cutting on 175 acres. Daily logistics moved 30 plows 24 harrows 12 rolls 18 cultivators and 40 fertilizer carriers.
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Paris
Bulletin Des Armees
Trench
Meuse
Army Corps
Foley Cathartic Tablets Offer Fast Digestive Relief
Stop self poisoning with Foley Cathartic Tablets for coated tongue bilious ness sour stomach indigestion constipation and other results of fermenting undigested food in stomach and bowels. Do not gripe for sickened action prompt relief. For sale by local vendors.
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Mann Drug Company
National junior indoor tennis cham pionship opens in New York
Calendar lists the National junior indoor tennis championship starting in New York with a slate of upcoming events across major sports including hockey, golf, boxing, and tennis. Notable bouts include Matt Wells versus Johnny Dundee in Columbus and Joe Eagan versus Al Nelson in Manchester.
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New York
Oklahoma State Hocker
Oklahoma City
Joe Eagan
al Nelson
Manchester
N. H
National Codlegate Athletic Association
Pinehurst
Matt Wells
Johnny Dundee
Columbus
Two Italian Papers Criticize Wilson Note in War Debate
Milan dispatch notes three papers react to President Wilson's note to belligerents. Secolo calls neutrals' stance improper and views Wilson as biased. Perseveranza fears peace will be delayed. Avanti praises the note as a step toward peace though no immediate outcome is promised.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Secolo
Wilson
Europe
Pereseveranza
Avanti
Russell Dies in Fayetteville Highsmith Hospital
Clement S Russell, prominent Carolina businessman and proprietor of the Carolina Machine Company, died yesterday at Highsmith hospital Fayet teville after a period of illness. He was a Spartanburg native and leaves four sisters and a brother. Two sisters arrived at the hospital as he passed.
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Fayetteville
Clemen S. Russell
Highsmith Hospital
Mr. Russell
North
South Carolina
Floyd
Russell
Spartanburg
Carolina Machine Company
Negro Youth Held for Breaking in Store
Greensboro reporter says Will Foust a little negro is charged with breaking and entering after Jim West reported missing fireworks from a stand in the old McAdoo hotel building. Foust was arrested yesterday and will be tried in city court Wednesday.
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Greensboro
Will Foust
Will
Jim West
McAdoo
Foust
Denial of Saltillo dynamiting rumors reaches border
Report from Laredo Texas dated December 26 states that passengers arriving from Saltillo deny rumors that a dynamiting at the Coahuila hotel in Saltillo killed or injured many Carranza officers.
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Laredo
Tex
Eagle Pass
Coahuila
Saltillo
Carranza
Tollo Water Promises Quick Bowel Relief From Dawson Springs
Booster style ad describes Tollo Water as a gentle laxative for constipation and related symptoms like headaches and biliousness. It claims rapid, mild relief by taking a third of a tumblerful before breakfast, bottles sold for 15 cents in Dawson Springs Kentucky and by Hart Drug Company and others.
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Dawson Springs
Kentucky
Hart Drug Company
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N. Y
Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association
Clement S. Russell
Fayetteville Hospital
Lief
Piedmont Building and Loan Association
W. C. Idol
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R. E. Andrews
THE
Western Union Telegraph CO
Norfolk Southern
Pullman
H. S. Leard
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North Carolina Public
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