Nevada Takes On Demon Rum With Dry Move
Nevada faces a rising prohibition drive led by an initiative filed with about 8,000 names, aiming to ban manufacture, sale, and storage of liquor or submit the issue to a 1918 general vote. The measure, backed by anti liquor groups, would set wide prohibitions with penalties and enforcement provisions statewide.
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Nev
Nevada
Utah
Secretary of State
Middle West
Prohibition
Elon selects debaters for dual intercollegiate event
Six debaters were chosen to represent Elon College in the dual intercollegiate debate with Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Debates will be held April 27 in Greensboro North Carolina and Rock Hill South Carolina. The topic is whether military training should be required in all American colleges.
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Presbyterian College of South Carolina
W. J. B. Truitt
Warren McCulloch
R. J. Morton
F C. Lester
H. T. Floyd
E. H. Rainey
Greensboro
Rock Hill
S C
Election Held After Opening
Concord New Hampshire March 13 The successor to Congressman Cyrus A Sulway who died in Washington Saturday night will not be chosen in time to take his seat when Congress convenes in a special session April 16 it became known yesterday
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Concord
N. H
Cyrus A. Sulloway
Washington
Congress
Shay Stars in The Ruling Passion at Rose Theater
Popular screen actor William E. Shay co stars with Claire Whitney in the William Fox photodrama The Ruling Passion filmed in Jamaica. The Jamaica production will be shown at the Rose theater tomorrow. Shay, famed for Kreutzer Sonata and The Clemenceau Case, credits this role with great opportunity.
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William E. Shay
Claire Whitney
William Fox
Jamaica
Rose Theater
Tomor
Mr. Shay
Kreutzer Sonata
Clemenceau Case
Sin
The Golden Fetter at Paramount Broadway Tomorrow
Wallace Reid stars as a mining engineer opposite Anita King a New England teacher in The Golden Fetter released by Paramount. The western town plot centers on money invested in a mine and the couple bound by steel cuffs that turn to fetters of gold. Supporting cast includes Tully Marshall Walter Long Mrs. Lewis McCord C. H. Gelbert Larry Peyton and Lucian Littlefield.
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Anita King
Lasky Company
Paramount
Mr. Reid
Tully Marshall
Oliver Twist
Walter Long
Gus
Lewis McCord
C. H. Gelbert
Larry Peyton
Lucian Littlefield
Corridors of Chance in Hobart’s Experi ence at Municipal theater
The play Experi ence by George W. Hobart comes to Greensboro Friday and Saturday March 23 and 24 at the Municipal theater. A modern gambling house scene features roulette and full gaming devices with an 82 player cast from the New York and Boston organization across ten scenes. The Golden Cabaret act includes a light opera chorus and a noted standard of captivating young women on stage.
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Greensboro
Municipal Theater
New York
Boston
War Book Catalog Effort Aims Global War Library
London librarians form a committee to compile a global bibliography of war books. They plan seven complete catalogs, one for the Library of Congress, and to create after the war a library and museum housing all listed works.
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Associated Press
London
Congressional Library
Washington
Rocky Mount Gears Up For Major Masons Ceremonial
Rocky Mount prepares for a large spring ceremonial of Sudan temple of the Mystic Shrine with dates set for May 23 and 24. Potentate A B Andrews announced the schedule and invitations were sent to Oasis temple Charlotte Acca temple Richmond and Khedive temple Norfolk to attend.
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Sudan
Temple of Masons
Mystic Shrine
North Carolina
Shrine Club
Shriners
A. B. Andrews
Oasis Temple
Charlotte Acca
Richmond
Khedive
Norfolk
Doctor Hiatt to be Mustered Out of Federal Service
Lieutenant H. B. Hiatt of the hospital corps received a telegram from the adjutant general at Fort Sam Houston directing him to report by wire to the commander of the department of the east for muster out of federal service. He will proceed to Fort Caswell Fortress Monroe Washington or Charleston to be mustered out.
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Hospital Corps
Adjutant General
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Department of the East
Lieut. Hiatt
Fort Caswell
Fortress Monroe
Washington
Charleston
Charlotte Mayor Attends South Atlantic Meeting
Charlotte Mayor T. L. Kirkpatrick attends the second annual convention of mayors of the South Atlantic and Gulf states in Savannah Georgia. He delivers the response to the address of welcome.
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T. L. Kirkpatrick
Savannah
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Active season for trapshooters indicated in 1917 schedule
The Interstate Association reports more than 450 registered tournaments with many more applications. The season runs through spring to autumn, featuring National Championship Grand American Handicap in Chicago in August 1924, plus sectional, state championships in cities from Roanoke to San Jose and numerous state meets across the country.
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Associated Press
New York
Interstate Association
Chicago
Roanoke
San Jose
Cal
Hatford
Conn
St. Joseph
National Tennis Association to Decide 1917 Schedule
Approval of the 1917 tennis schedule will be the keynote item at the National Tennis Association executive committee meeting in New York on March 23. Applications for sanctioned tournaments pour in, including many junior and boys events. The choice to run the national doubles championship separately adds scheduling complexity before the national singles championship, but organizers aim to minimize local clashes despite more dates to sanction.
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National Tennis Association
New York
Trinity Campus Shrub Study by Dr Brown
Dr F C Brown of Trinity College visited Duke to survey gall berry and bay shrubs for a potential carload for the campus. He examined gall perry bay and other evergreens, collected samples, and secured a price while awaiting final order quantities.
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Duke
F. C. Brown
Trinity College
Kinski
Eggs Labeled Not To Be Boiled In Market Shakeup
London march 13 a new classification for eggs in wholesale trade requires labels reading These eggs not to be boiled or These eggs guaranteed to boil. The change follows imports from distant regions some eggs treated with a chemical solution to preserve them making them airtight and prone to explosion when heated in boiling water.
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Associated Press
London
Amnesty Offer Planned for Mexican Refugees After May 1
El Paso report says General Carranza will grant amnesty to all Mexican refugees after his May 1 inauguration. Exclusions include Francisco Villa and followers, those implicated in President Madero’s murder, and President Jose Pino Suarez.
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el Paso
Carranza
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Madero
Jose Pino Suarez
High Point Enterprise delivers AP reports six days a week
The High Point Enterprise provides full Associated Press reports six days weekly at a price of 10 cents, delivering concise news coverage to readers through their door.
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High Point Enterprise
Associated Press
Sunday School Institute Held and Local News in Salisbury
A Sunday school institute with delegates from most of Salisbury district schools will gather at the Tabernacle today and Wednesday with expert speakers. Delegates to the Woodmen of the World head camp meeting at New Bern carry instructions to bring next head camp to Salisbury in 1919. Superior court convenes for civil cases with Judge Justice presiding. Chambers Owens, a Salisbury native employed in Washington, died there and will be brought home for burial.
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Salisbury
Tabernacle
Woodmen of the World
New Eorn
Superior Court
Justice
Chambers Owens
Family credits remedy for avoiding serious sickness
Mrs J B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says a long battle with sick headaches and stomach trouble ended after using Thedford's Black Draught. She reports that the vegetable medicine benefited her family and early complaints in children, and that they keep it on hand. The ad claims over 70 years of use and over a million beneficiaries and notes a 25 cent price.
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McDuff
J. B. Whittaker
Thedford
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