Four Month SCHOOLS Movement Gains Strong Support
The four months schools movement gains momentum as funds are expected to be provided in the coming session. Populist leaders contend Governor Pritchard favors free silver. Rail and tax issues, plus local notices, also appear as state concerns.
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Raich
N. C
Dee
Specia
Whe Railway Commission
Seaboard Air Line
Othe Road
T Ng
Stan
JW. Hayward
Hie
Joliet
Hendersonville
Cumberland
Paynes
Basmire
Deutch
Goldsboro
Pony
Atlantic Ia North Carolina Railway
Eris
Harmnett County
Soliers
Russell
Ayer
Christmas News and Local Busy Scenes in Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City reports Christmas preparations with store fireside news. Dawson and Benberry millinery cleared without major damage, but a hand burned while extinguishing the blaze. The wharf and railways undergo repairs as vessels like the Wagner and Violet appear for duck hunting expeditions. Local students and families head home for holidays, with college attendees returning from Raleigh and other areas.
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Higabeth City
N. C
Hte Claus
Dawson & Benberry
Dawson
ePhe
J. W
Wagner
Lily Evans
Pearl Baker
Atlantic Collegiate Institute
Coleraine
James Wilcox
Raleich
Wigs
Agricultural Mechanical College
William Wood
Randolphia College
Kate Harris
A. C
William K. Raper
Kireville
Colton Market Notes and Shipping Totals
Liverpool spot sales show 12 000 bales. futures advance in New York and New Orleans with heavy volume. United States port receipts reach 69 650 bales amid mixed year over year totals. Norfolk and Galveston markets show declines or flat. Major Picton, State hotel Denison, touts Chamberlains Cholera Remedy as reliable for diarrhoea and dysentery.
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Liverpool
Bates
United States
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Norfolk and Portsmouth
Houston
Galveston
T. Picton
State Hotel
Denison
Tex
Chamberlain
Major Picton
Zanzibar Sultanate Tale of Change and British Power
A vivid account of Zanzibar and its sultanate from a volatile transition after the death of Said Hamid bin Ahwain. Khalid's usurpation, British opposition, portentous bombardment, and the installation of Banan bin Mohammed Said under British influence. The piece notes slave trade, Arab dominance, and the city’s stark social divisions on the Indian Ocean fringe.
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Zanzibar
Far East
Sultanate of
Yaanzibar
John Bull
Dritieh
Lnte
Hamid bin Ahwain
Khalid
Nul
Whorld
Existenc
Askaris
Wholkl
bin Mohammed Said
bin Y Ray
Tyron
Sihidons
Zona
Annee Olf
Sun dogs and halos in weather folklore noted
An 19th century note discusses the sun dog phenomenon, its appearance in dictionaries, and regional terms such as Sunhound. It references observations from a coach in England, mentions Wright and Notes and Queries, and explains the term s sun dog as a rare atmospheric glare caused by sun halos.
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Severn
Balso
Stalin
Eos Wien
Wright
Hoepn
Jom
Air
Milwasd Monenets
Tomiaon
Sony Auithettis
Jamaica's Banana King and Global Trade Echoes
A fragmented historical account traces Te Waak Yankon Skipper and Wirwt Sup plies Canes Ged, detailing banana export ventures, capital, and US trade. Interwoven are legal anecdotes about chancery court abolition, and notes on electric power dreams and early hypnotism crime in Belgium.
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Wirwt
Sven Newley
Gorton
Terdhorn
Jarven
Cape Qualbingy
Olior
Lwitch
United States
Preston
Ian
Iba
Christmas Book Sets and Accessories Sale
4 volume cloth bound sets of Conan Doyle and Corelli and 8 volumes of Dumas offered. Edna Lyal 6 volumes. Pictures and white enameled frames at 13c each, larger frames 50c 75c and 1.50. Wholesale lots of Christmas tree ornaments one to fifty boxes. Winter cloaks for ladies and children in warm great values at 1 2 and 3. Demorest Sewing Machine 19.50. Store advertised as selling out amid urging lines.
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Paperty
Mort & Taper
Sole
Junuape
S. J. Wart
Stocks Movind, . C
Wis
Milwabeth
Dar & Harper
Port Norfolk
Lee Edmunds
North Carolina
Southern Avenue
Wic
A. Pred Johnson
Auiander
D. C
Talbot
Charles F. Harper
Sufalk
Shafer
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Nuttistown
Hain
West Norfolk
Messrs
N. To
W. TL. Talbott
Cotrge
Messrs. Ward Bros
Conan Doyle
Marie Corelli
Alexander Dumas
Edna Lyal
Demorest
Apple Ferment and Patagonian Drinking Rite
A fragment from Chambers' Journal recounts Patagonian practice of fermenting juice from gathered apples in pits lined with horse hides, yielding a grand annual drinking bout. Women steal knives to hide as men drink, then the women and children wait until all are asleep. The piece laments Jesuit involvement and notes apples thrived under European cultivation.
Large Wreck Sale Auction Notice for City of Philadelphia Vessel
A sale on Wednesday morning December 23 at 10 o'clock includes anchors chains rigging rope hawsers spars lights lanterns log line rotator spirit compass blocks and other ship fittings from the schooner City of Philadelphia alongside the vessel and phosphate rock on Little Island. Morris manager by Valentine Stevens auctioneers.
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L “Kell
Rpaterin
City of
Philadelphin
Little Island
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Marshall
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Margret Smith
Washington
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John Bowler
Daniel Green
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Washington Star
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R. M. Hughes
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Dh. J. Donovan
Tazewell Taylor
Collins
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J. W. Perry
J. P. Andre Motu
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George Hh, Barrett
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Dick Ie
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Morria Auction House
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Heli
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Trustees
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Noral
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Noral Garden
Harris & Petrie
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Norfolk County
Virginia
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SHE Columbia Business College
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