Nolan’s Final Hours Reveal a Nation‑Loving Officer
The letter from Danforth on Nolan’s death recounts the dying officer’s loyalty to the United States. Nolan, near death on the Levant voyage, forgives Burr, asks about empire and states, and dies with a Cincinnati badge and a map of the country by his bed.
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Truxton
Texas
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Mexico
United States
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Old Burr
la Plata
Buenos Aires
Stephen
Italy
Austin
Honduras
Tamaulipas
California
Walters
Williams
Edward Morris
Watrous
Captain Back
Thomas Roe
Danforth
Levant
Department
Evry
Southard
Washington
Fred
Indiana Territory
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pacific
Governor Bickett Pardons Eleven in Bold Step Against Precedent
North Carolina Governor Bickett granted eleven pardons after a prison survey showed convicted prisoners with varying sentences, many for murder. He acted without petitions, aiming to free those with no influence or money and to show the justice system should not favor the powerful. The group included ten men with combined 224 years on their sentences. the mix included six whites and five Negroes.
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Raleigh
Bickett
Sven
Prince Jernigan
Hertford County
Prince
State building commission delays major improvements plan
The state building commission reviews three million dollars in five year improvements for state institutions The group slows to ensure accuracy before launching major projects The state school for the blind may receive a complete new building system including a central kitchen and dining area Plans from UNC State Normal East Carolina Training and other trustees are checked by the state department of insurance for fire safety and protection features
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State Building Commission
State School For the Blind
University of North Carolina
State Normal
East Carolina Training School
State Department of Insurance
New Corporations Chartered In North Carolina
The Lewis Motor company of Salisbury is chartered with 50000 authorized capital and 3500 subscribed for an automobile agency and garage business by S P Lewis P B Carlton and others. Charlotte Truck and Tractor company of Charlotte is chartered with 50000 authorized capital and 3000 subscribed by John B Ross G E Dennis and B A Hawkins for trucking tractors and autos. The Lenoir Hosiery Mills of Lenoir receives a 50000 capital charter with 36000 subscribed by F D Moore J Claude Moore and Joe C Moore for knitting and textile business. The American Railway association asks shippers to load cars to near full capacity to aid freight movement. the commission calls it a patriotic duty amid rail congestion.
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Lewis Motor Company
Salisbury
General Automobile
S. P. Lewis
P. 8
Carlton
Charlotte Truck and Tractor Company
Charlotte
John B. Ross
G. E. Dennis
B. A. Hawkins
Lenoir Hosiery Mills, Incorporated
Lenoir
F. D. Moore
J. Claude Moore
Joe C. Moore
American Railway Association
The
Corporation Commission
North Carolina
Doctors Not Volunteers Plan for Medical Draft
The North Carolina State Committee on National Defense Medical Section in Greensboro endorses adopting selective draft to secure adequate medical service for the army. They argue doctors are not volunteering in sufficient numbers and urge the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense to advocate this policy before Congress.
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National Defense
National Board
Greensboro
Army
North Carolina State Committee On National Defense
Vision
Congress
North Carolina
United States
Arthur J. Balfour
America
France
England
North Carlina
Lawyers to Meet In Asheville and Wilmington Convention
Thomas W. Davis announced the program for the annual state bar association convention at Battery Park Hotel Asheville July 3 4. A welcome address will be given by A Hel Johnson Asheville with response by Matt H. Allen Goldsboro and the president's address by A L Brosis Greensboro. Wednesday features addresses by R N Sims Raleigh and Senator Thomas W Walsh Montane with Townes New York speaking Thursday.
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Asheville
Wilmington
Thomas W. Davis
The
State Bar
Battery Park Hotel
A. Hel Johnson
Matt H. Allen
Goldsboro
A. L. Brosis
Greensboro
R. N. Sims
Raleigh
Thomas W. Walsh
Montane
Charles A. Townes
New York
Nine Guard Camps Planned for Eastern States Visit
Senator O man toured the war department regarding cantonments and national guard sites. He learned General Wood's division will see nine camps established in the eastern states. The senator hopes one camp will be in North Carolina. Each camp will house about 20 000 men.
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Washington, D. C
O' Man
North Carolina
Wood
New Carolina
Girl Dies in Factory Accident at Troy Knitting Mills
Four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Barna Allen of Troy was fatally caught in a shaft at Troy Knitting Mills. The child became entangled as a machine operated and was pulled from the floor after about eighteen inches of movement.
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Troy
Barna Allen
Is Place
Troy Knitting Mills
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