Memorial Plan for General Neal Dow Founded in Washington
A national memorial project for Neal Dow father of American prohibition is planned in Washington with a large subscription drive. Dow, born March 20 1804 in Portland Maine, led Maine anti liquor measures and served as a Civil War brigadier general, twice wounded at Port Hudson and Libby Prison.
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Washington
Neal Dow
America
Maine
General Dow
Portland
Massachusetts
New England
New York
13Th
Maine Volunteers
2Nd
Maine Battery
Department of Florida
Pensacola
New Orleans
Port Hudson
Asault
Mal
England
United Kingdom Temperance Alliance
Fayetteville Social Notes From April Visitors and Returns
Fayetteville column records residents and guests arriving and departing. Miss Louise Powell returns to Meredith College after home visit while Effie Lee Dixon leaves Raleigh for home. Mrs L H Curtie of Schenectady visits sister Mrs W DeVane Jr as Miss Flora Phillips and family host visitors. Multiple relatives and friends travel between Wilmington Raleigh Jacksonville Sumter and Chapel Hill for gatherings and Easter events.
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Fayetteville
Louise Powell
Meredith College
Effie Lee Dixon
Raleigh
W. H. Powell
L. H. Curtie
Schenectady
WN. Y
W. DeVane, Jr
John A. McMurray
Beaufort
Sumter
8. C
Helen
Sarah Tillinghast
Illiam Angus Ray
Jacksonville
Fla
Henry Page Targets Hotel Keepers in North Carolina
Special dispatch from Raleigh reports Henry Page extending his wartime food regulations to hotels and restaurateurs who disregard government orders on bread and meat. The crackdown included revoking two licenses and public admonitions for mill owners, with officials citing ignorance and corporate wrongdoing.
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Rale‘&h
Henry Page
Marie Henry Page
Page
Marie Henry
Moore County
North Carolina
Lacy
McAdoo
Wilson
List of local residents and visitors to Lumberton
Mrs. R E Lewis visited Charlotte for eye treatment this week. W R Miller and three daughters Alphia Gladys Mollie and son Dougald of Route 1 Fairmont visited Lumberton. Mrs H T Pope reelected vice president of Wilmington division of Baptist Woman's Missionary Union. Mrs R D Caldwell elected delegate to Southern Baptist State convention in Little Rock in May. Mrs George B McLeod went to Baltimore for an extended stay. Misses Alice and Eva Hasty visited from near Maxton. Mrs L R Stephens visiting relatives in Fort Mill SC. Dr L E Ricks and two children spent Tuesday in Lumberton. Mrs Regan MacIntyre left for Norfolk to visit sister Mrs L P Stack. J M Pittman two daughters Daisy Florence and Mrs Lizzie Floyd spent Wednesday shopping. Miss Mary Bell Ricks en route to Raleigh to resume Meredith College studies after Easter with parents in Fairmont. Mrs H Anderson and daughter Kathryn to Petersburg VA for a month with sister Mrs E W Butcher.
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Lumberton
R. E. Lewis
Charlotte
W. R. Miller
Alphia
Gladys
Mollie
Dougald
Route 1
Fairmont
H. T. Pope
Wilmington
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union
Asheville
Grace
Will Thompson
L E Ricks
Regan MacIntrye
Norfolk
L. P. Stack
J. M. Pittman
Daughers
Daisy
Florence
Lizzie Floyd
Mary Bell Ricks
Raleigh
Meredith College
Kathryn
Petersburg
Oddities of baseball lineup page sparks debate
A fragmented report notes a curio in a recent baseball lineup including reference to McGaffigan and a Chinese player. The text is garbled and hard to interpret but implies a clash of nationalities in a team roster.
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Phildes
McGaffigan Sancicla Beween Lai
Tincup
Am Indian Gas
Times
Trinity Students Ten Receive Training at College
Trinity College in North Carolina enrolls hundreds in a student battalion under Major F P Page a Canadian officer. He will lead drill lectures and academic credits for military work while avoiding public comment on the war.
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Page
Trinity College
N. C
F. P. Page
Comen
Jmen
Stu
Major Page
Trinity
Canada
Western Front
Oklahoma hosts Colonel Miller show but boxing bout fails to materialize
Oklahoma has long hosted Colonel Miller's wild west show but has yet to secure a planned boxing event between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton.
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Oklahoma
Colonel Miller
Heavyweight Tom Cowler Offered Bout in Milwaukee
The heavyweight Tom Cowler has received an offer for a bout in Milwaukee. The contract hints at a fresh matchup against a new opponent who has yet to test Cowler.
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Tom Cowler
Milwaukee
Tom
Mortgage Sale by Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association
Public auction on April 29 1918 at noon at the Wilmington Court House door for cash of property in Wilmington described as a lot bounded Nixon Street and Eighth Street. Sale is by Stacy Adams mortgage with Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association. attorney listed John D Bellamy & Son.
Public auction to sell Wilmington property on Dickinson Street
By mortgage power the Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association to Marshall H Hill and wife October 3 1916 recorded Book 89 page 577 New Hanover County will sell at public auction for cash at the Court House door Wilmington Tuesday April 30 1918 at 12 oclock the described parcel beginning on Dickinson Street 99 feet south of Gwynn Street and running 33 feet south 132 feet east 33 feet north 132 feet west to the beginning
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Stacy Adams
Wilmington
Nixon Street
Eighth Street
Marshall H. Hill
City of
Dickinson Street
Gwynn Street
John J. Furlong
Wilminton Homestead and Loan Association
New Hanover County
Court House
Mington
Meares Street
Third Street
Meares A
Second Street
Homestead and Loan Association
John D. Bellamy
8CON
Spit Parend and Agsee Bellamy By John D. & Son
Unclear fragmentary notice referencing Bellamy and a firm John D. & Son with March date. Unable to determine full event or actions from the damaged text.
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Wilmingto Spit
John D. & Son
Erenetie
Land Sale in New Hanover County by Trustee Carter
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Wilmington court house door on April 23, 1918, at noon, for two tracts in New Hanover County described by metes and bounds, containing about 2 acres and 13 acres respectively, under a mortgage by Edward Foy and wife to C. L. Carter Trustee. LL. Carter, Trustee. John D. Bellamy & Son, Attorneys.
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Edward Foy
C. L. Carter
New Hanover County
Court House
Wilmington
North Carolina
George M. Croft
Hettie James
Fannie G. Pritchard
W. H. Tocley
LL. Carter
John D. Bellamy & Son
Special Tax Election Order for New Hanover County 1918
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners orders a special election on the Sunday in May 1918 to decide on a ten cent tax on property and thirty cent per poll to fund the county school fund. Qualified electors vote For Special Tax or Against Special Tax. A new registration will be held and polling places named with designated registrars and judges for each township precinct ward.
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Board of Education
New Hanover
Board of Commissioners
New Hannover
New Hanover County
Cape Fear
Johnston
Ds . Johnston
J. .W. Winders
D. J. Joyner
Harnett
F. A. Montgomery
Masonboro
Whiskey Creek
Lumden
Walter Horne
E. E. .Southerland
R. E. Kolis
Sunset Park
Basebsy Park
J. C. Long
W. E. Prins
J. H. LeGwin
Federal Point
T. J. Burnett
Ry J. Burnett
I. Keyes
J' A. Biddle
Wilmington
Engine House
Campbell
G. H. Davis
W. J Mintz
C. McD.jones
Court House
W. W. Galloway
T. A. Shepard
B. Applewhite
Giblem Lodge
R. E. Blaig
Gay
North Carolina
Board of Commissioners of
Board of Eduction
Gelve
New Natover
Johnston’s
J. H. Johnston
J. W. Winters
Seven Mile Post
Smitha Store
Geo. T. Smith
Geo. ‘S Shepards
Wwm
Canady
Seagate
Roger's
L. Larkin
G. H. Rogers
Hy L. Pittman
Winter Park
Smith's
J. T. Smith
A. H. High
Ff. A. Montgomery
Lumsdien
Polling
E. E. Southerland
R. E. Hollis
Baseball Park
W. E. Price
S. T. Keyes
J. A. Biddle
First Ward
Fourth
W.ick
Mintz
T. .A. Shepard
R. E. Blair
L. E. Symmes
R. E. Williams
McClellan's Stables
Jno
J. Furlong
W.M. Peck
L. Fox
Fifth
Fifth and
Castle Streets
H. E. Foster
A. E. Ketchum
C. L. Barnes
Biddle Stora
J. W. Gafford
Sion J. King
Henry Hewlett
Bixth
Towit
Election registration schedule and polling locations listed
The notice details registration sites in Masonboro Sunset Park Basebsy Park Federal Point Wilmington and four wards with registrars judges and polling places. Registration open April 4 1918 until April 27 1918 with final days including April 13 and 27 1918. Registrars to attend polling places May 4 1918 for inspection and objections.
New Hanover County Holds Special School Bond Election
By authority of North Carolina law the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners calls a special election for May 8 1918 to decide on issuing up to 250000 in coupon bonds for public school improvements. Registration opens April 27 and polling places across townships and wards are listed with designated registrars and judges.
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Father of
R. H. Vann
Mary Williams
Edna Springs
Chapel Hill
Mary Gray
New
Hal V. Worth and
C. C. McAllister
Katherine Crawford
Huske
Wash
Lou Robertson Price
Mars
A. H
Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello, Ill
Dr. Vineberg Masonic Temple
Hutman
Jarman & Futrelle
Princess Street
Fowler
Figene
N. Jacobi Hardware CO
S. Front St
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