Mount Olive Floods Hit Town and Crop Damage
Special to The Dispatch Mount Olive April 23. Three days of rain culminated with heavy showers Sunday morning flooding sections of the town washing up ridges and causing crop damage. Rev W N Johnson to deliver annual baccalaureate sermon at grade school in the auditorium next Sunday. A stray bullet struck Mrs C W Faust in the neck while she slept. the wound was removed by a physician Sunday morning. The first strawberries of the season shipped Friday morning sold for 8 dollars to local commission men. past years saw larger shipments and acreage has declined.
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Dispatch
Mount Olive
Hearst
W. N. Johnson
Baptist State Convention
Connecon
Ex-Empress Eugenie Kept Informed On War Developments
The ex-Empress Eugenie, who will be 32 next month, is said to be exceedingly well posted on the progress and details of the war, especially concerning French participation.
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Eugenie
Relief for Gas Sleep Disruption with LAX FOS WITH PEP SIN
A 50c bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEP SIN offered as a liquid digestive laxative to ease gas indigestion or constipation that disturbs sleep. Pleas ant to take.
A Healthy Worker Sings His Way to Relief
Walter Perry of Raleigh recounts his battle with stomach and kidney trouble. After using Peplac, he reports better sleep, no pain, and restored appetite, praising the remedy and recommending it to friends. Peplac is sold at R. R. Bellamy's drug store in Wilmington and by local druggists.
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Walter Perry
Fayetteville Street
Raleigh
Wilmington
R. R. Bellamy
Adv
Centenary of Historian James Froude Celebrated in UK
London marks the 100th anniversary of James Anthony Froude born at Dartington Devonshire. Commemorations abound in schools and libraries while his life spans academia and public lectures. His works include Nemesis of Faith and History of England.
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London
James Anthony Froude
United Kingdom
United States
Atlantic
Ireland
Froude
England
Friends of the Cause of
Professor Froude
Father Thomas Burre
Father Burke
Church of England
Exeter College
Tasmania
Freunde
South Africa
Dartington
Devonshire
Westminster
Oriel College
Oxford
Catarrhal Deafness Claims Cure by Constitutional Remedy
An old notice asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local ear applications and must be treated systemically. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes deafness and promises a $100 reward for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine.
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Frést
Hall
Circus Ape
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Marion County Goes Over Top in Liberty Loan Rally
In Mullins South Carolina April rally on the library lot drew an estimated six to seven thousand people. Hon Hoyt McMillan presided and introduced Maj Walter B Beale. Subscriptions totaled 120000 on site and may reach 130000, with Marion county and city pledges nearly doubling the county allotment. Music by a Camp Jackson military band accompanied the event.
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Mullins
S. C
Maullins Liberty Loan
Hoyt McMillan
Walter B. Beale
Camp Jackson
Beals
J. M. Lynch
Florence
Marion County
City of Marion
Mortgage Sale by Wilmington Homestead and Loan Assoc
Virtue of a mortgage dated April 6 1916 Olen J Furlong and wife mortgaged to Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association the deed recorded in Book 9 page 48 New Hanover County. public auction at Wilmington Court House door April 29 1918 at 12 M for cash. Property described: two parcels in Wilmington with Meares Street and Second Street boundaries. This March 20 1918. Attorneys John D Bellamy & Son.
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Olen J. Furlong
Wilmington
City of
Meares Street
Third Street
Second Street
Martin Street Lwo
Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association
John D. Bellamy & Son
Public Auction Of Mortgage Property In Wilmington
The undersigned will sell at public auction for cash at the Court House door in Wilmington on Tuesday at twelve oclock M. the property described as beginning on Dickinson Street 99 feet south of Gwynn Street and bounded 33 feet south, 182 feet east, 38 feet north, and 139 feet west to the beginning. Sale under mortgage deed dated October 8 1916 registered Book 88 page 577. March 29 1918. Attorneys.
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Marshall H. Hill
Wilmington
Willington
Dickinson Street
Gwynn Street
Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association
Sale of Homestead Lot in Wilmington Court House District
By power of sale in a mortgage deed Stacy Adams granted to Imington Homestead and Loan Association, recorded in Book 83 page 369 New Hanover County. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on Monday April 20 1918 at 12 o clock M at the Court House door in Wilmington for a lot described by bounds beginning at a pond on Nixon Street and Eighth Street, with the property located in Wilmington.
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Stacy Adams
Imington Homestead and Loan Association
New Hanover County
Court House
Wilmington
Nixon Street
Eighth Street
Ilmington Homestead and Loan Association
John D. Bellamy & B5on
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promotes Strength
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic purifies and enriches the blood and strengthens the body for both adults and children. It emphasizes a general tonic effect for the feeble elderly and pale children, priced 60 cents.
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Grove
Special Tax Election Ordered in New Hanover County
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners orders a special tax election for May 1918 to decide on a ten cent property tax and thirty cent per poll to support the county school fund. Voters will choose For Special Tax or Against Special Tax with designated registrars and polling places listed for Cape Fear and Harnett townships.
Election registrar and polling details for New Hanover County
The text records polling locations and election officials across wards and precincts including Masonboro Wilmington and Federal Point. It lists registrars such as Geo Smith J Adams and J Pittman with judges at each site and dates for registration periods from April 4 to April 27 1918 with weekends off and inspection rights.
Special Bond Election for New Hanover County School Bonds
The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County announces a special election on May 8, 1918, from sunrise to sunset, to decide whether the county shall issue up to 250000 in coupon bonds for public school improvements. Qualified voters cast ballots For public school bonds or Against public school bonds. New Hanover registers a new registration for the election, with specified polling places and designated registrars and judges across townships, wards, and precincts. Registration books open April 4 and close April 27, with additional closing dates on April 6, 13, 20, and May 4 for electors to be recertified. By order of the Board of Commissioners.
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Board of Education
New Hanover
Bosra of
Schoor Tuna
Board of Commissioners of
New Hanover County
Board of Commissioners
Cape Fear
Johnston’s
J. H. Johnston
J. .W. Winders
D. J. Joyner
Pe Harnett
Seven Mile Post
Smith
Geo. T. Smith
Geo She and Wam
Canady
Harnett
Seagate
Roger's S
L Rbin
G. H. Rogers An
R Pittman
Winter Park
Smith's Sy
T. T. Smith
A. H. Ie
A. Montgomery
Masonboro
Whiskey Creek
Lumden
Walter Horne
Ce Istrar
E. E. .Southerland
J °Uelis
Sunset Park
Basahgi Park
J. C. Long
W. F. Price
J. H. LeGwin
Federal Point
T. J. Burnett
J. Burnett
S. T. Reyet A. Biddle
Eens Yylmington
Engine House
Fourth
Campbell
G. H. Davis
W . Mintz
McD Jones
Court House
W. Galloway
T. A. Shepard
B. Applewhite
Giblem Lodge
R. E. Bisa
L. B. Symmes
R. ¢. Wi. Hams
Henry Hag’ Lett
Mann
Atkinson Eng
Board of
Commie Cry
eTrag
North Carolina
New Lseever County
Ca Fear
Johnston
Storm
J. H Johnston
J. W. Winters
Botas
Smiths Store
Geo
Shepard
Atkinson and
J. F. Mann
Jwomble
van Woodcock
Ats
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Louis
Crescent Candy Company Distributors
Wilmington, N. C
Wolsey
Mary Stuart
Durham
Durham, N.C
UNION
Geo. W. Penny
South Front Street
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Company
Aakers
Manchester, New Hampshire
Siortgage Sale
N. Jacobi Hardware Company
W. A. McGirt
A. McGirt
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