Record of Wildlife Fatalities and Snake Bites in British India
Government data show 26 385 people killed by snake bites in British India last year plus 3 28 slain by tigers and bears. Five year totals include 9 192 killed by elephants and big cats, with 116 deaths from snake bites. Bihar Orissa led with 684 animal deaths. United Provinces reported ten deaths from a single man eating tiger in Almora. A bounty system funded by the government prompted 25 036 animals destroyed in 1915 including 1 582 tigers and 184 663 snakes killed.
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Ajmli
India
British India
Ince
Bihar
Orissa
United Provinces
Almora
Copenhagen Free Harbor Modernization Aims to Boost Trade
Copenhagen reports ongoing modernization of the free harbor to expand warehousing and port facilities. Officials anticipate increased transient commerce with Russia once trade resumes, noting warehousing capacity now exceeds 90,000 square meters, up from 80,000 in 1913, with plans reaching 122,700 square meters.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Harbor projects raised in Europe and Norway discussed
Word from Christiania notes that the old free harbor project has been revived and may be carried out. There is also discussion of a second harbor for transit business somewhere in Northern Norway.
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Christiania
Norway
Period Wins Overland Auto in North Carolina Auction List
A long list of names and cash amounts appears to record bidders or purchasers across towns in North Carolina. Locations include Alma, Bladenboro, Burgaw, Chadbourn, Clinton, Dart, Fair Bluff, Fairmont, Goldsboro, Hamlet, and more with varied sums up to about 52 thousand dollars.
St Jacobs Oil Ad Highlights Back Pain Relief
Lively testimonial style ad promotes St Jacobs Oil for lumbago sciatica and backache relief. Readers are urged to try a small trial bottle from any drug store and expect rapid comfort after a single use, with long standing reputation noted. The page lists numerous North Carolina residents and towns alongside the ad copy.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacob's
Human nature as a fascinating subject study
A Raleigh style essay extols studying human nature through everyday crowd observation. It urges readers to weigh faults in others to improve themselves and promotes ongoing, lifelong study despite occasional discouragement about human character. Wilmington archival notices follow.
S.S. Chippewa Cherokee Passenger Service to New York and Georgetown
Shipping notice lists S. S. Chippewa and S. S. Cherokee operating routes to New York and Georgetown South Carolina with passenger and freight terms. Describes first class passenger eligibility and freight acceptance from nearby North Carolina points at advantageous rates.
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New York
Georgetown,s.c
S. S. Cheroke
North Carolina
Coast Line Hotel Cafe Offers Rooms and Meals Around Clock
Coast Line Hotel Cafe advertises rooms by the day week or month at reasonable rates. Meals are available at any hour. Location listed as 208 North Front Street with contact phone 208 W. and 106-lmo.
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Coast Line Hotel
North Front ¢ Street
Lmo
Foreclosure Sale in New Hanover County
By virtue of a 1915 mortgage William Russ Jr and wife Charlotte Russ owe property in Wilmington. Ellen P. Gafford will offer at cash sale at the New Hanover Court House on January 18 1917 a parcel bounded by McRee Taylor and Seventh streets part of block 338.
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Winnie Bowman
John Bowman
New Hanover County
Wilmington
North Carolina
W. N. Harriss
State OF
New Hanover
William Russ
Charlotte Russ
McRee and
Ellen P. Gafford
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Abbottsburg, N. C
Wdlna
Atkinson
N. c
Mabel Henry
Sallie J. Kelly
Mamie Woodcock
Autryville
Rovelia Autry
Fay Cashdwell
Violet Cooper
Bladenboro
N. CG
Myra Hilburn
Boardman
N. Cc
Bettie Haynés
Lucille Jolly
N.c
Mabel Bowen
Effie Blanchard
Cerro Gordo
Agnes Griffin
Pauline Hammond
Virginia Smith
Chadbourn
Abbie Grant
Nina Nance
Clarkton
Amanda Clark
Lucy Williams
Wuve Maude Ivey
Clinton, N. C
Lucile Collins
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Lucille Kelly
Lillie Lewis
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Pauline Newsome
Sarah Rogers
Gonway
Mazella Hedley
Molly James
Mazie Oliver
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Dublin, N. Cc
Willette Hughes
Alma McDaniel
Elizabethtown
Agnes Cromartie
Ruth Hester
Evergreen
J. W. Griffin
Fair Bluff
Frankie Anderson
Lillian Bartley
Fairmont
Bennie Parker
Bonnie Grantham
Rosalie Jenkins
Vera Purvis
Eva Thompson
Ah Eine Faison
Clarence Daniel
Elizabeth Gibson
Southerland
Freeman
Ethel Grimsley
Minnie Hardy
Garland
Bella Carter
P. S. Cromartie
Leila Herring
Gibson
Jessie Baxley
Mrs
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Gladys Wright
Goldsboro
Doris Crawford
Hamlet
Elizabeth Cloud
Rose Duer
Catherine Russell
Gladys Sherwood
Grace Simpson
Hallsboro
Kether Miller
Bessie Frink
St. Jacob’s
Caewss We
Myrtle Willoughby Jakanneine Searee Loris
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Lumberton
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Marion
S. C
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Edith Snipes
Maxton
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Katie Lee McKinnon
Maysville
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Mullins
S&s
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Ruth Be, Wolff
New Bern
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Lillian Taylor
Newberlin
Pembroke
Inez Lewis
Stella McNeill
Ethel Brown
Phoenix
N. Ry
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Proctorville
Blanche
R’chlands
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Rockingham
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Roseboro
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Thelma Applewhite
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M. B. Cavanaugh
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Fred D. Dock Oe
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J. E. Ennett
Tabor
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Velma Bell
Sue Everett
Ada Graham
Marie Fleet
Retha Ward
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Edna White
Mamie Godwin
Sadie Green
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Marie Lockjaw
Mary Lorenzo
Herbert McCartney
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Annie McMillan
Anabelle Nunberger
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Mazie Paul
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J. A. Raynor
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Callie Scott
Watha
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Pansey Justice
Wilkings Smith
Wallace, N. C
Ruth Bolles Sebrell
Hattie Powers
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L. F. Saunders Mainte
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Rena Sykes
Walter L. Woods
Whiteville
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Winter Park
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G. A. Bishop
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Willard
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Adkins
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Martha Best
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Sarah Hunter
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Law
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Weli
Dinty Moore
Citizens Savings Club
Citizens Bank
Dr. Vineberg Masonic Temple
Clyde Zine
S. S. Chippewa
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Cherokee Wilmingto
S. Chippewa
George Sown
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