Education Bill Faces House Debate Amid Partisan Clash
The House debates a dry education bill as Major Murphy is accused of stacking committees with dry supporters. Page opposes the bill calling it a fool bill while Grant and Har y Grier oppose strongly. New bills are introduced by multiple representatives, including boundary changes and tax proposals, as the session handles petitions and urgent education measures.
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Murphy
Stubbs
Fe Rays
Page
Grant
New Hanover
Har Y Grier
Io Ld
Burke County
Reading
Dillinger
Grantham
Harnett
McLendon
Durham
Chatham
Beautify Your Complexion with Shivar Digestive Aromatics
Perma healthy skin promised by drinking a glass of Shivar Digestive Aromatics with Shivar Mineral Water and Ginger. Claims to brighten rosy cheeks for old and young, sold by grocers and druggists. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Bottled by Shivar Mineral Spring, Shel ton, South Carolina. Crescent Candy Co. is wholesale distributor for Wilmington.
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Shelton
S. C
Crescent Candy CO
Waolesare Distributors
Wilmington
Lawmakers Debate County School Control and Electoral Reform
The North Carolina House discussed a bill changing appointive boards to allow county petitioned changes to the education system. Debates touched party advantage, race memories, and fears of shifting school politics, with representatives from Beasley to Fearson weighing in. The session recessed without a vote.
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State Department
Buncombe
Mecklenburg
Stredet
Rutherford
Cleveland
Edgecombe
Representative Day
Edgecombe County
McCrary
Darden
Mcwuendon
Durham
Ray
Winborne
Beasley
Oates
Fearson
Harley
Montgomery
Page
Raleigh
Cox
Currituck
One Hundred Years Ago Today History Notes
A condensed history column notes events from 1817 to 1916 with brief items on battles, politics, and notable births. It lists San Martin in Chile, British plans vs China, Nebraska’s admission, Spurgeon’s state funeral crowd, and a war update. It also marks birthdays of Prince Leopold Anthony Hope Peter McBride George Ade Lincoln Dixon and others with ages.
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San Martin
Chile
Congress
Nebraska
Charles H. Spurgeon
Tabernacle
London
Prince Leopold
Poland
Munich
Anthony Hope
Sir Peter McBride
Victoria
Australia
George Ade
Kentland
Ind
Lincoln Dixon
Vernon
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Maryland Resident
Mrs. John R. Marston reports relief from a year of kidney trouble after using Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. She recommends the medicine highly and provides a testimonial dated June 12 1916 in Baltimore Maryland notarized by Howard A Sweeten.
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Dr. Kilmer
John R. Marston
Cedar Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Howard A. Sweeten
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You Ad
A promotional letter to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton N Y urges sending ten cents for a sample size bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. The Wilmington Dispatch is noted in the message and reference to regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The
Wilmington Dispatch
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Bailey
Wilson
Scott
Pender
Breece
Rogers
Clay County
Flack
Witherow
Rutherfordton
Pruitt
Gaston
Galloway
Kittrell
Pharr
King
Boards of Education
Representative Page
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Riga
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Arras
Persia
Jan Christian Smuts
Horace Smith-Dorrien
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