Prohibition debate and civic notes from Wilmington February 24 1917
A Wilmington paper surveys political debate on ouster prohibition and praises North Carolina soldiers including the Wilmington Light Infantry. It commends the Charlotte News industrial edition, discusses Wrightsville Beach as summer capital for lawyer and banker gatherings, and lauds bankers as active state builders.
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Raleigh
State Bar Association
Wrightsville Beach
State Bankers’ Association
South
Wilmington
Popularizing Cheap Food Stuff
New York mayoral relief efforts plan mass rice purchases to be sold at low prices to aid the poor. The campaign promotes affordable rice use and diet education, noting vegetables can provide protein and starch for a healthy, affordable diet.
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New York
Road Building in the South Aims at Broad Highway Network
The Manufacturers' Record highlights Southern progress in road building with North Carolina leading active improvement. It cites 1916 expenditures of 5.1 million and projected 6 million in 1917, supported by Clark bill credit for counties, plus state and county bond efforts across Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and federal aid totaling about 3.5 million for 1917 with matches from states.
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Arkansas
State Highway Department
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Maryland
Missouri
St. Louis
Jefferson
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
London Urges Federal Food Control Legislation
Washington February 24 Congressman Meyer London a New York Socialist favors enacting government control of the food situation as the only remedy for high food prices. He supports Representative Foss of Ohio who will introduce a resolution to grant temporary government control.
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Meyer London
Washington
New York
Congress
London
Foss
Ohio
Inventors as a Human Type in Watchama Column
The column argues inventors are men with drive and ability while animals do not invent. It asserts inventors prove humans are distinct from monkeys or tadpoles, dismissing animal attempts at invention and exaggerating human uniqueness.
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick cure for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. The small trial bottle is urged for immediate soothing relief after rubbing into the sore area with results claimed within fifty counts. The copy markets it as harmless and reliably effective.
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St. Jacobs
Robert R. Bellamy
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