Washington Birthday Program at Cornelius Harnett School
Students filled the Washington Birthday exercises with a full program of songs recitations and grade showcases. Major moments included speeches by Jesse Brinkley and Eunice Johnson and a display of school songs and flag salutes. The Bear Memorial flag was repaired by Archie Marine and saluted by all students upon arrival.
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Blanche Smith
George Washington
William King
Edward Johnson
Washington
Jesse Brinkley
Abraham Lincoln
Eunice Johnson
Lincoln
Emil Sell
James Jackson
William Brinkley
Betsey Ross
Morriss Haskett
Eleanor Watson
Mary Brinkley
Dot Griffin
Curtain
Ruth Britt
Dorothy Holmes
Adrian Casteen
Roy King
Gene McCarley
Gilbert Smith
Billy Williford
Martha Washington
Louise Fonvielle
Alan Marshall
Emeth Clayton
C. van Leuven
Frank Hall
William McGlaughon
Robert Colwell
Bear Memorial
Archie Marine
Union School Recitals Highlight Patriotism Parade
The program featured reading and poetry by students from eighth to fifth grade, including George Washington and Martha Washington items, Thrift quotations, and a party of patriotic themes. Hon J D Bellamy gave a Trafalgar quotation on duty as the Fort Caswell soldiers paraded along Fifth Avenue, followed by dismissal.
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Washington
America
George Washington
J. D. Bellamy
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
England
Fifth Avenue
Fort Caswell
Hemenway School Hails Washington Birthday Celebration
The Hemenway school held an extensive Washington’s Birthday program with students from primary to grammar grades performing songs recitations and plays. Highlights included A Boston Tea Party and a flag salute as the crowd enjoyed poetry thrift talks and patriotic songs by multiple classes and teachers.
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Washington
Roger Moore
America
Liberty Bond
Hemenway School
B C Forbes Rise From Farm Boy to Wall Street Interviewer
New York letter profiles B C Forbes once a Surrey farm boy who rose to prominence by interviewing financial leaders like Rockefeller Schwab and Edison. The piece notes Forbes’s belief that Wall Street figures share common humanity, and that editors began to recognize his influence as he sought human stories behind the finance world.
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C. O. McIntyre
The
Dispatch
New York
Wall Street
Rockefeller
Schwab
Edison
B. C. Forbes
de Luxe
Scotland
Nature
Forbes
Hobokus
Ian
Bill Jenks
Court House
Tobacco Habit Easily Overcome
A New Yorker author Edward J. Woods offers a free mailed book claiming tobacco or snuff habit can be banished quickly. Benefits cited include calmness, sleep, appetite, digestion, vigor, memory, and improved efficiency after conquering craving.
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New Yorker
Edward J. Woods
Station E
New York City
Railroad Man Describes Long Battle With Ill Health
A Norfolk and Western Railroad repairer from Roanoke Virginia recounts years of rheumatism stomach trouble nervous breakdown and fatigue. He credits Acid Iron Mineral from Mississippi marketed as A I M with a dramatic recovery and renewed strength.
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Mississippi
D. Dawson
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Roanoke
Ferrodine Chemical Corp
Forbes and a New York niche creator in finance
The piece profiles Forbes as a financial editor turning stock data into human interest stories and launching a magazine about Wall Street culture. It contrasts his approach with grasping investor tropes and notes Eaton’s fiery talk to shipbuilders criticizing Germany and spies.
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Forbes
Wall Street
New York
Midas
Kelly Pool
Charles A. Eaton
Fifth Avenue
Uncle Sam
Germany
Peplac Restores Health for Worried Women in Wilmington
A Wilmington woman Mrs. J. T. Kerr, wife of a county commissioner, describes how Peplac revived her indigestion, sleep, and energy. She reports improved appetite, stronger nerves, better sleep, and resumed sewing, praising the remedy sold at R. R. Bellamy Drug Store and local druggists.
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Wilmington
N. C
J. T. Kerr
Peplac
R. R. Bellamy Drug Store
Fulton Knocks Out Frank Moran in Early Third Round
New Orleans, Feb 26 Fred Fulton of Rochester Minn knocked out Frank Moran of Pittsburg in the first two minutes of the third round of their 20 round heavyweight bout. Fulton landed repeated uppercuts and jabs and a hard right cross to Moran s jaw Moran fell on all fours and his seconds threw in the sponge. Fulton was awarded a technical knockout.
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New Orleans
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Fulton
Moran
French scientist unveils device letting blind read print
A French scientist perfects a machine enabling the blind to read ordinary printed pages. Letters are distinguished by sound through a telephone receiver attached to a small instrument moved over the text.
Last English Invasion From Sea in 1595 Described
A historical note recalls the last sea invasion of England over 300 years ago, when a Spanish fleet landed troops along the Cornish coast in 1595, marking a rare maritime assault in English history.
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England
Cornish
Distribution of Husbands by Wives Age Group
A study of 10,060 marriages finds 332 husbands wed younger women 579 wed women the same age and 89 wed older women. The data outlines age pairing patterns among newly formed couples.
Hyomei Provides Ongoing Catarrh Cure Across Civilizations
Hyomei remains a trusted treatment for catarrh with yearly sales rising and claims of curing catarrh and related symptoms when inhaled daily. The ad urges readers to retrieve a Hyomei inhaler, start treatment now, and notes no stomach dosing while promising quick relief and healing of the nasal passages.
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R. R. Bellamy
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Lavinia Neal
Hazel Campbell
Dorothy Whiteford
Mrs. Stone
Osmond Johnston
Miss Yarborough
Miss Cole
Miss Johnston
Miss Wiggin
Mr. Blair
Grammer
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New York Letter
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Irvin Cobb
Kentucky
Cobb
Authors’ League
Arthur Goodrich
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Pompeian Miz. Co
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Cleveland
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Pusan Artory
Alma Brown
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Leticious Whitman
Justin
Jarman & Futrelle
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Wilmington, N
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Siace St
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