TAR HEEL SENATORS TO SEE PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE
Senators Simmons and Overman of North Carolina planned meetings with President Wilson at the White House. Simmons would discuss revenue policy and the shipping bill while Overman planned to talk about inauguration plans. Overman chairs the joint committee directing the inaugural program. Both said no North Carolina state issues would be raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Simmons
Overman
White House
Wilson
Senator Overman
Joint Congressional Committee
North Carolina
Trial of Frederick Small for Murder of Wife Ends Arguments
Final argument delivered in Ossippee New Hampshire for Frederick Small charged with killing his wife. Body found Sept 29 1916 in Mountain View cottage after fire. evidence included strangulation with a cord and a gunshot. Prosecution cites life insurance $20 000 and a device to start the blaze. defense says she was alive when he left.
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Ossippee
N. H
Frederick Small
Women Missionary Society Convention Opens at Grace
The North Carolina Conference of the M E Church South holds its annual convention at Grace Methodist church from January 23 to January 26. Delegates are expected to include many prominent women in state religious and philanthropic work, with about 200 attendees anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society
Grace
Woman’s Missionary Society
North Carolina
M. E. Church
South
Grace Methodist Church
Optometric Society Meets This Month in Raleigh
The 10th annual convention of the North Carolina Optometric Society will convene in Raleigh on January 23 and 24. Dr. Earl J. Brown of Chicago will lecture on general refraction and eye diseases with lantern slides. Delegates from Richmond Philadelphia New York Atlanta and Petersburg will attend, as the State Board of Examiners meets January 25 and 26 to license new practitioners.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina Optometric Society
Raleigh
Earl J. Brown
Chicago
Richmond
Philadelphia
New York
Atlanta
Petersburg
State Board of Examiners
Rotary Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Officers who will guide the Rotary Club for the coming year will be elected at the annual meeting tomorrow at the YMCA. The 1 PM luncheon meeting will feature the vote and the secretary Meares Harriss urges full attendance via postals.
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Rotary Club
Meares Harriss
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Praised by San Francisco Visitor
A San Francisco visitor, H. A. Brown, praises Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels as key to Democratic victories in California and New Hampshire. He credits naval yards at Mare Island and Kittery with boosting employment and tipping Vallejo and Portsmouth Democratic, influencing state results and presidential outcomes.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
H. A. Brown
San Francisco
Washington
Daniels
California
New Hampshire
Kittery
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Vallejo
Mare Islands
Secretary of the Navy
Wilson
Hughes
Sothern Ends Stage Career After Chicago Visit
E H Sothern agreed to quit appearing before the footlights after arriving from Chicago where he had performed in If I Were King. The physician Dr Joseph Bissell announced the decision, escorting Sothern from the train to an automobile. Mrs Sothern Miss Julia Marlowe arrived later due to boarding the wrong train section in Buffalo.
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New York
E. H. Sothern
Chicago
King
Lord Buckmaster Urges Early Peace Proposals
Lord Buckmaster, former Lord High Chancellor, spoke in Keighley urging publication of peace proposals at once. He said none should be rejected, each deserves full consideration, and the war should not be prolonged for glory or vengeance. He insisted lasting peace must prevent repetition and include reparation.
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London
Lord Buckmaster
Keighley
Depositor Threatens Banker With Dynamite At Orange Home
A depositor, after the release of Thomas S. Byrne on a suspended sentence, left a pasteboard box wired to Thomas A. Davis home steps containing dynamite with a note saying Byrne Wilmott and you deserve it. The box was inert and water was used to dispose of it. Edward H. Hatch received 7 to 14 years for fraudulently receiving false certificates of deposit totaling 340000.
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Orange
N. J
Thomas S. Byrne
Davis
Edward H. Hatch
Prominent N Y Art Dealer Dies of Heart Disease
Charles W. Kraushaar, a well known Fifth Avenue art dealer aged 61, collapsed Saturday afternoon in New York City. Dr Halleck of New York Hospital said death appeared due to heart disease.
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New’. York
Charles W. Kraushaar
Fifth Avenue
Halleck
New York Hospital
Kraushaar
Burnham Becomes Van Nest To Meet Uncle Will
Theodore B. Burnham of East Orange changed his name to Theodore B. Van Nest to satisfy his bachelor uncle George Willett Van Nest’s will. The alteration enables him to inherit a $100,000 estate. without the name change the money would go to Harvard College. The court granted legal permission for the name change.
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Orange
N. J
Theodore B. Burnham
East Orange
Theodore B. van Nest
George Willett van Nest
Orange County
N. Y
Burnham
Harvard College
Homing Pigeons Offered At Bargain By Wilmington Vendor
40 pair finest Homer Pigeons advertised for $2.00 a pair with mail orders welcome. B Haar care Peoples Supply Co. Wilmington NC. L L Sheppard advertises native meats and groceries with delivery. J P Newton invites shoppers to inspect new mules and horses at the Racket Store Alley.
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B. Haar
Care Peoples Supply Co
Wilmington
N. C
J. P. Newton
Insurance Agents Pictured in Southern Building Ad
An advertisement notes Jas. H. Stevenson as agent for multiple insurance firms including The Dependable 3-NEW END Land Mutual Life and United States Casualty with offices at 312 Southern Building. The ad lists numbers 18 12 15 20 41.
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NEW Endland Mutual Life
America
United States Casualty
Jas. H. Stevenson
Southern Building
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TAR Heel Senators
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W. B. Thorpe and Company
Water and Ann Streets
Optometric Society
Pan
Dupont Farm
Dupont
N. Jacobi Hardware CO
South Front Street
Frisco
Sothern
Simeer
Bate
Wis
Monen
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Care Dispatch
L. L. Sheppard
North 4Th St
Alex. S. Yeager
7Th
Castle Streets
Charles
Motte
Leon L. Motte
Church Street
Jas. M. Stevenson
Western Live Stock Company
Baldwin
York
Bear Produce
Moise Co
R. B Moore
3Rd
Castile
W. B. Klander
South Second Street
Clyide Jone
Georgetown
S.C
S. S. Chippewa
Is. S. Chippewa
Wilmingto
S. Chippewa
Chippewa
George Brown
CLYDE
Mship CO
Jhcker
Wilmington,n.c
Gordon
Sam. Glover
Superior Court
New Hanover County
BE. M. Koonche
Goldsboro
Selma Ly
Raleigh Ly
Atlantic Coast Line
the Standard Railroad of
Mattle
Egister Thrift
Jo Thy
the Peoples Savings Bank
Front and
Princess
THE
Payne Drug Company
Fifth and
Red Cross Streets
the Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders OF the
Murchison National Bank
Chas. S. Grainger, Caskier
Kazy Kitchens
Cabinet
Tide Water Power Co
Royal Typewriters
Wales
W. Yates Company
W.B. Cooper &Co
Wilmington, N. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
N.C
James F
American Bank & Busi Company
Jarman & Futrelle
Princess Street
Oscar P. Peck
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