Tragic Gun Accident Ends Two Youths In New Bern
New Bern January 11 A fatal shooting occurred when Jegreso Berry attempted to seize a gugle barrel shotgun at a home near Baylock. Priscilla Berry and Tamar Summer were involved in the scuffle. Berry was fatally wounded by a close range discharge. Sheriff Lane and Coroner Dunn ordered an inquest with a jury to meet at the coroner’s office. The shot set Berry’s clothes on fire and neighbors quickly extinguished the flames. Both Priscilla Berry and Tamar Summer said the incident was an accident.
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New Bern
Mray Berry
Priscilla Berry
Tamar Summer
Yavelock
Rk. PB. Lane
Anuric advertised as cure for gout and rheumatism
An advertisement from a Surgical Institute in Buffalo promotes Anuric, a remedy claimed to drive out uric acid and relieve gout and rheumatism. It urges readers to take hot water with meals and to buy an Anuric trial package, noting kidneys and uric acid as the root issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Ryou
Year Ago Today in War January 12 1916 Headlines
Berlin said French attack north of Le Mesnil in Champagne failed while Russians repulsed a German detachment attempting a crossing of the River Dnieper. French reportedly landed troops on Green Island Corfu for provisional occupation. Russians began evacuation of Bukovina.
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Berlin
le Mesnil
Champagne
Misse
Green Island
Corfu
Bukowina
Suffrage Meeting Opens NC Equal Association Convention
Greensboro announces a suffrage meeting at Municipal Theatre for the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association convention kickoff. Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, National American Woman Suffrage Association official, headlines with a program aimed at advancing women’s legal status in North Carolina.
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Greensboro
N C
Municipal
North Carolina Equal, Suffrage Association
Municipal Theatre
Fiight
Wilson to speak at church anniversary in Washington
President Wilson will speak at the hundredth anniversary celebration of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church in Washington. St. John's has hosted more presidents than any capital church. Although Wilson is Presbyterian, he has attended Episcopalian services with Mrs. Wilson.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
St. John’s
Wilmington
Two Cured Of Catarrh By Mrs Joe Person Remedy
Mrs P A Creech of Selma North Carolina reports her child Selma suffered severe nasal catarrh for two years. After using Mrs Joe Person's Remedy the child was cured. The advertisement touts a 35 year track record as a blood cleanser and tonic and urges readers to buy at listed druggists or write the company in Charlotte North Carolina. Prices are quoted as 1 per bottle, 3 for 2.75, 6 for 5 prepaid.
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P. A. Creech
Selma
N. C
Joe Person
Redemy Company
Charlotte
Hanover Drug Co
Hardin’s Pharmacy
Southside Drug Co
Burnett Drug Co
Elvington’s Pharmacy
H. L. Fentress
C. F. Green
Greenfield Pharmacy
J. F. Jarman
Payne Drug Co
Advt
Bladen National Farm Loan Association to Meet Saturday
Clarkton January 12. For the purpose of organizing a special meeting of members the Bladen National Farm Loan Association has been called for Saturday by Secretary-Treasurer F A Harrington. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and business for 1916 prepared.
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Clarkton
Bladen National Farm Loan Association
F. A. Harrington
Pardon Application for Sam Glover Noted in New Hanover Case
Notice states an application will be made to the Governor of North Carolina for the pardon of Sam Glover convicted of murder at the July term 1908 in the Superior Court of New Hanover County. Objections to the Governor should be forwarded to oppose the pardon.
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North Carolina
Sam. Glover
Superior Court
New Hanover County
M. Eqonce
Suffragist Silent Sentinels Guard White House in Cold
Washington January 12 suffragist silent sentinels resumed picket duty just outside the White House. They marched from the Congressional Union of Woman Suffrage headquarters in a military manner flanked by guards and stationed by an officer of the Day. President Wilson left for golf before they went on duty but they positioned themselves to be seen on his return. Cold weather forced frequent changes of the sentinels.
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Washington
White House
Congressional Union of Woman Suffrage
Wilson
Lonely New York tales and odd incidents in a city column
Special correspondent notes New York loneliness and a Lonely Boy's Club led by C M Garrison at Wall Street. A man named Just Smith recounts a drink fueled misadventure, while a Claridge grill group forms a Peace Club and a statue misadventure ends with Shake speare fragments on Ninety-Sixth Street.
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New ‘York
New York
Lonely Boy’s Club
C M. Garrison
No. 6
Wall Street
Mr. Garrison
Claridge Grill
Kidney Flush Promoted With Jad Salts Ad
A health advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney cleanser for meat eaters. It claims uric acid from meat clogs kidneys causing rheumatism headaches and other issues. Suggests four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water before breakfast to improve kidney function and blood purity.
First steam packets to sail New York to Liverpool
One hundred years ago today steps were taken to organize the first line of steam propelled ocean packets for the New York to Liverpool voyage. The brief note records early efforts to establish regular transatlantic steam service.
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New York
Liverpool
Francois Coppee
Paris
Louis Napoleon
Maximilian
Europe
Sir Edwin Arnold
Daly's Theatre
Second Ring Offer Ends At Nine P M Tomorrow
Continued from page one the standings show Abbottsburg Edna Castwell with 10 100 Acme Mattie Powell 8 470 Ruby Scull 9 010 Alma Mrs Robert Beich 31 000 in the race results and prize totals in North Carolina listings.
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Acme
N. C
Mattie Powell
Ruby Scull
Alma
Robert Beich
Blanche Surles
Richlands
Huey Cox
Rockingham
Lillian Biggs
Roseboro
N. Cc
Crosby Fisher
Rosehill
Grace Fasell
Sneeds Ferry
Iva Lee Willis
Southport
Mamie Daniels
Janie James
Bessie Newton
Fancie
Velma Bell
Retha Ward
Edna White
N.C
A. E. Page
Town Creek
Gussie Skipper
W. H. Walker
Turkey
Annie Lou Kelly
Narsaw
Annie Lee Adkins
Mattie Owens
Watha
Pansey Justice
Wallace
Winter Park
G. A. Bishop
Virginia Cockrell
Evelyn Herring
Wilmington
Thelma Applewhite
Mamie Baldwin
Alma Bryan
Biffy Boones
M. B. Cavanaugh
Fred W. Dock
Bessie Hardwich
Mamie Godwin
Mary C. Hewlett
James E. Holton
Ada Humphrey
Hettie R. James
Gladys Johnson
Beatrice Leslie
Mary Lorenzo
Herbert McCartney
Annie McMillan
Annabelle Nurnberger
L. Parker
Marie Paul
J. A. Raynor
Bessie M. Robbins
Loree Rodgers
Trixie Rouse
Anna Skipper
Elizabeth Sloan
Wilkings Smith
Ruth Bolles Sebrell
Gladys Twining
Almeria Wolf
Walter L. Woods
Uetos
Mary Glenn Williamson
FR. F. D
Edna P. Brown
Alma Padrick
Beulah Edens
Willard
Callie Wells
Unclear OCR List of Names and Amounts by Location
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with monetary amounts and places across North and South Carolina, naming towns such as Jacksonville Maxton Pembroke New Bern Wilmington and more. The text resembles a financial or payroll-like roster with many entries.
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Broyen
Mary Berry
Daughter
Herolin Hair Roessing
Herolin Draan
Serolin’ Medicine CO
Atlanta
Wareros
AIG
Suff Meeting
Walter McNab Miller
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Rhode Island Avenue
National Congressional Committee
Anna Howard Shaw
Catt
New- ‘York
Msintyre
Smith
Hing
John Denetree
Shakespeare
John
Abbottsburg
Edna Castwell
Shivar
Shelton
S. C
CR T Candy CO
Wilmingtes
Ethel Grimsley
Minnie Hardy
Garland
Bella Carter
Goldeboro
Doris Crawford
Hamiet
Gladys Sherwood
Grace Simpson
Ivanhoe
WN. S
G. C. Bannerman
Margaret Corbett
Jacksonville
Mary Emma Freeborn
Helen Klein
R. C&. Warlick
Ae Cove
Kenansville
Wm. BE. Powell
Laurel Hill
Mary Sneed
Laurinburg
Myrtle Willoughby
Loris
Dorothy Gladys Butler
Lamberton
Carrie Parham
Leta Smith
Tota
IWSY
Lee Marion
Ruth McHachern
Edith Snipes
Maxton
Jeddie Mae Bristow
Ophelia Ormond
Maysvate
N. G
Ernest Taylor
Maysville
Sadie Morton
Mt. Olive
Elizabeth McGee
Mary Merritt
Pearl Sheppard
Annie McLean
N. C. Armour
B. L. Daniel
Atkinson
Sallie J. Kelly Sf
Mamie Woodcock Bladenboro
Myra Hillburn
Burgaw
Ophelia Carr
Anna Delle Futch
Rachel Johnson
Lula Wallace
R. Rf
Berta E
Perry Asa
Elizabethtown
Ruth Hestér
Evergreen
J. W. Griffin
Fair Bluff
Frankie Anderson
Lillian Bartley
Artyemne Cribbs
Pauline Renfrow
Fairmont
Vera Purvis
Faison
Elizabeth Gibson
Margaret Southerland
Freeman
Proctorville, N. C
Vitter
Kessi
Valier
Alier
Walter's
Pan
Dupont Farm
Dupont
N. Jacobi Hardware
South Front Street
Bellous
Dium Heights
Peterson & Ruffs
Citizens Bank
Board OF Directors
H. F. Wilder
T. E. Sprunt
R. E. Williams
W. M. Cumming
R. G. Grady
H. W. Wells
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