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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1917
Page
10
A Wilmington opinion argues that appointing school board members erodes the habit of self government. It condemns the prerogative approach, urges elections by the people, and cautions against technocratic autocracy while defending local control and civic participation.
A letter argues for direct school board elections and local self government. The author urges the people to demand electoral control of spending and representation, threatening to withhold funds if rights are denied. He ends with a rallying cry against lost local governance.
Mene Wallace the Esquime boy brought to the United States by Admiral Peary appeared in the county clerk's office in New York on January 27 announcing his intention to become an American citizen. He said he would return Monday to renounce allegiance to the King of Denmark and file his first papers.
The item presents a devotional prayer for daily guidance and self control for today and tomorrow. It ends with a dealer advertisement for Bargains in shoes by Wilmington Shoe Co. The text requests readers to inform The Dispatch if authorship is known.
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