William Jennings Bryan to Speak at Academy of Music
The Young Men's Christian Association sponsors an address by William Jennings Bryan at the Academy of Music Thursday at 8 30 p m. A reception committee will meet the speaker and a large crowd is expected with tickets selling at Elvington's.
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William Jennings Bryan
Academy of Music
Cei
Christian Associant
United Ie
J. O. Carr
Bryan
Aarives
Dtr
C. van Leuven
Col
Walker Taylor
Louis J. Poisno
Comig
Messrs
J. 8. Brown
D. Foster
William Struthers
Willington
Mr. Bryan
Elvington’s
Wilmington Boy Loses Sight in Accident
Hundreds of Lt J J Loughlin s friends mourn as he loses sight of his right eye after a gun in his company exploded at Camp Jackson Columbia S C The shooter s name is not given and one arm was blown away The victim is an Oglethorpe man with ties to A M Pate of Carolina Beach and other real estate ventures He hopes to continue serving though he is a licensed attorney who never practiced.
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J. J. Loughlin
222Nd Infantry
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
L. W
Loughlin
Mrs Mary J Duncan Dead Widow of Wm M Duncan
Mrs Mary J Duncan widow of Wm M Duncan died at 4 a m Sunday at her home 1711 Carolina avenue Carolina Court after a long illness. She moved to Wilmington after her husband’s death and was in her 71st year. Surviving son W P Duncan and sister Miss Sarah L _____ of Wilmington attended funeral at Zion church Town Creek with burial beside her husband in the church graveyard.
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W. P. Duncan
Mary J. Duncan
Wm. M. Duncan
Carolina Avenue
Carolina Court
Brunswick
Duncan
Wilmngton
Sarah L. *R
Wilmington
Zion
Town Jek
Town Creek
Tel
Zion Church
Oe Bastor
Pot
Granite Tablet Placed Marking Tryon Home Site
A granite tablet was installed under the New Hanover Historical Commission to mark the likely site of William Tryon’s home in North Carolina. The event occurred in November 1785 after local Brunswick officials urged action, with the Legislature providing funds for further historical markers across the county.
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New Hanover
William Tryon
North Carolina
William
Houston
Nover
Brunswick
Boys League Sunday Lecture On Power Challenge
Mr. Odis B. Hinnant City Boys Work Secretary delivered a fine lecture titled The Challenge to Power, the third in a series by the Boys League. J A Taylor opens next week's program, with solos by Miss Anna Fick and Miss Edna Lanier.
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Odis B. Hinnant
Boys’ League
City Boys
League
Nevel
Brand
J. A. Taylor
Anna Fick
Edna Lanier
Hinnant
Bank President Rises as Director of Fidelity Firm
Mr G E Taylor of Wilmington Savings and Trust Co is elected a director of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore Md. The board expanded from 30 to 60 members and Mr Taylor is named in the increased membership. Mr S M Boatwright is local representative for the company, a major national insurer.
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G. E. Taylor
Charles E. Taylor
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Taylor
Baltimore Company
Delinquent Registrants Now Serving in France
Four men listed as delinquent registrants, Fred Joseph Baars Laurin Bethea Ingram James M. Bullard and John C. Snyder, are all in military service. Baars is with an engine company in France as reported by Edmund L. Prince auditor for Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company.
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France
Fred Joseph Baars
Laurin Bethea Ingram
James M. Bullard
John C. Snyder
Edmund L. Prince
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Mr. Baars
Death of Little Girl
Mary Woody dies at one year old in Lumberton after a Sunday death at the Stonewall Hotel apartments. Remains were carried to Lumberton on Monday morning for funeral services and interment. friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Woody express deep sympathy.
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Lumberton
J. E. Woody
Mary
Stonewall Hotel
Funeral of Mrs Hansley near Castle Haynes
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Hansley wife of William Hansley were held at 9 30 yesterday from the North Third street residence conducted by Rev EB Sell Bladen Street Methodist church and the interment was at Sturgeon Creek church graveyard near Castle Haynes many friends and relatives attended with lavish floral tributes.
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Castle Haynes
Pearl Hansley
William Hansley
North Third Street
EB. C. Sell
Bladen Street
Rotary Club Launches Smileage Book Campaign in Wilmington
The Rotary Club launched a week long drive to sell 1500 dollars worth of Smileage Books in Wilmington with tickets priced at 1 for 20 coupons and 5 for 100. The campaign aims to fund lectures dramas and vaudeville sketches for soldiers in training and has broad church support.
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Wilmington
Rotary Club
Ministry of the City
Rotary Committee
Milton Calder
Nostone
Rotarians
Cots and Bed Clothing Needed for Soldiers Visit
The hospitality committee from the Chamber of Commerce asks residents to donate cots bed coverings and sheets to care for soldiers visiting Fort Caswell this weekend. Contact Dr A H Harriss or the Chamber secretary to lend or donate and help make the men comfortable during their stay.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fort Caswell
A. H. Harriss
Chamber
Farmers Institute At Wrightsboro Draws Large Attendance
The Farmers Institute opened at 10 30 this morning in Wrightsboro with many farmers attending the session. In cooperation with the State Department of Agriculture the experiment station extension service and New Hanover county institute committee the event discussed soil fertility feed crops livestock and marketing. The Women’s Institute run by Mrs Mittie M Henley and Mrs Annie P Pretlow covered food conservation wartime recipes and domestic topics. Lunch baskets were brought by many and dinner was served at noon, fostering fellowship.
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Farmers’ Institute
Wrightsboro
State Department of Agriculture
Experiment Station, Extension Service
Farmer's Institute Committee
New Hanover County
Experiment Station and Extension Service
Women’s Institute
Mittie M. Henley
Assisant Home
Annie P. Pretlow
Union Prayer Service Brings City Presbyterians Together
Presbyterians from four city churches joined at First Presbyterian to conserve fuel by running one fire. Worship attendees included members from Church of the Covenant St Andrew's Immanuel and First church. Rev Marion S Huske of the Church of the Covenant preached. New elders and deacons were elected at First and Winter Park churches and will be ordained next Sunday.
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Presbyterians
City
First Church
First Presbyterian Church
Church of the Covenant
St. Andrew's
Immanuel
Marions. Huske
J. C. Hobbs
Messrs
G. W. Curtis
L. G. Jordan
J. T. Barden
L. H. Shew
Sermons Stir Congregations for Army Aid Fund
Offerings yesterday by the Protestant Episcopal Church of America for a half million dollar fund to aid soldiers drew large congregations. Rev. Dr. Milton and Bishop Durst preached at St. James and St. John’s churches urging citizens to support the men in the camps after recent visits to army camps. The St. James vestry thanked their rector for the morning worship service.
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Milton
Darst
Protestant Episcopal Church of America
St. James
St. John’s
William O"h. Milton
Thomas C. Durst
Vestry of
Normal in Seven Years Brooklyn Minister Says World War Will End in 1925
Rev O Magnuson of Brooklyn New York spoke at the Grand theatre predicting no normal conditions for seven years and that the present world conflict would end in 1925. He tied his view to Old Testament prophecies and the Book of Revelations. The lecture was presented by the local Ecclesia of the International Bible Students League.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Grand Theatre
O. Magnuson
Magnuson
Ecclesia
Wilmington port eyed for shipyard boom visit
Senator Overman pushes for Wilmington North Carolina as a future shipbuilding hub. He secured a commitment from Edward N. Hurley head of the Shipping Board to visit within ten days to inspect local natural advantages and housing and labor facilities.
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Wilmington
Lee S. Overman
Washington
D. C
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Raleigh News and Observer
R. Winters
Hairman
Lee
Overman
N. C
Tar Heel
North Carolina
South
Henry Ford
New England
Over
William Livingston
Detroit
Senator Overman
Great Lakes
CORP L HARDIN COMMISSIONED IN THE ARMY
EH M Hardin, son of John H Hardin druggist, has been commissioned a second lieutenant. A member of Company C 115th Machine Gun battalion, he is stationed at Camp Sevier Greenville D C and is expected to be promoted from corporal to lieutenant based on merit.
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EH. M. Hardin
John H. Hardin
Hardin
Camp Sevier
Greenville
D. C
Private Mohr Transferred to Quantico for Training
Private John N. Mohr son of Mrs Anna Mohr 507 North Seventh Street is one of 200 Marines moved from Paris Island South Carolina to Quantico Virginia. He will receive advanced base training with the mobile artillery forces and has been assigned to the 182nd Company of Marines in training there.
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John N. Mohr
Anna Mohr
North Seventh Street
United States
Paris Island
S. C
Quantico
Mohr
Mobile Artillery Forces
Marine Corps
182Nd Company of Marines
Turn Hair Dark With Sage Tea
An old time recipe using Sage and Sulphur to darken gray hair is now sold as Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound. The product is applied with a comb to strands, darkening hair by morning and giving a fuller youthful look. The advertisement notes cosmetics only.
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Wyeth
Beau
Coroner A S Holden to Seek Re election in Primary
Coroner Alex S Holden announced he will seek re election to the office he now holds in the coming primary. He said there was no pressure from friends but would welcome voter support if the county desires his continued service.
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A. S. Holden
Alex.s. Holden
Holden
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