Avocates Truce and Political Parties Editorial
Special to The Dispatch reports James H. Poll in Fayetteville urging Republicans to avoid opposing tickets and Democrats to refrain from backing senatorial candidates in Sampson Harnett Johnston district. He favors nonpartisan or bipartisan offices and minority representation in counties. Raleigh Iron Works machinists return to work after open shop dispute. factory largely government work including target projectiles for the navy.
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James H. Poll
Fayette- Kingip
Cumberland
Secrats
Sampson
Paleigh
Poll
Columbus
United States
Vblicans
John, Lee
Harnett
Johnston
Pou
Democratic Fie Committee
Weetz
Raleigh Ironts
Iron Works
Matt Rogers
War Department
Raleigh Iron Works
Reat
Navy
North Carolina Sees High Fire Loss in 1916
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports North Carolina averaged 898.49 per fire in 1916, higher than the national 583.56. Commissioner James R. Young urges renewed prevention as nationwide preventable losses totaled 208.7 million dollars with principal causes including carelessness and electricity. North Carolina’s per capita loss stood at 1.13, among the lower rates in the nation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Clearing House
James R. Young
United States
Colorado
Georgia
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Austrian paper alarmed over German submarines in Adriatic ports
The Tageblatt of Austria raises alarm over German submarines based at Pola and Fiume in the Eastern Adriatic. It claims naval and military officers note submarines operate from Gibraltar to Port Said and are transported in sections to Pola and Trieste by rail.
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Geneva
Tageblatt
Austria
Adriatic
Foot-Ease Aids Sailors In Comfort For Hard Work
The Shore Manual recommends Allen's Foot-Ease as a daily antiseptic powder to shake into shoes. It relieves aching feet, sweat, and swelling, helping tight footwear feel looser for sailors and soldiers in harsh conditions.
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Ising Allen
Aten
Belgium Reacts to Hertling Speech Declares Unchanged Policy
Baron de Broqueville states Belgium’s position on Count von Hertling’s address. Belgium seeks a just peace under conditions including territorial integrity reparations and guarantees against 1914 aggression. The government will discuss peace only with powers that guaranteed Belgium’s independence and obligations.
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Belgium
Reichstag Stands By Social Deputy Hencke Prosecution
Amsterdam March 2 The Reichstag reportedly refused Bremen court martial authority to prosecute Deputy Alfred Hencke a Social Democrat charged with instigating an offense against the state of siege law This relates to labor outbreaks and martial law in Bremen and other German cities.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Bremen
Alfred Hencke
Germany
Hencke
Dusseldorf Nachrichten jests on Wilson blasphemy claim
The Dusseldorf Nachrichten, in a tone of stern seriousness, claims President Wilson "blasphemously invokes Divine judgment" on the war. The San Francisco Chronicle counters that the Kaiser Wilhelm is the war's great blasphemer, not Wilson.
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Dusseldorf
Average draft cost per man in 1917 war effort
Washington March 2 report shows average cost of drafting men for the American Army under the selective service law of 1917 was 4.93 per capita. Costs varied by state with North Carolina 8.49 and Oklahoma 1.57 the lowest. Provost Marshal General Crowder called the system the most economical method to raise the National Army.
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Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Delaware
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maine
District of Columbia
Missouri
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Louisiana
Idaho
Indiana
Mississippi
Florida
Kansas
Crowder
Two Belgian Socialists Condemned by Antwerp Court Martial
Amsterdam March 2 A Antwerp court martial sentenced Belgian Socialist Senators Colleaux and Legras to death for espionage. Dutch Socialist leader Pieter Troelstra has telegraphed Philipp Scheidemann appealing to use influence to block the execution.
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Amsterdam
Antwerp
Colleaux
Legras
Het Volk
Pieter Troelstra
Philipp Scheidemann
Kaiser Bill calls for peace admission after victory claim
The Savannah News notes Kaiser Bill says peace is possible only if Germany admits victory. It argues that true victory on the battlefield would negate any need for admission and that such a settlement cannot be reached by debate.
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Kaiser Bill
Germany
Savannah News
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offer Cited by Firm in Toledo
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F J Cheney & Co in Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. The affidavit notes Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to mucous surfaces. Advertisement seeks testimonials and lists druggists selling the remedy along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas Country
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Th. Hall
Rat Killing Week Declared in West Virginia
A state anti rat campaign is set for next week across West Virginia under a proclamation by State Commissioner of Agriculture James H. Stewart. The effort aims to conserve food by reducing rats, with clubs forming to support the drive statewide.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
James H. Stewart
La Creole Pomade Hair Straightener Ad
An advertisement for La Creole Pomade as an ideal hair straightener that makes hair soft long smooth and silky. It notes a refined porcelain jar and parfum fragrance and claims use by prominent colored people. Sold for 30 cents at Jarman and Futrelle Wilmington NC.
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Jarman and Futrelle
Wilmington
N. C
The Imp Nurse: A Teacher's Stand Against a Troubled Student
Cora Halmer, a patient teacher, faces Harold Wilkins a disruptive pupil in a fifth grade. After repeated misbehavior and a dangerous incident, she resigns, seeks support from Harold’s father, and confronts the cycle of fear and blame in the school. Stella Lowell watches, while Wilkins’s father learns the truth.
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Cora Halmer
Harold Wilnritch
Cora
Stella Lowell
Yale
Stella
Harold
James Wilkins
James Wilkin
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