New York Day by Day a Ledger of Oddities and Woes
Special correspondent recalls Massarione Magore a hungry waiter left penniless by illness and cold near Columbus Circle. He faces life changing injuries after exposure, while other items recount Don Marquis at a Dickens Fellowship dinner, a rhinoceros misadventure at the zoo, and a Broadway observer noting reporters’ walks to work.
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The
Dispatch
New York
Massarione Magore
Columbus Circle
Central Park
Dickens Fellowship
Don Marquis
Sweet Singer
Ben
Peared
Joyce Kilmer
Ray Stannard Baker
Cleveland Moirot
Arthur Somers Roche
Smiles
Zoo
Bill Snyder
MHM
North Carolina House Debates Liquor Ad Ban and Work Hours
Raleigh March 3 The North Carolina Legislature nears adjournment as the Senate passes a liquor advertising ban for newspapers magazines and other media. The House ballots on the Grier work‑hour bill for women and minors fails 44 to 61 amid sharp debate and concerns over wartime strain. The day ends with a recessed session.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
General Assembly
House
Page
Williams
Transylvania
Dalton
Grier
Legislature adjourns nearing end as House mulls few bills
The House convened at 11 with Speaker Murphy and shows a drop in reported bills as session nears close. New measures include museum maintenance and road law tweaks while many bills pass final readings on drainage, school bonds, and farm programs. In the Senate, work slows after a midnight debate over a prohibition substitute, with several bond and constitutional bills advancing and a push for initiative and referendum.
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Murphy
Taylor
Edgecombe
Breece
Coggins
Bowman
North Carolina
Kittrell
Vance County
Lloyd
Orange Road
Raeford
Youngsville
Jeresalem
Davie County
Carrboro
Shelby
Jackson County Farm Life
Forsyth County
Kinston
Robeson County
Senate
Polk
House
Wilkes County
Lee
Chatham
Mecklenburg
Pasquotank
Stokes
Ray
Gardner
Allen
Wayne
Cumberland
McCain-Bennett
McCain
Oates
Little
Anson
Brock
Bickett
Scales
Iredell
Winston-Salem
Nash County Board of Education
Goldsboro
Hyde County
Pitt Highway Commission
Greenville
Forsyth
Albemarle Sound
Onslow County
Pitt
Bertie Board of Education
Harding
State School For the
Mitchell County
Rowan
Wilmington
Gaston
Catawba County
Halifax
Harnett
McDowell
Columbus
New Hanover County
New Hanover
Caswell
Guilford
Wake
A Daughter of the Gods at the Academy
William Fox million dollar film shown next Wednesday at the Academy with matinee and night showings. The production claims 23 000 extras in a garden sea palace and harem settings alongside star Annette Kellermann. Tickets 50 cents to 1 dollar, on sale Monday at Elvington's.
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Academy
Wiliam Fox
Annette Kellermann
Elvington’s
It Pays to Advertise Farce at Academy of Music
A brief theater note describes the long running farce It Pays To Advertise at the Geo M Cohan theatre. The show promises entertainment and light business philosophy as it comes to the Academy of Music for a matinee and evening performance on Saturday March 10.
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Coban
Harris
Broadway
Geo. M. Cohan
Academy of Music
Dallas Sets Record Dance To Open Spring Style Show
Dallas plans the largest dance in American history with thirty thousand dancers covering eight downtown blocks Monday night. Moored by twelve bands at street intersections the event marks the Dallas Spring Style Show of 1917 and will extend into the week with opera house fashion displays by leading Dallas society women.
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Dallas
Texas
America
Opera
Thrill of Up in the Air in British Parachute Feats
A United Press feature recalls British boys turning from desk jobs to balloon observations and parachute leaps in wartime scenes. Two observers fall after a shell punctures their balloon but open parachutes and land nearby, then walk to a dressing station.
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United Press
America
Eton
Cambridge
Earth
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with $100 reward
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh claiming internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to consult local druggists for purchase.
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Hall
Nature
Fe Prop
Dave Bo
Mye Ee Cbee CO
Qhia
Reds Pin Their Faith to Veterans
Cincinnati reports outline for 1917 Reds pitching and hitting staff led by Christy Mathewson and Hap Chase. Young arms Gardner Ring Regan Sanders Eller vie for stars while Fred Toney Schneider Mitchell pace expected big years. Veterans Roush Griffith Neale, Cueto battle for two infield spots as Wingo Clarke Huhn backstops.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baseball Bugs
Reds
1917
Christy Mathewson
Ifal Chase
Matty
Lefty Gardner
Jim Ring
Mike Regan
Roy Sanders
Hod Eller
Fred Toney
Pete Schneider
Clarence Mitchell
Elmer Knetzer
Chase
Val
Eddy Rousch
Tom Griffith
Neale
Manuel Cueto
Bill McKechnie
Dave Shean
Billy Louden
Larry Kopf
Tommy Romanach
Redville Bugs
Ivy Wingo
Tom Clarke
Emil Huhn
Hahn
Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast A Splendid Habit
An advertisement extols drinking a glass of hot water with a spoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims the mixture cleanses the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, reduces toxins, improves appetite and complexion, and costs little. It promises quick health benefits for biliousness constipation stomach trouble rheumatism.
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Eugene Kelcey Allen
Buck Herzog
Herzog
Harmony
Laconia
Mires
EL Harris
Frank EB. Harris
Queenstown
Hostetter
Miss Kellermann
William Fox
James
Crane
Fulton Street
Thomas Grocery Company, Inc
Mahony
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