Noteworthy men to attend North Carolina exposition
Governor Bickett leads a roster of prominent state and national officials for the North Carolina Exposition and Conference in Wilmington March 28 and 29. Delegates include Congressman H M Hitt and Dr F D Knapp, with 6000 invitations mailed and emphasis on agricultural development and livestock exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Wilmington
Novi Carolina
Wectave
Rabomere
United Can
Peparment of Agriculture
Erie Fe
W. Bickett
North Rd
Otis Ie
Yesias
Tovermur
East
Wilpope
Promine Sprikers
Congressmen Inc
I Wo Nigere
Dan T. Gray
Kos Curtis
A. J. Reed
Vos Graham
Striucture
T. B. Parker
Ie Farmers’ Institute
Will Touk
Nerarolina
Hoo
Nevetilesved
Agricultural Department
Tavrends
Iound Hess
Ter
M. W. Ee
P. Q
M. W. Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
S. Davies
North
Eles
Kilgore
Iitea
L. I
Germans May Naturalize After Ship Sailors Release
Department of Commerce clearance allows sailors from the Kiel and Nicaria to pursue naturalization in the United States. Col. Walker Taylor said the move confirms orders to lift guards and permit discharge and citizenship filings after physical and government checks. The Kiel’s discharged sailor plans to settle in Wilmington if employed. This marks the first naturalization attempt among crewmen released to date.
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Department of Commerce
Kiel
Nicaria
Washington
Col
Walker Taylor
Taylor
United States
Wilmington
Colonel Taylor
Fragmentary OCR Note Sequence From Historical Ledger
A scrambled OCR fragment shows numbers and partial labels. It reads like a ledger or financial listing with values such as 5 7.94 9.27 11.0 12.40 13.00 14.00 21.85 and the strings it. mre Bis lain. Juired appears as stray text fragments. The readable items are disjoint and no clear event or人物 is identifiable.
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Bislain
Juired
Tax Delinquent Property Owners Face Publication Costs
City tax collectors warn that interest accrues on all unpaid 1916 taxes and that a notice list of delinquents is being prepared for publication. A $1.30 cost per parcel will be added to unpaid amounts, with one percent already set and a further half percent added on April 1. Delinquents urged to pay promptly to avoid extra charges.
Wilmington High School Plans Openers in Fayetteville
Wilmington High School schedules two 1917 baseball games with Donaldson Military Academy in Fayetteville on March 30 and the following day. Team remains unsettled with many candidates competing for positions as opening season approaches.
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Wilmington High School
Fayetteville
Donaldson Military Academy
Community groups urged to line parade for soldiers at Wilmington
A Wilmington meeting at the armory outlined a welcome parade plan for soldiers posted on the border. Organizations from Red Cross to Knights of Pythias will line Front street from Walnut to Grace, forming a gala procession with invited clubs and schools co operating to greet the troops.
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Wilmington
Engineering Corps
Walnut Street
Light Infantry
National Red Cross
Front Street
Walnut
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Grace
National Special Aid Society
Red Cross Society
Junior
Order of United American Mechanics
North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Daughters of the Confederacy
Elks
Woodmen of the World
The
Front
Chestnut
Knights of Pythias
Sorosis
Red Men
Demand for Improved Train Service in Wilmington
Cape Fear Council No. 374 United Commercial Travelers demands better rail service for all trains in and out of Wilmington. The group backs its railroad committee, will act alone without other city groups, and meets again next Saturday to review progress.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear
Home Security Life Insurance opens Wilmington offices
The Home Security Life Insurance Company of Durham North Carolina prepares to do business in Wilmington and opens offices in the Pythian building at 208 Princess Street. Mr G Preston Holden will manage the Wilmington district bringing experience from the Life Insurance Company of Virginia and Gate City Life and Health Insurance Company. The company is rated North Carolina's largest industrial insurer.
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Home Security Life Insurance Company
Durham
N. C
Pythian Building
Princess Street
Wilmington
G. Preston Holden
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Gate City Life and Health Insurance Company
Home Insurance Company
North Caroline
Plans for a stronger fight for improved service
Short addresses by organization members last night showed broad interest in launching a campaign for improved train service in the near future. J. G. McCormick chairs the railroad committee with John W. Blomme and Harry Solomon as associates. A push to recruit new members is planned for the April 14 meeting, aiming to involve traveling salesmen in Wilmington who are not yet members. Additional committees will be formed at the gathering.
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J. G. McCormick
John W. Blomme
Harry Solomon
Wilmington
Thirty One Nominated for Queen of Shriners Gala Week
Thirty one Wilmington young ladies are nominated as Queen candidates for the Shriners Gala Week April 9 to 14 to benefit the Red Cross sanitarium. Voters must visit Gala Week Headquarters at No 15 Masonic Temple to obtain envelopes. ballots will be counted tomorrow at noon with results in newspapers.
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Wilmington
Red Cross Committee
No. 15
Masonic Temple
Miriam Holliday
Florence Taylor
Elizabeth Westbrook
Eleanor Harriss
Elizabeth Sweeny
May Wright Taylor
Kate Faison
Virginia Farmer
Julia Stone
Vera Furlong
Janie Meares
Louisa Grant
Edna Myers
Charlotte Fennell
Bessie Burkheimer
Lucile Burkheimer
Kate Northrop
Janet O’neil
Christine Stevenson
Carry Duffy
Mary Bellamy
Meta Rountree
Annie Banks
Mary W Wickett
Grace Brown
Helen Clark
Louise Shepard
Lucile Solky
Louise Nelson
Sallie Justic
Mary Houston
YMCA organizes boys campaign with eight teams
The Boys' Cabinet at the YMCA named team captains for a membership drive starting Wednesday and running to April 3. Eight five man teams will compete in navy and army divisions with captains listed for Infantry Aeronauts Cavalry Engineers Sailors Marines Gunners Submarines.
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Boys’ Cabinet
Association
Navy
Army
Infantry
Cecil Applebury
Aeronauts
Kenneth Partin
Cavalry
George McConnell
Morgan Fenley
Douglas Sprunt
Marines
William Sanders
Wilbur King
Richard Thigpen
Orioles Players Win Basketball Game Over YMCA Team
A Baltimore Orioles training squad defeated a YMCA picked team 37 to 25 last night. The Orioles lineup included Rich and Ru ark as forwards Farrar at center Galla gher and Davis as guards.
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Association
Jack Dunn
Baltimore Orioles
Rich
Ruark
Farrar
Gallagher
Davis
Rat Convention in Bala Pa Stirs Town Rumor
In Bala Pa residents report a fat black cat found in a barn surrounded by a swarm of rats. The scene frightens the animal and leaves eight of its nine lives suspected to be spent.
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Bala
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Governor Bickett
Rubolp
Lelphi
Farmers’ Co-operative
Washington, D. C
Thomas W. Bickett
Robert N. Page
Lyman _ Carrier
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. J. Morse
U. Ss. Department of Agriculture
Geo. E. Rommel
United States Department of Agriculture
R. S. Curtis
Dan. T. Gray
North Carolina Experiment Station
F. A. Olds
Raleigh
R. R. Marshall
W. W. Burch
American Sheep Breeder
Chicago
Ill
Herbert Smith
Station
Orton Hotel
Masonic
Princess
Market
Germania Society
Masons
Princess and
Grand Theatre
Market Street
Edwin Metts
Lawyer’s
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Elvington’s
Cor
Princess Sts
Red Cross
Shriners
Orioles
Aneem Ao Ree, (Incorporated
Incorporated
Bon Marche
Moven Age
Directoire
Eair
Enders
Enders Human Hair Co
Miss Enders
Warners
Redfern
Nemo
Binners
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