New Era Campaign Promises Big Votes and Luxurious Prizes
Campaign headquarters touts a chance for outsiders to gain 100 000 extra votes with first four six month subscriptions and urges rapid participation. The Dispatch notes Studebaker Six and Chevrolet Touring Car as top prizes and invites nominations via coupons to boost candidates’ totals. A final week remains for additional votes and outside subscriptions.
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New Era
The
Dispatch
Wilmington
Ywo
Studebaker
Red Cross Drive Boosts Brunswick County Efforts
Southport and Brunswick County held a strong Red Cross drive last week with Fort Caswell band and local speakers guiding each stop. Countywide events at Bolivia Landvale Phoenix Winnabow Mt Pisgah Shallotte Ash and Southport included meals and public praise for workers, especially the notable Black community's contributions.
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Southport
N. C
Red Cross
Brunswick County
Up .Moore
Robert Wahavie
Culbreth
Good Samaritan
Thomas Lindsay
E. H. Cranmer
J. W. Ruark
R. N. Fritts
Bolivia
Landvale
Phoenix
Winnabow
Mt. Pisgah
Shallotte
Ash
Court House
Colored Masonic Hall
R. W. Davis
A. O. Moore
Hemenway
Wilmington
Marion T U Meeting Supports French Orphan
A Marion South Carolina gathering of the T U Society held at Mrs A B Nichols's on Tuesday afternoon featured devotional exercises by Mrs Leitner and a fundraising effort to support a French orphan. Mesdames Montgomery Woods and Mace discussed plans for the state convention to be held there in early fall as Sadie Hewitt Blanche Bell Foxworth and Eliza Byars contributed vocal music.
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Marion
S. C
T. U
A. B. Nichols
Leitner
Mesdames
J. R. Montgomey
M. C
Robert E Lee Day Observed For Red Cross Drive
The southern division totals 3050.110.47 with Tennessee 953000 Georgia 817000 Florida 400000 North Carolina 766000 South Carolina 634000. Chapters urged to flood churches with pledge cards on Sunday and make Monday a sweeping canvass. Red Cross declares May 27 Robert E Lee Day in the south. Fifty four towns report over subscriptions and 239 chapters report over the top.
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Atlanta
Red Cross
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
American Red Cross
Robert E. Lee
France
Lee
Sons of the South
Teenage Love Dilemmas Share Ride Rules at Doorstep
A reader ponders how courting couples should approach visiting a girlfriend at home versus meeting on a street corner. The note asks whether a young man should ride up to the house and whether parental reactions affect such meetings.
Red Sox Shine Amid Eventful Community Weekend
Despite missing a seasoned third baseman the Red Sox appear strong in the American League. Teachers hosted games for older children and served ice cream for a pleasant afternoon. The Monday Red Cross parade drew strong crowds and was a decided success.
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Red Sox
Red Cross
Public Utilities and Purchasing Power of the Nickel
An advertisement by Tidewater Power Company argues the nickel’s purchasing power has fallen across sectors since the war, with pie and hardware prices rising while transit fares remain constrained. It claims utilities must raise operating revenue to meet rising costs and support growth in a larger city.
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Traction Company
Public Utilities Corporation
Wilmington
Public Service Corporation
Tidewater Power Company
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Fort Caswell
Children’s Oxfords and
Tan Lace
Oxfords
E. C. Skuffer
Black Oxford
Oxford
Enan
Velvetina Owder Djer
Fa Owder Fruman
LaBlanche
Azurea
Carmen
Dagett & Ramdale
Melba
Payne Drug Coo
Red Cross Streets
Lesher Whitman & CO. Inc
Broadway
New York
Wilmington Dispatch
Nash
Era
Autes
Third Liberty Loan
Murchison National Bank
Old North State
Brooklyn Building and Loan Association
Carolina Building and Loan Association
Citizens Building and Loan Association
City and Suburban Building and Loan Association
Co-operative Building and Loan Association
Hanover Building and Loan Association
Mechanics’ Building and Loan Association
North Carolina Home Building Association
Orton Building and Loan Association
People’s Building and Loan Association
Progressive Building and Loan Association
Rural Building and Loan Association
Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association
Metropolitan Trust Company
Workers Building and Loan Association
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