City Council Considers Sewer and Water Aid for Widows
Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt county health officer urged a plan to help small property owners and widows connect to the sewer and water system. He noted many open wells and few dry closets remain and asked a committee including the city attorney to study relief options. The council referred the matter to the Sewer and Water Committee for investigation and report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Nesbitt
Nespit
Nesbitt
Health Department
Jry
Merritt
Sewer and Water Committee
Jay
Rcch
Thomas D. Meares
McCaig
L Nesbitt
Dr. Nesbit
Mayor Moore Invited to Name Delegates for Washington Congress
Mayor Moore has been invited to attend the Congress of Constructive Patriotism at the Willard Hotel in Washington January 25 to 27 and to name three free delegates from the city. The preparedness association aims to study national security and national spirit with eminent speakers lined up. Robert Bacon of New York is chairman of the invitations committee and Herbert Barth is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PQ. Moore
Willard Hotel
Washington, D
Moore
Robert Bacon
New York
Coutte
Herbert Barthe
New York City
Congress
Meeting Preparations For North Carolina Film League
Mr R V Anderson of Pathe Pictures in Charlotte plans a grand NC Motion Picture Exhibitors League convention December 19 to 21. Notables include William A Brady W Stephen Bush and Rose Tapley. A Grand Ball at City Auditorium features Henry Walthall and Violet Merseau with tours and moving pictures to Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Anderson
Charlotte
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Pathe Pictures Organization
Percy W. Wells
North Carolina Motion Picture: Exhibitors League
Anderson
North Carolina League
South
Mr. Anderson
America
William A. Brady
W. Stephen Bush
Moving Picture World
Frank J. Rembusch
Mirror
Selwyn Hotel
Wilmington
United States
Tons of Cake at Farris Bakery for Holidays
Farris Bakery at 121 South Front Street bakes cakes of every design and flavor for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The shop claims a ton and a half of fruit cake and emphasizes its large, modern facilities and reliable holiday service for its many patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farris Bakery
South Front Street
Farris
Civil Service Exams Open With High Paying Posts
The Civil Service Department announces open competitive examinations for many positions with salaries listed. Roles include Petroleum Economist and Accountant, dairy manufacturing specialist, junior engineers and technologists, translator, and several drafting and technical trades. Additional vacancies are expected in cloth subinspector, drug plant investigations, deck hand, and other trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Civil Service Department
Cleveland groups push adoption of city manager plan
Civic and business organizations in Cleveland are agitating for the adoption of the city manager form of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Civic
Businss
Wilmington Man Chadbourn Dies in Spartanburg
Stephen H. Chadbourn 43 died at his Spartanburg home after a three year illness. He formerly lived in Wilmington and worked with J. H. Sloane Company and later Jennings & Brant. Survived by wife, two children Annie Leslie 13 and James Harmon 10, a brother Charles C. Chadbourn and sister Serena Chadbourn, both of Wilmington. Funeral at Oakdale cemetery with Rev. W. H. Milton officiating.
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Stephen H. Chadbourn
Ity
Wilmington
Neuritis
Oakdale Cemetery
W. H. Milton
D. D
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Annie Leslie
James Harmon
Charles C. Chadbourn
Serana Chadbourn
Spartanburg
J. H. Sloane Company
Cot‘ton
Jennings & Brant
Chadbourn
Thanksgiving Entertainments At City Schools
City schools host Thanksgiving programs with recitations songs and honor roll readings. William Hooper School held events yesterday with widespread attendance and families and visitors enjoyed the performances. Today Union Hemenway Isaac Bear and Cornelius Harnett school programs continue drawing hundreds of patrons to view student work.
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William Hooper
Union
Hemenway
Isaac Bear
Cornelius Harnett
Salmon Fisher Kills Cow Shark Near Lincoln Beach
R. R. Jones of Lincoln Beach battled a hexanchus graveus known as the gray cow shark for about an hour while salmon fishing. The 9 foot 6 inch specimen was killed with a butcher knife and sent to the University of Washington for identification. The fish was long suspected to be a dangerous man-eater, though no human attacks have been recorded.
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Seattle
Wash
R. R. Jones
Lincoln Beach
Trevor Kincaid
University of Washington Department of Biology
Jones
University
United States
Fox Hunt Shifted to Spicer's Bay Kendall Brunswick
Weather prompts Wilmington Hunt Club to relocate the fox chase from Carolina Beach to Spicer's Bay near Kendall in Brunswick County. Secretary John Lewis Williams calls all members to meet in Kendall tomorrow at 5 o'clock.
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Wilmington Hunt Club
Spicer's Bay
Kendall
Brunswick County
Carolina Beach
John Lewis Williams
Texas University Celebrates Inauguration And Homecoming
From across the nation graduates and friends gather in Austin for the largest UT celebration. The program features the formal inauguration of President Robert E Vinson a reunion of alumni and the annual Texas University versus State Agricultural College football game.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Robert E. Vinson
State University
State Agricultural College
Theatre party for Dispatch Newsies at the Victoria
The Dispatch carrier boys receive a complimentary theatre party as manager Bailey of the Victoria invites them to a Friday night show. Richards the Wizard performs magnificently in a riotously funny mystery act, drawing large matinee crowds and offering popular price entertainment.
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Bailey
Victoria
Wilmington
Young America
Richards
Wizard
the Victoria
Carrier-Boys
The
Dispatch
Robesonian backs Lumberton stand against Western Union and Bell
The Robesonian notes Lumberton business leaders signed a petition protesting the removal of the Western Union office and urging Postal help. It calls for improved service and up to date Bell Telephone service, urging vigorous action and urging managers to listen to local protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robesonian
Lumberton
Western Union
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Birthday of notorious felon Pomeroy at state prison
Boston Mass November 29 Jesse Pomeroy known as the most notorious life convict in the United States marked his fifty seventh birthday behind the Massachusetts State Prison walls in Charleston. In youth he was sent to life for the murder of young children and his solitary confinement has kept him largely unseen except by keepers and his late visiting mother.
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Boston
Mass
Jesse Pomeroy
United States
Massachusetts State
Charleston
Pomeroy
Fuiny
Cherries in November Surprise Local Grower
Mr. C. H. Adams of the Baptist Center section brought a sample of a second crop of cherries this year. The tree bore a heavy spring crop, bloomed again in August, and yielded about a pint this week.
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C. H. Adams
Baptist Center
News
Clayton News
Miss Butler Weds Army Officer in Elliott Ceremony
Elliott North Carolina November 29 wedding draws a large circle of friends. Miss Pocahont as Butler, daughter of former Senator Marion F Butler and Mrs Butler, wed Captain Thomas D Wood of the U S Army Medical Corps. Captain Woodson hails from Missouri and serves in the medical corps.
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Butler
Elliott
N. C
Pocahontas Butler
United States
Marion F. Butler
Thomas D. Woodson
Woodson
Missouri
Medical Corps
Army
Thieves Hit Two City Grocery Stores After Rainy Night
Two southern city grocery stores were broken into late last night or early this morning. An axe forced rear window entries and a porch found cash drawer and some goods, suggesting a juvenile perpetrator. Police pursue clues.
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G. E. Burnett
Sixth
Dawson Streets
Rhue
Burnett
Adams Accepts New Position in West Virginia
George C. Adams resigns from Cape Fear Oil Company to become manager of the Tri-State Credit Adjustment Bureau in Huntington West Virginia. He will leave Wilmington about December 10 and may return to Huntington early December to begin his duties with the newly organized bureau linked to the Huntington Credit Men's Association.
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Wilmington
West Virginia
George C. Adams
Cape Fear Oil Company
Tri-State Credit Adjustment Bureau
Huntington
W. Va
Adams
H'M
Huntington Horrld-Dispatch
Willington
N. C
Huntington Credit Men’s Association
Credit Adjustment Bureau
Hunters Bag Deer Foxes on Drowning Creek Trip
Hamlet Messenger reports ten days of hunting near Drowning Creek eight miles east of Hoffman. Hunters from Hamlet and nearby areas bagged five deer four foxes several turkeys and numerous squirrels during the expedition.
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Drowning Creek
Hoffman
Hamlet
Richards the Wizard Delights Victoria Crowd This Week
Richards known as The Wizard performs at the Victoria presenting Indian mystique in a modern stage show. A new act Phantom Cannon features Miss Crystal Williams shot from a 42 centimeter cannon through steel and wood into three trunks as the audience watches.
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Richards
the Victoria
India
LaFayette
Crystal Williams
The
Victoria
Baltimore and Carolina Steamship to Launch Sarah Weems
The Nautical Gazette reports President Mason L Weems Williams of the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company plans to launch the wooden steamer Sarah Weems by early next year. Built by M Mitchell Davis & Son in Sammon Md it will serve Baltimore to New Bern and Washington NC via the Chesapeake and Albemarle canal with freight to interior points. The venture aims to restore regular steam service between Baltimore and the Carolina sounds after years of reliance on sailing craft.
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Nautical Gazette
Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company
Mason L. Weems Williams
Sarah Weems
M. Mitchell Davis & Son
Sammon
Baltimore
Carolina Sounds
Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal
New_ Bern
Washington, N. C
Sound
Weems Enterprise
Clarksdale Proposes Municipal Railroad Linking River
Clarksdale Mississippi plans a municipal railroad to connect the city with the Mississippi River to relieve high freight rates. The proposal aims to reduce transportation costs and boost local commerce.
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Clarksdale
Miss
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Dr. Nesbitt
Indi
Italy
Mayor Moore
Carolinas
Pathe Pictures
the Texas University
Dispatch Newsies
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
North Carolina Savings Bank
Marvel Richards
Carolina
Nollar
James M. Hall
5Th
Castle Streets
Ful
Elties
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