North Carolina Hotels Show Northern Holiday Allure
Editor Henry Blount highlights North Carolina as a winter resort with sunlit valleys and mild climate. He touts Orton Motel in Wilmington and other hotels Briggs, Gregory, Alvert, Farrer, Hammond, and Hotel de La Fayette as attractive retreats inviting Northerners to spend winters in the state.
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Orton
Wilmington
Bryan
Burton
Briggs
Gregory
Goldsboro
Alvert
Newberne
Farrer
Tarboro
Rocky Mount
Hotel de la
The Great War Syndicate serial in Once A Week
Frank Stockton’s serial The Great War Syndicate debuts December 15 in Once A Week describing a fictional US Britain clash waged by a secret Syndicate. The tale, set in imagined modern war, highlights its engines of war and humorous incidents while noting a monument to Thomas Hutchins.
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Frank Stockton
Startling
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Great War Syndicate
United States
Great Britain
England
America
Thomas Hutchins
Distinguished Dead Col R R Bridgers Dies in Columbia
The obituary notes the sudden death of Col R R Bridgers in Columbia South Carolina on Monday night. A prominent and influential state figure, Bridgers is praised for his judgment, administrative skill, and wide impact from mountains to sea.
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Col. R. R. Bridgers
Columbia
South Carolina
Col. Bridgers
Pickett or Pettigrew causes at Gettysburg debated
The Roanoke News praised a pamphlet defending Pettigrew and North Carolina troops for the Gettysburg deeds, contending that Pettigrew’s command earned the field’s honor rather than Pickett’s. W. R. Bond of Halifax County, a Confederate captain, authored the pamphlet.
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Hall & Sledge
Weldon
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Pickett
Gettysburg
North Carolina
Pettigrew
World 4
Halifax County
W. R. Bond
Scotland Neck
A Noble Career of Col Bridgers Epitomized
The Wilmington Star recounts Col Bridgers life from birth in Edgecombe County on November 28, 1819 through UNC law education, early legislative service, Civil War role in the Confederate Congress, and leadership of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad turning it toward prosperity and the Atlantic Coast Line legacy with his long tenure as president and general manager before retirement.
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Edgecombe County
University of North Carolina
Confederate Congress
Wilmington & Weldon R. I. Company
H. Walters
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Ashland, Va
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Davis & Gay
D’alma
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P. Reeds
Bay ST Nee
Coon & Co’s
Griffin's
A. Heilbroner
Wilson
Andren
Dry Groods
TLV
Fo. M. R. Lang
National Life & Maturity
Central National Bank Building
Washington
Horatio Browning
W. E. Clark
Samuel Norment
Geo
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John B. Larner
J. Easterday
Sec’v and (Co. Mz Medical
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St. Cloud
Washington, D
Johns T. Manning
Axp Plasterer
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Adams’ Soto
Eusty
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