City Council Debates Temporary Lavatory and Private Sewer
The council reviews a request for a temporary lavatory near Front and Princess streets for entrans. It tasks Councilman Bradshaw to investigate and report. Health officials flag a private Ann street sewer, with plans to have the city take over and maintain it, while public works notes extensive street and drainage work in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counc
Bradshaw
Shrier & Solomon‘s Store
Front
Princess Streets
R. B. Slocum
Ann Street
Sixth Street
Bunting
City Atorney Ruark
Dr. Slocum
James E. Holton
Council
Princess
Grace
Fifteenth
Ann
Sixth
Seventh
Sixth and
Dock
Final Luncheon Arrangements Set by Chamber of Commerce
Final arrangements are under way for a membership luncheon tomorrow at 1 pm by the Chamber of Commerce’s Agricultural Committee. About one hundred guests expected. out of town speakers include F L Finkenstaedt, R C Horne Jr, and L I Guion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
New Hanover
Agricultural Committee
F. L. Finkenstaedt
The
North Carolina Landowners’ Association
R. C. Horne, Jr
Beaufort
8. C
L. I. Guion
Farm Loan Bank
Columbia
S. C
G. A. Cardwell
J. O Reilly
L. B. Sassar
Hugh MacRae
Court wraps April term with mixed verdicts and sentences
The April term of Superior Court concluded with Beulah Bickett found not guilty of vagrancy after a two and a half day session. J H Loftin case had prayer for judgment continued for a year, and George Moore’s case ended with payment of costs. Two murder cases were resolved with Gore receiving 30 years for second degree murder and Galloway getting five years for manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Bickett
Lyon
Chargir J. H. Loftin
George Moore
Moore
Naval Reserve
Tmos Gore
Alex Galloway
Red Cross Seeks 4778 Front Line Packages From Wilmington
The Wilmington Red Cross Chapter is urged to begin work immediately on 4 778 No 1 front line packages as part of the millions of bandages being prepared for European battlefields. The call from the Army Surgeon General must be answered before June 1 with local shipment by April 25. Women in the city are invited to contribute at Red Cross headquarters daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Wilmington
Red Cross Society
Europe
City cleanup logs reveal large trash haul and street work
Records detail two weeks of city cleanup from Walnut to Market with seventeen trees cut down, ash coverage on Perry avenue, car screenings unloaded at Fourth and Princess, gutter cleaning in central and southern areas, and about 1,500 loads of rubbish moved. Revenue from sanitary service and sweepings totaled $252.21. Also notes Jack Dempsey’s birth name and boxing career origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Walnut
Market
Fourth and Princess
Perry Avenue
Eighteenth
City
Sanitary Service
Dundee and Jackson Rematch Stirs Lightweight Rumors
Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson remain tied through four meetings with honors as New York lightweights near a deciding bout. Both fighters hold even records and public debate swirls over who earns the better scrapper label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Dundee
Willie Jackson
New York
Noted Speakers Tonight at Academy of Music
Prominent figures Rev James L Vance Dr Sidney L Gulick and Captain MacFayden headline an 8 pm morale boosting war event at the Academy of Music Only three such meetings are shown in this state with fifteen hundred tickets issued prior to the capacity crowd expected Pastors and churches distributed tickets to ensure full attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Vance
Nashville
Tenn
Sidney L. Gulick
New York
MacFayden
Academy of Music
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Academy
Fallon
Leslie
League of Nations
Red Cross
W. P. Merrill
D. D
Church Peace Union
United States
Mr. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Rates case shapes through routes for North Carolina ports
The Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co. case against Atlantic Coast Line and allies outlines commission jurisdiction to establish through routes and maximum joint rates between rail and water carriers from Baltimore to North Carolina via Wilmington and New Bern. It sets 30 days for agreement on joint rates or for the commission to order. The decision supports through routes, dock facilities, proportional rates, and wharfage charges, with no final order issued yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Co
Baltimore
Baltimore & Carolina Seamship Co
Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce
Steamship Company
Wilmington
New Bern
North Carolina
Clyde Steamship Company
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Kinston Chamber of Commerce
Fayetteville
The
Congress
Norfolk
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Orde
Goldsboro
J. H. Fishback
S. F. Teague
W.W. A. Dees
M. R. Beaman
Fred Fulton Offered Big Contract for Ten Week Tour
Fred Fulton receives a lucrative ten weeks vau deville tour offer ahead of his planned confrontation with Jess Willard in July. The boxing pairing is expected to draw strong crowds and significant earnings for promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
Rheumatism Cures and the Blood Treatment Claim
A regional advertisement argues that external remedies fail to cure rheumatism and promotes S. S. S. as a fifty year old vegetable blood remedy. It cites a testimonial from Caspus Bibb of 2424 Tenth Avenue Bessemer Alabama and offers free personalized medical advice from Swift Specific Co Atlanta Georgia.
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Caspus Bibb
Tenth Avenue
Bessemer
Ala
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Tory
Second
Campbell
Castle Hayne Road
Mailroad Crossing
Brunswick Street
Fifth
Joe
Criminal Court
Jack Dempsey
William Harrien Dempsey
Jack
Vance, Gulick
Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company Et al
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Et al
H. E. C. Bryant
Charlotte Observer
Wilmington ‘Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Redder&Co
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