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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1917

Page

7

New York Davy by Day Special Chronicle

The piece recounts courtroom banter as James Smith receives a twenty month state prison sentence from Judge Gibbs after failing to address the court. It also notes odd hospital encounters with a newspaper man and a patient named Cohen asking questions about the newspaper trade. Then a rapid round of town glimpses features Irving Cobb in a green hat and other urban vignettes near Fifth Avenue Carnegie Hall and Times Square.

The Dispatch New York James Smith Supreme Court Bronx Cohan Cohen Trvin Cobb Fifth Avenue Chalif Carnegie Hall Kid McCoy Times Square Tiffany’s

Suburban Schedule In Effect December 4 1916

Suburban service noted for Sunday remains in effect with half hourly departures from 2 to 5 46 P M. Trains run to Princes Streets and Beach stations with multiple listed leaves and times in the provided timetable fragment.

FOHR Princes Streets Beach Nintoth Orange Streets aUrrc

Mayoral Primaries Spark Southport Local Election

Special to The Dispatch Southport N C April 18 describes ward primaries for mayor and aldermen in a two year governance cycle. The first ward nomination sees M G Thompson leading with 29 votes, Charles Hewitt 17, and George Ruark 16, with Thompson and Hewitt named as nominees. The mayoral race features J W Ruark and Price Furpress amid shifting issues and active civic league involvement.

Southport N. Cy S. B. Northup Price Furpress Thompson Hewitt Ruark J. W. Ruark Friends of the Proposition Wamammany Hall The Civic League Ins Andy Jackson Vienna

Broadway Brevities Debuts With Gossip Magazine

A new de luxe Broadway magazine titled Broadway Brevities appears, started by C. N. Reinhardt. It promises spicy White Way gossip read between the lines, with tales of a famed playwright, a married newspaper man near an actress, and a social figure posing as a duke. A cat bells movement aims to curb bird-killing felines in parks.

Broadway C. N. Reinhardt William F. Brann Sumner Vice Society

Sellars Seeks First Ward Council Seat in Democratic Primary

J F Sellars announces candidacy for First Ward councilman subject to Democratic primary on April 17 calling for voter support.

First Ward J. F. Sellars

National Guard Recruiting Back to Peace Strength Plan

The War Department clarifies National Guard recruiting is not halted and units may be expanded to the peace strength of the regular army. War strength recruitment waits for Congress authorization of emergency enlistment contracts, avoiding six year Guard service during the war. If states add units, twelve full divisions could exist with 440000 enlisted and about 650000 wartime personnel, though officer needs may delay mobilization.

Washington Aarmy War Department National Guard Guard Congress National Defense Act

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