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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1917
Page
4
A jumble of classified style items and social notes including subscription prices for Sunday papers, weather quips, political commentary, wartime allusions, and local humor. Mentions Romania Austria-Hungary the Scorpion gunboat and Brayton era figures with a blend of light editorials and public notices.
The Dispatch hails Governor Thomas W. Bickett as North Carolina’s Agricultural Governor praising his early effort to empower farmers. He advocates laws for farm freedom, urges statewide agricultural outreach, and argues advancing agriculture benefits both rural and urban residents.
A Cleveland German American Alliance head declares Germans should dodge intensified farming to aid the Allies. The piece denounces him as unpatriotic and treasonable and argues the United States must support the Entente to defeat Germany. The author urges loyalty and warns isolation would harm America and its allies.
A Jacksonville firm lands a government contract to build wooden ships valued at more than 3.5 million dollars. Most money will be spent in Florida on materials and labor, boosting local industry as the war expands production across the United States.
In a Saturday House discussion on war funding some members backed aid to France for its wartime ally status while Joe Cannon urged aid to Russia for historical support to the Union. The piece views Britain as France's ally and notes Cannon's Northern rationale and Southern leadership, concluding the tone centers on liberty rather than individualism.
The article recalls President Monroe announcing a three months journey to inspect military posts across the country. It marks a historical note from 1817 and references a presidential inspection trip.
An advertisement promises to darken gray hair and restore fullness using La Creole Hair Dressing. The copy claims rapid, even darkening, softer hair and new growth, with a money back guarantee from Jarman & Futrelle's Drug Store in Wilmington, North Carolina, or available by mail for $1.
State of North Carolina New Hanover County Superior Court April term 1917 notice in J C Jackson versus Margaret Jackson. The defendant must appear at the May 1917 term at Wilmington Courthouse to answer or demur the complaint for divorce on adultery grounds. This 2nd day of April 1917. W N Harriss clerk.
Mortgage sale of real estate in Wilmington New Hanover County NC under power of sale from a 1917 deed to Progressive Building and Loan Association. Property on Wood Street Fanning Street area Lot 2 Block 271 described, to be sold to the highest cash bidder at New Hanover County Courthouse on May 10 1917 at 12 o'clock.
Robert M. Reaves announces as administrator of the William J. Reaves estate that all claimants must present claims by April 9 1918 or be barred from recovery. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly.
Notice is given that under a 1916 mortgage deed C C Taylor and Viola Taylor owe and the Mortgagee will sell on May 6 1917 at 12 oclock noon at the New Hanover County Courthouse door the Lot No 41 in Fox Subdivision East Wilmington described as beginning at Evans Street and Market Street lines, bounded east 97 8 10 feet, south 50 feet, west 97 8 10 feet, to Evans Street, to satisfy the debt.
A Wilmington candidate for the First ward council seat at the upcoming Primary on April 17 1917 pledges honest government and governance by the will of the qualified voters. The message emphasizes American patriotism and asks for voter support.
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