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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
6
The piece blends a poem by Margaret Haskell Clark with local social news. Visitors and residents including Miss Eleanor Harriss, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Keen, Miss King, and Lorena Carson are noted in Raleigh and area, with gatherings at Trinity Meri church and Concordia So Y sessions.
Veteran Grand Circuit driver Ed Geers keeps 24 horses in training at Memphis. Among the promising youngsters is Wicki Wicki a two year old trotter by Anvil out of Dudie Archdale becoming a standout in the yard.
The article describes various Australian forces in Europe with nicknames such as Babies, Tourists, Chocolate Soldiers, Hard Trinkets, and Neutrals reflecting units or contingents. It notes their roles and the broader war context.
The new war department forms an Imperial Closs Office charged solely with acquiring and distributing wood used for boot and shoe soles.
Lisbon reports events on the Western front and praise from Britain for Portuguese troops near Armentieres stir patriotic feeling. All Lisbon garrison officers offer to go to France to replace fallen comrades and avenge them. Officers from the December revolution and the interior minister also volunteer.
Washington reports on Colonel Douglas MacArthur who, while with a French company, stormed a trench and returned with a prisoner. He was later missing and then reappeared leading the officer by the ear with a riding whip. He received the French Cross of War for his role.
Edinburg Mass Mrs Lula Mc Lauchlin endorses Thedford's Black Draught as an effective liver and stomach medicine for indigestion gas and bloating. She notes it relieves sick headaches and winter grip and colds saving doctor bills.
Edgewald, South Carolina resident J H Evans recounts nervous indigestion and stomach distress before using Ironized Paw-Paw. After two bottles he reports full recovery and urges others with dyspepsia or insomnia to try the remedy sold by local druggists.
London reports Prince von Hohenlohe, head of the Austrian Hungarian emperor's court, has been discharged. Count Alexander Esterhazy is named his successor as Count Rever tata is cited in a complex exchange. Count Czernin resigns as foreign minister amid peace negotiation chatter and disputed claims about who initiated talks.
In Lima on April 17 the Peruvian cabinet resigned amid political turmoil. The move follows mounting pressure from opposition factions and signs of instability within the government.
Chicago friends say the teen runner Tom Campbell is the main rival of Joie Y, already earning a name in the running game.
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An advertisement claims Qban Hair Color Restorer keeps hair dark and youthful without staining the scalp or washing off. It promises gradual even color renewal, gloss and health, with a money back guarantee and a nationwide price.
Leslie Nanamaker formerly with the Red Sox and Yankees proves his glove work in a new berth as the Browns catcher and backstop.
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