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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1918

Page

8

Renters Court Hears Vagrancy Case At Brooklyn Meeting

Recorder Harriss and the court focus on women arrested for vagrancy amid a city clean up. Retail merchants criticize visitors from fort for alleged houses of ill fame while several defendants receive continuances and bonds. Warrant service begins before dawn as council pledges action.

George Harriss Colonel Chase L. W. Tindall Brooklyn Tindall Ford Princess Street Eva Martin Florence Blanton Louise Raymond Ethel Coley Emma Vans Robbie Neice Lina Lee Annie Biglow Dick Ward Bessie Tally Hellen Wooten Joe Malone Blanche Allen Fannie Horne Maud Piner A Ja Swanson Gladys Livingstone Etlz Willard Louise Price Marie Jackson Kathleen Fowler Lillie Johnson Bell Malone Hattie Simpson Rosa Thomas Ida Brown Bessie Wilson Ethel George Sophie Martin Lottie Sparks Jessie Law Ruby Hart Helen Wooten Wooten Ieena Lee Robbie Niece Besse Tally Lucille Raymond Eva Davis Harriss Chamber of Commerce Hall E. T. Burton Nathan J. Williams Woolard

Conference on labor conditions draws steady crowd at Chamber

Today's noon conference on labor in the Chamber of Commerce rooms was well attended and showed generally normal conditions with some lines better than others. Mr. Luther C. Steward, special representative of the Department of Labor, explained his mission to observe and help employers by offering governmental facilities.

Labor Chamber of Commerce Luther C. Steward Department of Labor Steward

Lenroot Quits House for Senate Seat

Representative Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin resigns from the House effective immediately and will be sworn in as a United States Senator the following day.

Lenroot House Washington Irvine L. Lenroot Wisconsin Senate United States

Just Kids The Teacher of Red Gulch

A compact item notes a teaching figure in Red Gulch with a reference to Saturday and tomorrow. The fragment hints at a local school context and upcoming day.

Red Gulch

Twenty-Six Initiated Into Mysteries of Sepa Grotto Parade

Twenty six kandy-dates were initiated into the mysteries of Sepa Grotto in a parade that drew hundreds to Front street. The event provided laughs and spectacles as contributors entertained the crowd and onlookers enjoyed the display amid a tense news backdrop.

Kandy Sepa Grotto Front Street Cpsualiv

Telegraph Service Ad Notice

For further information as of ads call 176 but for Telegraph Service call Postal Telegraph.

Postal Telegraph Cable Company Postal Telegraph

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