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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1917
Page
4
A 1917 issue blends humor and wartime sentiment with satirical quips on conscription, U boats, inflation, and daily life. The page notes bread costs, garden planting, and public mood while lampooning leaders and events as the United States gears for war.
The United States warns it can blockade the Mexican coast to keep foreign ships away and to force Pancho Villa to back down if Carranza fails to act amicably toward the United States.
The Wilmington community reflects on Hugh MacRae stepping down from Tidewater Power Company. Observers praise his role in Wrightsville Beach’s growth and the region’s streetcar and suburban system, noting the project as a summer economic boon and recreation asset. Community gratitude and questions of future leadership follow the move.
The piece argues for a cooperative approach to wartime censorship led by George Creel and Secretary Daniels, praising their journalism backgrounds. It notes Tidewater power restructuring with Brooks and Company and urges Wilmington to cooperate. It analyzes Germany’s push for peace as the Entente maintains pressure and concludes with the improbability of a German victory.
The piece argues that German submarines may reach the U S coast but cannot sustain a blockade. It notes the likelihood of a base near is necessary, possibly Mexico, and praises the U S Navy for patrolling after the destroyer Smith sighting and a British vessel encounter.
The passage argues that Germany seeks a separate peace with Russia to free its eastern army and extend the war, while the Allies grow stronger through alliances with the Entente and other nations. The description frames the strategic stakes and potential shifts in balance of power.
Mortgagee C D Weeks and Addie A Fox announce sale of Lot 41 in Fox Sub division East Wilmington Hanover County on May 6 1917 at 12 noon at the Court House door to the highest bidder. Property bounds Evans Street and Market Street Road described from J W Anders survey May 14 1914.
The Superior Court of New Hanover County accepts the board of viewers final report in the case New Hanover Transit Co. v5 N A Currie et al and schedules April 27, 1917 at noon to further pass upon it. A copy of the order will be posted at the courthouse and five public places in the drainage district and published in The Wilmington Dispatch for two consecutive weeks before April 27, 1917.
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