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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
4
The item urges Liberty Bond purchases and notes wartime themes including Irish resistance and German wartime deceit. It highlights Wilmington North Carolina as a supportive locale and mentions revenue from bonds surpassing one billion dollars. It comments on Teuton royalty and calls for continued effort.
Prisoners in a New Mexico pen tarred and feathered a disloyal inmate and paraded him with a rope. The German government offered via Switzerland to cover burial expenses for Prager lynched by an Illinois mob, provoking a rebuke from the Times urging Belgium burials instead.
In New York State a Tuesday local option election was nearly split with 20 towns voting dry and 19 wets. Drys prevail by removing whiskey in several areas while wets fail to gain ground in any location.
A debate in a New York newspaper pits two men against each other over how strawberry shortcake should be made. One favors three cake layers with strawberries and whipped cream while the other supports a single crust with fresh berries and unwhipped cream. The writer condemns arguing over dessert as vulgar and notes most shortcakes are decent.
Wilmington wins federal approval for a fabric steel shipyard with six ways to build six vessels at once, potentially twelve to eighteen ships, each over a million dollars. The project, backed by local committees and Congress members, aims to boost jobs, river improvements, and state commerce while signaling a broad wartime industrial push.
A provincial urging cautions Wilmington to celebrate its government shipping board recognition without greed. The piece urges vigilance against unsavory individuals seeking personal profit and warns against harming future commercial development.
A New York Sun extract compares Lincoln’s call for 50 000 troops in 1862 to modern needs, arguing that time governs war efforts and that larger mobilizations could end the conflict quickly. It stresses history repeats itself with changing conditions and scales.
Leonard Calvert Day of Morehead City is listed as a firefighter aboard the naval collier Cy clops which is missing. Relatives fear for his fate as he had served in the U S Navy for some time and was highly esteemed by shipmates aboard the vessel.
Miss Edith Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin E Moore of this city serves with hospital unit No 10 in a Philadelphia hospital now at a clearing station near the Amiens front. Wounded and dying arrive rapidly squeezing nurses and doctors to only two hour shifts except during spike in activity.
Deputy Sheriff Pp. P. Patterson was shot while attempting to arrest alleged whiskey retailers near Davidson before midnight Saturday. He was brought to Charlotte from Davidson and admitted to St. Peter's hospital in satisfactory condition, with reports suggesting he is not seriously wounded. Charlie Brack, at whose house the incident occurred, is identified in the account.
Renowned California swimmer and holder of multiple world records Norman Ross has enlisted in the United States aviation corps, marking a shift from champion aquatic performance to military aviation service.
A physician offers Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure for catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. The ad promises $100 for any case not cured and invites readers to obtain free circulars from druggists.
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a non dye solution to gray or faded hair. It claims to restore dark color and luster, ease of use by brushing, and a money back guarantee. Sold by Jarman & Futrelle in Wilmington North Carolina at $1.20.
A vintage advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified calomel alternative promising no nausea or downtime. One tablet at bedtime with water allegedly cleanses the liver and restores appetite, sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a druggist refund if not delighted.
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