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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
3
National League schedule shows rsburgh at St Louis postponed by rain. Chicago at Cincinnati faced cloudy skies. Boston at New York played under clear conditions. Brooklyn at Philadelphia also clear as games considered.
In the American League games, Philadelphia plays Washington with clear conditions while St Louis visits Cleveland as rain delays possible. Petro travels to Chicago for a clear game and New York visits Boston under clear skies.
New Orleans visits Atlanta, Mohile plays at Birmingham, Chattanooga travels to Memphis, and Nashville competes at Little Rock in a slate of clear weather games.
Yesterday's results show Philadelphia defeating Brooklyn 3 0. Cincinnati edged New York 12 4 and Chicago 1. Pittsburgh beat St Louis 5.
Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey provides quick relief for colds and bronchial affections. The remedy eases head congestion throat soreness and feverish symptoms. First dose convinces users of its effectiveness and many recommend it to friends. Sold at 25 cents by all druggists.
Pointing the Way to Thrift encourages buying shoes from new stock with Savings to fill thrift cards. Uncle Sam needs the money and shoppers want lower prices with quality. Red Riding Hood Oxfords and Pumps for Children are advertised as nailless and noiseless.
William Jennings Bryan spent Sunday in Columbia delivering three major addresses. He spoke to 4,000 soldiers at Camp Jackson during the dedication of a new YMCA auditorium, then addressed a capacity crowd at the Columbia theater on The Larger Life, followed by a crowd at the First Presbyterian church on The Prince of Peace. He then went on to Shelby, North Carolina.
G. S. Bailes a leading Anderson merchant fell ten feet while removing packages from a shelf. He suffered severe head injuries with bleeding from ears and nose and has been unconscious since the fall. Doctors say ear drums are ruptured and uncertain prognosis remains.
Georgetown residents welcome a planned model hog farm as James A. Waddell of New York and C. F. Crane of Wilkes Barre acquire about 3 000 acres of Rice Hope Wal nut Hill and Postford tract from J B Steele. They will spend around 40 000 on immediate improvements and introduce modern tractors and farm machinery to support a larger hog herd, with 500 to 1 000 hogs to be raised at once.
The Methodist district conference for Columbia district began at Epworth Orphanage in Columbia South Carolina yesterday evening and will run through Thursday. The district includes 27 charges and will be attended by pastors and a large number of lay delegates.
London notes St George's Day with English troops on the Western front poised for celebration amid wartime duties. The life of St George remains obscure with legend rooted in Nicomedia and martyrdom in 303. He rose to prominence among English crusaders and was named England's patron during Edward III's reign.
Oregon cattle raisers convention opens in Ontario for a two day session with leaders from across the state discussing wartime problems and topics of interest to the livestock industry.
Thirty young women have been given teaching certificates at the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind. They are among the first in the United States to be prepared to instruct returned soldiers who may have been blinded on European battlefields.
An advertisement warns dandruff leads to baldness and promotes Parisian sage from R. R. Bellamy as a quick, inexpensive cure. It claims the antiseptic liquid banishes dandruff and itching, prevents hair loss, and promotes new growth with guaranteed results or a refund.
A photo-play starring Jewel Carmen opens tomorrow at the Grand Theatre. The exotic heroine becomes a thief to survive and aims to atone for her crimes as she loves a man she wrongs. Scenes largely unfold in the Far North amid gold rush frontier life with Francis Carpenter and Gertrude Messenger in the cast.
A big outdoor jazz band opening and a stirring patriotic tableau closed Roy V. Troy and his Girl Jazz Show. The performance charmed large crowds yesterday and will repeat the opening bill three times today with lively singing and eccentric dancing by Troy.
Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield arrives in Seattle to attend the American Canadian Fisheries Conference set to begin sessions tomorrow. The talks aim to define each nation’s fishermen rights in foreign waters under the old treaty.
Syracuse, April 23. Up-State Democratic leaders gather in readiness for an informal conference to discuss the State campaign next fall. The meeting aims to influence the later State convention without naming a gubernatorial candidate. Up-State leaders insist a Bronx-line candidate should be avoided, seeking an Up-State nominee to defeat Governor Whitman.
The appointment of Miss Katherine Wallas as deputy chairman of the London County Council marks the first occasion a woman has been elected to this position.
In Tulsa Oklahoma Negro washerwomen have organized a union and established a daily wage of three dollars.
A 19th century advertisement promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach and bowels. It claims clearer skin and better health, urging readers with headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatism and constipation to try a quarter pound of limestone phosphate for a small cost.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Rheuma from R. R. Bellamy or a druggist, claiming a guaranteed prescription with money-back if no relief. It touts rapid and lasting easing by flushing uric acid from joints, promising a day’s hope and a week’s happiness, with a large two week bottle at low cost.
The piece recalls how Paris women faced bombardment from German long range guns, likening their courage to Petersburg, Virginia women who endured months under Federal siege with shells falling near their homes while carrying on daily chores.
Sacket Harbor New York voters choose Mrs Edward V Mason as Village President marking a historic local leadership milestone for the community and its governance.
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