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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1917
Page
7
The Northwestern League begins its 1917 pennant race with six teams mobilized. Vancouver, Tacoma, Victoria, Seattle and others square off as managers hope to strengthen weak spots from last year and chase the flag through September.
Washington April 24 A de mise between University of South Carolina and Freetown university debaters takes place tomorrow evening promising to be one of the most interesting events of the year The South Carolina team will affirm the motion that a minimum wage law applied to factories and workshops is desirable Georgetown will oppose the measure.
United Press dispatch from Paris notes the American Ambulance Field Service, led by A Platt Andrew of Indiana, oversees 300 to 600 ambulances on French fronts from Yser to Alsace. It records 78 citations, two deaths, and ongoing repairs as donations fund the effort.
Al Reich faces Jim Savage in a 10 round main in New York with Johnny Dundee vs Patsy Cline in Brooklyn and Billy Whalen meeting Charlie Mcetrie in St Paul for 10 rounds each.
Advertisements claim Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as a regular prescription from a noted physician with tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials are offered free, price 75 cents, and it is sold by druggists.
National League games include Brooklyn at Philadelphia Boston at New York Chicago at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at St Louis all under cloudy or clear conditions. American League features St Louis at Detroit Philadelphia at Washington Cleveland at Chicago and New York at Boston with varied cloudiness and clear skies.
Major league slate lists New Orleans at Mobile Nashville host Little Rock at Chattanooga visits Memphis Birmingham travels to Atlanta in clear conditions.
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 10 to 4 while New York and Boston had rain postponements. Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 3 to 1 and Pittsburgh shutout St. Louis 2 to 0 in the listed matchups.
Yesterday's games saw Washington 3 Philadelphia 4 and Boston 6 New York 9 with no other fixtures scheduled.
At Raleigh Greensboro 6 defeated 4 while Asheville 4 beat Charlotte 2 and Winston Salem 0 fell to Durham 12. The results show Durham's 12 to 0 win and close Greensboro and Charlotte contests.
UNC blanked Georgia 5 to 0 in a college baseball game at Chapel Hill North Carolina. The Tar Heels secured the victory behind solid pitching and timely hitting as the Bulldogs were shut out.
In Nashville Little Rock scored 0 to 1 notches. Atlanta lost 2 to 3 at Birmingham. Mobile defeated New Orleans 7 to 4. Memphis fell 4 to 6 at Chattanooga.
In Providence Buffalo defeated Buffalo 5 to equilibrium. Baltimore beat Rochester 6 to 2. Richmond defeated Toronto 9 to 8.
In St Paul the American Association game ended St Paul 4, Minneapolis 0. Louisville defeated pacerapers 6 to 4. Columbus beat Toledo 3 to 4. Milwaukee lost to Kansas City 3 to 4.
In Augusta the Augusta team defeated Macon 6 to 0. Columbia routed Charleston 21 to 11. Columbus beat Jacksonville 5 to 4.
The piece mocks the kangaroo as an odd world creature unable to walk and only half fly. It notes its jerky movement like a local train and its leaps over rivers. It credits the animal with convenience while joking about mothers carrying babies in pockets.
Special correspondent reports Broadway sobered by war as the social set cuts cocktails and revelry. Hotels trim menus, refuse excess, and patrons join the homefront effort with enlistments and a shift to simpler dining.
Barney Bernard shared his latest He brew tale with friends in the Claridge tap room. At night school a Jewish youth new to the country used the word theft in a sentence and quipped Taft was a very good president.
S. S. Pratt cited in town as an oil expert from Kentucky who spoke about Hick Skidmore, a Black inmate on death row in a Southern penitentiary. Skidmore allegedly wrote to the Governor asking for clemency, describing his impending execution and signing as “your friend, Hick Skidmore.”
The city buzzes with belief that peace will be declared by July 1, to be celebrated as Peace Day. Bets run 10 to 1 on the proposition while one resident wagers with a small stake, hoping for the war’s end. In France a tourist company markets trips for Americans to view wartime sites as advertising enters. Some shipmen warn a rush may not occur until 1918 due to many afloat mines in the ocean.
A New York tribute recalls Diamond Jim Brady as a self made man who rose from messenger boy to multimillionaire. He wore large diamonds for publicity and enjoyed theater while abstaining from smoking or drinking. He was famed as the Greatest Salesman in the World during his prime.
An army of earnest young religious workers gathered in Montgomery for the opening of the thirty fourth annual Alabama Sunday School Association convention. E. E. French of Nashville will lead lectures while Prof. E. O. Excell of Chicago oversees the musical program over the three day session.
Salisbury North Carolina hosts the eleventh annual convention of the North Carolina Library Association from April 24 to 25. Representatives from city college and school libraries attend the gathering to discuss library affairs and activities.
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