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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1918

Page

3

Trinity College Commencement Plans and Summer School

Trinity College North Carolina outlines its year commencement set for June with a baccalaureate sermon by Kaingh Black and a commencement address by Governor Samuel Walker McCall. The alumni event, fundraising for a new building, and a nine day Summer School for preachers follow the ceremonies with notable speakers from Union Theological Seminary Candler School of Theology and the Federal Council.

Rsity College N. C Trinity Col William Preston Uusual United Ingh Black Union 4. Seminary New York City Y College Samuel Walker McCall Massachuets McCall Associaion North Carolina M. E. Church, South Trinity College Hugh Black Union Theological Seminary New York Franklin N. Parker Candler School of Theology Atlanta Worth M. Tippy Federal Council George R. Stuart Birmingham Atehana Recyee

Windows Wide short story in The People’s Home Journal

Kenneth V. Reed’s “Windows Wide” appears in the May issue, a warm tale set in a large apartment house where wedding chords ease tragedies and romances for its dwelling residents. The magazine also features fiction, special articles, a children’s page, humor, and departments on home building, child care, fashion, needlework, gardening, and food.

Kenneth V. Reed People's Home Journal

Baseball Today Weather And Matchups By League

In the American League games Chicago at St Louis and Washington at New York show rain and clear conditions respectively. Boston at Philadelphia Cleveland at Detroit also clear. National League slate New York at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St Louis at Chicago and Philadelphia at Boston all clear. Southern League Mobile at Atlanta New Orleans at Birmingham Chattanooga at Little Rock Nashville at Memphis show varying cloud cover.

Chicago St. Louis Washington New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh Mobile Atlanta New Orleans Birmingham Chattanooga Little Rock Nashville Memphis Cincinnati. Co Sean

Baseball scores and standings from yesterday

Results show New York 5 over Washington 4 and Detroit 5 over Cleveland 2. Philadelphia 3 beat Boston 0, while St Louis versus Chicago was rained out. Standings display Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago with varied win totals and run differentials.

Eleven Innings Decide Infantry Versus High School Victory

Eleven innings were needed as the 43rd division United States Infantry team defeated the high school squad 19 to 11. Soldier pitching by Henry helped keep a late lead until the eighth inning when the pitcher left the mound. In the eleventh, two well placed blows produced the decisive run. Lieuts Sessoms and Guilles starred for the regulars, while DeRossett and Shephard led the school offense.

United States Infantry Henry Sessoms Guilles DeRossett Shepherd

Theatre Star Marguerite Clark Linked to Ohio Merchants

A portrait of Marguerite Clark traces her rise from a Cincinnati merchant family to stage and motion pictures. Her mother led social circles, she studied in a convent after parents died, then built a midwest reputation. Apple Mary, Irish and Italian links appear in a broader cultural vignette.

Marguerite Clark Cincinnati Ohio Clark Middle West

All-Girl Jazz Show Delights at the Royal

Roy V. Troy presents a second bill by the All-Girl Jazz Show at the Royal featuring a minstrel revue style program. Eight performers deliver clever routines backed by a Jazz orchestra noted as one of the prettiest to be heard in Wilmington. Shows continue today and tonight.

Roy V. Troy the Royal Yesterday the Royal Royal Stage Wilmington

The Light Within opens with Madame Petrova in a bold new role

The supporting cast for The Light Within includes Lumsden Hare as Clinton Durand Thomas Holding as Petrova's leading man and Doctor Leslie Clarence Heritage as George Raines Evelyn Dump Fred C. Jones Frank McDonald and child star Freddie Verdi. Director Larry Trimble photographed by Philip E Rosen scenariorized by Mrs L Casee Russell from Laurel. Petrova plays a young woman surgeon in a departure from her previous screen characters.

Madame Petrova Lumsden Hare Clinton Durand Thomas Holding Petrova Doctor Leslie Clarence Heritage George Raines Evelyn Dump Fred C. Jones Frank McDonald Freddie Verdi Larry Trimble Philip E. Rosen

Ulster Orangemen and the Irish Color Debate

Ten people note the traditional heraldic color of Ireland as blue not green. They discuss the Ulsterman color as orange. The text mentions the Ulster Orangemen joining the Irish.

United Ireland

Trinity College Summer School and Military Training Expansion

The article outlines the Summer School program with a roster of instructors from Elizabeth City to Trinity College and High Point, led by Dr. Franklin N. Parker. It notes two North Carolina conferences urging ministers to attend for undergraduate and graduate instruction and inspiration for Methodism in the state. It also reports Major F. P. Page starting a military training class at Trinity College with about forty students, inviting draft-age men to join.

Federal Churches of Christ In America Charles L. Goodell New York City E. C. Caldwell Union Geological Seminary New York J. M. Ormand Elizabeth City H. E. Spence Durham C. J. Harrell H. H. Jordan Gastonia N. C D. M. Litaker Len Trinity College Page

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim Advertisement

Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrhal deafness by affecting the mucous surfaces through the blood. The promotion guarantees one hundred dollars for any case not cured and offers free circulars, from J. Cheney & Co in Toledo.

Hall T.c Cheney & CO Toledo

Nat Goodwin Nets Fame From Matrimony And Poker

New York letter notes Nat Goodwin sues for divorce again and remains top in marrying actresses who rise to fame. The piece recalls his new play Why Marry and a poker tale in which a one eyed rival vows to shoot the other eye if unfair play occurs in a New Orleans hotel game.

O. O. McIntyre the Dispatch New York Nat Goodwin Nat Goodwin Broadway New Orleans

Apple Mary to Buy Small Home in New Jersey

The piece tells of Apple Mary, over 70, who after 20 years at Park Row selling fruit and candy to printers and editors, will purchase a modest home in New Jersey. She has raised four sons by peddling along Park Row and two of her sons serve with Pershing. Many famous editors once bought lunch from her when they were newcomers.

Jsstate New Jersey Park Row Pershing

Doubt Haunts Robert Emmet Burial Site Tales

A curious circumstance surrounds the Irish patriot Robert Emmet with uncertainty over his final resting place. He was buried near Kilmainham but some say his remains were moved to St Michael's Churchyard or Glasnevin Cemetery where an uninscribed stone is claimed to mark his grave.

Robert Emmet Kilmainham St. Michael’s Churchyard Glasnevin

Japan completes world’s tallest reinforced chimney

A reinforced concrete chimney 570 feet high, claimed as the highest in the world, has just been completed in Japan. Potential future projects include a concrete road linking Kansas City and Pueblo, Colorado.

Japan Kansas City Pueblo, Colo

Modena Soldiers Steal Bucket Sparking European War

Nine centuries ago Modena soldiers took a bucket from a public well in Bologne as a joke. When they refused to return it, a skirmish began between rival state troops and escalated into a war that drew in much of Europe.

Modena Bologne Europe

Reading the town that lends a title to a British commissioner

Reading in England has long figured in history since Danish invaders camped there. Located on the London to Bath route, it was a notable coaching town and an important center in old times.

Reading America London Bath

Kiel Canal: A Mighty Naval Route For Germany

The Kiel Canal stands as one of Germany’s greatest naval assets allowing fleet passage from the North Sea to the Baltic unseen. It is broad and accommodating with regular passing points and four basins where large ships can turn, ensuring safe navigation.

Germany Kiel Canal North Sea Baltic

Greater London Area Size Report

The document notes that Greater London spans 692 square miles. It specifies the geographic extent and provides a precise measurement for the capital region, indicating the overall area used in regional planning and statistics.

Greater London

Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad

An early ad touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a cure for colds. It claims the balsam mixture loosens phlegm relieves congestion and speeds recovery for coughs grippe bronchitis and asthma and notes a price of 25 cents.

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