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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
6
A wartime broadcast of patriotic verse and notices mingles with local society news. The piece opens with a World War I hymn urging enlistment and victory, then shifts to residents of the city visiting relatives, returning travelers, and social engagements.
Atlanta women Elise Hilton and Ruby Brockington lead a city campaign to place donation buttons on coats to aid French orphans. The drive, totaling 170 dollars with 50 raised at the beach, aims to finish the town canvass tomorrow and collect from passersby.
Rev. B. W. Glass of Town Creek visited the city yesterday and was joined by friends. Mr. A. P. Merritt’s friends are glad to hear he is recovering from illness. Rev. C. B. Vale passed through on return to his home in Richlands.
News of the death of Rev. Father Joseph Budds rector of the Cathedral in Charleston will sadden many friends here. He has visited Withington frequently and his passing will bring deep sorrow. The Very Rev. Father Dennen leaves this afternoon for Charleston to attend the funeral, to be attended by prelates and priests from many parts of the country.
A Wilmington Chamber of Commerce event in Elizabeth attracted about 1000 attendees. Local men led by G Herbert Smith Clement S Acker and Hartwell Robbins spoke on promoting cattle raising in Biden county with Bladen noted as tick free. W W Love from the area helped organize.
The Carolina Place unit of the Red Cross will hold a meeting tomorrow at 5 o clock in the afternoon at the home of Mrs B H Tolar located at 1925 Woollcott Avenue.
Paris reports a unified political stance backing a French peace focused on restoring Alsace Lorraine and reparations. Premier Ribot elevates General Petain to lead Western Front forces as France courts stability, while wartime finance shows strong savings, rising note circulation, and heavy taxation amid steady food supply and coal concerns.
Washington reports reveal shipowners and brokers rising from poverty to vast fortunes as war inflates vessel values. Examples include Aztec insured at 2.5 million after torpedoing, wreck salvage profits, and ships like William J. Logan yielding about 2 million in profit.
Washington reports the Regular Army is nearly at full strength with less than 5 000 men needed to complete state quotas. Recruits accepted on Saturday and Sunday totaled 1 400, bringing the total since April 7 to 179 850 and leaving 4 548 to enlist.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a perfect remedy for biliousness constipation and indigestion. One tablet at bedtime with water is claimed to clear the liver by morning leaving a strong appetite and no taste or nausea. Sold only in packages not bulk.
Prince EKitel second son of the Kaiser receives appointment as commander of the First Pomerarat Field Artillery Regiment No. 2 in recognition of his wartime leadership.
Washington Aug 7 the Secretary of Agriculture addresses mayors of large cities lacking reduction plants urging garbage recovery of grease and tankage as fats and fertilizer shortages loom. He notes garbage contains about 10 percent grease and 90 percent tankage and cites municipal plants as profitable, offering further information on request.
Fragmentary line shows a jumbled exchange about talking while fishing and biting with bated breath. The text appears to be an OCR garble lacking coherent names, dates, or settings.
A brief fragment from the Courier Journal hints at environmental themes and evolving public morale. Mentions of nature, trees, and small remedies suggest an editorial on urban greenery and citizen spirit.
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