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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
7
One of New England's earliest settlers is honored as a reunion continues for three days. The event will be presided over by E. B. Wolcott of Indianapolis, who serves as president of the family association.
In the National League Philadelphia at Chicago postponed by rain. New York at Cincinnati clear. Boston at Pittsburgh clear. American League Detroit at Chicago listed, Cleveland at St. Louis clear with other games unscheduled.
Mobile at 8 clear. Atlanta at daaheite cloudy. Little Rock at New Orleans clear. Birmingham at Chattandegh rain.
Unclear scores show Philadelphia defeating Chicago 3 to 2 with rain affecting play. Standings list St Louis Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati and New York teams with mixed totals around mid 50s and 40s.
A shuffled set of baseball results shows New York 5 Detroit 3 and Cleveland 2 at Washington. Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4. Boston and St Louis games listed with incomplete details.
The record shows Chicago leading with 8 wins, Cleveland trailing at 56 to 49 for Detroit and New York in the mid standings. Philadelphia and St Louis sit at 36 and 65 respectively as the season progresses.
A single scheduled game in St Paul ended with Minneapolis scoring eight to one in favor of the visitors. The match details are limited to that final score.
In Baltimore the Orioles defeated Rochester 9 to 6 while Richmond beat Buffalo 9 to 4 and Toronto ran past Montreal 7 to 2. Only three games were on the schedule.
A garbled note describes a beauty trend contrast with references to locations such as Nashville Memphis Chattanooga Japan India and Simatra. It mentions Golden teeth in Japan and red stained teeth in India. It also notes Simatra as a place where some women avoid front teeth.
An 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages and offers a 100 dollar reward for any case it fails to cure. The note urges constitutional treatment and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as makers with broad retailer support.
The piece paints a sensational scene on Manhattan streets with a window dresser described as a “Turk” in Fifth Avenue who runs a crowded harem near a busy thoroughfare. It also notes a policeman witnessing violence, and reports on smoking trends among women amid wartime social changes.
Grand Rapids hosts the annual convention of the American Life Underwriters Association with several hundred prominent insurers from across the country. Sessions run for several days with discussions on life underwriting and the war's impact on the industry featuring invited speakers.
A Tuesday to Saturday series of amateur patriotic tennis events and other sports schedules is outlined with venues in Stockbridge Massachusetts Atlantic City New Jersey Chicago and Milwaukee plus a New Orleans yacht race and polo match along with a Winnipeg Liberal convention in western Canada focusing on suffrage and wartime political issues.
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