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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
4
The fragment shows the Wilmington Dispatch Daily masthead with department listings for Advertising Circulation and editorial offices along with phone extensions. No article content is present to summarize a news item or event.
The August 8 1917 issue notes mood shifts in the war effort with reflections on the Food bill and Liberty Bond loans. It references Senator Reed and Elihu Root, praises U S patriotism, and comments on Allied morale in Flanders as Italy stalls and rain dampens campaigns. It also notes Liberia’s entry into the war and the baseball series as a measure of national spirit.
A collage of wartime opinions and curiosities appears from New York to South Carolina. The piece notes anti pacifist labels, horse deaths in the city, questions about tire melts, a proposed Reichstag like state legislature, Liberia's war entry, US nerves over Mexico, a Hartford labor scout seeking cows milkers, and a UT students trial remark by Governor Ferguson.
The text references a German gun called the antitank and describes American attitudes toward a Republican senator, noting playful theory about a powerful weapon nickname and national sentiment during wartime.
A veteran general praises the Red Cross the Y M C A and the Boy Scouts for aiding soldiers. He stresses their efforts to alleviate suffering while maintaining faith and morale. The note highlights the value of endorsements from someone who has endured war and understands its realities.
The author argues prices rise with taxes and municipalities raise rents, urging luxury taxes while easing on necessities. He notes wartime sacrifice and that those who can afford luxuries should bear more, with remaining burdens shared by all proportional to living needs.
The Medical Record says ice cream is real food, containing nutritious ingredients. It notes it can be pure if health authorities oversee production, and mentions bananas and raisins as nourishing foods, emphasizing discernment in selection for pleasure and nourishment.
A New York jury awarded $49,000 to four women over the death of a husband struck by a New York Central train. The judge declined to set aside the verdict as excessive.
Major General Leonard Wood received a hearty Fayetteville welcome and chose to stay to deliver a speech. The address highlighted military and naval needs of the nation and the value of preparedness, stressing defense over attack to local listeners.
A letter discusses Dr. Alexander's expected denial of unpatriotic utterances. It questions who bears responsibility for portraying him falsely and the potential harm to the State, arguing the denial could reveal details and accountability even if the jury cannot name a.m. person.
The Kaiser boasts of Christian conduct by Germany’s forces, but his claim clashes with documented horrors. Deportations of Belgians, cruelty to Belgian children, air raids on London, and the Belgian Prince tragedy are cited as witness to atrocities. The writer questions his sanity or honesty.
United Press report from July 10 notes German planes show structural flaws from rushed construction. British pilots report wings breaking, flames, and tail failure in multiple encounters, urging Americans to use top machines and crews against a strategically grouped German air force.
An advertisement promotes Rheuma as a fast acting relief for long standing rheumatic and sciatica pain. It claims rapid sore ness reduction, poisons in joints and muscles, and offers a money back guarantee with R. R. Bellamy supplying the remedy.
The Durham Sun jokes that some Congressmen imitate the ostrich by burying their heads in the sand. The piece implies a wilted stance on flirtation and politics, using a playful animal comparison to critique behavior.
In effect Saturday June 9 1917 suburban trains run through Center Beach and Lumina with local stops on request. Morning and afternoon headways occur every half hour with special express patterns including the 6 10 A M daily except weekends. Freight departures from Wilmington and Beach times listed with depot hours and telephone 96.
Southern Railway announces discounted round trips to multiple destinations for conferences and events. Fares include $9.50 to Black Mountain Ridge Crest and $29.05 to Cleveland for I B P O E Colored events, with various sale dates in July and August and final limits in September. Additional trips to Lake Junaluska Waynesville Monteagle Sewanee Nashville and St Louis with dates in July August and September. J O Jones Raleigh agent available for details.
Express trains run between Wilmington and Lumina Beach during peak travel periods stopping only at 5th 7th and 9th streets Wilmington and all Beach stations. Freight depot hours 10 to 11 A M and 2:15 P M Sunday and heavy travel periods. Telephone number listed for freight depot is 9.
Reduced round trip fares listed from Wilmington North Carolina to multiple cities including Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York and several North Carolina towns. Tickets on sale daily until October 15. return limits vary with final limits by August 22 to September 14. Proportionate fares from intermediate points and reservations available.
Public auction at the Wilmington Court House door on Monday August 18 1917 at noon for cash to satisfy the mortgage by Thomas Payne wife and Charles Payne to the Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association. Property lies on Sixth Street and Bladen Street in Wilmington with described boundaries. Attn: John D Bellamy & Sor Attorneys July 13 1917.
In New Hanover County Superior Court, Commissioner Chesley C. Bellamy offers for sale at the courthouse a parcel on Dickinson Street as part of lots 3 and 4 in block 24 Wilmington. The sale to satisfy a judgment will occur September 3, 1917 at noon, cash to the highest bidder.
For fares tickets etc apply T C White General Passenger one sixty in Wilmington see Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad Co.
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