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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
3
American League games saw Detroit 11 Boston 8, Chicago 8 4, New York 4 Washington 0. National League results included Brooklyn 3 Chicago 3, New York 3 Cincinnati 8 4, Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3, Philadelphia 1 10.
A list of National League games with pairings including Washington versus Cleveland Philadelphia versus St. Louis New York versus Chicago Boston versus Detroit Cincinnati versus New York Pittsburgh versus Philadelphia St. Louis versus Boston Chicago versus Brooklyn.
The program features the Alabama Stakes for three year old fillies at Saratoga. Also today the Great Western circuit meets in Burlington Iowa and the Grand American Handicap Trapshooting tournament opens in Chicago.
The Grand theatre shows Billy Burke in Arms and the Girl tomorrow and Saturday. The plot follows an American girl in Belgium who swaps passports with a spy and a German general orders a forced marriage to a couple who fall for each other. The film blends humor with wartime tension and ends with an uneasy commitment.
Artcraft presents Maurice Maeterlinck The Blue Bird at the Grand theater with a massive graveyard to garden set built at the Famous Players-Lasky studio New York. Two children Tylyl and Mytyl play central roles Robin Macdougall and Tula Belle bring the parts to life on screen.
Milwaukee reports wives and daughters of wealthy citizens in Wisconsin pea canning districts enter canneries to aid labor. They receive a minimum wage for ten hours, and packers agree to sanitary conditions and limits of ten to twelve hours. The move follows a pledge by women across sectors to work if called upon.
Sealed proposals due by 3 P M August 12 1918 to New Hanover County Board of Education Wilmington for addition and remodeling of the present High School building Plans by Henry B E Bonitz Architect Wilmington NC Plans available for a $5 deposit Bids may be rejected not necessarily lowest bid Certified check of $250 required with each bid Bids to be delivered to Washington Catlett Secretary and Charles B Newcomb Chairman Building Committee August 5 1918
Raleigh dispatch reports former state corporation commissioner L. Travis chose not to speak after arrest. The piece details Raleigh anger over treatment, his anti-Germany stance, and his sons’ service, with notes on pardons for Royal Stutts and William M. Wood and the governor’s conditional clemency.
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