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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
A 1917 newspaper page mixes subscription rates with a page long humor column. It rails at war taxes and political figures while lampooning Russian and American leaders. It touches on cereal shortages and US home front anxieties with light political satire and social jests.
A cryptic note suggests bold food pirates plan to pull back their planks and shelter among ill gotten booty stored away, seeking solace in hidden hiding places. The image conveys a sense of plotting and concealment surrounding the hoard.
General Wood ordered an army engineer to Fayetteville to inspect the water supply, signaling a strong possibility of establishing a camp there if the water is adequate. The move indicates Fayetteville’s viability as a site for a military camp.
The piece condemns the submarine commander who killed the Belgian Prince’s crew as barbaric and calls for armed merchant ships and better protection. It also praises Wilmington’s potential naval base, cites General Wood’s visit, and argues for American unity and patriotism in World War I. It critiques a Washington report on Kitchin’s Senate bid as speculative.
Washington August 10 federal improvement of Beach Creek Virginia was disapproved by the War Department in reports to Congress. Beach Creek links a small lake with the Rappahannock River and has no commercial importance according to the Times Telegraph.
Washington August 10 Justice Joseph McKenna of the Supreme Court marks his seventy fifth birthday today. He is the oldest member in service having been appointed in 1898 to succeed Justice Field. A Philadelphian by birth he moved to California in youth and rose as a distinguished lawyer. He served four terms in Congress and later was Attorney General in McKinley’s cabinet.
An advertisement from Elizabeth City North Carolina promotes Ironized Paw-Paw as a tonic that strengthens nerves, enriches blood, and energizes the body. It cites a local testimonial praising relief of stomach trouble after one bottle and notes availability at Elvington's Drug store with a mailed mail order option through Interstate Drug Co. Inc. of New York.
Southern Railway announces special excursion fares to mountain resorts and cities including Black Mountain Ridge Crest Lake Junaluska Waynesville Monteagle Sewanee Nashville and St. Louis for conferences and summer schools with varied sale dates July through August and final limits in late August or early September. Tickets via traveling agent J. O. Jones Raleigh NC and promotional slogan The Southern Serves The South.
The Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association will sell at public auction for cash at the court house door in Wilmington on Monday August 13 1917 at noon the described property in New Hanover County adjoining Sixth and Bladen streets. The sale follows a mortgage by Thomas Payne and a wife and Charles Payne to the association registered in Book 8 9 page 11. Attornery John D Bellamy & Son signs for the association. 7 13 30.
Fragmentary text shows a numeric value 13.50 and references to a final limit. No clear event, names, or location are readable to establish a full news item.
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