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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
7
Fourteen leading North Carolina cities host afternoon papers praised for character and service. The piece extols evening papers as supreme home papers delivering local state and world news quickly and reliably for readers and advertisers.
The state highlights its production capacity in hosiery, textiles, tobacco, and cotton goods. Notes include large water and electrical projects, rising wages and capital, and leading positions in tobacco, cotton mills, and agricultural output. Also claims record efficiencies and strong manufacturing growth across 1900–1916.
Local newspapers urge advertisers to use their titles to reach readers in Concord Durham Fayetteville Henderson High Point Hickory New Bern Rocky Mount Salisbury Wilson Winston Salem via their city editions and affiliated papers.
An undated notice from a North Carolina regional paper highlights its membership in AP and UP associations, Audit Bureau of Circulation, and wide circulation across Wilmington and Eastern Carolina. It lists distribution in nearby towns including Lumberton Maxton Laurinburg Burgaw Jacksonville Mullin, and mentions special delivery to Mul linga oe S C.
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