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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1917
Page
10
A reading lists multiple Methodist churches with times for preaching at 11 and 8, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and Leagues. It notes no services at Trinity Methodist Church South and invites visitors to all services, with Holy Communion and morning prayer at St Pauls and other parishes across Fourth and Graceland streets.
An advertisement warns of wartime draft strains on labor and warns men to prepare by taking Iron tonic. It touts Acid Iron Mineral with multiple iron forms and minerals as a remedy for indigestion, kidney and bladder trouble, and general weakness, claiming it boosts appetite, weight, skin tone, and energy.
The Fourth and Harnett area church led by Rev. G W McClanahan will hold morning and evening services Sunday at 11 and 7 p m. A Sunday school session starts at 10 a m and Luther League meets Wednesday at 8 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
The Christian Science church at Seventeenth and Verket streets offers Sunday worship at 1 am with the subject Spirit. A Sunday pool follows at 12 15 pm and a Wednesday service at 8 15 pm. Reading room adjacent to the church is open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from 4 to 9 30 pm for literature. The public is invited to attend and visit.
Ep Is John s church on Third and Red Cross sewer project led by Rev R E Gribbin rector with statements of church involvement and service duties in the local zone.
An ad invites adults with coughs colds or bronchitis to call at Chas F Green for a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup a remedy with fifty years of success. It promises restful nights and morning expectoration and notes regular sizes priced at 25 and 75 cents available in civilized countries.
Sullivan pastor leads Sunday worship at 11 15 a m with sermon Depend able Men and And Yet Forty Days. Sunday school at 9 45 a m J W Hollis superintendent. Sunbeams Monday 4 p m prayer meeting Wednesday night supper and senior B Y P U Thursday night. A cordial welcome to all services.
Paris reports a French officer kept as a prisoner by German troops in 1870 is now commandant of Meister camp. The prisoner who helped him with privileges and tennis gear prompts letters home about renewed courtesy. Red Cross appeals follow with donations and memorials to Miss Hetty James in Wilmington.
A Paris based dispatch reports Alsace and Lorraine under German military rule with strict food and property seizures. Requisition includes livestock, dairy, oil, coffee, bells and household items. Civil population suffers extreme hardship and fear of further penalties under occupiers.
The article lists multiple donors and items donated to local aid groups. St Johns Mission provided two outfits for a patient valued at 18 dollars each, along with 24 triangular bandages. Other contributions include hospital bed shirts, handkerchiefs, socks, scarves, wash rags, and bandages from various churches and residents.
A new national domestic science school is established in Norway with a focus on science education at Stavanger. The move signals a push to expand formal home economics and related studies amid regional educational reforms.
Funeral of Mrs Barbara widow of Samuel Bear Sr to be held at her residence Fifth and Chestnut at 3 o clock Sum Way afternoon. Friends and acquaintances invited. Interment in Oakdale Cemetery.
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