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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
4
The text critiques wartime politics and public mood, urging loyalty while lampooning leaders like La Follette Hoover and Kaiser Bill. It cites bribe accusations, exemptions, and food waste, contrasting national resolve with domestic slander and shifting allegiances.
A call for a mass meeting in Wilmington advocates united effort to leverage the citys assets and attract development. It urges public support from citizens and officials to sustain a constructive civic spirit and promote Wrightsville Beach and regional progress.
Commandant James Yates and his wife of the Salvation Army depart Wilmington for Florida. They leave a legacy of saving souls and reforming homes, drawing prayers and regrets from the community as they move on.
Rumor says R W Haywood will succeed Editor Britton as editor in chief of the Raleigh News and Observer. Haywood has been with the paper for several years and is described as energetic, faithful, and a forceful writer.
The piece defends William Jennings Bryan as a peace proponent who still supports national defense when necessary. It condemns antiwar rhetoric as unpatriotic after Congress acts, endorsing unity with Allies and warning against aiding the enemy. It contrasts real pacifism with cloaked opposition and stresses two sides to every war.
The passage argues that premeditated murder or causing government obstruction endanger lives and undermine the war effort. It labels both negligent train operators and pacifist sympathizers as threats, urging removal or reeducation of the latter to maintain national resolve.
Washington August 22 plans to expand cooperative extension work by increasing the number of agricultural and home demonstration agents. The program includes placing women agents in larger towns and cities and requires some training in agriculture and home economics. About 1,400 agents and 500 women agents are now employed. The effort aims to extend county agent work to all rural counties and add agents in larger counties. City agents will work with existing women’s organizations to boost food production, conservation, canning, drying, and efficient food use. The service concentrates on agricultural production by men and home economics by women, with emphasis on food economy and education during the food crisis.
Mrs. John A. Knott becomes the first woman in the United States to fill a state oil inspector post in Missouri. Governor appoints her to complete the unexpired term of her deceased husband.
Fragmentary timetable for local trains between Wilmington Center Lumina Beach and Beach stations. Includes passenger departure times morning through night and freight depot hours with notes on requests and express services on Sundays and heavy travel periods.
The notice outlines Seaboard Air Line services including No 18 35 bound to Charlotte with Pullman parlor sleeper options Wilmington to Atlanta Birmingham and Birmingham to Wilmington. It lists arrival and departure times at Wilmington and highlights sleeper car services between Charlotte Wilmington and Birmingham with reservations via the city ticket office.
Beginning Sunday July 8 the Atlantic Coast Line launches a through sleeping car service from Wilmington to Asheville via Florence Sumter and Columbia with Southern Railway connection. Daily schedule lists stops at Chadbourn Florence Sumter Columbia Spartanburg Tryon Saluda Flat Rock and Asheville with return from Asheville at 4 10 PM to Wilmington 12 50 noon. Passengers may stay in the car at Union Depot in Atlanta overnight for early connections to Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis. tickets and fares through T C White Wilmington NC.
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