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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
2
A dense listing of clothing and accessory bargains including suspenders, half hose, garters, collars, boys wear, hats for ladies and children, and various hosiery. Featured items include dress shirts, Palm Beach suits, straw hats, trimmed hats, baby caps, ribbons, corsets, brassieres, and toiletries with many prices under one dollar.
Sale catalog shows children's dresses ages 1 to 6 at 1.00 property value and middy blouses at 3.95. Ladies bathing suits priced at .98, voice gingham and embroidered dresses at 3.95. Coat suits in blue and pink linen offered for 6.95 as closing out.
John D. Bellamy, Esq. who suffered a broken wrist when he stumbled over a boat at the Princess street wharf yesterday morning while the Brunswick Board of County Commissioners ended a session, shows good condition today. The small wrist bone was fractured in the fall.
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as reversing gray hair to a natural dark shade. It claims roots are improved, hair becomes soft and thick, dandruff and shedding stop, and the overall head appears dark and even. Available for $1 a bottle, with money back guarantee. Sold by Jarman & Futrelle and Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co., Memphis Tennessee.
Vitagraph drama A Million Bid stars Anita Stewart with E. K. Lincoln and a strong supporting cast. A scheming mother forces a marriage for wealth while a loving physician and a heartbound wife navigate a difficult triangle leading to an intense climax.
Robert Warwick stars in The Argyle Case at the Royal, with William J Burns providing expert detective guidance and pioneering methods such as the dictograph and prepared blotter used in the film. The piece explains Burns helped ensure authenticity in this high profile detective drama.
A New York Day by Day column describes a gadding tango loving grandmother and a second elderly tango enthusiast who hire partners for five dollars a night. It notes reporters chasing a Chilean official, Earl Carroll’s hatless habit in Los Angeles, and New York’s indifference to high profile peculiarities amid a bustling city life.
Classified listing shows third floor straw suit cases 10x16 inches at 69 cents and straw grips 7x14 and 7x16 inches priced around 69 cents. Jap matting rugs in several sizes from 27x54 inches to 9x12 feet priced from 1.19 to 3.65 dollars.
The listing shows men s white Palm Beach oxfords at 3.00. Ladies long beach pumps priced 2.18 or 2.29 and sport oxfords 3.00 or 2.29. Ladies long beach plain pumps 2.13.
Fragmentary notice lists 36 inch Messaline and 27 inch Fancy Voiles with prices around 1.50 and references to values and skirts. It mentions awning fabrics and skirting with scattered numbers and measurements.
Local store advertises 36 inch blue grass cambric sheets at 1.19 and pillowcases plus large bed spread at 1.19. Includes wear well pillows casings and 81 by 90 inch well sheets in stock.
Miss Josephine T Berry a professor of home economics at the University of Minnesota is appointed as assistant director of the Federal Vocational Education Board at Washington. She will oversee programs and advise on national vocational training efforts.
New York reports claim rapid arrest of Riggs disease using pyorigg a medicated ointment. They say gums regain pink color inflammation and soreness vanish teeth brighten and tightening occurs. The ad states the prescription is sold in original packages for one dollar at Wilmington drug stores including Jarman Futrell.
Major General Pershing arrived at his Paris headquarters after witnessing the Verdun offensive with General Petain. He praised the French troops for their spirit and vigor after viewing much of the Verdun battle.
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