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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
2
Readable store page lists prices on hats from 15 cents to five dollars, including ladies trimmed hats, straw hats, sport hats, children’s hats, baby caps, ribbons, and corsets. Also advertised are toilet goods, cosmetics, hosiery, umbrellas, and ready to wear items marked down. Several brands and price points indicate a broad clearance display.
National Special Aid calls on women to intensify efforts for war relief. It notes uneven participation, urges quality work over quantity, lists needs like counterpanes and counterpanes scraps, and cites donations and upcoming African Chapter exhibit. It warns of civilian effort tying to wounded front lines.
Boston August 24 The Leyland liner Devonian, which sailed from an Atlantic port on June 28, has been sunk presumably by a German submarine. Officials confirmed the loss but had no further details.
Jackie Saunders star of The Wildcat prize fight tale flips from feisty tomboy to peace with honor in Mortimer Munt played by Arthur Shirley. The Horkheimer Mutual five reel picture at the Grand Saturday features chorus of action and Saunders cleverness as she trades hostility for romance and ends in the male led embrace.
Dress goods advertisement seeking shades and cambric items. Mentions 36 inch blue grass cambric and price 15 cents. Appears in a mid 20th century catalog style notice.
Ottawa reports the French Canadian stance on conscription as hostile and ambiguous. Leaders like Henri Bourassa oppose conscription and advocate Canada withdrawing from fighting, arguing war costs threaten national independence and that French Canadians see themselves as provincial, not British, aligns.
An advertisement touts Calotab tablets as a cure for irritability and biliousness claiming one nightly dose cleans the liver, boosts mood, and improves daily life. It guarantees satisfaction with a druggist refund and sells twenty doses for thirty five cents in sealed packages. The note ends with a tangential line about the Yankees and the American league banner.
An advertisement for Acid Iron Mineral marketed by Ferroding Chemical Corporation claims to improve complexion and blood health while treating kidney bladder and stomach issues. It promotes external antiseptic use for wounds scars and sores and notes dentistry and cattle care applications. The ad offers home bottles for 50 cents and 1 dollar and invites orders by mail with a 25 cent trial for dentists.
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