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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
8
A community meeting at Harbor Island Auditorium promotes a Wilmington booster song set to Tipperary. Citizens are urged to cut out and memorize the lyrics, fill front seats, and join in full throat when the crowd sings the Star Spangled Banner after speeches.
A promotional piece extols Wilmington as the top coastal location with cheap factory sites and excellent health conditions. It claims the city leads in water access, land rates, and up-to-date development, inviting readers to consider relocating there.
The article notes German forces prefer creating shell holes on active front lines rather than regular trenches. Shell holes evade artillery, are hard to neutralize, and are sometimes camouflaged with brown sheets as airplanes approach. Germans reportedly dig by hand to the point of severe fingertip injury and death.
The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and county agricultural leaders boost Mecklenburg hog farming by distributing 60 pure bred Duroc Jerseys among farmers for breeding. The program costs 3700 dollars and aims to produce 250 to 400 additional pure bred pigs, with farmers urged to keep all female offspring for breeding.
Miss Bessie Burkheimer of Wilmington trains young people in Warsaw for an upcoming performance of her popular musical comedy The Girl Who Dared. Her prior success with plays in other towns is noted.
Major General Wood at Cantonment naval base and aviation signals he would secure conscripts if possible. He recognizes a good thing and wants the nation’s boys from New Hanover where the best of everything grows.
Virginia apples and northern Irish potatoes in 165 lb sacks on offer. Produce includes red and Spanish onions cabbage limes oranges and jack eye peas. Bear Produce and Moise Co advertises special items and contact phones 452 453 in a local notice.
A brief note emphasizes sending a portrait with a son entering the trenches, suggesting he will treasure it above gold. The message is signed Voltz and Kendrick.
National Guard units occupy Houston as provost marshal imposes curfew and street closures. Orders ban crowds, armed citizens, and saloons while troops guard transit and deter armed incursions. Troops departs from Galveston arrive to aid, with nationwide concern and possible investigation.
Advertisement offers work for colored laborers at Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh. Pays at least $3.60 per day with room to advance. Targeted at middle aged men in good health. Company ships every Tuesday and provides transportation from Richmond Virginia, 11 North Seventh Street.
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