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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern calomel substitute that cleanses the liver and purifies the system. Twenty doses cost thirty five cents with one tablet at bedtime, no taste, no griping, no nausea, and a money back promise if not delighted.
Ohio State Fair opens in Columbus with a focus on food production and conservation. Nearly all counties display representative agricultural exhibits. The program includes daily demonstrations by experts on food preservation and lectures on scientific feeding, with literature distributed throughout the week. Farmers are urged to push extensive and intensive soil cultivation.
The Yankees appear unlikely to be active in pennant pursuits for the rest of the season. The club plans limited moves as it concentrates on internal adjustments and evaluating prospects.
Violet and her brother receive a wishing bracelet from a Gypsy in a two reel Victor feature Like Babes in the Woods starring Fred Woodward and an all star cast. Fred MacMillan known as a top animal impersonator appears in a family friendly adventure with Hank the donkey. Universal Animated Weekly offers French war pictures and "Sammies" in England. The Vamp of the Camp with Gale Henry is a featured Joker tomorrow.
Florence LaBadie stars in The Pillory, a Pathe Gold Rooster photoplay produced by Than houser Film Corporation. Supporting cast includes Nellie Parker Spaulding Marie Haynes Marie Shotwell George Marlo Ethyle Cooke and Yale Benner. Shotwell formerly with E H Sothern is the mother figure in a story of social intolerance set in old New England.
Preparations are complete by the colored members of St Thomas Church on Dock Street for an annual lawn party on the church grounds tonight and tomorrow night. Proceeds will be used to improve the playgrounds at St Thomas School.
R B Norman, an A C L Railway employee, credits Peplac with restoring his appetite sleep and energy after years of fatigue and indigestion. He reports improved health and plans for his wife to begin use. The ad claims Peplac is a purely vegetable tonic that targets stomach troubles and general debility and lists multiple local drug stores carrying the product.
Paris reports deliberate German air attacks on Verdun area field hospitals over a week. Bombs hit Vadelaincourt destroying a pavilion housing surgeons and forcing crews and wounded to flee. Another strike hit Chateau Mort-Hairons hospital. a ward wounded was killed, and ten more died at Belrupt from shell fire. A photo found on a downed pilot shows the Vadelaincourt hospital with the Red Cross clearly marked.
From a Philadelphia perspective the recent games between the Phillies and Pirates provided entertaining action highlighting competitive play and fan excitement.
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