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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
2
An ad promotes Pompeian Hair Massage claiming it stops dandruff and scalp itching, awakens hair roots, and smooths hair to look younger. It touts a non sticky amber liquid that won’t discolor hair, with a booklet guide and a one dollar bottle available today. Men can also get applications at barber shops.
California moves to enforce a new minimum wage for women under the State Industrial Welfare Commission. Experienced mercantile workers must earn at least 10 per week, learners pay 6 to 8 weekly with 50 cent raises every six months until 10. The plan applies in California with staged increases and exemptions for learners under 18 and workers 18 to 20.
The Shine Girl a Thanhouser five part feature for Pathe by Agnes C Johnston directed by William Parke is hailed as a human gem. Critics call it a masterpiece with a distinctly human and beautiful production. Grand management recommends the picture as tomorrow's big attraction.
The Betrayal of Maggie tops tomorrow's Bijou bill as a Mack Sennett Keystone comedy. It is billed as one of the greatest screams ever flashed on screen.
The article explains the complexity of Chinese typesetting with 11 000 characters, specialized symbols, and grouped classifications. It notes the difficulty, required skill, and long hours as eight or nine Chinese workmen type a four page daily paper for twelve to thirteen hours.
Washington reports President Wilson sanctioned a Navy Department plan to spend about 550 million dollars on new destroyers to counter German submarines. Of this, 225 million would go to building plants and engine facilities to boost shipbuilding capacity, with Congress to be asked for approval.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a quick painless remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. A few drops on the affected area supposedly dissolves the tissue, allowing it to be lifted away with no pain or irritation. Available at drug stores for a few cents.
An old advertisement extols Edward Sandlin as the inventor behind Sandlin's Dead Shot a pest and furniture refinisher product. It claims the bottle kills bed bugs and insects and renovates old pianos organs and furniture, urging merchants to supply the product from the company office at 209 Princess Street Wilmington NC.
Virginia Republicans convene in Roanoke to adopt a platform and nominate a full State ticket for the fall election. Interest centers on choosing a gubernatorial candidate to challenge Westmoreland Davis, who won the Democratic nomination in recent primaries.
The Tennessee Bar Association holds its annual meeting at Epperson Springs Tennessee on August 30 and 31. Judge Joseph C Higgins opened the proceedings this morning as president of the association.
A reader-friendly collection of brain teasers about cat and mouse timing field puzzles, horse and cow rising, dollar amounts for six dozen and dozen combinations, plus classic trick questions like Cain and Noah. It explains common misleads and provides quick, witty solutions.
The passage explains fatigue in sensory nerves and highlights that smell nerves fatigue quickly, while heat and cold nerves tire fast. Hearing and sight nerves endure long hours of work, and the heart nerves are the most untiring, beating from birth until death without rest.
A naturalist pursues tiny wonders by mounting individual dust grains on butterfly wings to form delicate bouquets and insect egg mosaics. In a space under a quarter inch, countless grains create intricate designs, including a circle barely three eighths of an inch in diameter and a geometry of hundreds of eggs.
A fragmented miscellany covers cattle egret behavior, leather reverence, Chinese rice crackers, Greek oven reforms, baby crying avoidance by water spraying, the giant Rafflesia flower, American Indian tobacco substitutes, insect vision in nets, and related natural history notes.
A report explains why circus elephants require a week and three men for a costly bath. Soaping uses 150 pounds of soap, ears receive special care, and after drying the animal is rubbed with Indian oil. Oil alone costs 150, making the total around 300 dollars for a valuable elephant.
Great variance in animal lifespans across species. Insects live hours, mosquitoes about three days, toads reach fifteen years, carp up to 150, chickens twelve to fifteen, dogs up to twenty six, parrots very old, some birds over two hundred years. Turtles, storks, and elephants are described as centenarians with elephants reportedly to three hundred years.
The fragment outlines a wartime bread recipe mixing yeast, oats, molasses, and flour. It instructs soaking, boiling water, and overnight rising, then shaping and baking in the morning, describing cup measures and process in terse wartime home economy style.
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