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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
2
Mr. M. J. Schulken, shipping clerk for American Baking Company in Wilmington, reports gaining six pounds after using Peplac. He says it cured indigestion bloating and improved sleep, boosting daily energy and appetite. The Peplac Expert endorses local testimonials and names several drugstores carrying the product.
In Chicago on August 31 three hundred sixty seven students received degrees titles or certificates at the 104th convocation of the University of Chicago. Included were a Chinese recipient of a bachelor's degree a Japanese recipient of a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Hindu who also earned a doctor’s degree.
An oil company with branches in multiple cities is controlled solely by women and has been distributing dividends at a rate of 12 percent, highlighting female ownership in a male-dominated industry.
In France on August 5 American ambulance chauffeurs, 40 men from a blue ambulance train, encountered 50 U S troops from the 1st Division. The drivers greeted home soldiers with joy, learned of the expedition’s size and future plans, and listened to tales of Vosges fighting.
United Press reports the new national army will eat more than some Germans but far less than in cantonments. Soldiers must supply their own mess kit and wash dishes after meals. Cooks will improvise with simple, portable outfits.
Army navy and relief work lead the seventh annual convention of the Associated Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Associations of New England in Boston Aug 31. War prompts elimination of social entertainments and no banquet. a farewell reception will honor enlisted members during the four day session.
Providence Aug. 31. Brown University hosts the thirteenth annual summer conference of the Eastern Section Chinese Students Alliance. Attendees include students from Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Penn and other eastern universities. Features include an open forum on national defense and a vocational conference for opportunities in China for educated men and women.
Vitagraph serial The Secret Kingdom unfolds in a mythical Alania with Prime Minister intrigue a Crown Prince heir hunt and US rescue. Charles Richman and Dorothy Kelly lead a cast as plot twists include river pirates a leap from a ferry and a New York asylum escape.
Thé Bijou stages a major weekend bill headlined by L Ko Komedy rough stuff with Dan Russell Gladys Warden and Walter Stephens in a fast paced two reel riot in a hotel lobby and a fashion show. Also shown is The Rushin Dances with Eddie Lyons Lee Moran Edith Roberts and a new dancing plot plus Current Events with French war pictures.
In Buenos Aires young women increasingly appear behind the wheel, a shift from prior customs where they mostly stayed indoors behind curtains and attended public events like the opera only.
Chicago Aug 31 Major General William H Carter one of the Army’s most distinguished veterans is named to command the Central Department with headquarters in Chicago He is famed as an Indian fighter and organizer and earned a Medal of Honor at Cibicu Creek Arizona Aug 30 1881 His long career includes West Point graduation in 1874 service with cavalry in Indian Territory Arizona and the Philippines and key posts in army modernization and leadership of regular troops along the Rio Grande and in Luzon He succeeds Major General Thomas H Berry as head of the Central Department.
Washington reports the cantonment dining halls will serve a varied menu for ten days with multiple meals daily. Menus list entrees like beefsteak, roast beef, fried pork, chicken dishes, salmon, soups, vegetables, breads, pies, puddings, and beverages.
In Cape Breton the apple crop faced a labor shortage and more than 109 patriotic women volunteered to work in the orchards and harvest the fruit, helping secure the season.
Italian leaders celebrate military successes as Prince and Princess express happiness. Officials trumpet gains and national unity amid victory narratives shaping public morale.
A reader is urged to take Calotabs at bedtime to cure biliousness and lazy liver. The ad touts Calotabs as a pleasant, non gripping laxative sold in sealed packages of twenty doses for five cents, with a money back guarantee from druggists.
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