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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1916

Page

6

Subscriptions Drive Boosts Votes In North Carolina Contest

Saturday activity at contest headquarters details efforts to recruit new subscribers for The Dispatch campaign. The article lists numerous subscribers by town including Abbottsburg Autryville Bladenboro Clarkton Conway Fair Bluff Fairmont Faison Fairmont Rockingham Wilmington and others with individual totals and a December 9 Twin Subscription Day offer for two year subscriptions worth 50 000 extra votes per certificate and 150 000 per 15 spent in the first period ending December 22.

Dispatch Office

Scarce Newspapers Reported in Parts of Ireland

In Maltnmore and Donegal Ireland reports say newspapers are scarce and villagers hear whispered war news. Fishermen know little of the war but speak of German submarines and British patrols guarding harbors like Nenegal Bay Lough Foyle and Swilly. Prices rise and few peasants join the army with only about 1,200 recruited since the war began.

Lough Foyle Swilly Donegal

Food status critical in Russia reported by eyewitness

Stockholm dispatch says Petrograd suburbs see clashes between civilians and Cossacks as strikes intensify. Eyewitness notes unrest spreading to rural districts with fronts expected to be involved, despite denials. Conditions rapidly approaching a crisis for Russia.

Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet Russia Petrograd

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