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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
8
Magnolia North Carolina December 6 Workmen repairing a house on W D Murray’s old Dr Herring place found about 100 pounds of honey. A bee colony reportedly lived there for twenty years. The piece extols Duplin county climate and agricultural potential praising crops and stock farming as blessings of nature.
Housewives gather to vent about high costs for eggs butter lard and cheese and urge newspapers to publish wholesale quotations daily. City Council debates sidewalk obligations amid a request for extra time by C P 4 H Mahler and discusses the Atlantic Coast Veneer Company tax and insurance concerns along with lighting and drainage needs in Woodrow Place.
Washington December 6 Senator Smith of South Carolina immigrant committee chair announced that if the corrupt practices bill in the Senate triggers long debate he will move to substitute the immigration bill already passed by the House for consideration when Congress reconvenes.
Business specials describe Postal Telegraph Cable Company's messengers calling for ads in the city. The notice compares ad delivery to telegram and cable services and provides a 176 contact for ads and Postal Telegraph for telegraph inquiries.
Notice offers stove elbows 3 to 7 inches, fireboards, stovepipe, stove and furnace repairs with cash terms. Includes phone 431 and address W. B. Klander 8 South 2nd St. Also ad for sweet potatoes 18 cents per peck and canned goods at P. G. Sellers & Son 9 Dock street with call 1731.
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