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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1916
Page
8
A fall term message from school leaders invites donations of books doll houses cloth for tents and printing presses to enrich libraries playgrounds and classrooms. Union School reports student projects awards Christmas plans and a Y M C A hunting event for youths with dates.
Warsaw reports the death of Anton Dylowski, 117, claimed as Poland’s oldest inhabitant. Born October 17, 1799, he was a poor farm laborer who witnessed Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia and later joined Polish uprisings in 1831 and 1863. An advertising line about candies at Schutt's Drug Store appears in the text.
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