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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
8
London announces a prohibition on importing jewelry of any description without a special license. Prohibited also are gold and gold coin, and all manufactured or unmanufactured gold. Silver is restricted except for silver watches and watch cases. A Cape Fear river water stage is 4.1 feet at Fayetteville at 8 a.m. yesterday.
Mr and Mrs L B Scott have traveled to New York to spend the remainder of the holiday season.
Honolulu December 30 A new process for extracting sugar from final molasses was announced at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association meeting. Inventor J N S Williams of Maui says the method could save at least 2 500 000 annually for Hawaiian growers and boost yields in Cuba and other cane regions. The planters group calls the advance the biggest achievement of the year.
San Diego California December 30. After two years of unknown success the Panama California International Exposition will end its career tomorrow night. The closing festivities promise spectacular pageants and spectacles with a valedictory from President G A Davidson and a brilliant fireworks display ushering in the New Year.
A collage of classifieds lists services and goods including a carpenter and general repair request with phone contact, a fruit and produce delivery note, magazine deliveries, a January rental store on Front Street, a stock auction tease, various stock and association notices, flour and groceries in a Hometown Hints section, a meat and produce ad, and a jewelry show window promotion.
The lights outlining exhibition places and illuminating the grounds will be switched off for the last time, marking the end of an era for the event.
American residents in Tokio and Yokohama created an American Belgian Relief Fund on Thanksgiving Day. In 48 hours contributions totaled about 3,000 yen or 1,500 dollars. One gift of 500 dollars came from an anonymous donor.
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