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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1918

Page

2

Sabin Urges Steady War Finance and Thrift Policy

Charles H. Sabin, president of Guaranty Trust, argues in Guaranty News for a sane middle course amid wartime strain. He backs thrift, higher production, and credit expansion to finance the war, warns against hysteria, and says nonessential businesses should be regulated if necessary to support the government.

Charles H. Sabin Guaranty Trust Company Sana The Guaranty News Eaznot

No Cure for Riggs Disease Alleged by Dentists and Physicians

An old ad notes that dentists claim a cure for Riggs disease through a preparation called Pyrorrigg, a massage unguent sold for one dollar at drug stores including Jarman & Elle in Wilmington. It claims rapid gum healing, color restoration, reduced inflammation, and teeth tightening.

New York N. Y Et Drug Jarman & Elle Wilmington

William J Thigpen Dies After Week Long Illness

Mount Olive N C February 4 William J Thigpen a prominent farmer near Dudley died Wednesday morning after a week of high blood pressure which ended in brain hemorrhage He leaves a wife and seven children The body was taken to Farmville for burial family from Pitt County Also T R Thigpen former assistant cashier here elected cashier of Bethel Banking Trust Company Bethel NC starting February 15 186 Besides weather and bad roads farmers true to crops face delays in planting potatoes and field work due to winter cold rains and vehicle travel shifts to automobiles overburdening farms with trucks and growers hardest hit

Mount Olivé William J. Thigpen Dudley Farmville Pitt County T. R. Thigpen First National Bank Bethel Banking & Trust Company Bethel N. C

Doctor Doggett Resigns From James Walker Hospital

Dr. B A Doggett resigns after serving as superintendent for over a year and leaves for Minnesota to pursue postgraduate surgical studies in the Mayo brothers University of Michigan program in Rochester. The hospital board has not yet elected a successor, and Drs. J E Wine and George Andes will continue at the institution.

B. A. Doggett James Walker Memorial Hospital Minnesota University of Michigan Mayo Brothers Rochester Minn Doggett J. E. Wine George Andes

Department Called Out After Basement Fire at Bellamy Home

A basement blaze at two story house owned by John D. Bellamy on Dock and Second streets required a department call yesterday at 2:30 PM. The fire is thought to have started from a passerby dropping a burning match or cigarette. Damage described as insignificant. The text then discusses wartime production and economic policies, urging cooperation between government and industry to boost production and reduce restrictive laws, stressing the nation’s capacity to bear war costs and the need for sustained industrial activity.

John D. Bellamy Dock and Second Streets

Hitchcock Speaks In Favor Of War Policies

Senator Hitchcock criticizes the administration’s war management, arguing Congress shares responsibility for wartime failures. He urges a legally constituted munitions director and a war cabinet to coordinate bureaus, end cross purposes, and speed orders, citing shortages and delays in powder, artillery, ships, and hospital capacity.

Congress Hitchcock New York Senate Wilson Chamberlain Edward Stettinius War Department Great Britain War Cabinet McAdoo Baker Daniels Military Committee France

Lecture on Russia and Bolsheviks Presented to Workers

The second lecture on Russia and the Bolsheviks was delivered on Wednesday. The Executive committee aims to keep the latest war events before workers and next week Providence Journal exposures will be resumed.

Russia Providence Journal

Food Administration to Meet Wednesday

State Food Administrator Henry A. Page calls a Raleigh conference of all County Food Administrators for February 6. The all day meeting addresses food production distribution and conservation across North Carolina with sessions from 9:30 a.m. to after lunch. The article also notes Barnard College students must contribute two hours weekly to war service.

Raleigh sState Henry A. Page Page Barnard College

Dedicatory Sermon Planned For Church of the Covenant

Plans for the Church of the Covenant dedication are near complete with a March 3 service. Rev Dr Alexander Sprunt will deliver the dedicatory sermon. The ceremony will be simple with a reception planned for the following Monday evening in the church lecture room. The church cost 75000 to build as a memorial by Dr James and Mr William E Sprunt to their parents.

Church of the Covenant Market Streets Committee On Alexander Sprunt James William E. Sprunt

Gift of large splendid boxes for Carres pansements

The Clark-Lynch Company supplied ten unusually large boxes valued at 15 dollars for Carres pansements. The gift will aid operations overseas. Hall & Pearsall contributed paper lining.

Clark-Lynch Company Hall & Pearsall

Hardly a Drugstore in the Land That Sells This Remedy

An old advertisement touts S. S. S. as a blood purifier for impure blood and lists health indicators like poor appetite and fatigue. It claims many drugstores carry S. S. S. and invites readers to write Swift Specific Co. for information.

S. S Swift Swift Laboratory Atlanta, Ga

Darken Your Gray Hair With La Creole Cure

An old style ad promises a hair and scalp preparation that darkens gray hair naturally without dye. It claims to stop hair loss dandruff and spur new soft hair growth. Sold with a back guarantee for 1.20 by V2' ae Co Memphis Tenn.

V2' Ae Co Memphis Tenn

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Tysteria Denounced NEW York Banker DR. Doggett James Walker Hospital Sabin Mr. Sabin England United States America Dolly Madison Montpelier Virginia Tobacco Country Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Virginia-Carolina Piedmont Food Administration Clark-Lynch Co
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