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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
4
A fragment from an AP powered newspaper page lists subscription options and delivery terms including daily and Sunday editions with varying durations and prices. It notes post office filing as second class matter and cites foreign representatives for advertising and distribution.
A brief note from February 4 1918 reflects on real property transfers and mentions General March nearing army end. The column references The Columbia State and a local piece titled Goodbye Mosquitoes, suggesting a light farewell tone.
A fragmented clipping reports a Durham man’s talk creating trouble and hints at broader political and social tensions. The piece references fire safety, war council bills, and federal authority with a mix of local and national stakes.
A garbled wire of items notes Coleman DuPont purchasing the Waldorf Astoria in New York with unclear purpose. It mentions Argentina's President Irigoy and advisers, German Kaiserland fears, and hints at Bolshevik and Emma Goldman cases with calls to delay imprisonment.
The article notes Brazil shifts from coastal patrols to active participation, sending cruisers and destroyers to the war zone and deploying trained airmen to the Western front. It suggests German influence waning in Brazil and Argentina, amid regional tensions and internal unrest.
News dealers refuse to supply New York daily papers to regular customers after a two cent price hike. They call the new wholesale price excessive and say it makes continuing the business almost prohibitive. Publishers wish for a reduction but deem it unlikely for years.
The New York Times argues Paris escaped air raids not from revenge avoidance but due to flight logistics and defenses. It notes German pilots faced longer overland routes, warning systems, and British surrender to retaliation could invite harsher bombings. Paris’s latest raid undermines that theory.
In London a self styled patriotic movement burns war bonds and coupons in churches with ceremony. Government officials condemn the act saying it ties up for ten years the money used for interest on the bonds.
Officials say informing the treasury of destroyed bond serials could end government liability but only if the nation nears insolvency and compulsory repudiation. They caution Britain has not reached that point and any relief would require far larger bond burnings.
The piece lauds John L. Sullivan as a pioneer of boxing and a force for good in his sport and in prohibition. It credits him with honesty, bravery, and loyalty, noting his public stance against alcohol and his patriotism. It also comments on current war efforts and congressional measures affecting soldiers.
Commentary questions the significance of unrest in Germany and its potential to disrupt war production. If strikes close munitions factories even briefly, the conflict's vigor at home and abroad could be affected.
The article discusses Mr McAdoo's shifting views on whether short line railroads should stay outside or be brought under government control. It notes uncertainty about the best government course in railroad management and the need to relieve severe freight congestion.
A Maxton correspondent reports heightened activity and curiosity around town last week with residents noting several standout events and local chatter about upcoming happenings.
A man with a satchel full of money sparks an espionage scare until officials arrest him as a corn doctor. A wagon breaking down in town spills coal, triggering another commotion. Maxton reports only two coal carloads this winter, one to a dealer and one for municipal distribution.
John Lord O'Brien, named to supervise registration of about a half million naturalized Germans in the continental United States, is a Buffalo native and Harvard Law School alumnus. He has served as U S attorney for the Western District of New York, a New York assembly member, and is a professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Buffalo.
A daily history round up notes events from 1818 Sicily marking the 25th anniversary of the 1793 earthquake with 1800 deaths, 1843 birth of Father Thomas J. Ducey who fought corruption in New York, 1868 currency act limiting money supply, 1893 Dover asylum fire killing 44, and February 4 1917 wartime actions with German steamship seizures and prisoner exchanges.
Rear Admiral William L Rodgers born in Washington DC 58 years ago. Denmark’s foremost man of letters George Brandes born in Copenhagen 76 years ago. Jean Richepin French poet novelist dramatist born in Algeria 69 years ago. William A Oldfield congressman born in Franklin Arkansas 44 years ago. John Mitchell labor leader now NY Food Administrator born Bradwood Illinois 48 years ago. Bishop William F McDowell born Millersburg Ohio 60 years ago. George Whitted Philadelphia baseball outfielder born Durham North Carolina 26 years ago.
The Charlotte Observer notes a gun explosion killed several French soldiers and wounded General Wood and two other American officers. Wood spends a week more in hospital while Colonel Kilbourne may lose an eye. Earlier Civil War losses were common, but modern guns show greater skill. another blast occurred on an outward bound American ship near New York, in the breach rather than the gun.
The proposal enumerates 15,000,000 as its share of a national war fund with 89,000 to cover debts 25,000 for new buildings and 11,000 for a working fund. Present property valuation stands at 219,046 as the state campaign machinery reorganizes to raise funds for war time needs of the institution serving the Southland as conference and training grounds for YWCA YMCA secretaries.
Asheville Times reports two American Red Cross volunteers killed when German bombs struck a courtyard hospital on the Italian front. The incident marks a grim sacrifice amid wartime brutality, with the fallen named among future liberty martyrs.
State level discussion notes that weekly papers are not required to close on Mondays. The Mount Airy Times-Leader is cited as an example. Critics who adopted heatless Mondays face potential delays in publishing and have limited grounds to complain.
Old time mix of Sage Tea and Sulphur is revived as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound for darkening gray hair. Ready to use, it conceals gray strands and adds luster and fullness, marketed as a youthful toilet aid not a medical cure.
Sold by mail for 25c with a money back guarantee. Claims to bleach dark or blotchy skin and clear pimples, wrinkles, and freckles. Offers free soap with bulk order and territory sales for agents. Address Plough Chemical Co. Memphis Tenn. Ads note.
Concord Tribune notes a $125,000 campaign to support Blue Ridge Association at Black Mountain in North Carolina and twelve other Southern states and DC. The drive runs one week from February 3 with George W. Watts of Durham and F C Abbott of Charlotte named to the central executive committee.
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