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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
3
In wartime style trading, cotton prices rose modestly in New Orleans with May up and steady gains in nearby months. Savannah naval stores show turpentine dull but rosin firm, while New York stocks mixed with United States Steel firm and several industrials slipping. Grain and sugar futures moved with broad market cues as hedging and seasonal demand influence persisted.
New York spot price report shows ant cotton trading at 15.55 for the day. Market notes indicate modest activity and steadier levels for fibers in midtown exchanges.
Cotton futures gained 13 to 16 points in early trading as improved sentiment reduced fears of conflict with Germany. Reports of U S government buying and higher mill consumption in January supported a steady, firm tone across the staple markets. May cotton futures edged up while Cape Fear river water levels rose to 6.6 feet yesterday morning in North Carolina.
The cotton seed oil market closed firm with spot bids at 12.65 and futures ranges from February at 12.74 to 13.00 and September at 12.12 to 12.14. Total sales reached 6,500 barrels.
A New York dealer schemes to sell a Van Dyke portrait to Chicago buyer Patrick Arkley Riordan for 60000. The deal collapses after delivery disputes and a forged Riordan impersonator, as the Van Dyke is stolen from a guarded van in Cleveland and replaced with a black cloth.
The men guarding a packing truck near Toledo observed an auto van marked Isaac Henry Cahan New York. Inside a saloon Peter Veldner offered drinks lacing the beer and knocked two guards unconscious, then swapped heavy cases between vehicles.
Goldsmith & Cahan convene after a scheme to steal a Van Dyke case. Peter allegedly swapped cases on the road near Cleveland. The forged check exposed Riordan of Chicago as the insured suspect, while Joseph and Isaac argue over trust and motive involving years of deception.
A sky pilot nicknames his airship the Porterhouse after a beefsteak and reasons it rises for a reason. A friend laughs at the boast while a weary elder taunts the other man about foolishness and self-satisfaction in the city.
New Orleans spot cot ton was nominal and unchanged with 950 bales sold and 445 bales to arrive. The market held steady as buyers and sellers aligned on current prices.
Advertising piece touts Mildred Ina Hair Remedy as a universal hair growth solution backed by testimonials. It claims rapid scalp stimulation and lasting hair growth with on sale at Evelington's Pharmacy for 50c and 1.00, vowing it destroys the dandruff microbe linked to 38 percent of hair troubles.
Oscar P. Peck offers dry kiln blocks slabs and all kinds of wood. Prompt delivery to customers seeking mixed wood products and oak varieties. Telephone 341 provides contact for Oak Wood.
The valuable home-place of the late W N Royall will be auctioned Tuesday February 13 at noon. United States Realty Company and James James will conduct the sale. The property will be divided into three lots and offered on easy terms.
Publish New Directory The Hill Directory Company of Richmond Va will publish a new Wilmington directory. Mr W H Boyenton represents the company and will start soliciting advertisements early this week. Several men will be brought to the city to compile the names. The Hill Company has produced this biannual directory for years. Sheriff J E Robinson of Brunswick County spent yesterday in Wilmington collecting taxes from residents with property across the Cape Fear river.
United States Deputy Collector J. R. Kennedy and Jacksonville officer Winberry raided four illicit distilleries Thursday within five miles west of Jacksonville North Carolina. The plants deserted upon arrival. no arrests were made. Two copper mammoth stills and two smaller steel stills were found in the operation.
Residents are urged to replace building contributions from former students for the Union School fire loss. A. D. N. Whitley L. S. Griffin and D. A. Price serve on the rebuilding committee.
The notice lists half hour tram departures from Front and Princes streets between 2 and 5 PM and from Beach from 2 45 to 6 45 PM daily except Sunday. It also notes Sunday afternoons and stations 3 8 and 9 lines and a freight schedule from Ninth and Orange Streets with depot hours 2 30 to 3 30 PM.
A would-be masher type man trips down the parlor car aisle and sits beside a pretty girl asking if the seat is taken. She uses a disdainful, sarcastic reply: Nobody yet.
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