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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
7
A poem about a absent soldier and a sundial opens a local page of society items. The column then lists residents visiting the city, club meetings, class events, a masquerade party, church programs, hospital news, and a Red Cross gathering planned for the YMCA with volunteer staff and helpers noted.
Virginia Milton, Mary Giles Bellamy, Mary Bellamy, Meta Rountree, Emily Davis and Katherine Hilliott are named as committee members who will wear their Red Cross uniforms.
Colonel Walker Taylor departed last night for a brief business trip, leaving behind routine duties and signaling absence from upcoming engagements.
M. J. G. Grantham formerly of Lumberton has accepted a position with Swift & Company and has already moved to the city to begin his new work.
Rev J H Shore presiding elder of the Methodist district departs this afternoon for Tabor and Halisboro to lead the first quarterly conference of the year for the district.
A 1917 testimonial from BH Adams, a Columbus Georgia druggist, touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney disease after twelve years of use. The ad invites readers to request a sample bottle for ten cents and a booklet on kidney health.
Twenty five Japanese residents in New York City organize an auxiliary Red Cross branch and emerge as among the most active volunteers for relief efforts.
An advertisement promotes Parisian sage as a hair growth invigoration product. It claims to regrow hair stop shedding cure dandruff and scalp itch with a money back guarantee by R. R. Bellamy. The copy emphasizes fragrance non grease and added fullness.
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