Gossipy City Visits and Society Events Highlight Local Week
A parade of visitors and hostesses fills the city with social notes. Mrs. Harry Norwitch and Mrs. G. T. Keen arrive as guests, while Miss Alma Benson, Miss Louise Drayton, and Mrs. H. L. Johnston join various stays and travels. A Japanese tea at Grace Methodist and an Oriental Tea at Grace are announced, plus Valentine parties, dances, and a Knights of Columbus event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Norwitch
New Bern
G. T. Keen
Jack Watson
Dillon
B. Jones
Southport
Alma Benson
Hamlet
Cora Atkinson
Roy
Grace Methodist Church
Epworth League
Duncan
Bowen
Edna LaNier
da Fleet
Sallie Oldham
Reading
Ruby Duncan
Dc. R. Clarke
Christie
Lois Cooper
Mary Cavanaugh
Cardui Helps Local Woman’s Womanly Troubles
Mrs. Lillie Carden of Etowah Tennessee says Cardui eased years of irregular painful periods and cramps. She reports fewer days of suffering, longer periods of activity, and improved health enabling her to work. The tonic is promoted for women’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etowah
Tenn
Lillie Carden
Cardui
Cardus
An Economical Ferry Plan Across the Cape Fear River
A letter urges better transport across the Cape Fear river using the city fire boat to tow a ferry. The writer argues a ferry, funded with strict economy, could improve crossing while awaiting bridge or federal permission. Councilman McCaig favors strict cost control and local taxpayers support the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Fear
Chestnut Street
MccCaig
Social evenings and surprise party hosts in town
Mrs C A Williams entertained a large group of young people at her home with Valentine themed games and refreshments. A separate surprise party at 7 Queen Street honored Miss Leola Griffith with decorations, courses, and social games. attendees included many local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A Willams
Sallie Ottoway
Bernice Bailey
Minnie Pindell
L'ti Cleaper
Alice Lane
Virginia F
Und
Lillie Quelch
Hilda Ryan
C. A. Williams
Bernice Baily
Minnie Pendall
Lottie Cleaper
Virginia Munn
Lillian Quelch
Anna Hudson
Messrs
F. Griffith
Queen Street
Leola
Lester Branch
Addie Branch
Alma Kerman
Janie Burriss
Flossie Burriss
Louise Singletary
Lauretta Utley
Lela Hawkins
Gracie Oldham
Nellie Reynolds
Ada Singletary
W. D. Jones
J. H. Best
H. Newkirk
C. Soles
O. Jordan
C. Kenedy
B. Griffith
E. Burriss
H. Watters
G. Todd
Swamp Root Receives User Endorsement for Kidney Trouble
Mrs John R Marston of Baltimore Maryland swears to improved kidney health after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root in 1916. Notarized statement dated June 16 1916 confirms her testimonial.
Sunday Services at New Hope Church
Rev J S Crowley to conduct morning and evening services at New Hope Church this Sunday with a 11 o clock morning start and 7 30 o clock evening service. He will preach Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mr Jim Sullivan inviting all Sullivan neighborhood residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Park
J. S. Crowley
New Hope Church
Mr. Crowley
Jim Sullivan
Sullivan
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You Ad
Letter to Dr Kilmer and Co. invites readers in Wilmington Dispatch to send ten cents for a sample size bottle of Swamp Root. Promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and asserts the remedy will convince anyone. Mentions available regular fifty cent and one dollar sizes at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The
Wilmington Dispatch
Advt
Trainmen Chief Returns From Raleigh On Workmen Compensation
Mr. YJ E L Wade of Wilmington, chairman of the Trainmen's Association, reports progress on the Jones Workmen Compensation bill. He notes objectionable features and says a later labor plan will seek a balanced bill for both employer and employee. A pedlar was arrested for license tax non payment and goods were seized until payment. Police received a report from Mrs Elvington of 301 South Sixth Street about a morning disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
YJ. E. L. Wade
Trainmen’'s Association
Wilmington
Grant
Jones
Wade
Co. H. Keen
Elvington
Sout Sixth Street
Eyota and Cherokee Red Men Return From Dunn
Twenty members of the Eyota and Cherokee Tribes of Rec sven returned to Wilmington after a trip to Dunn North Carolina where they initiated fifteen palefaces for Chicora Tribe No. 183. The visit included a street parade and a large audience of Red Men and city residents with delegations from Fayetteville and Smithfield. Warrior W B Savage impressed onlookers as the tall leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Dunn
N. C
W. B. Savage
Stolen Blood Pressure Apparatus From Automobile
Officers Moore and Grey responded to a home scene but found no one. A blood pressure apparatus was reported stolen from K E S Bullock's automobile parked at his residence Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Moore
Marcus Grey
K. E. S. Bullock
J F Jackson to Stand Trial Friday of Next Week
Case against J F Jackson of Kinston for enticing laborers under contract to leave the city was continued in Recorder's court to next Friday. he posted $200 bond. Judge McGowan sent the case to Recorder's court for final disposition as Friday hearings continued other defendants and civil matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Jackson
Troy Jackson
Maggie Butler
Estelle Crawford
Mary Lily Nixon
Lily Wilson
Lizzie Edwards
Tom Walker
Wilmington
Ben McFarlane
Preston
Dirant
L. Parker
R. B. Reaves
Cherokee In Port The Clyde Liner Cherokee Arrives
The Clyde liner Cherokee arrives in port Friday afternoon from Georgetown South Carolina and will sail again Saturday morning for New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Georgetown
S. C
New York
Would-be Yeggman Damages Safe in Produce Store
A would-be yeggman broke into W. J. Meredith's produce store at Fourth Street Market on a Thursday night, battered the safe combination with a tool, but failed to open the door. The burglar fled after the break-in, with police and sheriffs investigating the crude safe-destruction. Local deeds follow in Centier filings, listing transfers from Lirus Company to Chadbourn James Company and other property actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Meredith
Fourth Street
Mart
Campbell Streets
B. W. Jacobs
Tr Palira
Centier
Lirus
Chadbourn Jaimber Company
Wright Sheet
Alice
Ike
Dawson Street
Stop Catarrh Ely's Cream Balm Advertisement
A historical ad promotes Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh relief. It claims to clear blocked nostrils and ease head congestion by applying a small amount inside the nostrils to soothe inflamed membranes and improve breathing. The vivid language emphasizes open airways and reduced headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
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Louise Drayton
Columbia
U S. C
H. L. Johnston
Ashton
R. S. Cox
Mount Olive
Orton Hotel
R. M. Shepherd
J. C. Little
Louis T. Moore
Birmingham
Ala
T. Hopkinson Smith
Athelia Sneeden
Arlena Albright
Grace Bunting
Florence
City
R. B. Goodwin
Richmond, Va
R. A. Cromwell
Charles Craig
Roanoke, Va
Cora Flynn
Fayetteville
Aere
Allene Carter
Goldsboro
Mae Boone
Philadelphia
Gertrude Reeves
Parkersburg
George Rowell
Harold
Washington, D. C
Essie Mae Truitt
Greensboro
Merry Oaks
Mr. J. S. Truitt
Wilmington Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Aecy
Ladies’ Aid Society
Southside Baptist Church
W. M. Bryant
W. ©. Moore
C. H. Kohler
J. M. McLaughlin
J. B. Fales
W. G. Hall
H. G. Bass
J. M. Shinn
Valentine
Cotilion Club
Grainger
George Bailey
Royal Theatre
Hutcheson
West
Myers
Mary Woolridge
Asheville
J.L. Wright
Ruth Smith
Glasgow Hicks
Louis Worth
B. M. Washburn
Mary Wright Taylor
Greene Fenley
Marguerite Robinson
Louisville
A. F. Perry
Florence Taylor
Harmon .Robrnson
Caroline Holmes
R. L. Henley
Lucy Murchison
George le Grande, Jr
Alice Rushton
Omaha
Neb
M. L. Woodward
Ruth Lynch
Charlie Lynch
Essie Harriss
Charles Loder
Kate Northrop
S. B. Ives
Mary Bellamy
Thomas Payne
Elizabeth Pemberton
R. W. Cantwell
Alice Welker
St. Hardin
Anthalia Bunting
Heaton
Beanhardt
Leesburg
B. R. Dunn
Julia Faison
R. D. Crowley
Manning Parsley
Theodore James
Margaret Kingsbury
W. H. Burnside
Stella LeBeau
George Clark
Doane
Emmett Bellamy
Walter Storm
J. E. Corbett
Eleanor Harriss
Burton Myers
Stags
Donald Parsley
John Slocumb
Dorsey Lynch
Ed Bowden
Sam Northrop
London
Leslie Hummel
C. L. Taylor
Daniel Sprunt
Roy Creig
Julian Morton
Walter Sprunt
Annie Northrop
Ashley Curtis
Bridgers
Marion Harriss
A. D. Brown
Pas
Flannelette
Tom
PGP
Colgate
Dunn, N. C
Smithfield
Yeggman
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