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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1918
Page
7
Fragmented notice page details World War I era vigilante poetry about the Hun and a long list of local movements visiting relatives in Raleigh Burgaw and Wilmington. It reports Navy duty for Richard Hawkins, hospital updates for Addie Sell, a Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, and illness of Major William H. Bernard with family members mentioned.
The notice outlines a weekly public food program with specified meatless and wheatless days. It promotes sugar and fats saving every day and assigns Monday through Sunday as various combinations of meatless and wheatless meals.
In Wilmington the local Woman's Christian Union held a memorial service at Dock Street Christian Church for Frances Willard the Union mother Rev J E Reynolds delivered a Mark 14 8 themed address praising unselfish sacrifice The program included hymns scripture reading prayers musical selections readings and a benediction with several participants and a collection.
Dr J G Murphy has returned from a trip to New York and Philadelphia where he took a special course in his field. He is accompanied home by Dr P E Hughes who will stay several days in Wilmington as Murphy's guest. Mr Murphy A Moore returned last evening from Atkinson where he spent the weekend visiting friends.
Postmaster Daniels of Southport was in the city Saturday night while traveling to Boston Massachusetts on a business trip. the trip aims at official postal business updates and coordination.
Tev R G Kendricks of Pai View Baptist Church Portsmouth Virginia received a unanimous call from the Southside Baptist church after a post service meeting last night. The congregation hopes for his acceptance as they have been without a pastor since January. Kendricks, a Wake Forest College graduate, previously led Laurinburg and Greensboro churches before serving four years in Portsmouth.
Mr. J. G. McCormick seeks cooperation of all merchants to adjust alleged minor infractions of food administration regulations. He reports excessive charges for life's essentials and notes wholesale and retailer support for resolution, as issues have not become serious.
Visiting soldiers faced crowded hotels and no rooms forcing many to sleep in streets or cafes. The Y M C A and local houses offered shelter but demand exceeded supply. Organizers promise ample future sleeping accommodations to prevent a repeat of the situation.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Jordan were held at 2 30 this afternoon from her mother Mrs John Larson s Sea Gate home conducted by Rev J L Shinn of the Winter Park Baptist church. Interment followed at Bellevue cemetery. She was 31 and survived by her mother five brothers and four sisters including Laurence Oscar John Ernest George Goldie Lula Marion Edna and others.
Funeral services for Samuel B Wood infant son of Mr and Mrs Walter L Wood were held yesterday at 3 30 pm from the family residence conducted by Rev Dr John Jeter Hurt pastor of the First Gust Church and interment was in Oakdale cemetery. Many floral designs were sent and the services were well attended.
Large congregation at First Baptist heard Dr. J. J. Hurt preach on The Star of Bethlehem Illuminating All the final in a series Stars That Shine in the World’s Black Night. The church choir performed Arise, Shine and Miss Clyde Williams sang Rebuke Me Not, O Lord.
The Young Women's Christian Association plans a nationwide program to construct Hostess Houses at 58 army camps and cantonments for a total cost of 1,350,000 dollars.
Mrs. I. B. Clift of Ft. Smith Arkansas writes of suffering headaches since age thirteen and credits Cardui the woman’s tonic with improving her condition after two bottles. She reports continued relief for five years and recommends Cardui to women with similar troubles. Forty years of use back of the medicine, sold at all druggists.
Mobile reporters note that David Bonte cou, engineer of the Federal Shipping Board, A J Mason of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and G E Little, district United States engineer, completed a Warrior river inspection and reviewed Mobile facilities for a proposed coal base. The probe aims to gauge Warrior river usefulness to ease railroad freight congestion.
Cincinnati clubs and industrial teams compete in the American Bowling Congress tourney at the Armory. Manager Christy Mathewson captains Matty's Reds with Groh Chase Griffith and Jacobs in the five man event. A local note ends with a quip about legislators’ records at Columbia.
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