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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
3
Article details U S and Allied railway operations in wartime France. It explains central control of lines, scheduling, and the rapid concentration of troops, with trains carrying 500 men each and platforms extending long tracks to expedite disembarkation.
Admirers of Herbert style welcome the February 28 Cort Theatre presentation of The Princess Pat. Grace Holbrook and Anthony O'Brien plot to save Grace and her uncle, while Pat flirts with O'Brien and sparks comic misadventures across a Venice tale of romance and intrigue.
Mary Garden consults a clairvoyant before leaving Paris to begin her first screenplay Thais for Goldwyn Pictures. The singer’s superstition mirrors her routine before operatic roles. In Paris the clairvoyant counts many French political and professional leaders among clients. Her screen debut in Anatole France’s grand opera and novel at the Grand promises the season’s largest crowds.
Former world featherweight champion Terry McGovern died at King's County Hospital after a two day illness. He was in New York on February 22.
The ad warns Americans eat too much rich food risking kidney trouble as uric acid overload harms kidneys. It promotes Jad Salts or Rad Salts to flush kidneys, reduce bladder irritation and improve health, urging daily use and stating safety and affordability.
Doctors advise Calotabs as the first step for colds and grippe a brisk calomel purgative Calotabs. One tab on the tongue with water can end a bad time and purify the system next morning. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back guarantee.
A collage of wartime valentines and messages to soldiers abroad. Various women write of love, longing, and hopes for reunion in France with lines about children, homes, and ongoing support for Uncle Sam’s forces.
A fragmentary note from a contributor imagines writing to a distant beloved, addressing the recipient as the man of dreams and playfully noting the anonymity of a fictional “Nobody Knows street” in the “city of Somewhere.” The musing reveals a coy, literary tone.
Washington reports a signed economic agreement with Spain. Gen. Pershing will receive mules army blankets and other materials in Spain in exchange for cotton oil and other U S commodities. The pact was concluded in Madrid.
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