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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1917

Page

8

Americans Lose Lives As Result Of Liner Going Down

A report continues from page one detailing a liner sinking after two torpedo hits. The ship listed to starboard and all lifeboats on that side escaped before a second torpedo struck the port side. The emergency peace movement urged constitutional limits on presidential war powers, with Jane Addams leading a Chicago delegation seeking a White House audience to protest policy toward Germany.

Pital Emergency Peace Federation Congress Jane Addams Chicago Foreign Affairs Committees Ito United States Germany

Two Americans Die In Laconia Sinking

Two American women from Chicago, Mrs. Mary E. Hoy and her daughter Miss Elizabeth Hoy, were reported dead after the Cunard liner Laconia was sunk Sunday night by a German submarine. No confirmation yet. consular and Cunard offices awaited details.

New York Mary E. Hoy Elizabeth Hoy Chicago Pres Queenstown Cunard Laconia Cunard Line Liverpool Wesley Frost

Laconia Sinking Claims Many Aboard From New York

Cabled reports from Queenstown state one dead and several missing from the Laconia as she sank after attacking torpedoes near Ireland. Of 26 Americans aboard for the New York to Liverpool voyage, 12 are dead or missing including Mrs Hoy and her daughter, with others hospitalized and crew reporting calm evacuation.

Laconia torpedoed off Queenstown. 12 dead or missing

Survivors describe the torpedoing near Queenstown on Sunday night. The Cunard tally lists 12 dead or missing, with 231 landed from 294 aboard. Mrs Hoy and her daughter are reported to have died of exposure and were buried at sea. Six hospital cases in Queenstown were not seriously ill.

London Laconia Queenstown Cunard Consul Frost Mary Hoy Elizabeth

Kentucky Druggist Endorses Swamp Root Kidney Medicine

A Kentucky druggist writes in 1916 that he began selling Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp Root about fifteen years earlier and has never had a complaint. He states the remedy gives universal satisfaction in every case and signs the letter from Paris Kentucky dated April 28 1916 to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.

Dr. Kilmer Oberdorfer Paris

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Advertisement promising Swamp-Root relief and sample bottle for ten cents from Dr. Kilmer & Co. It cites a booklet on kidneys and bladder and asks readers to mention The Wilmington Dispatch. States regular fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles available at all drug stores.

Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y The Wilmington Dispatch Advt

Stolen Ford Recovered Suspects Believed Juvenile Negro Boys

Police recovered Mr. J. D. Walker's Ford on Miller street between Ninth and Tenth after it was stolen from near Front and Chestnut. Special officer H. Mack Godwin and the police searched the city but found no clue until a passerby reported the car. Authorities think the perpetrators are small negro boys and notified the owner.

J. D. Walker Creasy’ Avenue Carolina Place Front Chestnut Streets Miller Street Ninth Tenth H. Mack Godwin Mr. Walker

Gods Country and the Woman at Victoria

The Victoria theatre screened Gods Country and the Woman from James Oliver Curwood with stars William Duncan George Holt and Neil Shipman to delighted audiences Monday afternoon and evening. The film closely follows the book and enhances scenes with cinematic clarity. It plays again this afternoon and may be the last showing tonight so curious patrons should attend.

Victoria Victoria Theatre James Oliver Curwood William Duncan George Holt Neil Shipman

Hoy family among Laconia victims mourned in London

The Laconia torpedoing left Mrs Mary E. Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy dead from exposure. Austin Y. Hoy, acting as London representative for an American firm, confirmed the loss and identified surviving relatives. The embassy list includes I P Gibbons and others among American passengers. eight American crew died.

Chicago Tribune F. E. Harris Harris Laconia Admiralty Hoys Mary E. Hoy Elizabeth Hoy Chicago No. 8 Austin Y. Hoy London Miss Hoy United States Albert H. Hoy Consul Frost Mr. Hoy

Carolina Court Addition advertisement

Last chance to buy select lots in Carolina Court Addition. Take a free ride at 2 30 Friday from the Junction.

Carolina Court

Auction notice for Friday sale at James' office at 10 A.M.

A combination auction is announced for Friday with sale conducted at James' office beginning at 10 o clock. The advertisement runs February 27, 1931.

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