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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
2
An assortment of local notices and social items. Poems reflect autumnal nostalgia while engagements, visits, and club meetings fill the page. School, church, and civic events outline a quiet community schedule with travel, charity, and entertainment notes.
Arthur Bluethenthal son of Mr and Mrs L Bluethenthal arrives in the city after nearly 18 months on the Western front in France and Saloniki. He joined the Princeton Ambulance Corps last April and later entered flying service before coming home awaiting orders.
London reports repulsed hostile raiding parties south and southwest of Labhasse with a few prisoners taken. Enemy artillery was active east of Epehy during the night, according to the war office.
Orient Lodge No 395 A F and AM announces a stated communication this Thursday at 8 30 PM sharp to transact business. All Master Masons of the city are invited to attend. members urged to be on time. By order of the Master, Secretary Cc Cc Brown.
City Hall and Court House will stay open tonight to help those suffering from the cold. County officials announce enhanced fuel supply efforts with nine county carts and a five ton truck aiding deliveries. A convict crew will cut wood on county property for faster distribution under roads chief J R A Burnett.
Mr. Alfred M. McLean a special deputy collector of internal revenue arrived last night and begins helping residents prepare income and excess profits tax returns under the war revenue act. He will be in the Murchison Building room 604 until January 20 with March 1 filing deadline and June payment.
The year opens with two major business changes. The stock of Plall and Jverhacy and Atkinson and Watters is combined, affecting Jardine grees stores and the CL W. Polvogt Company buys A. O. Brown furnishings. Atkinson and Watters partners with Hall and Warkan. Watters shifts to the Hall firm.
The city and county exemption boards mailed additional questionnaires today and seek volunteers for clerical work. The county sent forms to 311 through 322 inclusive, with two returns from African American residents held in Pender county jail. City returns were not reported this morning.
A funeral service note records that a large circle of friends attended. The pallbearers included Mr. Martin and Mr. Brier among others, reflecting the deceased's wide social ties.
A benefit concert for the Red Cross at the Trenjpon Way School Auditorium featured Miss Augustine Haughton as soloist with the Treble Clef Club. The program included Italian French English and American folk songs and received enthusiastic ovations despite bad weather.
In the Var area property transactions were reported with several parcels changing hands. The listings highlight sales figures and buyer names as outcomes of recent real estate activity in the local market.
The two year old daughter of Constable John H. Davis, Virginia Catherine, fell against a stove at her parents’ home. She suffered facial and hand burns. medical care was given promptly and doctors express optimism that injuries will not be serious.
Eddie Polo the ranch foreman in The Bull's Eye pursues danger with a past as acrobat tumbler and strong man. Filming stunts include being buried under dirt and swinging a sixty foot chasm. His life is filled with near misses that thrill audiences and frighten friends who fear his obituary.
Universal Weekly cameramen reached audiences with some of the first Halifax disaster pictures. They were on the scene shortly after the event and documented the immediate aftermath for nationwide viewers.
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