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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
7
M. S. Willard argues for merging city and county administration to save costs. He cites potential annual savings of 26 000 to 75 000, unified tax collection, shared engineers, and use of a single road and legal staff. He notes legal paths exist but predicts political resistance and public apathy.
A nostalgic New York Day by Day entry recalls Pepysian observations of a morning egg party and a stroll to Gramercy Park. It notes Nora Bayes hiring a theater with three nightly performances priced at three dollars, plus musings on waiters facing competition from Greek and French staff amid wartime labor shifts.
A letter to The Dispatch argues for consolidating Wilmington city and New Hanover county governments to resolve disputed public expenditure divisions. It contends a fixed city county tax split is unjust and presses for equitable sharing of duties and costs.
Joe Newlove has endured relentless misfortune including a house fire during a whooping cough outbreak within his family and three lightning strikes on his home in recent years. Last summer his barn also burned to the ground.
Brockton Massachusetts January 9 1930 a diamond lost over thirty years ago at a former Harwichport home was discovered in the toe of an old shoe buried in the yard and returned to its owner Mrs William F Wilson of Brockton. The gem now valued at 200 dollars was found by Robert Nash who occupies the old Wilson homestead and notified Mrs Wilson.
Luther McQuestion, publisher of the Mountain Echo, printed an edition on fig leaves due to high paper costs and unpaid subscriptions. Five dried leaves tied with a twig form a double sided edition carrying news items, classified ads, legal notices, and an editorial outlining a return to first principles for print paper.
The Washington Star notes that lambs sacrificed amid peace rumor conflict are unaware of their part in looming conflict, illustrating how collateral effects of diplomacy touch unintended lives.
A health ad extols morning hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels before breakfast. It claims improved digestion appetite and vitality and urges readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
A long list of names and values appears as a standings feature from North Carolina communities. The column includes residents from Abtstteburg Edin Cashwell New Bern Proctorville Richmond Rockingham Roseboro Sneeds Kerry Southport Tabor Town Creek Wallace Whiteville Wilmington sections, with individual amounts ranging from about 1,000 to 90,000 plus dollars. The document compiles many households and locales such as Lillian Biggs Pauline Barrington Grace Fasell Velma Bell and Thelma Applewhite among others, reflecting local standings or valuations.
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