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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
4
The page lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with various term options and delivery details. It also runs a collage of editorials and wry notes referencing Roosevelt, aviation races, Tom Lawson, German raiders, and other period topics, highlighting political and social quips alongside local interests.
The court upheld the Mann Act limiting Johnson's return to the United States, valuing the decision for that reason even as the authorship and implications remain debated.
The Supreme Court upholds the Mann act, extending its reach to private immoral escapades and interstate transportation for all immoral purposes. It also sustains the Webb Kenyon decision, allowing dry states to guard against wet states, signaling stronger reform momentum and warnings against private vice and blackmail.
The article discusses Representative Page's push for electing boards of education by county voters. It warns the plan could fail if too complex, urging state level definite legislation and noting Democratic support, including Henry Page, as motive for the stance.
George W. Perkins has left the Republican Old Guard and denounces the party wing while vowing vengeance. Observers question the move as Perkins previously offered little aid to the GOP and his defection appears aimed at recapturing attention rather than shifting Democratic fortunes.
One hundred years ago today in 1817 Philadelphia recorded a day of mixed phenomena with snow clear weather rain thunder lightning hail and snow in 24 hours. Seventy-five years ago in 1842 Cincinnati saw a serious riot after bank and brokerage failures. Fifty years ago in 1867 Belgium debated capital punishment abolition in the chamber of deputies. Twenty-five years ago in 1892 William A Peffer of Kansas introduced a Senate joint resolution for direct popular vote for President and Vice President.
Miss Jessie L Simp son of St Louis becomes the first woman to hold the role of secretary to a United States Senate committee, named to the foreign relations panel by Senator Stone.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as the disease is constitutional and in the blood. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as a non quack remedy, prescribed by leading physicians, with testimonials offered. Sold by druggists with price. Also advertised Take He's Family Pills for constipation.
New Bern endures a deep cold snap with surrounding areas. Charities report hardship for the poor lacking clothing bedding and fuel. Luther T White and Mrs Shipp head to Memphis to run a Pepsi plant. Lee Jackson memorial services planned with Henry Whitehurst as speaker. Eight chickens trigger jail for Wiley Jones on larceny charges.
The war has driven a sharp rise in German women workers as many replace men who went to the trenches and others seek factory and workshop employment to earn a livelihood.
Dr C C L Pridgen of Wilmington was elected Grand Master of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons. Other officers named include George S Norfleet Winston Salem Deputy Grand Master Henry A Grady Clinton Senior Grand Warden J C Braswell Rocky Mount Junior Grand Warden and William W Willson Raleigh Grand Secretary. Willson overcame a large field on the second ballot. Baltimore society women plan to establish a cemetery for their pet dogs.
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