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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
5
In a Waterbury American piece, L. S. describes a winter scene where Phyllis and companions plan to sparking by a small cook stove. The kitchen is to be kept clear for two nights for entertaining, as coal embargo limits heat. The couple longs for spring and shared warmth.
The Colonial Dames host a card party at the Orton hotel parlors on Thursday at 7 o'clock to aid Polish volunteers. Tickets cost $1 through Mrs. W N Harris Gjina Apartments Mrs J Walter Guimpson 602 Market Street Mrs Riley Curtis 316 South Third street and via Bon Marche courtesy of Mr Louis Pinsky. Etta Nunn to speak next Sunday at Street Christian church. Local updates include Latta Moore returning to Hendersonville and a community service for communion at Presbyterian church Friday at 6. Dr will preach. Y M C A hosts soldier boys Saturday 3:30 to 6:30 with refreshments and sewing room for mending and darning. open to all men in uniform.
Those in charge for tomorrow afternoon are Mesdames Covington Stover Sprunt Grainser Davis Wollers Pemberton with assistants Thorp Campbell Haugh ton James Prince Bee ry McClammy Munson Fore Wright Yarborough Struthers Bonitz Polvegt White Atkinson Willard Hiliott Darst Woollcott and Cuthbert Martin plus Misses Williams and Haile.
Mrs. Charles L. Taylor died Thursday morning at James Walker Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. After a short funeral at Mrs. Herbert Fentress’s home conducted by Dr. J M Wells, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, her remains were moved to Fayetteville for interment.
The Citizens Building and Loan Association reports its most prosperous year, with 41 series matured since formation. Directors and officers were re-elected, including G. S. LeGrand as president and J. C. Springer as vice president. secretary treasurer John D. Bellamy Jr.. attorneys Bellamy and Bellamy.
Citizens petitioned Lumberton North Carolina to permit hog raising inside town limits but the request was refused. The State Board of Health backed the decision noting saving babies matters more than pig conservation.
A series of services is underway at the Warsaw Baptist Church with Rev. A. O. Moore assisted by Rev. J. G. Barrett of Gastonia delivering sermons. The sermons are described as helpful inspiring and engaging with excellent singing enhancing the experience for townsfolk.
In Anderson D C on January 18 four white Georgia men Slim Rice Luther Dudley Bob Lee Jones and Charlie Craft appeared for a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Geiger on the murder charge of Will Pierce a ferry man at Brown's Ferry on the Savannah river May 12. The state failed to show probable cause and all charges were dismissed. A total reward of 1300 remains for arrest and conviction.
The article recalls Castelnau's 1914 Lorraine operations where French forces under Petain and Castelnau faced the Bavarian army near Nancy and Luneville. It outlines the Grand Couronne defense, two German traps, and the prolonged struggle to secure the Lorraine front amid shifting Allied strategy and terrain.
An old health ad cites meat forming uric acid that slows kidney function and causes back pain headaches and rheumatic twinges. It recommends taking a tablespoon of a grape lemon lithia salt remedy in water daily to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids, claiming it harmless and effective.
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