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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1917

Page

2

Seaboard Air Line Rail Tickets From Coastal States

Rail sale notices list multiple cities including Waynesville Asheland Charlottesville Pethill Crest Vicksburg Nashville Black Mountain Knoxville Montgome ry Sevierville and Wilmington with various sale dates June to August and limited return periods. Prices shown and contact H B Pleasants T.P.A. Wilmington NC.

Savon Umalaska N.C Waynesville N. C Beck Paull Sec Gercescvenesses United Asheland Charlottesville Pel Hill Ecrest Vicksburg Miss Nashvile Tenn Black Mountain N. Me Knoxville H. B. Pleasants

Atlantic Coast Line Fares From Wilmington N C

Bulletin lists reduced round trip fares with multiple city connections from Wilmington North Carolina. Tickets available daily with varying travel windows and final limits through October 31 1917. Prices shown for Washington Philadelphia New York Knoxville Nashville Chattanooga Asheville and other points. Contact W J Craig or G Whith for reservations and details.

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From Bench to Broadway: New Yorks Self-Made Success Stories

A Dispatch special recalls New York figures who rose from humble starts to wealth and fame. Eugene Walter, Arthur Somers Roche, Earl Carroll, Irv ing Berlin, and others built success through grit, risk, and persistence, turning early poverty into lasting influence and fortune.

New York

Hood urges survey of North Carolina waterways for war effort

In a House speech Congressman George Hood advocates adding surveys for turning basins at Mill Creek and Trent River and for navigation projects on Smith's Creek Oriental Harbor Broad Creek Queen's Creek North East River to aid war production and farm transport. He cites Pollocksville and nearby centers as key points and urges keeping these items in the Rivers and Harbors bill.

George H. Manning Washington, D. C Dume North Carolina George Hood House of Representatives House Hood Congress Foy’s Flats Mill Creek Trent River Pollocksville New Bern Smith’s Creek Pamlico County Oriental Harbor Rivers and Harbors Oriental Morehead City Beaufort Washington Commerc Broad Creek Neuse River Pamlico Whartonsville Queen's Creek Queen’s Creek Onslow County Onslow Sound

Notice to landowners in New Hanover drainage district

Landowners in New Hanover County Drainage District No. 8 are notified the Board of Drainage Commissioners plans to issue bonds to cover total costs and maintenance funds. Bonds of twenty thousand dollars are authorized with interest and principal paid in equal yearly installments over three years. Landowners may opt out and the district will release assessments after approval by the Superior Court clerk. Price, chairman, cites May 23, 1917.

Arthur Somers Roche Rice New Orleans Galveston Wall Street Ker Kentucky Delancey Street Broadway Russia New Hanover County Board of Drainage Commissioners of Ris Price

Minister Recalls Dream of Angelic Choir and Gifted Song

A preacher recounts a dream in which an angelic choir sang two new songs he later recited to his wife. The next day, the church leader presents a song book containing exactly those two songs. The minister, known for truthfulness, is puzzled by the uncanny alignment.

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Torpedoes Ready for Launch on Oklahoma in War Photo

Two torpedoes on the battleship Oklahoma standby for launch against an enemy. Propellers drive at about forty miles per hour and accuracy is high at moderate ranges. Each torpedo carries heavy explosives aimed at sinking a German warship. Censored photograph approved.

Oklahoma

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