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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1917
Page
8
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as restoring natural color to gray hair and stopping dandruff. It asserts new hair growth and a soft lustrous head, with a money back guarantee and a $1.00 price. Sold by Jarman & Futrelle or prepaid from Van Vlee Drug Co. Memphis Tennessee.
A historic report explains local boards will take over registration, post liability lists, and notify conscripts within three days. Exemptions cover officers, ministers, students, certain federal workers, aliens, dependents, and religious groups with war objections. Claims require affidavits and fast district board decisions within days.
Governor Bickett appoints a five member tax commission to study taxation with four Democrats and one Republican, including James H. Poll and Zeb Green. The panel is advisory with no enforcement power. He also reappoints Fish Commission members H L Chambers Smith and A W Cobb for four years and names S P Hancock to succeed W M Webb.
Regulations specify district boards decide final military service status. Exemptions due to employment in essential industrial or agricultural work require proof the enterprise is necessary to national effort and that the employee cannot be replaced without material loss. Some industries may be designated, boards assess alternative labor, and exemptions may be revoked as conditions change.
Weekend and weekday timetable for center Lumina Beach and Wilmington routes. Local trains stop on request. 6:10 express runs daily except weekends. freight depot hours and contact info noted. Sunday service lists Center and Beach departures with half hour cadence throughout the day.
Express trains run Sunday afternoons and during heavy travel between Wilmington and Lumina stopping only at 5th 7th and 9th streets Wilmington and all Beach stations. Freight Depot open 10 to 11 A M and 11 to 12:15 P M with telephone 96.
J H McCutcheon I B Dawson and G D Ketterer were arrested by town officers in Lumberton on charges of drunkenness disorderly conduct and assault on the Charlotte Wilming ton highway. They allegedly cursed Guion Lee and others and threw an empty beer bottle striking the Lees car. Bond set at 300 each for July 16 trial. linked to the Charlotte branch of International Harvester.
By Associated Press Tuskegee Alabama July 2 records from Monroe N Work at Tuskegee Institute show 14 lynchings in the past six months, down from 25 in the first half of 1916 and 44 in the first half of 1915, indicating a drop compared with prior years.
Fresh heavy-watermelons arriving for sale at Bear Produce and Merchandise Company. Georgia melons average 22 to 26 pounds. Customers can visit or call via phones 452-453 in Wilmington, N. Y. Store is reachable by contacting W. V. Herring & Co. at 8th and Dock streets.
A newspaper ad promotes Farris' Bakery products Farris' Hot Supper Rolls and Honey Bread described as saving hours in the kitchen. The spot lists phone contact and notes a 4-19 date. It also includes a National Press Bureau offer for newspapers with monthly earnings from intelligent persons and a Buffalo New York address.
Ed Sandlin advertises Dead Shot for sale wholesale to merchants in Wilmington with a list of retailers including Saunders & Raynor J R Guthrie Vereen Bros and others. He notes wholesale only and provides contact details at 720 Meet Street Wilmington N C and phone 1583 W. The notice dated 6 165eod 14.
An advertisement for Dead Shot The Wonderful Bed Bug and Insect Destroyer promises cleaning and polishing of furniture. It urges shaking before applying and lists Dead Shot Co Ed Sandlin as manager in Wilmington North Carolina with the contact line.
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