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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
3
W R Tingle outlines methods for planting late potatoes to secure a bumper crop. Recommended varieties include Mountain Irish Cobblers Triumph with a focus on planting timing from mid July to early August, seed sources, land prep, fertilization high in potash, and careful planting to avoid heat damage.
Uncle Sam trains ambulance drivers and stretcher-bearers at Allentown Pa. More than 100 young Americans are drilling and learning the business of ministering to battered humanity to aid wounded on European battlefields. The photograph shows dogs trained to search for the wounded, a boon of the French medical corps adopted by American service.
Maj. Gen. Maurice, director of military operations for Britain, says German reports were once more reliable than Allied updates but explains why advancing army dispatches are usually more accurate. He cites village captures, prisoner flows, and disorganization after defeats to explain discrepancies and notes German reports increasingly read like fiction.
Governor Bickett delivers a wartime sermon on duty and democracy praising North Carolina and its people while denouncing autocracy. He lauds Wilmington's auditorium, recounts Baptist humor, and introduces Russian exile William Fetler who will discuss Revolution and Religion in Russia. Charles Hurt extols a heart-made governor.
No market quotations today due to holidays except for Liverpool cotton.
Closing cotton in Liverpool shows spot prices down 15 points with good middling at 19.40 and middling 19.10, 4,000 bales sold including 3,900 American. Futures fall across months from July to June with fixed prices listed, indicating a broad price decline.
New York July 4 William A Brady announces a fall return to musical comedies due to wartime changes. He starts with Baby Mine in an intimate style and notes previous shows The Balkan Princess and Gilbert and Sullivan revivals.
Dr. Benes arrives in London and says Emperor Charles granted amnesty to treason defendants to appease rivals after Russian gains. He warns the move will backfire politically, failing to remove the blot and not uniting parties as intended.
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