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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a non alcoholic iron supplement from Ferrodine Chemical Corp. It touts improved digestion energy and blood purification while warning against alcohol containing preparations. Consumers urged to buy fifty cent or one dollar bottles from druggists or have larger bottles mailed prepaid.
The Franco American chess match starts July 5 with Frank J. Marshall United States champion and D. Janowski France champion. One game daily under 40 moves in two hours and 20 moves each hour after. The eight game match requires a two game lead to win, with some games in Atlantic City.
Oklahoma City July 5 hotel men gather for the annual convention to discuss methods to curb hotel frauders and dead beats. The state association holds sessions today and will continue tomorrow with a large turnout from across the state.
A Massachusetts National Guard school for officers opened at Wakefield on the Bay State Military Rifle Association range. Lt. Col. John T. McAvity leads the course with special instruction in marksmanship and trench building for officers who are not in federal service. Lt. John N. B. arrives home on sick leave after wounds in France.
Norman Ross of the Olympic Club San Francisco broke the national A A U mile swim record in San Diego with a 24 minute 10 second performance. The previous record belonged to Lady Langer at 94 minutes 59 15 seconds.
John Graber an Industrial Worker of the World leader was arrested in Scranton Pennsylvania yesterday charged with spying for the German government.
A physician urges Nuxated Iron as essential for blood to build tissue and energy. A patient reports dramatic gains after a six week course and the doctor claims it should be in every hospital and prescribed nationwide. Jarman & Fatrelle sell it with a money back guarantee.
Grand management unveils its first ever seven reel motion picture titled Seven Deadly Sin with stars Shirley Mason George LeGuere Nance O Neil Charlotte Walker H B Warner and others. No one knows the story in advance and trade reviews withheld creating high curiosity for tomorrow’s premiere.
Rogers and Marvin headline the Song Birds of the South at the Royal with Bob King's Southland Maids Company. The medley from Home Sweet Home to Dixie drew the largest crowds of the week and Happy Gibbes wowed in a black face role. The show closes tonight. last performances draw big attendance.
Dispatches from Petrograd report Minister of War Kerensky personally urged troops at the front to fight for freedom. His appeals galvanized soldiers who voted to resume the offensive, yielding a Galician drive that captured more than 18,000 Teutons.
New York July 5 United Press reports Benny Leonard, former light weight champion, delays signing for a world title bout with Johnny Kilbane. Promoters like Matt Hinkel and John Weismantel offered up to 25 000 and 20 000 purses for a 15 or 20 round fight but Leonard delaying to enter military service as Kilbane stalls too. Fans await a top match they fear may not occur.
Abram I. Wikus former United States Ambassador to Turkey arrived in New York yesterday. He was accompanied by his wife three children and embassy attaches from Constantinople continuing diplomatic relations after serving last April.
An advertisement touts Gets-It as the easiest corn treatment, claiming 2 or 3 drops dry fast and let you rewear footwear. It describes painless corn death and detachment from the toe, urging readers to buy from druggists or order from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago for 25 cents.
The dreadnaught Volia, originally to be named Alexander II, is commissioned for service in the Black Sea, marking a major addition to the navy.
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