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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
4
A July 10 1917 Wilmington Dispatch column gathers short bits of commentary on current events. It touches on sun and weather, aircraft needs, the Chinese emperor, General Haig, Hoover and food problems, deportations, Russias offensive, and prohibition with quips about bread prices and yeast. It also mentions Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman sentences and a New York sung protest.
The writer condemns Senator Hardwick for provocative speeches on troop deployment. He argues the senator cannot influence battlefield decisions or prevent actions, and that such talk harms national unity. He likens dissidents to donkeys and urges cooperation with experts.
Local editorials urge reducing delivery for groceries and goods to lower living costs. Consumers and merchants must both cut dependence on home delivery to shrink overhead and keep prices down. Strong emphasis on shared responsibility and avoiding unnecessary orders by telephone.
The editor argues Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman threaten democracy, calling for their removal after two-year sentences in Jefferson City Missouri. It contends anarchists betray liberty and promote lawlessness, condemning their anti draft advocacy as a threat to democratic order.
In New Hanover County Superior Court a commissioner offers for sale at the courthouse door in Wilmington a parcel tied to the Elkins and Caase mortgage. The sale, to satisfy a court judgment, is set for September 3, 1917, at noon, describing a city block portion on Third Street near Davis and Parsley, including Aubrey Alley access.
A claim that Nuxiron-Paw-Paw soothes the nerves and transforms weak and an armic people into perfect health and lasting stomach strength is presented as a heaven sent boon. The advertisement extols lasting vitality and abides by traditional health tonics.
A fragment describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a 35 year remedy that cleanses blood to heal mucous sites and claims improved health after use. It urges readers to send for testimonials and notes Toledo based F J Creney Co as sellers. The text also touts Ironized Paw-Paw with claims of appetite restoration and nerve and blood benefits, marketed by druggists with strong demand.
A 1917 notice outlines weekday and every half hour train and freight departures from Wilmington and Beach via Center and Lumina with express and local stops. It lists times for passenger trains at several streets and areas and freight depot hours. Interstate Drug ad and product mentions appear in the public notice context.
The Seaboard Air Line Progressive Railway of the South lists special round trip fares from Wilmington and numerous other cities including Lake Junaluska Waynesville Asheland Charlottesville Nashville Black Mountain Ridgcrest Louisville Raleigh Chapel Hill Vicksburg Knoxville Gwennеe Monteagle and more. Tickets on sale various dates with limited returns and return windows up to 17 or 21 days or midnight deadlines. T. P. A. Wilmington, N C.
Freight depot timetable notes heavy Sunday travel periods with express trains between Wilmington and Lumina stopping only at major streets and all stations on the coast. Limited times and stations are listed for lines around Wilmington and Lumina.
Fannie W. Hall announces she is qualified as Executrix of the Lewis Philip Thomas estate. Creditors must present claims by June 1918 and all debts should be paid promptly to the executrix. The notice warns failure to file may bar recovery.
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