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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
7
Weather and sports notes show St Louis in New York with cloudy skies while Detroit hosts New York, Boston visits Cleveland and Atlanta plans clear conditions. Southeast shows New Orleans and Birmingham with clear or varying forecasts.
Results from America’s League shows Detroit and Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, St. Louis and New York games. Standings list Boston 6 seas vie 8, Cleveland 42 37 .532, New York 36 35 .507, Detroit 45 2, Washington 31 41 .431, St. Louis 30 47 .399, Philadelphia 27 44 .380.
Results from yesterday show Cincinnati defeating Boston 4 to 0. In Brooklyn, Chicago game was affected by wet grounds. New York edged St. Louis 3 to 2 with a second game New York 2 St. Louis 2. Philadelphia hosted Pittsburgh in a game noted as pain. Standings list New York at 46 wins, 28 losses, .667 winning percentage.
Baseball scores from multiple leagues show Minneapolis 2 Milwaukee 1, Rochester 2 Montreal J, Buffalo 9 Toronto 10, Providence 9 Baltimore 2, Memphis 3 Birmingham 1, Little Rock 6 Ohio 3, Nashville 6 New Haven 6 in 11 innings at dusk, Chattanooga Mobile 3.
New York day by day reports Broadway alive with out of town visitors and summer personalities. DeWolf Hopper, George Monroe, J J Shubert and Lillian Russell are seen among crowds while salesmen lure shoppers along Automobile Row and a parade of out of town teachers clerks and families fill the city.
Colorado Springs June 10. The highest ocean to ocean highway meeting in the United States will be held on Pikes Peak summit tomorrow. Delegates will drive their own cars up the new Pikes Peak automobile road as the Sentinel of the Rockies hosts a two day session focusing on western extension of the highway from Utah to California.
H T Lamkin of Charlotte warns that eight years of government crop data show a sharp yearly decline in cotton yields. He projects 1917 18 may bring a crop as low as 8.86 million bales and fears a world cotton famine with prices possibly hitting 50 cents or more per pound. He notes acreage drops and possible government meddling but expects the market to set prices.
Government officials announced a warning statement amid confusion over a prize agreement. The unstable text references a Washington action and mentions four key entities tied to the dispute.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company announces a three and one half percent dividend on common capital. The dividend is payable at the Treasurer's office in Wilmington, North Carolina on Tuesday, July 10, 1917, to shareholders registered on June 19, 1917, at 3:00 PM. James F. Post, Treasurer.
The notice lists train departures from Wilmington including No. 1 at 3:55 PM and No. 19 at 7:00 PM, with open hours starting at 10:00 AM for ticketing. It references city ticket agents and reservation details through local offices, noting weekday operations and carriage arrangements.
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