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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
2
At the Royal Theatre yesterday and tonight large crowds filled every seat as Fayssoux demonstrated mind reading and hypnotism. He hid items in the audience and found them blindfolded, then hypnotized local youths for humorous stunts and scheduled a 24 hour public sleep at Sterchi Bancroft Co. window before returning to awaken before the Royal audience.
Miriam Cooper and Ralph Lewis star in The Silent Lie at the Grand with Charles Clary Monroe Salisbury and Howard Davies. The film presents a gripping plot set around a gambling saloon in the Great Northwest with striking photography a realistic snowstorm and a tightly paced ending praised for its direction and suspense.
Washington dispatch notes Brigadier General Enoch H Crowder oversees the draft during World War I. Born in Missouri and based in Kansas City, he directs registration, civilian handling, and the selection of the first national army. His four-decade career includes West Point, the Philippines, and the General Staff. The piece ends by noting Maine’s state federation of women’s clubs as a local contrast.
Atlanta businessman pressed council on purchasing meters above the $1,000 bid threshold, but legal advice warned against installment delivery. Mayor and council will bid the meters and decide later. Tax collector’s $53.29 shortfall remains unresolved after yearlong audit. Plumber Pete Peterson wins exemption from license tax as not a contractor, but a daily worker.
In Wilmington Superior Court, City of Wilmington versus J H Whitehead Henry Whitehead and Rosa Spruill, Chesley C Bellamy as commissioner will sell at the New Hanover County Court House door on Monday September 3 1917 at noon for cash the land described as part of lots 3 and 4 in block 24 in the official City plan of Wilmington bounded by Dickinson and Rankin streets. The sale is to satisfy the decree in the case.
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