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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1917
Page
4
Fragmented newspaper masthead text lists department contacts and staff roles. The readable items include General Manager, Circulation, Ad Advertising, Editor, and payment lines, but most words are garbled. The segment appears to be a publisher’s contact block from the Daily and Sunday Dispatch.
A 1917 Wilmington News brief lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, six months, and yearly options with carrier delivery. The page then presents wartime editorial quips about Russia Germany food and Congress, including satirical lines on cabbage sauerkraut inflation wheatless days and food bills.
A sharp-era column mocks war comparisons to baseball, notes spelling errors in Rumanians, and questions Texas politics and wartime finance. It satirizes politicians and corporations amid calls for revenue measures to fund the war effort.
Husbands of militant suffragists in Washington face public jeers yet find consolation that their spouses picket at the White House rather than target them at home.
The quote questions whether Mrs Mooney who slapped jurors after an acquittal acted from joy and gratitude or opportunism to be kissed, noting uncertainty until a picture confirms the lady in question.
The passage asserts forecasting is simple and enticing but unreliable over long horizons. Predictors fade when time arrives and the public forgets what was said, making long term prognostication trivial and ineffective.
The article argues for sending Japanese forces to the eastern front to join Russian and Romanian troops, aided by American engineers and ships, to create a strong eastern jaw against the Germans. It envisions U.S. missions to Russia and a united Allied push, urging press freedom while critiquing censorship rules.
The article argues that Germany seeks immediate peace while portraying the Entente as gaining strength. It notes German territorial losses and dwindling manpower, contrasted with Allied reinforcement from the United States and access to new allies, outlining a shifting balance in World War I.
George W. Hardwicke of Wilmington asserts in letters to the Wilmington Dispatch that statements about enlistment origins from the Engineer Supply Train are unclear. He questions counts from Brunswick Clinton Oxford and asks about ties to the Adjutant General and to Capt. R. D. Clowe and Lt. Royster.
Western league clubs rise in relevance as Boston faces expanded travel, eyes on a possible third pennant. The fragmented note hints at shifting power and implications for the Red Sox in the near term.
Public notices outline Southern Railway suburban schedule with Center Lumina and Beach trains, freight times, and express patterns. It lists daily and Sunday variations, freight depot hours, and ticketing details while noting special rates and sale dates for excursions to Mountain and Midwestern destinations.
This day qualified as Frecutris estate of Lewis Philip Thomas deceased. Creditors must present claims by the 20th day of May 1918. Those indebted to the estate should pay promptly. Annie W Hall executrix. Gwinnett County Georgia.
Foreclosure sale of property in New Hanover County to satisfy the mortgage of Thomas Payne and wife and Charles Payne to Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association. The sale will be at the Court House door in Wilmington on Monday August 13 1917 at noon for cash to the highest bidder.
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