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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
4
A mixed page of wartime items includes subscription rates, postal notices, and editorial quips on Liberty Bonds and national service. It quotes public sentiment, anti German war talk, local economy notes, and social commentary alongside references to Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington cantonment prospects.
Tomorrow will be Army registration day in Wilmington, a census to guide the draft. Most men will not be called, but the data will help the government place workers, keep industry running, and support families. Public services pause as churches hold special prayers for guidance.
Wartime rhetoric frames America as bearing a heavy cross to secure global peace and prevent greater future sacrifice. The speaker argues democracy, Christianity, and virtue demand active defense against godless aggression to protect self and world, insisting idleness paves the way for peril.
Congressional aspirants in the Fifth District breathe easier as Hon. A. L. Brooks of Greensboro declines to run. Brooks is a formidable force, progressive in ideas, and highly popular in eastern Carolina, promising a tougher pace for remaining candidates.
The piece praises the General Assembly for authorizing counties to pay veterans' expenses to Washington for what may be their final reunion. It argues the measure builds generosity and appreciation, framing gratitude as a key virtue and a benefit to moral spirit and future efforts.
Birmingham Alabama June 4 begins the sixteenth annual amateur championship tournament under the Southern Golf Association. Roe Buck Country Club will host the event through the rest of the week with a large representative entry and officials predicting a highly successful sweep.
Vice Admiral Williams S. Sims received an enthusiastic greeting as he spoke at a large religious thanksgiving service in the Kingsway opera house commemorating the Battle of Jutland.
An old health ad argues boils and skin diseases are blood problems not surface conditions. It claims S S S blood remedy cleanses the blood and cures internally, noting it is plant based with no habit forming drugs and urging readers to consult Swift Specific Co for guidance.
The Progressive Railway South announces train schedule changes effective Nov 12 1916. Train No 138 departs Wilmington at 5 55 PM bound for Charlotte and intermediate points with Pullman car service. Train No 19 5 00 AM departs Wilmington for Charlotte and intermediate points with a sleeping car between Wilmington and Charlotte. Open at 10 00 PM for passengers.
A stark line depicts Germany pressured to relinquish all possessions and autonomy under overwhelming force, implying a fate of surrender and weariness as events unfold.
A fragmented OCR item shows names Fanj and Fost linked to a local community update. Readable portions suggest an upcoming meeting or event with unspecified agenda and participants.
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