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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
6
A Princess street trolley wire parted last night at 9:30 causing three spans to sag to the ground. Beach line traffic halted while east bound Carolina cars detoured along Princess street. A Wrightsville Beach car delayed after stopping in woods between the city and beach.
An article from a New Orleans daily cited by Dr. Oscar Dowling argues bananas are the cheapest food on the market. It compares calories and nutritive value with potatoes onions and porterhouse steak and urges turning to bananas to curb rising living costs.
Residents and visitors from multiple towns were in Wilmington yesterday including Mrs H L Joslyn of Vanceboro Miss Louise Clark of Clarkton Miss Elizabeth Sweeney bound for Rocky Mount and Misses Mary and Esther Gwigan from Lake Waccamaw. Local groups planned Y W C A meetings hygiene classes Red Cross unit organization and church activities with Mobilizations around community singing and war relief efforts.
Friends learn Andrew Harriss Jr. is out after an operation at James Walker Memorial Hospital. Doctors Murphy and Graham return from New York after the AMA convention. J. J. Blair leaves for Chapel Hill to teach drawing in summer school. Malcolm Little to work in Coast Line freight office for summer. Fire Dept. Assistant Chief T. B. Jackson on ten day vacation, visiting near Charlottesville. A. W. Watson and G. F. Alderman return from Washington reunion. Mrs. Louise Davis remains ill. Dr. L. J. Morel visiting Wilmington. H. A. Weber, ex-Charlotte resident, now Elks club manager in Wilmington, in the city.
George McManus creates a new Bringing Up Father strip three years after the original start. The Wilmington Dispatch offers the book from the paper with a free copy for a three month prepaid subscription or for 50 cents plus 8 cents postage.
Mr A R Clarkson of Wouter Park showed a remarkable double egg to friends. A large outer egg yielded a miniature inner egg with no yolk. The shell of the inner egg was soft and pliant, while the outer egg was unusually large and perfectly formed.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. H. Spencer were held at her home on North Fourth Street and were conducted by Rev. Mr. Goodrich and Rev. A D McClure. Interment followed at Bellevue cemetery with pallbearers A M Hall J Herbert Johnson E S Hancock L Larkins J A Smith and J S Davis.
Members of Southside Baptist church plan a fund drive to clear the church debt. Motivated by a $1500 donation from the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, the congregation aims to raise the remaining amount needed to complete payment.
Virginia and North Carolina vaudeville managers will meet tomorrow in conjunction with the North Carolina Exhibitors League gathering at the Oceanic hotel Thursday. About 25 managers from Virginia and the state will attend. Discussion will cover the season’s vaudeville bookings and related matters.
Notice to employees via local Singer Sewing Machine Company agent H. C. Byrd that workers will be aided in buying Liberty Bonds. The company will subscribe and employees may pay in weekly installments. Several bonds have already been purchased under this plan.
Local markets begin summer hours with closures on Thursdays at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on other days. Davis and Hintze Pure Food Nurnberger's New Way and Batson stay open later, with Saturday hours extending to 11 p.m.
Miss Elizabeth Brewer of Danville Virginia is spending time at the beach. Guests listed at the Seashore Hotel include R Hammett Greenville C L Cliff Savannah H Prager William 4G Guruh A Soloman C R Meyer Charlotte St J D Holmes Macon C G Casto Fayetteville O W Van Camp Winston Salem F M Setzer Charlotte J M Camp and J L Clark Jr Franklin.
The Hanover Inn can accommodate a family of four with excellent guest care. Beach hotels and cottages are praised for their strong service and ability to host all members of a party.
The Oceanic Hotel logged guests overnight including A. J. Gilmer S. J. Ivers W. B. Grey and Lee Mayer from North Carolina. Also Byson Powell of Atlanta registered at the Oceanic.
A small crowd enjoyed dancing at Lumina as the Kneisel orchestra delivered music of high quality. The performance drew praise from the attendees, with applause rising above the sound of nearby breakers on the beach.
A manager at the Hanover Inn received an inquiry from Arkansas this morning asking for accommodations. The message highlights the reach of advertising and interest from distant states in local lodging options.
Charlotte and nearby town exhibitors depart Wednesday evening in a Pullman car at six o clock for Wrightsville Beach to attend the North Carolina Motion Picture Exhibitors league annual session Thursday through Saturday. P. W. Wells of Wilmington presides and H. M. Warner of Lexington is secretary.
A promotional piece extols organic iron in Nuxated Iron as a universal strength builder. Doctors and patients praise improved blood, nerves, and digestion, with anecdotes of renewed vigor and endurance. It warns against old iron forms and urges a two week trial of five grain tablets three times daily after meals.
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