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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
7
J. C. White General Passenger Agent and W. J. Craig Passenger Traffic Manager are listed in Wilmington North Carolina.
Advertisement touts Prof Ploughs Black and White Ointment as a scientific discovery that bleaches dark skin to a light healthy tint. It claims to remove blemishes and deliver a smooth complexion and offers 25 cents per box or five boxes for a dollar with simple directions. Irregular agents are depicted as selling the product.
Special to The Dispatch. Warsaw June 18 Mr T J Mathis a tenant on the Raeford farm 3 miles west of town was found dead Friday evening around 6 near his hog lot. No foul play suspected and death is thought due to heart failure. He was 63 and survived by his widow and three children.
Special to The Dispatch reports Bishop Kilgo resigns as president emeritus and board chair at Trinity College. Alumni and trustees react with mixed humor and concern as disputes with Methodist supporters surface. Details cite a tense commencement and lingering campus tensions over Kilgo’s leadership and postwar endowment talks.
An older health advertisement claims acids poison the blood causing rheumatism skin diseases and nervous system issues. It promotes 8. &. using a vegetable remedy said to purify blood for fifty years and urges readers to ask their druggist and write to the Swift Specific Company Medical Department in Atlanta for advice.
In Schenectady New York two thousand General Electric machinists walked out in protest against employing Robert Dixon a negro student from Union College for vacation work in the machine shop. The union said the move signaled plans to place negro labor in the shops. GE officials denied the charge and refused to dismiss Dixon prompting the strike.
Large crowds gathered in Dublin this morning to welcome the released prisoners. All arrived at 8 o'clock except Countess Markievicz. Men with banners escorted the former prisoners home amid singing and cheering, with no disorder observed.
Washington June 18 Greater progress has been made in the marksman ship of the Atlantic fleet this year than ever before according to a report by Rear Admiral Mayo. The fleet will be ready soon to render service against the enemy. Destroyers are now dangerous factors in day and night engagements.
Bobby Robinson notes the Dodgers trail their previous season’s pace as the National League squad struggles to repeat last year’s strong showing.
On the Trinity campus a mysterious admin reorganization followed by creation of a vice presidency and a new ranking officer stirred alumni. They expect a bishop as chancellor and the gym project, while Prof Wannamaker’s dean status remains unsettled as disputes unfold. Lutherans install Rev. J L Morgan as pastor of Holy Trinity Church after a baptism and doctrinal sermon by Rev. Brown.
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