Southern Textile Meeting Praises Southern Mill Workers
The Southern Textile Association session at Wrightsville Beach applauded the intelligence of southern mill workers, arguing their superiority due to low foreign labor. The piece notes debates on suffrage and points to a New York case where a woman lawyer solved a mystery after burly police failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Textile Association
Wrightsville Beach
South
New York City
Gotham
Ruth Cauger
Which Side in Food Control Debate Stirs Public Opinion
Colonel Bryan argues for strong government food control comparing it to wartime authority over soldiers. He questions hoarding and urges trust in the President to act for the people against greedy food speculators. The piece weighs moral and practical fits of food dictatorship versus market freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
United States
Campaign for war relief funds ends in Wilmington
The Wilming ton week long drive for war relief money ends today with a final push for donations. A certificate available in today's Dispatch offers monthly or quarterly installments to support the fund, directed to treasurer W H Sprunt. The Manufacturers Record notes shipbuilding expansion and new plants in the South including Metal Stamping Co in Wilmington and several southern port facilities to boost industry and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
W. H. Sprunt
Port Wentworth
Savannah
Shipbuilding Corporation of New York
United States Maritime Corporation
Brunswick
F. F. Bingham
Pensacola
Fla
Florida Shipbuilding Co
Jacksonville
Call to action on war relief funds in time of sacrifice
A ringing appeal asks men to reconsider procrastination and offer support to war relief funds. It stresses that many young men march to danger and death while others stay safely at home. The message ends with a direct demand: answer and contribute.
Humanity's Urgent Call to Wilmington War Relief Fund
A church driven appeal urges residents of Wilmington to subscribe to the War Relief Fund this week. It asks those who have not yet given to fill out a form and deliver it to Treasurer Mr. Wm. H. Sprunt or place it on the church plate Sunday for forwarding. The plea notes the minimum gift as one day’s income or wage and cites current subscribers averaging about $75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Sprunt
7 FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
A subscription form from Wilmington North Carolina outlines promises to pay to the War Relief Commission. It details monthly payments to the Treasurer and options for church envelopes and plate drops on the first Sunday of each month. The text references National and Local Red Cross Y M C A War Work Armenian Syrian Relief and Food Conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Red Cross
War Relief Commission
Allies Occupy Greek Cities in Training Exercise
Students at the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan Illinois practice vaulting imaginary wire entanglements as a borrowed stunt from the English training system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Sunday and Ma Bid New York Adieu After Revival
Billy Sunday and his wife bid farewell to New York after a record revival drawing over 90 000 converts. They board a Pennsylvania Station train en route to Winona Lake Wisconsin as Sunday recuperates from weeks of fervent preaching in the Eastern metropolis. The image captures the couple stepping aboard, highlighting the physical toll of their tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
New York
ADIEU
Billy” Sunday
Fam
Pennsylvania
Mr. Sunday
Winona Lake
Wis
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Wilmington Dispatch
Dispatch Publishing Co
Dein Naae Tee Editorial Eee
Wilmington, N. C
MacQuoid-Miller Co., Inc
Chicago
Chattanooga Gas & Coal Products Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Oklahoma
Potlack Oil & Refining Co
Oklahoma City
Moltz Lumber Company
Lake Toxaway
North Carolina
Virginia
Metal Stamping Co
West Virginia
Morris Fork Gas Co
Charleston
W. Va
Spring Wheel Co
St. Louis
Missouri Lead
Farmington Mining Co
Farmington, Mo
Revenue Producing & Refining Co
Tulsa
Okla
Kentucky
Oleum Refining Co
Irvine
Gastonia Suburban Gas Co
Gastonia
Sun Light Carbon Co
Mobile River Sawmill Co
Mount Vernon
Ala
Alabama
Ohio
Pine Bluff Coal Co
Fairmount
Byrer Coal Co
Philippi
Hargrave-Mandeville Paint & Mining ‘Co
Gadsden
Atlantic Coast Line
the Standard Railroad of
Goldsboro, Richmond, Norfolk
Florence
Columbia
New Bern
Goldsboro
Richmond
Norfolk
North
Fayetteville, Sanford and Mt. Airy
Augusta
Atlanta
Florida
Pullman
Fayetteville
Washington
W. J. Craig
T. C. White
Ikastoria
Gattle
N. Jacobi Hardware Company
South Front Street
Southport
Cape Fear
Geo. C. Jackson
North Carolina Bankers
the Home Savings Bank
the Blickensderfer Mfg. Co
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Tly Swatters
Beauty
Jarman and Futrell
Thomas Payne
Charles Payne
Wilmington Homstead & Loan Associy
New Hanover County
Court Horse
Sixth Street
Bladen Street
Sis Street
Persis
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