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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
7
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood purifier and remedy for catarrh and febrile conditions. It claims to be developed by top physicians and sold as a prescription and tonic, with testimonials offered free.
The piece portrays Major General John J. Pershing as the man chosen to lead the first American expeditionary force to France. It praises his combat record against Indians Spaniards in Cuba Filipinos and Mexicans and calls him a strict yet kindly disciplinarian with his troops at heart.
Advertises a cafe at 268 North Front Street offering meals by the day or week or both. Provides contact phone 208 W and mentions reasonable rates for meals and lodging options implied by the address.
Preparations complete for the golden jubilee of Rt Reverend Thomas Grace Catholic bishop of Sacramento. The Cathedral hosts the ceremony with prelates and priests from across California and Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco delivering the sermon.
Executive officers of the International Association of Rotary Clubs selected Kansas City as the 1918 meeting place. O. L. Perry of Chicago was re-elected international secretary.
National League games include Chicago visiting Pittsburgh and Brooklyn hosting Boston. New York plays Philadelphia while Cincinnati travels to St Louis in cloudy conditions.
The schedule notes rain in Cleveland at Chicago and St Louis at Detroit. Philadelphia at New York and Washington at Boston have clear conditions with two games each.
Chattanooga at Mobile, Little Rock at Atlanta, Memphis at Birmingham, Nashville at New Orleans. Two games slated for each pairing. All clear for the league slate tonight.
In Pittsburgh Chicago lost 4 to 12 while Boston defeated New York 0 to 4. Philadelphia edged Brooklyn 2 to 4 and St Louis beat Cincinnati 1 to 7.
In New York, Boston edged to 5 4. Chicago defeated Cleveland 1 0. Detroit beat St. Louis 5 4. Washington lost to Philadelphia 0 a slight misprint left unclear final score.
In the South Atlantic League, Columbia defeated Augusta 12 to 7, while Charleston edged Jacksonville 1 to 0 in a pair of games.
In Birmingham Memphis won 3 to 0 while Mobile beat Chattanooga 4 to 2. New Orleans shut out Nashville 6 to 0 and Atlanta Little Rock game was rained out.
In Milwaukee Louisville beat American Association foe 3 to 1. At St Paul Indianapolis won 12 to 2. In Minneapolis Toledo defeated 9 to 7.
In Kansas City Columbus won 4 0. Richmond defeated Buffalo 6 1. Providence beat Toronto 7 6. Newark triumphed over Montreal 4 2. Baltimore routed Rochester 16 4 while Rochester 1 1.
United Press notes that every major league club has a star pitcher who defines its era. It cites Ed Walsh with the White Sox in 1906, Ty Cobb with Detroit, Christy Mathewson with the Giants, Walter Johnson with Washington, and other leaders like Plank, Killefer, Doolittle, and Speaker as central figures shaping teams toward or away from championships.
Margaret Mason surveys summer fabrics for young ladies, praising satin lace velvet and satin dresses and highlighting gingham, organdie, voile, dimity, muslin, georgette and crepe georgette. She notes fashion notes from Godey's to Vogue, with vivid descriptions of silhouettes, sleeves, belts, pockets and decorative trims.
John Eramo and Louis Gallerin faced a preliminary hearing before a U S Commissioner in Boston on charges of attempting to influence others not to register under the draft act on June 6. Authorities say the defendants, printers and publishers of an anarchistic paper, circulated notices opposing the draft.
Secretary Baker says there will be no serious delay in building 16 ecantonments for the national army and that all establishments should be ready around September 1 the tentative date for summoning the first 625000 men to the colors.
Azile, 29 and unwed, buys a love charm and gains sudden confidence. She charms Silas Peters at the potato patch and wins Harold Whitney at church, as the spell seems to loosen her shyness and redraw old affections. The tale follows small town gossip and a woman’s gamble with superstition.
Azile answers a match making plot with Harold Whitney as Silas Peters vies for her box at a Fair Haven event. Harold wins the bid and, under moonlight, declares lasting love. Azile discovers the love charm she wore is no longer needed to open her kingdom. Copyright The People's Home Journal.
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