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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
7
Night arrivals include William Pappas and C H Adkins from Northport and Raleigh respectively with others from Southport Charlotte Oak Rocky Mount Elizabethtown Burgaw and Burgaw area. Notable guest B H Barker from Raleigh listed.
The Bridgeport club in the Eastern league appears to have logged eighteen straight wins, setting a season record for consecutive executive victories according to a fragmented sports note.
A bustling Rosenmann stock sale showcases men's and boys caps and capes priced from 25 to 65 cents and a dollar silk fabrics line drawing shoppers. The sale activity underscores a busy retail period as discounts attract many customers.
Catalog of men's and boys apparel with items such as suspender sets socks belts gloves neckwear and shirts priced from 10 to 59 cents. The ad features live elastic suspenders silk lisle socks canvas gloves and chambray shirts with reduced rates for a wide range of sizes and colors.
Local sale advertises men's work shirts priced at 1.25 with plain and stripe options and dress shirts at 98c to 1.25. It also lists various unions suits and Balbriggan shirts from 50c to 1.50 and khaki shirts at 2.00, with patterns and sizes noted.
A 15 minute larger than life reel titled Physical Culture features twenty of the world’s most beautiful women performing dances and exercises to illustrate how to develop the body. It starts a series shown every two or three weeks. Also showing tonight is The Fable of the Girl Who Took Notes, a two reel George Ade fable in slang.
Mrs. H. Guggenhamer Miss Lillian Unger Richmond J. C. Crouch Columbia A. Frank Cox Atlanta Mr and Mrs John Schutter St Pauls E W Pottles S M Smith Charlotte L O Ellis Columbia T C McCoy Atlanta W W Tomy Norfolk W E Pharr Atlanta
A county draft roster lists 25 colored men to be entrained for Camp Dix New Jersey on July 16. The names include Rofield Harriss Edwin Robinson Herbert Nixon Dossy W Jenright and James S Waters among others with alternates Freddie Spears James H Pig ford James H Moore Herbert Dixon and Robert Berry. Additional entrants from New Hanover include Rufus P Jones Richard M Bryant Joseph F Jarrett Carl K Murry John B Riggs Forest Batson and David G Westbrook Jr.
A compact history column lists events with exact dates: Gen Edward G Beckwith born in Cazenovia New York and died in Clifton New York on June 22 1881. It notes a Haiti revolution in 1843 the Luther monument inauguration at Worms in 1868 and the Haymarket monument unveiling in 1893. It also mentions wartime embargo administration by Lansing Redfield Houston and Herbert Hoover.
War brief reports British forces advancing near Lens driving German lines back along a front of about a mile and a half as President Wilson addresses the nation.
Oceanic arrivals for Monday June 24 include Miss Minnie Lee Hoover of Asheboro North Carolina S Weill and wife of Atlanta Georgia J H Woodward of New York T D Warren of New Bern Judge C C Lyon of Elizabethtown Judge John W Graham of Hillsboro P C Graham of Durham Judge W A Hoke and family of Lincolnton and Mrs C L Haywood and children of Durham Z I Walser of Lexington.
A list of 54 colored men to be entrained from the city for Camp Mead Maryland on July 16 as draft selections. Names include Willie Davis William Middleton Harris Moore John Williams Eugene Washington Hill Zallie Pearsall Malchia McFadden Henry Enoch Oliver Eddie Davis and others.
The term Landsturm Pronounced is identified as the designation for German and other armies reserve forces, called only in times of grave danger. It notes their role in national defense and limited mobilization.
Empress Sadako of Japan and John Dillon join a list of prominent figures born today. General Wingate, Le Daron Colt, Rev Newman Smyth, and Bishop Quayle are also noted as having birthdays on this date in historical records.
Walter Johnson of Washington has blanked Boston in at least one game each season for eight consecutive years, a remarkable run illustrating his dominance over the Red Sox.
A woman cook has made her appearance aboard ships operating along the Pacific coast, entering the galley of vessels plying the coastal routes.
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