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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
6
Richmond and York visitors pass through Wilmington as Epworth and Lucy Chadbourn society events face postponements. Weddings, readings, and charity ties link Grace, Grace Methodist, and St. John Episcopal groups with families from Wilmington to Clinton and Wallace.
A. Mcl Graham of Clinton and H D Sloan of Ingold visited the city. J M McLaughlin is ill at 405 Castle Street but slightly improving. F B Gault of Lake Waccamaw, and Robert W Davis with C E Taylor of Southport were in the city. William Laurie Hill of Maxton, North Carolina poet laureate, spends days here promoting his volume Blue Bird Songs of Hope and Joy.
Large gathering attends services for T. G. Landen who died suddenly at his sister’s home in Chinquapin Duplin County. Funeral held at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church with Odd Fellows burial service at Bellevue Cemetery. Wall-bearers and church stewards led procession from residence to church and to the grave. Honorary and active pallbearers named.
Despite praise for the Giants as the National League’s top team, Manager McGraw remains dissatisfied with his squad’s pitching. He is traveling to find better arms to bolster the staff.
Mrs Sallie Eidson of Tallapoosa credits Cardui with ending nervousness fainting spells and heart fluttering after seven years of hotel work. She says nine bottles raised her weight from 108 to 122 pounds and restored sleep and strength. The ad urges others with womanly ailments to try Cardui.
Eggs fell to thirty five cents per dozen in Wilmington stores after weeks at forty to fifty cents. Wholesale quotes were thirty two to thirty five cents a dozen, with expectations of thirty to thirty five cent retail next week. Traders cite abundant local supply, fewer shipments north, and hens laying more regularly as prices ease.
Despite two rainy days volunteers from the Wilmington Chapter of the American Red Cross Society pressed a three day campaign to enroll 1000 members. By Friday at 1 pm 275 had joined and organizers expected about 100 more that afternoon, aiming to top the goal on Saturday.
Mrs. Benj Sheppard of Danville Pa. praises Vicks VapoRub Salve for her child’s spasmodic croup. After rubbing throat and chest the child slept all night and woke well. She recommends it to other mothers for croup and cold troubles. Three sizes from 25c and up at druggists.
Dower Adams formerly treasurer of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, based in New York, died today in Virginia Beach. He was 6 years old. The notice lists physicians and several named individuals connected to his life and passing.
Boy Scouts and Young America organize a tag day in Wilmington and at Wrightsville Beach to raise 500 for next year’s scout work. The local scout movement shows a 250 percent rise in twelve months with four times as many scouts as Charlotte or Asheville and five times Ra-leigh.
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