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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
5
A mix of political chatter and local observations fills the column, noting Chief Justice Clark weighing Bost’s office holding, Governor Bickett’s nonpartisan stance, Wisconsin politics, and hopes for Berger in the sea fight. It moves through weather, bootleggers, a Capitol door arrest, and advertising vanity as Jade gravitates to stores.
The city appeals to residents to transform backyards and vacant lots into productive garden plots to raise food supply and improve sanitation. Citizens are urged to join the home front effort, aligning with troops at the front, and to participate in this essential wartime duty.
Mr. M York Becklaw of the National Agricultural Prize Commission warns in a public address that the United States faces the worst food shortage in its history unless production increases and consumption is conserved. He urges Americans to grow more food, reduce waste, and prepare for a prolonged effort to repel famine. He cites New York and North Carolina as examples of urban dependence on outside producers and advocates immediate household gardens to ease demand.
A terse line suggests a playful or provocative remark about baiting a hook with beace talk and observing a pro German rabbit. The phrasing appears cryptic with possible satire or coded language. The readable elements focus on bait, talk, and a pro-German rabbit reference.
The article notes Colonel Roosevelt warning against peace talks with Germany, arguing such discussions embolden the enemy and discourage the Allies as spring fever develops.
Sampson county claims the state championship in per acre wheat production and in the amount of pork salted during the past winter. Sampsons residents worry less about high costs of Western wheat and meat.
Commentators note the breadth of Mr. McAdoo responsibilities as he manages several major roles, contrasting with others who carry only smaller workloads in the same period.
The Salisbury Post condemns railroad officials for delaying and obstructing train movement during the war, arguing such acts would justify public ownership. It labels those behind the obstruction as traitors and calls for severe punishment, warning against threats to national war programs and municipal control.
Columbia State reports funds have been raised to invite French girls as guests of universities next year to teach their language in an up-to-date manner in response to declining attendance at local colleges.
The Rocky Mount Telegram notes that while passenger trains remain late and off schedule, service is improving. It argues government tonnage demands hamper speed and prefers traveling slower on time over marginal gains that still result in waiting.
The Greensboro Record notes a man colliding with a city minister and, after two hours in his car, is dazed and demented. It argues the poison is not whiskey but a dangerous compound that drives desperation. It laments buyers pay ten dollars per quart while forgoing beefsteak priced at a dollar per pound.
City furniture plants plan to shift to government contracts while continuing ordinary output to support war needs. At a Commercial Club meeting, manufacturers pledged to take on as much War Department work as possible for the duration, with profit expectations tempered by output shifts.
Hon William Howard Taft may visit this city in May under Elks auspices with Mr W M Merriman in contact. A letter today shows March and April dates are nearly booked. Taft has a May engagement at Elizabeth City and could arrange a stop here during his state visit. The talk would be in the Municipal Theatre with a large crowd expected.
Sheriff McLawhorn and deputies seized a fifty to sixty gallon monkey rum still in Beaver Dam township along with about 200 gallons of beer. The operation was ready to run after dark, but the cap was missing. This marks his forty-ninth arrest in three years and his sixth in ten days.
A major step toward the upbuilding of Enfield has been taken by the Enfield Tobacco Company, a venture backed by prominent Enfield citizens and local leadership, signaling expanded industry and economic prospects for the town.
Augusta prepares elaborate entertainment for the Maine State Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention to be hosted in the city in the latter part of this motion.
Sponsored by the University of Paris Ill Marguerite Clement a teacher in Versailles women’s college and an early advocate for women’s suffrage travels to the United States to broaden knowledge of French literature and to train better French teachers for American colleges and schools.
Not content with wartime family service and Red Cross work, Mrs Josephine Hickey of Cleveland offers herself as a telephone operator with the Army in France.
A historic note records a woman serving as a telephone lineman in Washington D C highlighting gender progress in utility work.
Ohio affidavit by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co declares payment of one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public swore on December 6 1886. Advertisement notes internal use and blood mucous action and offers testimonials.
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