Extensive Use of the Telephone Profitable to Big Grocery House
Grocers in Montgomery expand long distance calls to boost sales. Extensive telephone use cited as a key factor in profitability and growth for the large grocery house.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
7
Winter Loeb Grocery Co Montgomery Alaska
Winter Loeb Grocery Co replies to an earlier letter outlining long distance telephone use to speed up order processing. They claim orders are telephoned in from salesmen on the day taken, enabling next day or even following morning delivery, whether via salesmen or direct customer calls, improving service and increasing business.
Holmes Celebrated on Seventy Sixth Birthday at Court
Washington March 8 Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes received congratulations on his seventy six birthday anniversary He was appointed from Massachusetts in 1902 and is the oldest member of the supreme bench in years and second oldest in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Bench
Justice Holmes
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
New York Day by Day Riot and City Scenes
In Manhattan on a windy evening women rioted for bread outside a German delicatessen on Avenue A. Police restored order as shoppers pulled goods, while contrasts emerged between war talk in the East Side and opulent diners at the Biltmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Broadway
Avenue A
Biltmore
Notable visitors at LaFayette scene with Merwin and Towne
At LaFayette a gathering featured Samuel Merwin, Charles Towne, Will Irwin, and Boardman Robinson. Irwin humorously paid with a potato to the waiter who, five minutes later, returned with a tray of potato chips for change, earning a two dollar tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
Samuel Merwin
Charles B. Towne
Merwin
China
Will Irwin
Europe
Boardman Robinson
Irwin
Fat Loss Tip Promotes Tassco and Fresh Air Routine
An advertisement urges readers to lose weight by taking Tassco after meals and before bed, plus drinking hot water each morning and getting more open air. It claims increased oxygen in blood, improved digestion, and visible weight loss within days, noting Tassco is harmless and effective for obesity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hivington
Balloon observers tell of peril and precision over No Man's Land
An American lieutenant guides artillery from a captive balloon over snowbound trenches. He explains the rapid radio telephone link, range corrections, and the dangers from German batteries and airplanes as shrapnel bursts around the sausage balloon high above the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
British Armes
Cincinnati
ABC-4
Jimmy
Duplin County Scholarship Contests Set for Saturday
In Kenansville next Saturday, Duplin county scholars will compete for prizes as the county awaits the March 16 commencement. Norwood Carroll of Warsaw, in fourth grade, and Henry Newbury of Warsaw, seventh grade, led preliminaries in spelling and reading. Eloise Herring, third grade, won spelling and Mattie May Guy, in reading, in the primary division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Wardin
Duplin County
Kenansville
Warsaw
Norwood Carroll
Henry Newbury
Reading
Eloise Herring
Mattie May Guy
Honus Wagner’s Long Big League Career Highlighted
Since 1897 Honus Wagner broke into the majors and played 2,711 games with a .230 batting average. He began his big league career with Louisville, then a National League club, as an outfielder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honus Wagner
P Ratestar
Honus
Louisville
Parisian Sage Promises Hair Loss Cure
An advertisement claims Parisian Sage stops dandruff and hair loss after three days. It cites Dr. Sangerbund, a Paris specialist, and touts the product as effective, inexpensive, and perfumed, sold by R. Kellam y and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Sangerbund
Paris
R. Kk. Bellamy
Advt
Sleeping Car Service Discontinued to Raleigh and Wilmington
Sleeping car service on train No. 30 Wilming ton to Raleigh will end March 8 at 3 40 a m and service Raleigh to Wilmington will end the same day. The changes affect the Wilmington Raleigh sleeping car line trains 90 and 91. Adjustments take effect with the March 8 departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Raleigh
Progzpeetve Railway
Will
Charlotte
Pullman Parlor
Central OF Trains
N. O.john
Whohst
D. P. A. Raleigh N. C
Goldsboro
Richmond
Norfolk and Eastern North Carolina
Pointe
Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railroad
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Lucien S. Loeb
Grocers
Montgomery
Winter Loeb Grocery Co
Montgomery, Alas
Southern Bell Telephone
Standard Railroad of the South
Atlanta
Washington
New Orleans
D.C
Smtt
Ae Macon
Pya Ac
Ted
Dr. Vineberg Masonic Temple
O. O. McIntyre
Bob Edgren
Edgren
Pete
Fifth Avenue
Ick
Battery Trai
Earth
Duplin
Seaboard Air Line Railway
B. Pleasants, ‘A
Seaboard
AIR Line —Railway
The
Progressive Railway of the South
N. C
Nclusive
Lim
Wshington
D. G
Dallas
Tex
Macon
Orleans
HE Pleasants
Te Xprilith, Inc
R. W. Wallace
T.fp. A
Wimington, NC
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C
Norfolk, Va
Richmond, Va
Charlotte,n.c
Charleston
W. Va
8. C
Rayo
Winter Park
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Beach
Eeenea
Hiedria
Wrightsvil
Eeennee
Senee So. Os
Eeenee
Tee Rhea Winter Park
Front and
Princes Streets
Beach
tSundays
Freight Saunibuule
Ninth
Orange Streets
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad of
Suuth
Brea
Conway
Florence
Savannah
Jacksonville
Petersburg
Fort Myers
Colum
Asheville
Ballman
Wilming
Columbia
Butteton
New Bern
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
Wiimin
Mt. Airy
Fayetteville
Old
Chadbourn
Augusta
Arenevannah
Florida Point
Wapareton
Ayetteville
Dally
ALMM
W. J. Craig
T. C. White
Whitington
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