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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1918
Page
13
G A Kissel predicts in 1918 motor truck lines will link major U S transport hubs with regular schedules and extensive branch routes. He notes trucks already replace horse haulage, ease rail freight, and that wartime logistics in France show the method's potential for U S expansion and efficiency.
The President of Switzerland receives a salary of $2000 per year plus $3000 for expenses, as recorded in the official note.
A series of rice price figures appears with values around 9.00 to 10.85 per unit. The snippet lists several quotes such as 9.60 10.25 9.00 9.10 10.00 10.85, reflecting varied bidding across sources without full context.
In a New York hotel lobby B G Koether of Hyatt Roller Bearing Co Detroit compares old dry batteries used for ignition to a car failing when one cell dies. An automobilist tests each battery with an ammeter and finds the ninth dead, warning that the car stalls if any part fails to function.
Mrs Ed N Jones and Miss Elsie Jones spent Tuesday in Sumter. Mrs H S Smith and Mrs J Corley visited Mrs W W Owens in Columbia. Mrs G T Thayer and Miss Margaret Thayer of Charleston are guests of Mr and Mrs S H Hubbard. Mr and Mrs S E Smith spend the weekend in Kingstree visiting Mrs Smiths sister Mrs Mouton. Mrs E E Smith and daughters Margaret and Elizabeth return to Wilmington after a visit. Mrs H J McCutcheon returns from Columbia where her husband has been ill. Mrs Ben Elliott and children Evelyn and Francis of Marion spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs H B Harrington.
Vladivostok, chief town of East Siberia, reported seized by Japan. It sits on a tapering peninsula with an excellent harbor. The harbor is protected by Russia Island fortifications and a long ridge of defensive positions along the land-locked bay.
The article lists major German composers and identifies their birth regions or nationalities. It notes Bach from Thuringia, Handel from Saxony, Gluck and Mozart as Bavarians, Haydn as Austrian, Weber and Schubert as Austrians, Schumann and Wagner as Saxons, Richard Strauss as Bavarian, Mendelssohn as Jewish, Brahms from Hamburg, Beethoven born in Bonn with Fleming roots.
A police and health department analysis shows automobile death rates in New York City fell from 8.22 per 1000 cars in 1902 to 1.28 per 1000 in 1916. If 1908 rates had held in 1913, over 1,600 would have died. injuries would rise to about 30,000. Focus shifts to easing street congestion and pedestrian-vehicle interaction.
In Wadesboro on March 23 the Senior B Y P A will conduct services at the Baptist church with a service flag to be presented. Local moves and visits include Mr. and Mrs. T L Ballard relocating from Ansonville, and Mrs. L E McCollum returning from Monroe. Numerous social calls span Charlotte Raleigh Atlanta and Hendersonville with engagements announced for Catherine Smith and Joseph Hammond Hardison and for Marvin Harris.
The oldest and most famous university in Sweden is Upsala, established in 1477. The noted institution has long been a center of learning and historical significance in Swedish higher education.
Cyrus narrates a wild chase that ends with a $40 repair bill after a fleet of Miller Rubber tire test cars drives by. The tale reveals how tire testing dogs him to learn about endurance and road conditions.
An unclear fragment mentions a Mrs Miss turning on a route visit to Motte and a South home. Details are fragmented and names are uncertain.
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