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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1917

Page

11

Privilege Taken From The Chicken In Raleigh Ordinance

Raleigh authorities enact an ordinance banning chickens from streets sidewalks and public squares demanding a ten dollar fine for each offense. The post highlights debates in Wilmington gardeners fearing neighbor chickens and cites Raleigh as a model for strict control.

Raleigh Supreme Court Raleigh Fathers Dispatch Wilmington The News and Observer Board of Commissioners City of

Community vegetable growing plans discussed by Wilmington group

The Wilmington Chapter of the National Special Aid Society will meet at Wilmington High School to discuss plans for growing vegetables. They seek council aid for plowing and fertilizer, with efforts shifting to individual planting as lots are declined. The Dispatch and The Star support the movement, and Governor’s plant day is anticipated.

Agricultural Department Wilmington National Special Aid Society Wilmington High School Dispatch The Star Academy of Music Charlotte Observer Peggy Thurston Reno Margaret Waldron Eleanor Moffitt Florence Taylor Green Fenley Sallie Oldham Jane Iredell Meares Katie Foard Bessie Florence Burkheimer Messrs Shepard Bryan J. R. Eddy J. F. Harriss Mr. Cashwell Wilmington Glee Singers Wilmington Light Infantry

Local social notices and engagements headline

Residents report visits and travel to Raleigh Laurinburg Washington D C and Warsaw social items include Miss Sidonia Dunn visiting relatives and Mrs James Northam returning from Laurinburg. Engagements weddings and theater plans fill the page with notices from Wilmington families and local churches.

Sidonia Dunn Washington, D. C James Northam Laurinburg

Change of Schedule for Atlantic Coast Line No 90

The Atlantic Coast Line announces a schedule change for train No 90 on fictive Monday March 25. The train will depart the city at 3 45 a m instead of the present time according to the general passenger agent office.

Atlantic Coast Line

Notable D. A. Carr and Sprunt Return From New York

Capt Edward P Bailey departed for a brief business trip to New York City. District Attorney J O Carr and Mr W H Sprunt arrived back from New York yesterday.

Edward P. Bailey New York City J. O. Carr W. H. Sprunt New York

Telegraphy Class Formed by Wilmington Chapter Aid Society

A telegraphy class has been organized by the Wilmington Chapter of the National Special Aid. Twenty four women are enrolled and practicing on an instrument donated for use in the Colonial Dames' room. For more information contact Mrs A M Waddell at 630 W.

Wilmington National Special Aid Colonial Dames A. M. Waddell

Hall Offered for National Special Aid Diet Kitchen

A Wilmington town group secures a downtown hall formerly used for wrestling as a diet kitchen site. The Taw Company will provide equipment, with water and gas hookups planned for multiple stoves. Miss Hall of Wilmington High School will lead the scientific department and a working chairman will be elected once organized.

National Special Aid Society James Woolvin Taw Hall Wilmington High School

Special Sermon Tonight At Sixth Street Advent Church

Rev J P King will deliver a special sermon at the Sixth Street Advent church tonight on Why Expect Christ to Come Some Reasons for His Immediate Return The pastor says the topic fits the present awful state of humanity and invites the public to attend.

J. P. King Christ Sixth Street Advent Church

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