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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
6
A poem by Badger Clark appears beside a Wilmington news page listing social and civic notices. The week includes visits by Southport and Chadbourn residents, Red Cross meetings, church and Sorosis activities, and local faculty appointments for UNC summer programs.
Miss Laura Bell of 313 Market Street has left Motte Business College to join Clarke Lynch Lumber Co. She will work at the Princess Street office beginning April 1. The Woman's Auxiliary of Delgado Presbyterian Church plans its regular meeting tomorrow at 7 30 pm in the Marion Mission building. All women of the congregation are invited. Miss Eliza Collins of this city is president of the Adelphian Literary Society at the State Normal College in Greensboro. The Adelphian and Cornelius societies have publicly exchanged officer lists for the first time, revealing officers. Miss Alice Person of Monroe is president of the Cornelians.
Home bakers revive the lost art using wartime cereals to create wholesome buns. The recipe uses milk, barley and wheat flours, eggs, honey, raisins, spices, yeast, and Cottolene. After mixing and rising twice, the dough is rolled or shaped into buns and baked about 25 minutes.
A patriotic gathering at the Delgado school house Friday night promoted War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Students sang, saluted the flag, and demonstrated selling Thrift Stamps as Mrs. Fickling organized a single Thrift Society with officers Mrs. W. O. Fickling president and Mrs. R. C. Ruark secretary. County Agent J. P. Herring urged food conservation and hog production.
Instructions cover soil type and moisture, starting indoors or in hot beds, and transplanting after four weeks past last frost. Planting methods include hills or drilled rows with wide spacing, and manure in beds. Frequent shallow cultivation aids vine growth. avoid ripe fruit on vines and consider Bordeaux mixture for disease protection.
Special Correspondent recalls a chaotic motor outing in New York March 27. He describes a breakdown on a hill, discovering oil and clock-work inside the car, a flash and blast like a bass drum, the car catching fire, and a run to safety as eyebrows are left burned if the owner returns for payment.
Amsterdam report quotes General Von Ludendorff praising British tenacity and their reliance on machinery. He notes the German force faced little rest over days of fighting and says infantrymen must risk their lives trench to trench in sustained battle.
Mr. Will Rehder left yesterday for Washington to buy Easter flowers and expects to return Saturday. Ed Newton and J. L. Newton of Southport are visiting relatives in the city. J. T. Burke is very ill at 407 Chestnut Street. Major William P. Platt U S A heavy artillery is in town visiting his brother R C Platt while en route from Oklahoma to Washington for special duty. he is a Wilmingtonian with many friends.
Joseph Jakowbik a munitions expert at Illinois Steel Company Gary plant helped produce shells for the 76 mile gun used by Germany against Paris. He had worked at the Skoda gun works near Pilsen Bohemia and says the shells range from six to ten feet in length, torpedo shaped and made of three metals.
Washington March 27 The Ways and Means committee tentatively agreed on a bill to empower Secretary McAdoo to issue certificates of indebtedness totaling 8 billion dollars doubling the existing authorization.
F W Armstrong of the Orton Hotel and Charles H E Hooper of The Wilmington depart tonight for Washington to join a nation wide hotel and dining car conference under the Food Administration. The Willard hosts the 10 am session with remarks by Food Administrator Hoover. Delegates will travel by special trains to New York after the meeting. Saturday focuses on organizing hotel and restaurant departments across states.
A long advertisement explains fiery itching from skin diseases is caused by blood impurities. Local remedies provide only temporary relief. S S S is promoted as a permanent cure to be purchased at drug stores with medical guidance available from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
Four trainloads of wounded officers and men arrived in London from the front in France. Crowds greeted them with cheers and flowers as they were moved to ambulances. One responder recalled German shelling with the remark Fritz rained shells like a hailstorm.
W. H. Moore, administrator, notifies all claimants to present claims against the Larry Marable estate by February 25, 1919. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Attorney Woodus Kellum is listed, with filing in reference to the probate action.
Mr J C Gibson of Jonesboro Arkansas credits a two percent bottle of the oil with curing his daughter's diphtheria after failed medicines. Letters from Hartford Connecticut and Gadsden Alabama extol pain relief for neuralgia rheumatism sore throat and stiff joints. Each bottle is guaranteed and sold by Robert R Bellamy Drug Company with 25c ite and $1.00 prices or money refunds.
Demand today favors men strong in body and mind with endurance, willpower, and vitality. Nerves must be cared for to gain strength, and Bellamy Green Jarman Futrelle bitro phosphate tablets are recommended to revitalize nerves and improve overall health with meals.
An advertisement promotes Pan Hair Color Restorer promising a natural, gradual color renewal that won’t stain the scalp or rub off. It targets women, claims long lasting dark hair and a glossy healthy finish, and offers a money back guarantee with pharmacy availability.
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