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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1918

Page

7

We’ll Stand With Our Brothers Across the Great Lakes

Florence Collard Brown and Mrs. W. R. Hinson are among readers quoted in this city newspaper page. The article lists numerous residents visiting or returning to Wilmington, including Miss Maggie Murphy, Mrs. Richard Thompson, and Miss Katherine Hill. A note notes Good Friday services at St Matthew’s Lutheran Church and a Relief Society social at 1123 South Eighth Street with free refreshments.

Concord Great Lakes Florence Collard Brown Vigilantes James Winberg South Eighth Street Relief Society

Community Drives Book Donations for Soldiers and War Efforts

Readers donate over 1 100 books for soldiers with titles like Private Peat and Over the Top, organizers arrange pickups via Mr Adam Empie, and a Whitlock West orchestra benefit supports the Hemenway Drum and Bugle Corps. War savings events, food conservation tips, and missionary union reports are also highlighted with community programs and volunteer efforts.

Local figures travel for golf and military duty

Capt. B F Newton of Southport and his brother Capt B D Newton of 210 Walnut street spent yesterday in the city. Mr I S Mackie left for Pinehurst for the golf tournament today and tomorrow. Mr Willia Arthur Spooner of Portsmouth arrived, among 16 men of New Hanover called to report to the local board. They will join colors at Camp Jackson next Tuesday. All men classified reported to the board yesterday. Mr W A Teachey of Wallace is visiting en route home from Charlotte and other points.

B. F. Newton Southport D. Newton Walnut Street I. S. Mackie Pinehurst Willia Arthur Spooner Portsmouth Wilmington New Hanover County Board of Examiners Camp Jackson S. C W. A. Teachey Wallace City Charlotte

Growing Peppers In The Home Garden

Pepper seeds should be started six weeks to two months before transplanting. Transplant once and only after soil is warm. Plant large pull-nosed varieties in rows three feet apart with 15 to 17 inches between plants. Provide frequent shallow cultivation and expect continued bearing until frost. U S Department of Agriculture.

U. S. Department of Agriculture

Gasoline shortages plague Raleigh region amid rail delay talk

Raleigh faces gasoline scarcity with widespread inconvenience for motorists and farmers, while Durham reports surplus. Rail transport cited as bottleneck for Raleigh and Rocky Mount, unlike Charlotte and Greensboro. Meanwhile whiskey thefts prompt new sign-for-it policy, and water-filled bottles slip through. Lumberton county fair plans proceed with new officers and managers elected.

Raleigh Rocky Mount Wilmington Durham Charlotte Greensboro News and Observer

Hyomei Inhaler A Pleasant Germ Killing Remedy

The Hyomei inhaler is a hard rubber pocket device used with a few drops of Hyomei to kill catarrhal germs. Made from Australian eucalyptus and antiseptics, it promises relief from catarrh bronchitis sore throat croup coughs and colds and is sold by R R Bellamy and druggists.

R. R. Bellamy

Eat Less Meat For Health And Kidney Safety

A well known authority warns that excess meat can burden kidneys causing back pain headaches stomach issues and other discomforts. Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia preparation, is advertised as flushing and normalizing kidney and urinary function.

Sugar allocation eyed to aid fruit growers in jam making

The English Food Controller plans to allocate 10 000 tons of sugar during the coming fruit season to help private fruit growers convert their fruit into jam.

Yorkshire town depots $250000 yearly from wool grease

The corporation of a Yorkshire town earns about 250000 dollars annually from the grease extracted as a waste product of local wool factories.

Corporation Yorkshire

San Francisco man eats one meal daily for 45 years

C. R. Woodhead, 72, a San Francisco resident, has maintained a strict routine of consuming a single meal each day for the past 45 years. This unusual eating pattern has drawn curiosity from neighbors and local doctors. Woodhead shows no signs of nutritional deficiency and attributes his regimen to personal health philosophy.

C. R. Woodhead San Francisco

Be the Pig White or Black It Is Still a Pig

A terse observation questions whether color changes the essence of a pig. The remark uses a blunt tone to emphasize equality of nature beyond appearance.

Calotabs Promise Easy Liver Cleansing

Calotabs marketed as a painless liver cleanse with a single tablet at night and a refreshed morning. Advert says no nausea and no dietary restrictions, sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a druggist guarantee and refund if not delighted.

Adv

Florence County Lacks Physicians as All Join National Service

Florence County Wisconsin is left without physicians as every local doctor has entered national service, leaving the area without doctoring capacity and promptingcalls for temporary coverage and relief measures.

Florence County Wisconsin

Englishman Gathers 3475 Smith Works From Around World

A dedicated collector has amassed 3,475 volumes of books written by authors named Smith across various nations, highlighting a peculiar bibliophilic passion and the breadth of his library.

Smiths

Freezone corn remover advertised as miracle ether

A Cincinnati authority touts a new ether compound named freezone. A quarter ounce costs a few cents at any drug store and, with a few drops on a corn or callus, soreness vanishes and the corn lifts away. The product claims no pain and no skin irritation, shrinking hard and soft corns and calluses. Women are urged to keep it in the dresser.

Cincinnati

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Forrest R. Long France W. R. Hinson Bolivia Maggie Murphy Burgaw J. N. Neal Town Creek Ruby Parker Mt. Olive Richard Thompson Mack Godwin Jennie Standland R. W. Weeks Church Street J. O. Faircloth C. H. Caswell Abbottsburg, N. C C. E. Hill Katherine Hill Florence Charles E. Bethea Latta E. M. Blake Fred Skimmer Bennettsville, S. C Janie Russ Market Street Orpha Koonce Motte Business College Charm Mabel Bowen Myrtle Collins Clinton Ae Tv Louise Stanland Linda Newton South Second Street M. E. Dew Dessie Formy Duval R. C. Dew New Berlin Pauline Cromartie Ivanhos Whiteville Katherine Davis Carolina College Maxton Carrie Baldwin Brunswick County James Smith G. Y. Watson Marion Joe Southwell New Bern J. §. Robinson Ethel Wood Wilmington High School Newern Emma Zebelin Currie Thomas E. Cooper Conway, S. C Masters Theodore Una Dorsey East Arcadia St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church E. B. King Lydia King Corrine Hughes Goldsboro Leigh Skinner Capt. Pittenger Fort Caswell Atlanta, Ga Maude McCleod Hemenway School Dillon, S. C J. P. Smith A. Thorne Grant Ruth Philadelphia Wilmington Hotel Jacksonville Fla C. E. Grantham Hopewell J. A. Powell Lumberton J. H. Wearm Donald Wearme Fifth Company Aere S. A. Graham Mary Russ Clarkton Neil Russ Nancy Anderson Elizabeth Haile Richmond A. D. Brown Co Adam Empie Hemenway Whitlock-West Orchestra Hemenway Auditorium Hemenway Drum and Bugle Corps Baptist Asheville W. N. Jones State Organization Webb Woman's Missionary Union W. F. Powell Buncombe County Association H. A. Dunham George Vernon Wrightsville Iredell Meares Woodus Kellum J. O. Brown Giles Westbrook L. C. Sutton Annie C. Pretlow B. C. Craft Elizabeth West Peppers Nadindla Cream National Toilet Company Paris Tenn Www S. S W.S.S Belk-Williams Co State News Baltimore Southern Express Company Express Company New Bern Sun-Journal Frank Gough The Fair Association W. O. Thompson Joe N. Regan R. 1 J. A. Carlyle Bute L. B. Barnes R. 6 Lulu M. Cassidey Nina Rhyne Red Springs D. D. French B. Sam Edwards M. F. Caldwell Lumberton Robesonian Catarrho Blue Miller Robert Bellamy Drug Co
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