Redpath Chautauqua Programs Highlight 1918 lineup
Headliner John Foster Fraser returns as a keynote lecturer on war perspectives. The 1918 Redpath Chautauqua promises a full week of music, drama, and lectures including The Chocolate Soldier opera, Dunbar's Revue, Margery Maxwell as guest soprano, Miss Kristine Frederick on home economics, and a grand parade of Allies featuring Balkan bands and Louise Raemaekers war cartoons.
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John Foster Jr
Great Britain
England
John
France
Flanders
Isia
Balkans
Ckingham Palace
Diences
Dunbar
Ucic
Redpath Chautaunt
Sesson
Tigram
Ae OY
Tuiment
Croatia
Tamburica
Chicago
Bohumir Kryl
Stem
Clarrisa Arrold
Lou Beauchamp
Lancellor
George H. Bradford
Fairy Land
Louise Raemaekers
Washington
Thang
Woman Refuses Sentence as She Evades City Farm
Jes sie Thomas, a white woman arrested in Brooklyn on a prohibition charge, sought to serve a three month sentence on the county farm but left headquarters before 4 pm. After trying to override the time limit, police still seek her as a capias stands. confusion over fines and potential double jeopardy arises while authorities discuss whether she may still be in the city.
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Recorder
Jessie Thomas
Brooklyn
Bill Coleman
Thomas
United States
A. S. Williams
Coleman
Dempsey
Jessie
New Hanover County
Rev H P Walker to Lead Services at Southside Baptist
The public is invited to attend morning and evening services led by Rev H P Walker at 11 and 7 30 o'clock tomorrow at the Southside Baptist Church corner of Fifth and Wooster streets.
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H. P. Walker
Southside Baptist Church
Fifth and Wooster
Aviation corps moves 6000 mechanics to Camp Greene
Major General Cameron announced the movement of 6000 aviation corps mechanics from Camp Hancock Augusta to Camp Greene Charlotte. He said a ground school is established at the camp and that the camp is progressing toward a complete ee system.
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Aviation Corps
Charlotte
N. C
Cameron
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Camp Greene
Churches Shift To New Time Throughout City
The Dispatch reports a citywide move to daylight saving time with clock hands moved forward one hour tonight. Church services adjust to 11 AM and 730 PM, with Sunday school at 930 or 945 AM and 330 PM for afternoon classes, effective until the last Sunday in October.
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Dispatch
Wilmington
Delegates Named For Southern Sociological Congress
Dr. James Sprunt and Mrs. A B Croom will represent Wilmington as delegates to the Southern Sociological Congress to be held in Birmingham Alabama from April 14 to 17. The announcement came from Governor Thomas W Bickett's office. The meeting is described as unusually interesting with details outlined in a letter to W A McGit chairman of the Board of County Commissioners by J E McCullough secretary of the Congress.
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James Sprunt
A. B. Croom
Southern Sociological Congress
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas W. Bickett
W. A. McGiit
Board of County Commissioners
J. E. McCullough
Congress
Liquor Seizure on Atlantic Coast Line
Special agent Dorsey Philips of the Department of Justice seized about 6500 quarts and pints of whiskey yesterday while in transit between Goldsboro and Rocky Mount under the state and federal prohibition laws. No arrests were made and the shipments violated the nation’s dry law.
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Dorsey Philips
Department of Justice
Atlantic Coast Line
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
United States
J. O. Carr
Philips
Pirates Clinch Cup in Narrow Playoff Victory
The Pirates won the Young Men's Basketball League title last night after taking the second of a three game postseason series. They erased a five point second half deficit to edge the White Sox 16 to 15 in a dramatic final minute.
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LY Pirates
Pirates
White Sox
Lost hogs and dog blamed for hydrophobia threat
Mr. J. A. Kerr of Castle Hayne road reports three fine brood sows lost to hydrophobia after being bitten by a homeless cur weeks earlier. He notes a previous loss of a cow and hogs from the same cause and urges action to rid the countryside of the dog menace.
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J. A. Kerr
Castle Hayne
Mr. Kerr
Bishop Darst to Speak at Church Service Tomorrow
Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst bishop of East Carolina will be at the Church of the Good Shepherd Sixth and Queen streets Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rector Rev. F D Dean will present class for confirmation. The bishop will celebrate holy communion. A special musical service has been arranged.
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Darst
Thomas C. Darst
East Carolina
Church of the Good Shepherd
Sixth and
Queen Streets
Rules for marking freight under ICC filing in 191?
Rules governing freight marking filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission become effective April 1. They require each package to bear a single consignee and station, or county when names duplicate, and include station for delivery. Exemptions, labels, tags, and methods are specified. mislabeling leads to nonacceptance.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Reional Director of
Sastern
H. C. Markham
Escape Retaken: Preston Howard Retaken by Police
Preston Howard, a colored escapee serving three months for larceny, was retaken by officers early last night and returned to Superintendent H. Mack Godwin of the Stockade. Godwin warns no second escape will be tolerated. Howard had escaped March 26 and was recaptured three days later. Two other escapees from Thursday remain at large in the area.
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Preston Howard
H. Mack Godwin
Stockade
Howard
Godwin
Easter service at Topsail Church by Rev Crowley
Rev J S Crowley will lead a single Easter service at 11 o clock at Topsail church also called Chapel Pond Presbyterian The service invites all community members to attend and hear a sermon on The Resurrection.
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Topsail
J. S. Crowley
Topsail Church
Chapel Pond Presbyterian Church
Community service report on Wilmington soldiers welfare drive
The Chamber of Commerce committee reports on entertain ment and welfare efforts for Fort Caswell visitors in Wilmington. It details lodging arrangements at Y M C A facilities, Sunday dinners, socials, dances, and reduced venue prices, plus health work, vice stamping, and fundraising including 670 dollars for the Fort Caswell Y M C A building and 200 dollars from the Rotary Club.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Wheatley
Charlotte
Wheatley
Messrs
Roger Moore
H. B Branch
George H. Hutaff
J. C. Williams
J. B. Huntington
E A. Metts
J. Haughton James
Thomas P. Noe
Thomas W. Davis
Community Service Committee
Fort Caswell
Wilmington
Commission On
Y. W. C. A. Red Cross
National Special Aid
Arthur L. Weatherly
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
Southport
War Camp
Weatherly
Rotary Club
Draft Amendment Passes the Senate on Registration Change
Washington report states a draft amendment to require registration of men turning 21 since June 5 1917 was adopted by the Senate and sent to the use. The measure would add about 700000 to the pool of eligible registrants.
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Washington
Senate
Have a Heart musical to play at Academy of Music
The musical comedy Have a Heart by Guy Bolton P G Wodehouse and Jerome Kern, staged by Henry W Savage, arrives at the Academy of Music on Thursday April 11. The production includes a large company with a Savage beauty chorus and a full orchestra, featuring witty lyrics and lilting melodies.
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New York
Academy of Music
Tursday
Henry W. Savage
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Jerome Kern
Worshipers Dead in German Shell Strike on Paris Church
Paris reports seventy five killed and ninety wounded, mostly women and children, when a German long range shell hit a church during Good Friday services in the Paris region, per an official communication.
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Paris
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Red
A.B. Croom
Markham
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
North Carolina
Virginia
D. L. Gore Company
Mckachern
Market Street
Wilmington Monders
Fort Caswe
Rehder’s
J. H. Rehder & CO
North Fourth Street
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