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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
7
Public service notice invites investors to address financial inquiry letters to the newspaper office care of the publication. Letters must be signed with full name and address and include 12 cents postage. Confidential responses will be mailed. generic signatures are ignored.
An annual calendar lists the week’s sports with tournaments and meets across multiple states. Notable items include the Southern Golf Association championship in Montgomery, John Coulon versus Pete Herman in New Orleans, Benny Leonard against Joe Welsh in Philadelphia, and a string of boxing, trap shooting, track, and baseball events slated from Tuesday through Saturday in cities like Racine, Roanoke, Larned, New York, Hartford, Boston, Albany, Lexington, Alexandria, and more. Also noted are the Kentucky Association Trace meeting, Wilmington Kennel Association events, and major baseball league openings.
The piece discusses the stock market as a sixth sense of future business, the NYSE as a barometer of unborn days, and how investors can read long term trends. It contrasts broad market movements with short term fluctuations and notes the reliance of bankers and industrial leaders on informed market analysis.
A 1917 column discusses Medical Examination Day urging men to assess physical condition yearly, with spring tonics and herbal remedies. It explains blood tonics, uric acid solvents, and cautions on investments in motor stocks, Citizens Gas, and other securities, ending with a note on investment suitability for small capital.
Today’s schedule lists National League matchups including Pittsburgh at Chicago, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Boston, and Philadelphia at New York. American League games feature Chicago at St. Louis, Cleveland at Detroit, New York at Philadelphia, and Boston at Washington with varying cloud cover. Southern League games include Nashville at Atlanta, Memphis at Birmingham, Little Rock at Mobile rain, and Chattanooga at New Orleans rain.
St Louis beat Cincinnati 4 to 0 on the road as Chicago edged Pittsburg 3 to 2 in a separate game. The report summarizes two results from yesterday's slate with emphasis on St Louis victory.
Questions arise from the China Copper Co annual report about balance sheet items labeled marketable securities. A reader notes a $248,750 item, believed to represent United Kingdom 5 percent notes, suggesting holdings that discount the future and help protect investors against losses.
Fragment notes a limit of none beyond Stadesa No. 3 with seven leaves departing from Station Me. Eight items appear, though details are incomplete and unclear in the OCR segment.
Baseball brief notes St Louis defeated 8 to 3 while Chicago won 4 to 0. Detroit and Cleveland game was rained out.
In the Southern Association games, New Orleans defeated Little Rock 6 to 2, Mobile beat Memphis 4 to 0, Birmingham topped Nashville 7 to 4, and Atlanta routed Chattanooga 17 to 4.
In Louisville the Milwaukee game stood at 0-0 while American Association action began. Columbus hosted Kansas City with a 2-2 tie. Toledo and Minneapolis faced rain disruptions. Indianapolis hosted St. Paul with a 1-0 result after 14 innings.
In the International League game at Montreal, Providence defeated the Montreal club 3 to 1. No other IL fixtures were on the schedule.
The National League for Women's Service plans immediate organization of canteens in New York State to serve soldiers and sailors and to oversee women volunteers.
The schedule lists meets at Norman Oklahoma Alexandria Louisiana Cambridge Massachusetts Newark Delaware and Minneapolis Minnesota for various institutions including Louisiana State Harvard Delaware State and Nebraska Minnesota.
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