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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
7
Fragments describe investor inquiries, letters signed with full names and initials, postage stamp payments, and confidential matters. The text lists contact handling and responds to letters about investments, with some words cut and formatting missing.
A 1917 Investors Public Service column explains stop loss orders, their use for small traders and timid investors, and when to apply them. It discusses risks, the ideal investor profile, and notes on market protection and execution at best price. It also answers reader questions on bonds, gardening, and stock safety.
Allen Maull presents a gardening column exploring methods, plant care, and landscape ideas for coastal readers. Practical tips cover soil, containers, and seasonal tasks to enhance home gardens along the Atlantic coast.
The Mother Lode Copper Mines Company funds improvements by selling $200000 of first mortgage 6 per cent bonds due in ten years to a Pittsburg syndicate of stockholders. Combined with ore proceeds, total financing is about $500000 to cover a power plant, wagon road, and concentrator erection.
London May 10 Special to The Dispatch Bonar Law moves a vote of credit for 500 million pounds in the House of Commons noting daily expenditure rising to 450,000 pounds and a 2 million pound daily advance to Allies and Dominions since April 1. He cites American financial aid as highly valuable and increasingly important in coming weeks.
A meditation on farm life and gardening as vital, sacred work. The text, citing Arthur Brisbane and Bacon, extols rural living as a source of dignity, reverence, and renewal after war, linking cultivation to spiritual renewal and the beauty of creation.
An advertisement touts freezone as a painless corn treatment. A few drops applied to a painful corn allegedly relieves soreness and loosens the corn root with no irritation to surrounding skin. The product, sold at drugstores, costs little and promises to remove hard or soft corns or calluses.
In the National League games Chicago visits Brooklyn St Louis plays Philadelphia Cincinnati at New York and Pittsburgh meets Boston In the American League New York visits Chicago Philadelphia hosts St Louis Washington plays Cleveland Boston travels to Detroit.
Weather outlook for Southern League games with Memphis at Atlanta clear, Chattanooga at Mobile cloudy, Little Rock at Birmingham cloudy, and Nashville at New Orleans cloudy. Conditions vary by venue affecting game day plans.
Brooklyn beat Chicago 7 to 3 in a rain-soaked day of baseball. Rain halted play in New York versus Cincinnati, and in Boston versus Pittsburgh and Philadelphia versus St Louis with delays noted.
Reported results show Washington 1 4 Boston 4 3 Detroit 4 9 Cleveland 1 1 St Louis 2 Chicago 4. The terse score lines indicate a series of competitive matchups across multiple venues.
In Charlotte Durham won 7 to 6, Asheville beat Raleigh 7 to 5, Greensboro edged Winston-Salem 1 to 0, and Winston-Salem defeated Greensboro 3 to 1 in other games.
In Virginia League action Petersburg defeated Lynchburg 4 to 2 in the first game. The nightcap ended in a 3 to 3 tie after 12 innings due to darkness. Also, Norfolk fell to Rocky Mount 9 to 8 in 10 innings while Newport News lost 3 to 2 at Portsmouth.
At Minneapolis 3 Indianapolis 7. St Paul 0 Toledo 2. Kansas City 3 Louisville 4. Milwaukee 1 Columbus 35. International League Rochester 2 Newark 0. Montreal 9 Baltimore 4. No other games scheduled.
Interest runs high for Friday night’s welterweight championship clash at Woolvin Hall as Swedish challenger Hanson faces Finnish rival Ketonen. Fans expect a clean, scientific contest after last week’s strong showing, with Wilmington’s crowd eager to witness what may be the best local bout yet.
Results from Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Memphis Mobile Little Rock New Orleans and Chattanooga games show Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Chattanooga, and New Orleans earning wins or losses in the Southern Association standings with tight margins and varied scores.
In Charleston Jacksonville won 4 to 0 while Augusta defeated Columbus 5 to 2 and Columbia beat Macon 7 to 3.
The passage extols a gardener’s vocation linking human and natural hearts as essential to meaningful outdoor life. It argues that true gardening arises from recognizing nature’s inner forms and that a gardener who loves his craft becomes part of a divine, enduring fellowship.
Pompeian HAIR Massage is advertised as a scalp treatment not a tonic. The ad claims it wakes hair roots, opens scalp pores, prevents dandruff and leaves hair healthy and attractive. Available in 25c 50c and $1 bottles at local stores.
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