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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
6
Local notes report Miss Pearl Wallace and Miss Lucille Murrell visiting Wilmington, along with guests from Rose Hill Navassa and Chadbourn. The Epworth League hosts a first aid class, a Grace Methodist picnic is planned, and families from Augusta to New York travel through for visits and business while a White Sale is announced at Fifth Avenue church.
Rev. P. T. Britt of Lumberton is receiving treatment at James Walker Memorial hospital. E. M. Reaves of this city has traveled to Raleigh on a brief business trip. E. M. Kennickel of the Coast Line Engineer Department heads to Norfolk for extended employment. Capt. E Cliffton Cohen A C L traveling agent visits system offices for the summer. Dr J M Wells injured at the Y M C A gymnasium shows marked improvement.
Mr. P. W. Wells warns the proposed ten percent gross receipts tax in the new war revenue bill would force price increases or theatre closures. He cites strained earnings for small theatres and argues tax on raw and manufactured film would worsen prospects. Wells says theatres will fight to lower the levy and notes screens nationwide are used for government advertising.
Funeral services for Mr. James M. King were conducted from the Sixth Street Advent Christian church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment followed in Bellevue Cemetery with pallbearers Henry Holmes R L Sanford Arthur Thomas and S J Bryant named.
Orient Lodge No 395 A F and A M calls an emergent meeting on Friday at 8 o clock for work in the Master degree. Master Masons of the city and visiting Brothers are invited to attend. By order of the Master C C Brown Secretary.
Mrs W T Ball of Mercer Kentucky recounts enduring years of change of life distress and severe nervousness. after using Cardui she regained strength and health within weeks walking six miles and attending a street fair. she credits Cardui with saving her daughters life and praises the tonic after over 40 years of use.
Wilmington paid homage to Confederate soldiers at Oakdale cemetery with a 4:30 PM ceremony led by Dr. J J Hurt. The program included prayers, music, a reading of war dead, and presentation of the Cross of Honor.
North Carolina publishers led by W. H. Harris and Clarence H. Poe visit Washington to plead against 100 percent postage increases under the war revenue bill. They meet Senators Simmons Overman and Kitchin, seek hearings, and urge a modification to save many papers from going out of business.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. It urges purchases at druggists with 50c and 1.00 options and notes a testing offer with postage details and mail rates for second class matter.
Superintendent John J. Blair endorses uniforming the cadet corps with caps for about 200 boys, seeking community funding via $10 contributions to buy uniforms. Donations directed through the Board of Education earn recognition. Also notes a Winter Park Food Conservation meeting inviting residents to learn canning, gardening tips, and soil preparation.
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