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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
7
Cadets of Donaldson Military Academy returned to Fayetteville on the 8:45 train after a week on Harbor Island. They enjoyed seaside recreation including fishing dancing and bathing and won two ball games in Fayetteville.
Evangelist Homer N Rutherford will preach Sowing and Reaping at the corner of Grace and Seventh streets tonight. A large crowd attended last night and interest is rising daily. Services continue for an indefinite period and the public is invited. More than 300 women many of them college girls have registered for service on New England farms this summer.
Special correspondent describes New Yorkers reacting to Pershing fighters and Chevreurs a Pieds in a May parade. Veterans, some barely 19, march with gas masks and windswept faces, while parents and mothers cry and pray for safe return as crowds cheer the Blue Devils of France and their war-worn service.
A woman on Fifth avenue wore a hat trimmed with gilded chicken feet, followed by a bonnet with cracked English walnuts showing kernels. Another hat featured a single alligator skin with one gray squirrel, reflecting bold millinery ideas during these times.
Charlie Chaplin caused a stir on Broadway as he piloted three shows in a single evening. He visited Mazimova in A Dolls House, then Fred Stone’s box where he impressed the chorus. At Century Grove, bidders paid for a kiss. he finished at Child’s with buckwheat cakes.
The Plattsburg Manual recommends shaking Allen's Foot-Ease into shoes each morning. The antiseptic powder reduces friction, refreshes feet, and relieves coins bunions callouses and tender feet. Allen's Foot-Ease has been a standard remedy for over two years.
In Southport North Carolina on May 11 Miss Ella Belle St George wed James Weathers of the eighth anti aircraft battery at the St George home in a surprise ceremony. Rev Culbreth officiated and an informal reception followed. Attendants were Donald St George and Miss Marion St George.
Levi P Morton enters his 95th year as one of three former U S vice presidents still living. His career spans mercantile work, banking, and diplomacy after moving from New England to New York. He served in Congress in 1878 and as ambassador to France starting in 1881 before becoming New York governor in 1894.
A retrospective snippet lists anniversaries and notable events: 1818 General Jackson turns back after a protest from the Spanish governor of Pensacola. 1843 Charles Marion Lamson born in North Hadley, Mass.. 1868 Senate vote on Johnson impeachment article with 36 for conviction and 19 for acquittal. 1893 Frank C. Almy hanged at Concord, N H for murder.
Citizens in the village of New Berlin a rail town 19 miles south of Wilmington on the Atlantic Coast Line seek a name change they view as pro German. Wilmington supports the effort and promises aid to speed the process despite government timelines.
In a Missouri college the interne la Ste Cheries notes no girl will leave the term without training to teach and lead the making of war garments and surgical dressings. This indicates a shift toward preparing women for home front manufacturing and medical support roles during the wartime period.
A Parisian Sage remedy offers quick relief for thinning or dull hair. The ad promises increased fullness, reduced itching, and a cool comfortable scalp, claiming the genuine Giroux Parisian Sage guarantees satisfaction or no payment.
A large flow of chickens and other poultry is moving through the region toward northern markets. After a ban by the food administrator, shipments have resumed with carloads from east Tennessee and other areas passing through on the western rail line.
A vintage Lux advertisement touts dipping garments in warm suds and squeezing rinses to clean fabrics. It contrasts this with the old method where cake soap particles cling and yellow fabrics after rinsing.
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