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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
7
The article surveys baseball tax plans and a push toward chain-store expansion led by major retailers like Woolworth, Kresge, and May. It notes governors favoris and executives shaping policy, profits, dividends, and market activity across the era’s retail landscape. It also lists assorted financial details and corporate figures connected to public notices and charitable allocations.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for proof Hall's Catarrh Cure fails. It claims the remedy, taken internally, acts through the blood to the mucous surfaces, destroys the disease foundation, and builds constitution. Proponents back claims with testimonials and urge readers to contact F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
Lieutenant Colonel Fabry known as the Blue Devil of France charms New York reporters. He jokes about a wooden leg made in the USA after a leg wound and reveals a famed wartime reputation at the front. His wit hides a feared battlefield renown among Germans.
The instruments on an aeroplane usually include an altimeter indicating height, cock, compass, revolution indicator showing air speed, and petrol and oil gauges indicating fuel and oil levels in the tanks.
The article reviews chain store growth as a growing economic force likely to broaden in America. It cites Theodore N. Price on the chain store’s usefulness and notes optimistic earnings outlooks for United Cigar Stores Co. and potential wartime effects. It also reports slow development at the Nespelen mines due to scarce funds, with efforts to raise capital and resume expansion plans.
The reader notes International Nickel appears cheap at current market prices with a yield near 14 percent. They acknowledge the war taxation outlook adds speculative risk but also retains investment attraction.
No common dividend has been paid since August 1915, but the equity in the stock is rising. The company strengthens its position through strong production and contracts with steamship lines for fuel oil. Plant capacity has grown and shipping service is expanding, with no official dividend resumption date, yet an optimistic outlook.
The guide lists five criteria for securities: safety of principal, income, stability of price, marketability, and future prospects. It notes bonds satisfy these criteria more readily than stocks.
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