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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1917
Page
4
Advertising rates list for daily and Sunday editions with option for carrier delivery or prepaid office payment. Includes prices for one year six months three months and Sunday only, with post office entry notice and foreign advertising representation details.
The piece calls on Wilmington colored ministers to mobilize congregations for June 5 draft registration. It notes the need to inform ages twenty one to thirty one and aims to organize mass meetings to spread the message and ensure compliance. It also reports opposition to carnivals and favors public summer concerts by the band association.
A reader urges mothers to verify a nurse s character and care for children after a nurse allegedly whipped a fretful child in a post office park. The letter calls mis mistreat ment of a child a grave offense and asks for identification and severe rebuke of the nurse.
Harris L. Roberts, recently attached to the Twenty third United States Infantry at El Paso, has been transferred to the retired list on his own application. A District of Columbia native, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1880 and reached the rank of colonel in March 1914 after nearly forty years in the infantry.
The Japanese admiralty states that the navy is actively patrolling the south Pacific and the Mediterranean against enemy submarines, highlighting coordinated operations across distant waters.
On May 26 1867 Austrian forces continued their advance into Italy taking numerous prisoners. In Flanders a British raid struck the German line and repelled a hostile patrol at Ypres salient. Secretary Lansing released a public text protesting Anglo French interference with neutral mails.
The advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease best treated with internal remedies. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a prescription medicine that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes testimonials and product quality from PF F. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and mentions Hell's Family Pills for constipation.
By decree of the Superior Court of New Hanover County in Delia Griffin Taylor v Nora Taylor and Annie Taylor, Commissioner will auction the described property to the highest cash bidder on June 27, 1917 at noon at the Wilmington Court House door. Property lies along Seventh Street and Taylor Street, part of Lots 1 and 2, Block 338, with boundary points detailed in the deed. William M. Bellamy, Commissioner, May 24, 1917.
Atlantic Coast Line issues bulletin of reduced round trip fares from Wilmington North Carolina. Tickets go on sale on listed dates with journey start dates and final return limits. tariffs subject to corrections. Contact T C White General Passenger Agent at phone 160.
The column notes anniversaries of notable births. Queen Mary of Great Britain born at Kensington Palace London 50 years ago today. Harry A Wheeler Chicago banker and U S Chamber of Commerce leader born in Brooklyn 52 years ago today. Robert W Chambers Brooklyn novelist with many best sellers born in Brooklyn 52 years ago today. William Le Baron Putnam First Circuit federal judge born in Bath Maine 82 years ago today. Dr Elijah A Hanleys recently resigned Franklin College president born Prairie Creek Indiana 46 years ago today.
Travel rates show Monteagle and Sewanee Tennessee horizons with $20.70 fares, Atlanta Georgia $18.55, and Savannah Georgia $10.90. Sales on various dates in July June and August with limited return by mid June or September and contact via phone 178.
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