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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1917
Page
8
Advert says sprays and douches fail to cure catarrh and urges using S S S as a blood purifying antidote. Claims the medicine removes catarrh germs from blood and offers medical advice via Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia.
President Wilson labors over a rough draft of his opening address to Congress, to be delivered in person next Tuesday. Snow blankets the Capitol as he forgoes golf to write on his own typewriter, with officials hinting at broad themes to be stated.
Reports describe brutal clashes near Fontaine with British forces retreating slightly while stubborn resistance buys ground at a high cost. The famed tunnel trench northwest of Bullecourt, built by Russian prisoners, spans 13 miles and 400 feet deep with electrical lighting and dispersed entrances every 35 yards.
This notice states Graham Allen of 105 South South Street will have a funeral service announced later. It references his parents Mr and Mrs E O Allen and their home.
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Advertisement by Enterprise Company, Sumter South Carolina, promotes early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield cabbage plants from seed with immediate shipment. Prices start at 500 plants for $1.00 and scale to 16,000 units and up at $1.00 each, with FOB Young's Island, S. C. Delivered by parcel post at 100 plants for 25 cents.
Next Saturday December 1 Peoples Building & Loan Association opens its 36th series of stock and invites stockholders. Every 2.5 dollars weekly yields about 1000 dollars in six years. Reflect on postwar value and save now. Booklet on Peoples methods available. 112 Princess St. W. E. Perdew president, D. R. Foster secretary-treasurer. 11-25-61.
A report notes a Bolshevik move toward an armistice with Germany could endanger Allied supplies. Even as vast Russian cargo stockpiles sit unused at Vladivostok, transport paralysis blocks distribution, while U S officials caution that ships at sea could be diverted to other use if needed. The American military mission chief warns that halting shipments to Russia would follow Bolshevik efforts.
Testimony describes Mrs De Santis asking to retrieve a missing child from The Box and cites alleged injuries from a fall. Witness Miss Errazuriz recounts De Saulles trying to influence the boy against his mother through a nurse named Bobbie and notes the boy's behavior after visits to his father.
Associated Press reports that all remaining militants of the Woman's Party jailed for White House picketing were released. The lockup and workhouse are now cleared of imprisoned hunger strikers and others. The Railroads War Board seeks extraordinary remedies to move cars held by congestion.
Washington D C November 28 Special to The Dispatch Fairfax Harrison chairman of the Railroads War Board reports to the American Railway Association that as of November 1 this year the excess of unfilled car orders stood at 140 012 cars an increase of 25 104 from last year Of this total 97 000 cars are needed outside the congested region east of Chicago and north of the Prtema River where business is heaviest.
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