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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1916

Page

6

Community notices from a Raleigh area paper

Social calls, Thanksgiving plans and local club events are summarized. Brevard and Rowland Park hosts share visits, while fundraising bazaars at Odd Fellow's Hall and St James Episcopal, including a Jolly Minstrels performance for Bladen Street Methodist, are noted along with the Letitia Rebekah Lodge bazaar and the Orphan's Home fence project in Goldsboro.

Odd Fellow’s Letitia Rebekah Lodge Goldsboro

Emergent communication at Orient Lodge No 395

An emergent Lodge meeting will be held this Wednesday at 8 o clock for Entered Apprentice degree. Members from city lodges and visiting brethren are invited to attend. By order of the W M Co C Brown Secretary.

W. M. Co. C. Brown Sec’y Housewives’ League League J. F. Hall Virginia South Third Street Mrs. Harriss Points North Carolina

59 Years Old Hale and Hardy Cardui Testimonial

Mrs W T Ball of Mercer Kentucky writes that after suffering through the change of life for about three years she began Cardui. After two bottles she regained health and strength, walked six miles, attended a street fair, and credited Cardui with saving her daughter's life during a dreadful spell.

Mercer, Ky W. T. Ball Central City Cardui

Ten Ounce Persimmon from Abraham's Orchard

Mr. Frank Walker presented a ten ounce Japanese persimmon from Abraham's orchard at Southern Pines. The fruit is described as heavy with huckleberries and mentioned in the Hoke County Journal Raeford column.

Frank Walker Abraham Southern Pines Kirkpatrick Hoke County Raeford

Policeman Frank George Improves After Convolution at Headquarters

Friends report Policeman Frank George improved after a convulsion at police headquarters Monday night and hope he will be back on duty soon. Also news that W D Caldwell rests comfortably after an appendicitis operation at James Walker Memorial Hospital today.

Hem Kher Frank George W. D. Coldwell James Walker Memorial Hospital

Framingham Chosen For Tuberculosis Health Demo

Framingham Massachusetts will host a three year health demonstration funded by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The effort aims to prove tuberculosis can be controlled by hygiene and sanitation and will examine every resident for consumption and treat those affected in sanatoria or at home. Dr Arnold B Armstrong directs the program to begin immediately as a model for other US towns.

Massachusetts United States Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Australia Framingham Arnold B. Armstrong National Association For the Study and Prevention of

Tire Thief Sentenced At Recorder's Court

Deputy Recorder Louis Poisson sentenced Moses Sharp for larceny of two tires from Ford Automobile Company to nine months on the county roads. Sharpless was arrested while attempting to sell tires for $1.50 to a North Fourth street merchant. Isabel Hilton, colored, was found not guilty on one assault with a deadly weapon charge but jailed for two months for another assault after failing to pay $10 and costs.

Louis Poisson Recorder’s Court Moses Sharpless Ford Automobile Company Sharpless North Fourth Street D. W. Coleman Isabel Hilton

Town Topics Thanksgiving Services Announced

No Prayer Meeting-Union Thanksgiving services will be at Winter Park Presbyterian church tomorrow at 11 a m with all invited. No evening prayer meeting. Special Services-11 o clock tomorrow at Christian Science Society church corner of Seventeenth and Market streets. St Matthews Special Thanksgiving 11 o clock at St Matthews English Evangelical Lutheran church. all invited.

Luther League of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Mamie Godwin Fred. Seitters, Jr Margaret Branch E. C. Hopkins W. W. Koch Minnie Huggins E. A. Shands Emma Otersen William Kramer William Otersen Reading Church of the Good Shepherd Thompson Orphanage Charlotte W. R. Noe Church of the Ascension Union Winter Park Presbyterian Church Christian Science Society Seventeenth and Market Streets St. Matthews St. Matthew’s English Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hornets Stop Court Hearing In Harrisburg

In Harrisburg on November 25, an Aldermanic Court hearing between a Serbian and an Austrian was halted after alderman Fritz Kramme, who had gathered a hornet nest while hunting, caused a commotion. The hornets sparked a series of verbal outbreaks and seven people received severe stings as the session broke up.

Harrisburg Fritz Kramme

Midnight Rabbit Hunting Draws Modern Hunters

Vermillion Ohio November 29 Rabbit hunting in the moonlight has grown popular as drivers use car headlights to spot rabbits crossing country roads. Hunters now glide along the roads for easier shots aided by the bright lights.

Vermillion Ohio

Annexation Proposals Expand Detroit Border by Nearly Twenty Sq Miles

The recent election saw annexation proposals approved, increasing Detroit's area by close to twenty square miles and reshaping the city’s geographic footprint for future development and services.

Detroit

Neat box made for pet killed by automobile in Philadelphia

Bonnie a twelve year family dog in Yorktowne befriended local children and aided firefighters by running to the fire station when alarms rang. An automobilist killed the dog and Mrs. L. H. Clayton of Jenkintown buried her in a neat bow surrounded by flowers at a Greenwood Avenue home.

Philadelphia Bonnie L. H. Clayton Jenkintown Clayton Greenwood Avenue Yorktoaa

Tree accident injures hunter near Silk Hope

A colored man named Jim Crutchfield fell from a thirty foot white oak while skinning a possum near Silk Hope Monday night. He sustained serious internal injuries when the limb broke under him, leaving him injured and lucky to survive. The incident was reported by the Siler City Grit.

Jim Crutchfield Silk Hope Siler City

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