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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1916
Page
7
Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 0 and Chicago beat St Louis 6 to 3 as other games were scheduled.
Durham notices state over 1000 employees across Durham High Point Goldsboro and Mebane will receive a seven and a half percent raise. The company reports a weekly payroll above 16000 and the boost adds at least 2000 weekly, provided voluntarily by the mills.
An advertisement claims you can gain one-fourth to one-half pound daily by drinking a pint with each meal. It promises a hearty appetite, vigorous digestion, rich blood, clear complexion, and firm flesh, with a money back offer on the first dozen pints if not delighted. Distributed by SHIVAR MINERAL SPRING products via Crescent Candy Company and others from Shelton South Carolina.
Fragmentary notes show games with Cleveland 2 Chicago 4 and Detroit 6 St Louis 0 along with scattered results and unconfirmed dates in the American Association leagues.
John Cook Dowd of Lowell Massachusetts at age fifteen has passed his entrance exam and becomes a full fledged freshman at Harvard University.
Waddell Watters buys part of W. M. Atkinson’s grocery business at 115 South Front Street. The firm will be Atkinson and Watters. New stock purchased and store interior improved.
Mr Harry Pyle will be manager of the Orton Barber Shop and work with Ellis McCord Smith and Pettett. Miss Martha S Crowley of Washington DC will be hair dresser and manicurist in the shop. Will Evans recently bought the Orton shop from J E Cowell at 23 Princess Street.
Police in Philadelphia and New York investigate a murder of J C Graveur, a wealthy New York garage owner, where his wife and a Chicago businessman's spouse are involved as wounded and possibly dead. The case is entwined with political debate over an eight hour law and partisan contention.
The piece criticizes the Republican campaign as a masks and betrayal narrative. It argues Richard Olney and Horn Hitchcock manipulated beliefs to replace Roosevelt with Hughes, condemns the party’s focus on foreign policy over Wilson’s record, and labels the GOP as relying on deceit to win power.
Cambridge October 2 The presidential election appears of minor concern to Miss Catherine Hughes daughter of Charles Evans Hughes who has just entered Wellesley College as a freshman She says politics bore her and college is her new world in which everything outside seems of little importance The exchange also recalls a humorous burglar anecdote from Smith College and a quip about town life.
The Atlantic Coast Line announces special excursion fares from Wilmington to destinations including Ft Myers Cleveland Des Moines Cincinnati Goldsboro Springfield Jacksonville State Camp St Louis Raleigh and more. Tickets valid for limited return periods aligned with events such as the National Churches conventions National Rifle matches and state fairs. Reduced group rates apply for ten or more travelers.
Fragmentary text shows a suburban schedule referencing a freight office and opening times around ten o eight. Readable bits mention street 11200 and a Door open instruction.
Effective Monday September 11 1916 Southern Railway shortens the Winston Salem Goldsboro Pullman Sleeping Car line. The car leaves Winston Salem at 850 PM and arrives Goldsboro next morning, with the return leaving Goldsboro at 1035 PM arriving Winston Salem next morning. Greensboro Raleigh line remains unchanged. For details contact J O Jones Travel Passenger Agent Raleigh NC. The Southern Serves the South.
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