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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1916

Page

6

Local residents visit city. church events noted

Lois Allen and Mrs J T Joiner visit the city while Miss Florence Sellers and Miss Anna Mae Bullock spend the day there. Meetings of First Presbyterian and Doreas Society at St Pauls Dwutheran are announced along with a Grace Methodist Women’s Missionary Society gathering. Out-of-town visitors pass through or stay for family events and a Belk Williams store wedding witnesses the ceremony of Miss Florence Clewis and Archibald Sellars.

Doreas Society of St. Paul’s Dwutheran Church Women’s Missionary Society of the Grace Methodist Church Florence Clewis F. Clewis Sampson County Archibald Sellars Belk-Williams

Wilmington Wilson Club rally endorses Woodrow Wilson

The meeting features speeches by Senator W. B. Cooper Col Walker Taylor and leaders of the Woodrow Wilson Club. They praise Wilsons administration applaud Democratic unity and pledge active support for reelection plus a committee to organize local campaigns and a message from Henry Morgenthau praising Wilmington efforts.

Wilson McRae W. B. Cooper Cooper North Carolina Mr. Wilson Col. Walker Taylor Wilmington Thomas Woodrow Colonel Taylor Woodrow Wilson New York W. A. McGirt Woodrow Wilson Club N. C Assurannes H. B. Bonitz John R. Hanby James H. Cowan Geo. Trask K. W. Jewell John Haar S. J. Ellis W. W. Love F. M. Holley Louis E. Hall R. A. Burnett Graham Kenan Meares’ Harriss J. A. Livingston Addison Hewlett J. R. Cradwick Geo. C. Jackson G. Herbert Smith W. R. Taylor David Loring J. Holmes Davis L. Stein Cyrus D. Hogue S. A. Mathews George Harriss Harry Gardner John Bell W. H. Register B. F. Brittain, Jr L. D. Latta Tom Weaver L. W. Moore L. Clayton Grant P. Q. Moore Wallace West W. M. Creasy J. B. Lynch C. W. Pol B. Croom, Jr Marsden Bellamy Walter Blair M. S. Willard T. R. Ames B. G. Empie Malcolm Owen W. C. Capps C. H. Alexander L. B. Sasser Tom Hawkins J. Haughton James W. A. Furlong M. W. Jacobi P. L. Knight Lloyd Crocker W. E. Lawson John A. Orrell J. O. Brown E. B. Johnson John W. Gafford W. D. MacMillan Mjr John Klein I. W. Solomon J. G. L. Gieschen R. L.harker Jos. W. Yates George Hornet W. R. Dosher Thos. K. Cooper C. H B. R. Graham Fred Griffith T. N. Cordes J. S. Brown J. F. Roache W. M. Atkinson L. J. Poisson H. Lacy Hunt S. F. Garrison Geo. H. Hutaff J. G. McCormick W. D. Rhodes G. C. McIntyre K. O. Burgwin C. L. Dickinson J. A. North Hughes United States

Call to the colors explained in French defense memo

Paris report notes a memorandum attached to a bill in the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of War. The bill would enroll young men of the 1918 class for military service while those fit for service in the 1917 class are already enrolled.

Paris Chamber of Deputies

Government sends cotton standards forms to counties

Washington reports the department of agriculture is distributing sets of cotton standards forms to county agents in cotton growing regions. Officials say the standards will educate growers and promote wider adoption in sales.

Washington Department of Agriculture

Health report from the border militia ends week

The War Department released National Guard health reports for the border for the week ending September 30. The militia showed a 63.25 percent health rate with seven deaths recorded.

Washington National Guard War Department Today

Distribution of World Series Tickets Opens in Boston

Boston on Oct 4 reports reserved seat tickets for the Brooklyn vs Boston Americans world series opening Saturday. All 27 000 seats were requested as officials note demand is high. Separately Berlin reports 35 enemy ships totaling 14 600 tons sunk by German submarines between Sept 20 and 29.

Boston Brooklyn Boston Americans Berlin Sayville Germany North Sea English Channel

Demonstrating New Lock in Lincoln County Note

The Lincolnton News reports Mr. Ed Rankin of Wilmington visited Friday en route to Lenoir, a detail of interest to friends in town. Rankin’s trip underscores ongoing travel and local connections.

Ed Rankin Wilmington Lenoir

Local inventor to demonstrate new sash and door locks

A man will travel to Lincolnton to demonstrate his own patent on sash and door locks then return home to place the invention on the local market. In other news, Alex Sampson, a respected colored man, died at his home at 3 o clock after months of ill health at age 60.

Lincolnton Alex Sampson

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Jifiss Lois Allen T. J. Joiner Willard City Florence Sellers Ivanhoe Anna Mae Bullock Burgaw First Presbyterian Church W. Wells Rosehill J. S. Grimes R. H. Melvin W. H. Suggs Goldsboro Jacksonville Fla J. W. Bowden Petersburg W. P. Bowden J. W. Ward Sumter, S. C Hattie Harris Des Moines Owa Samuel Bear, Jr Eliza Ellen Bellamy Washington, D. C Greensboro Old Sweet Springs W. Va Mammie J. Fennell H. L. Fennell National School of Domestic Science Women’s Missionary Society of Trinity Methodist Church Epworth League City Union Acorn J. O. Vinson L. L. Hanby Butler N. J Vivian Montgomery North Ninth Street Lucile Moore Richard Thigpen Robert Snakenburg Aubrey Morse Archie Bilis Bill Montgomery Immanuel Presbyterian Church Brotherhood of the Church G. W. Bornemann Arthur Branch Brotherhood Mr. Cashwell Henry Merganthau National Campaign Committee McGirt Henry Morgenthau Messr J. A. Orrell New Hanover Messrs J._C. Wright Hugh MacRae George C. Jackson Senmior W. B. Cooper Esq Lincoln New York Dad A. D. Brown GOVT Belk-Williams Company Wilmington Shoe Co Wilmington’s Best Shoe Front Street L. W. Wessell Mgr Strouse & Brothers B. Keuppenheimer & Co America J. M. Solky Bsal Yar Lowing Myrtle Grove Sound Acre Board of Education W. Catlett Eckman Wayne County Atlantic Coast Line Standard Railroad South Fiage M. Acker Fibok Aueah N.C
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