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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
2
In Abbottsburg through Wrightsville and many North and South Carolina towns readers faced a near deadline for diamond ring contests listing numerous contestants by town, with winnings amounts ranging from 2,800 to 35,290 dollars. The long list names participants from Acme to Wilmington and notes diverse addresses and post office routes signaling a statewide sweep to claim prizes.
The Superior Court of New Hanover County announces an action for absolute divorce on grounds of fornication and adultery. The defendant must appear at the next term in Wilmington on October 22, 1917, to answer the complaint or face court relief. This notice dated September 15, 1917.
The through sleeping car service from Wilmington to Atlanta continues via Augusta with Georgia Railroad links. Schedules show departures from Wilmington at 3 45 PM and 9 30 PM with intermediate calls, and arrival in Augusta 1 35 AM. Return from Atlanta at 3 35 PM reaches Wilmington at 12 50 PM. Passengers may stay in the Union Depot car in Atlanta until 7 00 AM for connections to Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville trains.
New York reporters note a surge of name change requests since the war began. A man named Victorian Gates signs payrolls as V Gates and faces German-sounding confusion. The piece also describes noon church services and chauffeurs in pews, and critic Michael Monahan’s blunt take on Broadway’s decline through a novelist’s lens.
Soldiers roam town as Jews-harps become popular. An orchestra plays a military tune and soldiers accompany with harps at Rector's. after the band stops, the band vanishes and the soldiers finish the tune while dancers cavort. Vendors rush to sell the instrument amid high demand.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured except by a constitutional remedy. It describes the condition as inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining causing rumbling and impaired hearing, claiming a remedy will restore normal function and offering a trial with a $100 incentive.
Raleigh dispatch reports Drs A E Lyday W M Lyday and C W Hunt of Brevard paid fines and costs after being charged under state health laws for failing to report contagious disease outbreaks. Jordan’s investigation found eight children in Edward Taylor’s one room house with conditions conducive to disease spread. one doctor missed a 24 hour reporting deadline. The piece also details a Mecklen burg compromise over the Harry Tally case, noting a $39 000 check and juries. State bonds defense committee names top Raleigh bankers to push Liberty bonds through North Carolina counties.
In New Bern on October 6 decision makers discuss hiring Ben O Jones as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Jones, tied to J S Miller Furniture Co, aided retiring president J Boutine and is favored by all approached. Locomotive 54 on the Norfolk Southern line, led by John Wheisinger of Norfolk, shines after brass work and repairs. Wright Hunter Smith plans the Easie Carolina Fair ball for October 6 at the club rooms, tickets $1.00, with John Holland and others handling sales.
From Front Lines in France a German machine dropped a wreath with a note asking British airmen to place it on the grave of the dead pilot. The note claims the pilot was the writer's brother who worked in a London bank, seeking respect for the fallen. Two British soldiers found the three foot diameter wreath near an evacuated village and were sent to confirm the act.
An article from New York argues Riggs disease has no cure, while doctors claim it is a gum germ disease. It describes treatment with a medicated massage unguentum that stays in place, remains with saliva, and is sold in packages at drug stores including Jarma Futrelle in Wilmington.
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