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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1917
Page
6
Hemenway School opened last Monday with 594 pupils. by week’s end enrollment reached 609, the largest since the new building. Transfers reshaped classes as 60 more students than last year attended. New entrants included 20 from Isaac Bear and 28 from Cornelius Harnett.
A brief item notes a piece titled See Heart-Throbs by the author Smiling Jonas. The note emphasizes the romantic or entertainment angle presented in the publication.
A reflective piece argues that God grants calm amid storms and calls for peace over war. It contrasts suffering from battle with heavenly healing, citing Sherman’s line that war is hell and urging empathy for soldiers and widows while envisioning a future of peace on earth.
Wartime appeal urges Americans to limit meat to one ounce per person daily to support Allied forces. Emphasizes choosing poultry fish and seafood alternatives, avoiding waste, and preventing milk shortages by reducing beef demand. Targets families and children with moral appeal.
In London on October 6 literary and other societies across the United Kingdom laid flowers at Lord Tennyson's tomb in Westminster Abbey to honor the twenty fifth anniversary of his death. He died in 1892 at his Isle of Wight home after serving as poet laureate for over four decades.
A historic program in Boston operates the sole U.S. evening law school for women, offering flexible study for female students pursuing legal careers. The initiative emphasizes access and professional advancement within a male-dominated field.
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