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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
4
A British jury has written the American unwritten law into the Jews of that country. The incident, though unfortunate, shows that gunners on American warships are accurate marksmen. The Hollanders may rue profiting from imports resold to Germany. Equador resists Kaiser Bill diplomats, keeping a firm stance.
A coroner's jury spent a prolonged period determining fault after a collision involving a truck and an automobile. The lengthy deliberation reflected the careful assessment of injuries and responsibility among involved parties.
Luxburg resists exposing himself publicly with his friends the Argentinians. He remains level headed and insists on caution despite diplomatic tensions and potential break with his country.
A political pundit notes Colonel Roosevelt would have seized a chance to denounce La Follette if he had joined the front last spring. The speaker urges less banner waving and more focus on financial issues, arguing the public favors money matters now.
A fragmentary editorial riff on wartime topics touches on pursuing Kaiser Wilhelm, hats in elevators, Hindenburg’s maneuvers on the British front, and Japan learning America will fund a large scale war effort, with remarks on Turkey as a refuge for Wilhelm and a fable about belling the cat.
Advice instructs buying several one cent stamps to form a habit of placing an extra stamp on every postal card mailed by November 1. After that date a card will not go without the additional one cent stamp.
A large petition in Iceland demands repeal of the prohibition law. Proponents argue prohibition fails to curb drunkenness and note many men are rejected for physical conditions, yet the American army maintains a high physical standard monitored by draft physicians.
The News and Observer reviews the Stuarts of England noting James I’s theoretical absolutism versus practical limits, and Charles I’s rebellion, with praise for a noble, though flawed, dynasty. It recalls poems and epitaphs about royal prerogatives and the court’s wit.
F R Serri analyzes Senator LaFollette once a towering figure in Wisconsin and US politics. He recalls the fighter known as Fighting Bob, then argues a rapid decline to an obstructionist stance and diminished influence, noting the current war stance and credibility concerns.
The article questions why state hotel sanitation laws and other statutes remain unenforced eight months after passage. It notes delays in enforcing hotel sanitation standards despite traveling men’s protests and cites neglected road crossing sign requirements as another dormant law.
The writer cites a long standing law requiring the State flag to be hoisted over courthouses while the Superior court sits and notes many counties ignore it. The piece also condemns the failure to publish names, offices, and salaries of State officials eight months after the law was enacted. An explanation for the neglect is sought.
An evening entertainment featured a mock wedding after guests obtained a license and a magistrate performed a pretend ceremony. The magistrate refused to divorce, leaving the couple legally married without intent. The piece warns against trivializing marriage as a sacred ceremony upheld by churches and law.
The student battalion of the university divided four companies into attacking and defending parties and maneuvered in basic combat tactics as applied to infantry, marking their first taste of modern warfare methods.
Carson Palmer delivered about six baskets of apples to the Citizen’s counter, praising the Palmer Place orchard of 250 trees in the sandhills. The fruit’s quality counters the belief that such land cannot yield good apples, a claim once shown by a medal at the St Louis national apple show.
The Pender Chronicle reports a mass meeting at the Court House where two hundred citizens voiced support for an appropriation to fund a full time county farm demonstrator for Pender. The measure is portrayed as a small county outlay securing a valuable farm advocate for local farming interests.
Seventeen more selected white men from Robeson District No 1 left Lumberton Saturday for Camp Jackson near Columbia. Carl Thompson of Fairmont was named captain and B M Sibley of Lumberton lieutenant. Total 60 men from the district went to camp last week including 25 white men and 18 Indians.
On a Saturday midnight crossing a foot log in Gallberry swamp near Moc Millan’s Robeson side of the Robeson Cumberland line, Egbert Jackson dropped and his gun discharged killing Bill Smith instantly. Coroner’s jury rules accidental death. Smith, about 30, leaves a wife and three children.
An editors note discusses Save the Snakes as a slogan to protect harmless snakes that help farmers by eating crop pests. The Scientific American article urges safeguarding harmless snakes and notes widespread pest threats to cereals. The USDA estimates crop losses run high in cereals.
The Scientific American article argues sparing bulls and kings snakes reduces rodent ravages, urging farmers to encourage various snakes to curb rats mice and other pests. The Robesonian notes Roosevelt fights German sympathizers at home, while Winston Sentinel cites E. W. Poll predicting no doubt about devotion in next Congress. Hickory Record covers Judge Pritchard and Dr. Simon Peter Long urging support for the war and denouncing antiwar sentiment at fairs.
An editorial laments the omnipresent hazard of reckless driving and calls for strict enforcement and tougher laws. It cites a Washington Post reserve officer who fears for his life if relieved of duty and notes varying traffic regulations across cities.
In Brescia a black haired soldier, wounded at the front, bets 40 cents on a superstition linking battle wounds to lucky numbers. He asks winnings go to his wife and children if he does not return from the Carso. The next day the clerk notes the wounded man won $5,000.
Officials said the Virgin Islands require a wholesale cleanup and that the territory holds vast military value. They asked Congress for 200000 to fix conditions, noting no water works, sewers, or adequate government offices. Revenue comes mainly from US imports now cut off.
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