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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
4
A Wilmington 1917 newspaper fragment lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, single issues, and delivery by carrier. It notes post office classification, foreign representation, and circulation audit, then offers editorial humor about the millennium and liberty loan posters, plus a remark on coal price revisions and mine operator limits.
Michaelis warns that carrying out the Kaiser's order to shoot every seventh mutinous sailor would force Germany to seek a new Chancellor. The piece notes economic hardship with smoked menhaden and shark steak and mentions fear of French gains at Verdun. It also quips on religious zeal and overzealous baseball debates.
The Bladen Journal in Clarkton celebrates its ninth year of entertainment and usefulness to the town and Bladen County. Wishing many more birthdays and continued prosperity for the newspaper and its readers.
The remark claims cantonment drills give no guidance for retreat and emphasize aggressive fighting. It asserts soldiers are shielded from any instruction on falling back, implying a one sided approach to battlefield maneuvers.
The Buncombe County Board of Education advocates eradicating illiteracy in three years. The state should adopt this focus over college and high school pursuits, asserting every adult should learn to read and write, even as the rising generation studies higher education.
The Bladen County man Tom Benson died after Pasteur treatment for a cat bite and hydrophobia fears. While en route to Raleigh for a second treatment he was jailed at Elizabethtown and died two days later. Witnesses say mental strain from fear of hydrophobia may have contributed to his death.
The Bladen Journal notes Wilmington hosts a major Corn Show showcase with Bladen and the ten county district participating. The event invites farmers to enter top farm products and stock, envisioning social and educational benefits and growth for next year.
Governor Bickett urged county exemption boards to report incipient tuberculosis cases to Dr. McBrayer at the State Sanatorium. Only twenty-nine boards filed full returns, yet those boards examined 14,923 draftees and found 272 with the disease, highlighting neglect and public health risk.
The article envisions an immense Allied army in France composed of soldiers from every continent and race. It describes diverse groups including Anglo-Saxons, Latins, Africans, Asians, and Indigenous peoples, along with Christians and Muslims, Buddhists, and other faiths, uniting to check the ambition of a single man.
The Charlotte Observer established a Pacific Coast news department in its Sunday and Wednesday issues to provide local news from that region for soldiers in training at Camp Greene. The initiative aids soldiers from many states and offers news they would value as letters from home.
Raleigh October 12 100 county superintendents allied with A W McAllister Federal Fuel Administrator and Henry A Page directing the governments food campaign Joyner calls for full school cooperation Page seeks to mobilize teachers for food and fuel saving Drive while Governor Bickett and his 1916 opponent accept Wilkes County fair invitations and officials discuss roads and prison board crops.
Evangelist John W. Ham who planned to begin a meeting in Elizabethtown on November 10 has accepted a pastorate in Atlanta and cannot conduct the event. The piece notes wheat sowing in the region from Oct 20 to Nov 20 with potential record acreage in Chatham if weather stays favorable and a $2.20 crop guarantee encouraging full planting.
The editorial urges the public to judge men by their wartime actions and to remember how each stood for the country when the flag was attacked. It warns that leaders who falter will be remembered for their response to foreign aggression.
The Latrinburg Exchange reports that 351 bales of cotton sold at Wagram on Friday October 5, totaling about 52000 dollars. A local resident notes this reflects brisk business in the small town as it may outpace neighbors if others neglect their fences.
With the editors noting Premier Kerensky's renewed cabinet reshuffle, the item suggests Russia has a wide pool of possible ministers. The piece remarks on the apparent abundance of capable cabinet material beyond the current lineup.
The piece questions why German leadership regularly falls in line with Allied powers while resisting Prussianist factions. It surveys historical trends and implies a broader inquiry into political realignments and national strategy.
Cotton is now sold in this section for 25 cents a pound with signs it will reach 30 cents. Farmers wait with a contented smile as the dream of fortune seems near at hand.
The Greensboro News notes that Britain declared an absolute embargo on exports to Sweden Norway Denmark and the Netherlands, part of the northern European neutrals. The move unsettles German optimists and followed disclosures about Luxburg's messages to Berlin via the Swedish foreign office in Buenos Aires.
G P Sutton reports from Bladen Journal on his annual vacation visiting Cypress Creek roots in Caldwell Texas and Rosebud and Goose Creek areas. He cites Cypress Creek emigrants James T Reeves Neill Cromartie and family, and Sugar Loaf connections including Wiley Branch and James G Sutton. He notes Rev Hines sermon in Caldwell and praises Bladen people, with Annie Sutton McNeill in Chipley Florida.
A Chicago News item describes a sergeant drilling an awkward squad when a misstep leads to two men nearly touching legs. The officer angrily asks who is the bloomin galoot holding up both legs, highlighting the humorous mishap.
The Rt. Rev. Paul Jones, bishop of Utah, faces accusations of unseemly political dabbling with pro German leanings. If substantiated, his removal from office is urged. if not, he should be silenced to deter others in the ministry.
Amsterdam reports the Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung calls for iron severity for those complicit in mutinies aimed at paralyzing the German navy. It asserts death penalty as the proper penalty and cites Liebknecht as having been properly dealt with as a precedent for similar action.
London reports that air raids act as trade stimulants with an East End saloon keeper noting the raid brought in patrons seeking a quick drink to ease nerves after a recent alert. The tale frames raids as a local business boost amid wartime nerves.
Hyomei claims to end catarrh and its symptoms with daily use. The ad touts growing yearly sales and a low price for a complete inhaler kit, asserting no stomach dosing and fast relief.
Advertising copy touts Ironized Paw-Paw as a cure for stomach trouble nerves weakness and general debility. It claims to purify blood stimulate the liver relieve constipation and energize the body with daily rising demand and a price of 1.00 per bottle from Elvington's Pharmacy and Interstate Drug Co. New York.
Mortgagee Mechanics' Home Association seeks sale of property in Wilmington New Hanover County on October 22 1917 at 12 o'clock to satisfy defaulted payments. Property described as part of southeast quarter of lot 3 block 41 in City of Wilmington plan with typical street bounds Twelfth and Dawson streets. Attorney W McKoy notices sale per deed Book 82 page 345.
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