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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1917
Page
10
Market notes list poultry and produce rates with per pound and per crate figures. Prices for chickens apples potatoes and onions appear with varied weights and units alongside generic meat items and dairy references.
The notice lists various price figures and cents values: 7 cents, 50 cents, 416 cents, and totals of 4.60 4.00 and 1.00. The OCR transcription is garbled but presents a pricing update for naval stores.
Rain and poor weather boosted selling in Chicago grain and provisions markets. Prices fell across futures with December at 2.12 6, opening ranges down one cent, while pork saw price drops near two dollars per barrel amid weak private demand and bearish markets.
London report says Thomas Denn, worker at an explosives factory, faced a severe toothache until a government payment of 500 dollars arrived via check. Denn claims the check cured the toothache and records the event as relief from government funds.
A British raiding party member Bowdy Bonner is wounded and left near German trenches. His friend Spudhole Rubb, who had a vivid dream sequence, locates him and crawls back to the trench to guide him to safety. Bowdy survives with Spudhole's help.
Taft headlined a Liberty Bond rally in Chicago urging national unity in the war effort. He attacked La Follette and sedition advocates while defending anti German sentiment and praising loyal Americans of German descent amid submarine warfare debate. He pledged League to Enforce Peace backing for the Liberty loan and warned against antiwar arguments.
Washington reports labor conscription faces fierce AFL opposition. Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, denounced the proposal while officials weigh drafts to end dockyard labor shortages. Supporters among some government figures push for munition worker drafts ahead of Congress December session.
From Camp Mills New York ten thousand men in the Rain Bow division receive furloughs and over 100 prospective brides are gathered as 26 officers and men have already wed. Tomorrow is expected to break records for military weddings as men rush to marry before departure.
Unofficial batting figures place Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox inside the .300 mark at season’s end. The standout outfielder maintained strong hitting as the campaign concluded, contributing to Boston’s offensive efforts.
The passage condemns a U S Senator's remarks on Lusitania casualties and warns that yielding citizen protections to a foreign power harms national influence. It argues such rhetoric undermines life and safety rights at sea and accuses the senator of humiliating the nation.
Eastern railroad executives plan an informal public hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission next Wednesday to demand freight rate increases. They argue wartime unity of the continental system and oppose government loan plans, while shippers prepare to oppose higher revenues.
Six firemen were overcome today as a blaze swept the warehouses of Charles Williams on the Brooklyn waterfront causing heavy damage. The incident marks Brooklyn’s second major fire within 24 hours.
Boxing promoters in New York seek a return match between Jack Dillon and Harry Greb the clever Pittsburgh middleweight. Rebooking aims to capitalize on their prior clash and draw big crowds in a big city venue.
In Pittsburgh on October 13 Champ Clark declared Congress will vote every dollar needed for the war. He urged every American to subscribe to the second Liberty loan and said wealth should not slack in crisis. Clark cited his own investment in the first loan to set an example. He called all Americans, male and female, to back the government with bonds and taxes as a duty in the world crisis.
In Marshfield Missouri Claude J. Piersol maintained his calm through a two hour cross examination by Prosecuting Attorney O Day as he testifies in his high profile kidnapping and murder trial for Lloyd Keet. The defense rested and Judge Skinker adjourned court to 6 9 oclock Monday morning with jurors in sheriff custody and written instructions to be delivered. Arguments are expected to fill Monday morning before the jury deliberates Monday afternoon.
Text fragment references support and sustenance of a loan in every manner, raising questions about whether it implies guaranteed funding or official backing. lacking context, the passage hints at financial backing but offers no concrete parties or actions.
Gene Delmont, a Southern heavyweight, eagerly aims to fight a New England boxer before a Boston club, promising a spirited bout and local fan interest.
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