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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
8
The College of the City of New York opens a janitor training program for apartment, public school, and library facilities amid mixed public opinion. Critics joke about coal conservation while praising potential savings, as Harlem commuters and a recruiting station scene add color to the piece.
The story notes major New York hotels like the Waldorf Astor Majestic and Vanderbilt debating beefless day. It contrasts hotel reactions with plans for cheaper eateries where patrons demand red raw beef. A Bowery restaurant owner fears a riot over refusing a longshoreman beef, joking about a clueless customer asking who Hoover is.
A red white and blue flivver cruises the streets while a nude blind boy hauls a musket and a limo bears two weeping girls. George Broad teases David Belasco with a joke as a hotel clerk in a fur trimmed overcoat observes. A fitness expert buys patent medicine. An Italian laborer in a red shirt lines up at the Metropolitan. A girl in a roadster flirts with a traffic officer. A Harlem goat sleeps in an apartment lobby.
The War Department lists nineteen North Carolinians commissioned in the Medical Department Officers' Reserve Corps. Names include Captains William Allen and Charles S. Lawrence, plus a group of First Lieutenants from Wadesboro Winston-Salem Durham Farmville and other towns. The list names twenty one individuals with varied hometowns across the state.
Notice announces new timetable changes effective 12:01 a m Sunday October 21 Wilmington departures and arrivals. Train No 55 to Florence will leave 3 20 p m instead of 3 45 p m and No 54 from Florence and the west and south will arrive 1 00 p m instead of 12 50 noon.
The former emperor appears thinner and more worn, with lines on his face reflecting the toll of war and the suffering he caused humanity. The piece casts him as the arch enemy of civilization, facing consequences of his actions.
H. W. Malloy 55 longtime resident dies at his Laurinburg home after illness. Former president of Powers-Gibbes Company later sales manager for Virginia Carolina Chemical in Columbia. Survived by one son Harry Malloy, funeral in Laurinburg with Rev. Dr. J. M. Wells and E. T. Taylor attending.
Atlanta Oct. 20 Washington and Lee and Georgia Tech prepared for their annual clash in ideal football weather. The teams include veterans from last year when the game ended in a tie here.
London reports a gasoline price surge to 1.09 dollars per gallon, driving up street transport costs. Prices boost taxi and bus fares as insurers raise ship insurance to about 18 percent of value per voyage, prompting a shift to steam traction engines in downtown London.
United Press reports from the British front that Germany orders strict economy as Allied air power grows. German higher command conserves battle planes while British pilots push operations behind enemy lines. Despite courage, German output risks quality for quantity as America joins the aerial war.
Louisville moves to delay action on back taxes as County Judge Green blocks an auditor suit against Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham's estate. Kentucky law bars inheritance tax litigation until 18 months post death. Shares in Standard Oil valued high, administrators told to withhold assets until tax is settled. No challenge yet to codicil granting $5 million instead of marital rights.
An AP dispatch from Washington states a report of an earthquake of notable intensity lasting over an hour. The tremors occurred about 2,000 miles from Washington, began at 11 43 a m yesterday, and peak vibrations were logged between 11 52 and 11 53 a m with the quake tapering off around 1 p m. Director Tondorr notes the period since August 20 has been the quietest seismic season in years, with only one disturbance in two months.
Detectives began a systematic investigation into the riots that gripped New York public schools as thousands protested the Gary system of instruction. School officials fear the strike will widen and plan measures to curb further outbreaks when schools reopen Monday.
Odessa dispatch reports 100 passengers killed or wounded when a train near Vladikavkaz in the Caucasus was halted by 200 armed brigands. The Times notes the assault occurred on October 20 and involved a large group attacking the rail line.
A young woman seeks employment in a doctor's office or light office work. She requests consideration at the provided address with care dispatch and offers references upon request.
Washington Oct. 20 American women can aid war efforts by promoting municipal housekeeping. Mrs. Richard S. Childs of New York cites Chicago’s waste conservation via inmate labor at the house of correction saving $136,000 in waste materials and restoring furniture, urging civic groups to push local adoption and funding relief for dependent families.
Funeral services for seven month old Helen Louise Sedberry of Southport were held today at 11 at the J H Stone residence. Rev Jno Peter Hurt conducted the service and interment followed in Oakdale Cemetery. The child had died yesterday afternoon at 4 30 at the Stone home while visiting relatives. The service was attended by many friends and reflected the community’s sympathy.
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