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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
5
Police and city officials begin enforcing a driver license program aimed at women motorists. A list of licensed drivers is being inspected as officers check compliance and prepare penalties where licenses are missing or revoked.
Captain Russell's Neptune Fisheries to build a large smokehouse to smoke shark and menhaden for a shark a la creme menu. United States Bureau of Fisheries officials plan an educational campaign to introduce smoked shark as a food, with recipes to be supplied and tested during a Winston-Salem luncheon and Raleigh demonstrations.
The First Baptist Church reports a net membership rise of 232 for the year and total funds raised of 13 780. Delegates W C Peterson L W Moore and R F Coleman will attend the Baptist Association at Ashton. The church also bought two Liberty bonds valued at 50 each for the Baptist orphanage.
Superior Court session led by Judge W A Devin featured a bar meeting honoring BE S Martin upon his retirement as chairman and long service to the county bar. The bar drafted resolutions praising his courteous leadership and wishing him peaceful, happy days after active practice.
Western Union backs girl telegraphy schools to free soldiers for battlefields. At the Y W C A a six month, twice weekly night course will train novices to operate the key, with pay starting at 50 dollars monthly and rising to 150 dollars for proficient operators. A 50 cent equipment fee is charged.
The document lists multiple civil actions and parties including Jordan Nixon versus G C Gorman and L Gorman, Royal Chair Co versus Sterchi Bancroft Co, Harriet Hill versus D R Foster and A 5 Robinson executor, John B Leathers versus A R R Co and Murray Transfer Co, Richard Bracey et al versus Globe Baking Co, Hilma Corelson versus L W Moore, W Sidbury versus C H Bonham, J F Diggs versus L P Matthews and Geo L Farmar, Greene Fenley Jr versus S A L Railway, with mention of Navy Thursday.
A speaker praises Resinol Ointment after twenty years of use. They claim it stops itching immediately, heals eruptions, and contains no irritating ingredients. The ad notes jars are available at any drug store.
Haywood Newkirk, a young Black man on a bicycle, will be arraigned before Recorder George Harriss for reckless riding after he struck Mrs. James H. Farley on Sept 8 in downtown Newkirk. Farley, hospitalized, testified she is recovered enough to appear. Police seek witnesses as the state argues speed and racing behavior.
Delgado Sunday school led Calvary Baptist with an attendance of 436 yesterday, eclipsing all city records. Other attendances included First Baptist 420 Southside 172 and Fifth Avenue Methodist 242, with a notable musical program and L. W. Moore as superintendent.
Four R Morrison Crowly Jr fishing at the Seashore pier hooked a large drum and fought it for an hour before finally landing only the head as a shark reportedly struck in Wrightsville waters. The story notes a shark sighting in the area over several days and suggests the predator may have taken the fish.
A plea from the National Special Aid Society requests two workers for Mrs Causey’s pansement table and additional help at several tables including tampon and carrel cushions. The appeal urges local women to contribute time and materials at Woolvin Hall, stressing daily workload and patriotic duty.
Buck Morris, a young white man, is arraigned for a hearing Saturday morning on a manslaughter charge linked to a storm night crash that killed a black wagon driver. The coroner’s jury blamed the automobile collision, while Morris remains out on bail as legal proceedings proceed.
The ad claims rheumatism is caused by a germ in the blood and promotes S S S as a long used remedy. It urges readers to write Swift Specific Co in Atlanta for advice on treatment of their case.
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