Social notes from Meyers Park and Fayetteville visits
Guests and visitors are listed from Meyers Park to Fayetteville with names like Miss Alice LeGrande Miss Minnie Little Mrs. George Hutaff and family Mrs. F D Wells Mrs H B Clemmons and others. Local events include Y W C A classes rescues and a Salvation Army meeting plan with brief church and community activities. Major Waldron Merritt returned from a coast inspection trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice LeGrande
Minnie Little
Meyers Park
Charlotte
A. E. Waldron
R. E. Merritt
North Carolina
Bicycle Crash Injures Post Office Clerk on Front Street
A bicycle driven by James Price, a general delivery clerk, collided with a parked car and a second car driven by Walter Woodcock on Front Street near Post Office Avenue. Price suffered a painful eye gash and facial injuries and received medical attention. The bicycle and vehicle were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Postoffice Avenue
James Price
Postoffice
Price
Walter G Woodcock
Mr. Price
Rotary Club Pushes City Clean Up Drive
The Rotary Club urged Wilmington officials to clean up the city to reduce fire insurance rates as it prepared to present to the Board of Health and City Council. The group also planned an automobile tour of the city for delegates to the United Lutheran Synod meeting starting November 9. They discussed Clyde Steamship Company service and other matters at the semi monthly session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Health Department
City
Rotary Club
Board of Health
Wilmington
United Lutheran Synod
Clyde Steamship Company
Remains Taken to Kelly's Cove for Interment
The remains of Isaac Wright Haney who died yesterday at 2 30 pm at his son's residence 1216 South Third street were taken by boat to Kelly's Cove for interment. Funeral services will be held at the graveside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Wright Haney
Lh Son
M. M. Wright
South Third Street
Kelly’s Cove
Woman Recovers From Severe Pain After Cardui Cure
In Sheffield Alabama Mrs J T Stonecipher describes decade long illness with severe right side pain and paralysis of walking. After doctors offered operations and ineffective medicines she took Cardui and improved after two bottles, claiming a permanent cure and urging others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Ala
J. T. Stonecipher
Cardus
Whitlock West Orchestra Secures Corn Show Contract
The Whitlock West orchestra closed a contract today to provide music for the Corn Show in the afternoon and for the Corn Show ball on October 10 at the Boys' Brigade building. Additional contracts include engagements in Wilson Bolton Burgow Wallace and Atkinson with local and out of town clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitlock- West Orchestra
Corn Show
Boys’ Brigade
Whitlock-West
Whitlock-West Orchestra
Wilson
San Felice cigar price rise announced
The Deisel-Wemmer Company states the San Felice cigar will cost five cents straight to consumers, up from six for a quarter, due to higher quality tobaccos and costs. The ad urges continued support of the national, excellent San Felice standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Felice
Deisel-Wemmer Company
Advt
Bethlehem Steel Hits New High on Stock Market
Bethlehem Steel surpassed United States Steel in specialty interests, rising 40 points to 625 in the first half hour, setting a new high. Earlier record stood at 600. Also noted, thirty children joined Miss Roselle Ditmore of the YWCA for a story telling hour at Robert Strange playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
BethLehem Steel
United States Steel
Roselle Ditmore
The
Robert Strange
Greer Visiting Areas to Promote Packing House in Raleigh
Mr. J W Greer of Moultrie Georgia tours New Hanover area to spark interest in packing houses for major southern cities. He will address Raleigh under the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce with a luncheon to follow. He spoke in Elizabeth City last week to a large crowd signaling early plans for a packing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Greer
J. W. Greer
Moultrie
Carolina Packing House Company
New Hanover
Greer
Raleigh
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth City
St Pauls Chapel Marks 150 Years in New York
The oldest public building in New York City, St Pauls Chapel, this month celebrates its 150th anniversary of existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
St. Paul’s Chapel
Democracy Day in Duplin as Gardner speaks to 2500 crowd
In Kenansville an audience of over 2,500 heard O Max Gardner fill in for Governor Craig, criticizing Republicans and praising Democratic gains in education, roads, agriculture, and banking. A brass band led a motorcade from Warsaw and a special train aided travel. Gardner depicted Wilson era policies and praised Federal programs before a Warsaw audience and a later stop in Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Duplin
Kenansville
Max Gardner
Craig
A. & C. Railroad
John A. Gavin, Jr
Wall Street
Washington City
Wilson
Aycock
Gardner
Salisbury
Fall Convocation Convened by Scottish Rite Masons
The Fall Convocation of the Scottish Rite Masons gathered at the Masonic Temple for a three day session with a large candidate class and several visiting dignitaries including W. W. Willson of Raleigh and David Preston Byers of Charlotte. Johnson Blakely Lodge of Perfaction conferred degrees from the fourth to the fourteenth while Cape Fear Chapter Rose Croix No 3 planned degrees to eighteenth. An elaborate banquet at 6 30 this evening will honor all Scottish Rite Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
W. W. Willson
Raleigh
North Carolina
David Preston Byers
Charlotte
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite
Johnson Blakely Lodge of Perfection
Cape Fear
Rose Croix
James C. Munds
S. L. Boyd
H. A. Huggins
Paul B. Bell
F. M. Holley
E. E. Graham
A S. Holden
Co. C. Pinckney
J. E. Burriss
E. L. White
J. M. Byrd
W. A. Whitney
L. C. Robertson
H. W. Morris
Edwin S. Wright
Boardman
M. T. Mover
Vineland
W. W. Parker
Lumberton
A. M. Maupin
O. S. Romans
Fort Caswell
T. J. Wright
Fayetteville
C. B. Barruss
Clinton
W. C. Steele
Mt. Olive
Wilming ton Red Cross Meets Tomorrow at the Y M C A
Col Fret A of the State Museum in Raleigh visited town yesterday. The Wilmington Red Cross Society holds its annual meeting tomorrow at 11 in the YMCA and all members are urged to attend. The report notes at least twenty thousand Jewish soldiers now serving in the British army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary Committee of
The
Salvation Army
Army
H. E. O'Keef
Carolina Place
Col. Fret A, Ors
State Museum
Raleigh
City
Wilmington Red Cross Society
Wheel theft from invalid chair shocks Milwaukee resident
A thief stole two small wheels from the front of an invalid chair belonging to Mrs. C. K. Lush at 519 Jefferson Street in Milwaukee on Sunday. Mrs. Lush, an invalid, planned to attend the theatre for the first time in three years, but the chair was left unattended and the wheels disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
C. K. Lush
Jefferson Street
Birds Stop Gas Supply in Menominee
Two sparrows built a nest in the gas outlet pipe at a water tank in Menominee Wisconsin causing a city wide gas outage for several hours. The nest clogged the outlet during heavy rain, overfilling the tank and shutting off gas flow. The nest was removed and gas service was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee
Wis
Notice of suit in New Hanover Superior Court
American Bank and Trust Company sue Alexander Newton and Minnie C Newton G T Flynn and W J Flynn and Southern National Bank of Wilmington The complaint seeks judgment for 7500 against the Newtons and 6000 against the Flynns with interest. Lands described in mortgage deed recorded in Book 71 page 476 are condemned to satisfy the claim The defendants must appear at the December 1916 term or plead demurrer. Dated October 23 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bank and Trust Company
Alexander Newton
Minnie C. Newton
G. T. Flynn
W. J. Flynn
Southern National Bank of Wilmington
Minnie C., Newton
Superior Court of
New Hanover County
Apd
G. T
Said
Wilmington
North Carolina
W. N. Harriss
Clerk Superior Court
Express Firms Go Before ICC on Value-Based Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission held a hearing in Washington on October 23 on the express companies petition to set rates using declared values of shipments. The session forms part of ICC inquiries into express rates practices accounts and revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Phone 160 T C White General Passenger Agent
The fragment lists contact phone 160 for T C White serving as the General Passenger Agent in Wilmington North Carolina. The readable note is sparse and lacks additional context or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. White
Wilmington
N, C
Also Mentioned on This Page
George H. Hutaff
F. D. Wells
Acme
H. B. Clemmons
Jacksonville, Fla
Mrs. Akerman
Augusta
S. W. Maultsby
Frances Lewis
Supurb
W. S. Bishop
R. B. Strickien
Martha Joiner
Magnolia
Augusta Boykin
J. F. Rulfs
Little
Lila Keith
Crim Johnson
Spartanburg
S. C
N. J. Pittman
North Ninth Street
S. P. Collier, Jr
Winston- Salem
Samuel P. Collier, Sr
Immanuel Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
W. G. Robertson
J. W. Talent
J. G. Parker
Glen Alpine
Currie
Ladies of St
Tut
IL Black Company
Cleveland
Wooltex
A. D. Brown
Tethlehem Steel
Duplin County
Belk-Williams Company
State of North Carolina
Express
Sampson County Fair
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad of the
South
Georgetown
S.C
S. E
Wilmingtonn
S. S. Huron
S. S
Clyde Steamship Co
C.J. Beckeer
Wilmington, N. C
Southern Medical Association
Atlanta
Standard Railroad
Gen. Freight and Pass. Agt
the Standard Railroad of the
Sith
Fayetteville, N.C
Cape Fear Fair
Chadbourn, N.C
Columbus County
Chadbourn
Louisville
General Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Clinton, N. C
Sanford
Lee County
New Orleans
National Farm and Lilt
W. J. Craig
Tom
Commie
Wil
Fir
J. W.H. Fuchs’ Dept. Store
Service
Lumberton, N. C
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