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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
6
A parade of visitors and locals fills Wilmington scenes with guests from Clinton to Salisbury and Norfolk. A Hallowe en social at Fifth Avenue Methodist and a Johnston Gaylord wedding mark the week, plus leisured travel, teas, and club entertainments.
Mrs. Lillie Carden of Etowah Tennessee says about five years ago she began Cardui treatment for ulceration and pain in the lower abdomen and back. She reports irregular cycles and severe cramps, improved after taking Cardui reducing duration to two days and ending suffering. Cardui is advertised as a tonic for womanly troubles and to build health.
The Wilson campaign fund received forty one dollars from Southport and other contributions bring the total to four thousand two hundred forty one dollars. Local committees headed by D H Howes Jr and Cyrus D Hogue report fourteen more gifts including outside donations, aiming to reach five thousand by tomorrow night. Executive members push for broader effort as plans to raise funds are refined by the Dispatch.
Prof. L. A. Williams of the State University department of school administration will meet with New Hanover school teachers Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Hemmenway building. Car service on the Belt Line was interrupted several times yesterday due to boiler repairs at Tidewater Company's plant and a new boiler is being bricked in causing loss of motive power.
At the regular meeting the Col ored Society decided to launch a movement to build a colored hospital where colored physicians will have better opportunity to treat patients. Officers elected for the ensuing term include President Dr. F. W. Avan and secretary Dr. H. A. Parris.
Young men are urged to buy Christmas suits on the E Z Way with small deposits and weekly payments. Suits range from 15 to 35 dollars with 3 to 5 thousand samples to choose from. International Tailoring Company represents the store. A singing class of ten girls and four boys tours the eastern part of the state, with concert plans in Wilmington arranged by Masonic lodge committees.
A large crowd is expected tonight at the Masonic Temple for a concert by the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class. The event is scheduled for this evening and promises an uplifting program from the children.
The Commerce Commission finds freight charges on sewer pipes shipped in carloads from Chattanooga to Georgia points disadvantaging Chattanooga versus North Carolina intra state routes. It orders a review to set reasonable interstate rate comparisons and to protect city interests.
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