Social News From City Visitors and Local Events
Guests at Wilmington hotels include Mrs J M Cox of Tabor and Mr Ted Vella of Goldsboro. Local residents from Fort Caswell Richlands and Brunswick Georgia visit. Harmony Circle hosts Concordia Society meeting. Cantwell dancing school opens with a children’s dance. YWCA to form Girls’ Glee Club. Corn Show ball planning underway at Harbor Island auditorium. Salvation Army cottage meeting and open air service tonight. Halloween party at St Matthew’s Lutheran tomorrow with decorated Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Society
Harmony Circle
Corps of the Salvation Army
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Miss Chiang Injured In Peking Army Aviation Exhibit
Miss Chiang daughter of General Chiang Tso-ping was badly injured in an aeroplane accident at Nanyuan near Peking during the army aviation corps public exhibition. Pilot Yao escaped with minor injuries while she suffered a brain concussion. The two day event drew vast crowds and featured ten army aeroplanes built largely by Chinese labor and French mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Chiang
Chiang Tso-ping
Gener
Army Aviation Corps
Nanyuan
Yao
China
Tom Gun
Chamber of Commerce Pushes Restoring Wilmington Trains
The Wilmington traffic committee asks Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to resume the trains out of Wilmington halted at the start of World War I, notably the Conway daily. The request awaits Coast Line reply, referred to the executive department. Separately, backing grows for Sea Board Air Line daylight service Wilmington to Charlotte with a 8:20 a.m. depart to Hamlet and Charlotte by 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Craig
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Wilmington
Conway
Coast Line
Craig
Executive Department
Seaboard Air Line
Charlotte
Rutherfordton
Charlotte Observer
Hamlet
Raleigh
Still Aground as Edillio Blocked at Cape Fear Bar
The Italian freighter Edillio remains unmoved by tugboats including the Seminole on Cape Fear bar. With ships unable to budge it, authorities may lighter part of the cargo of steel to allow the vessel to proceed to Wilmington to load a part cargo or cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Edillio
Cape Fear Bar
S.eas
Wilmington
Cardui Trusted By Ky. Woman For Strength And Weight Gain
Mrs. C. F. Askins of Narrows Kentucky describes long weakness backache and low weight. After trying various remedies she credits Cardui with restoring health strength and flesh gaining from 104 to about 195 pounds and praises doctors and Cardus as effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narrows
C. F. Askins
Cardus
Portland preacher outlines carrier ethics and reader duties
Rev. W. O. Shanks of East Side Baptist Church in Portland outlines rules to govern newspaper carriers to improve efficiency and reader relations. He urges courtesy honesty helpfulness and respect toward carriers and details subscribers duties and proper payment practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Shanks
East Side Baptist Church
Portland
Ore
Clende Robinson
Shank
Abraham Lincoln
Deeds Filed Show Transfers In Oakley Plantation Area
D L Gore and wife transfer five acres near Oakley Plantation Wilmington Beach Corp to Mrs E A Crews for 1 and other consideration Lot 10 Block 8 Wilmington Beach. Wilmington Beach Corp to Chrissie Gordwood for 1 and other consideration Lot 18 Block 9 Wilmington Beach. Wilmington Suburban Co to C H Holton Lot 33 by 75 feet on Fourth Street between Meares and Marstellar. C H Hall and wife transfer to G B Webster trustee for Winter Park Methodist church Lot 30 by 160 feet Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Gore
Noah Boney
Oakley Plantation
Wilmington Beach Corporation
E. A. Crews
Wilmington Beach
Chrissie Gordwood
Wilmington Suburban Company
C. H. Holton
Fourth Street
Meares
Marstellar
C. H. Hall
G. B. Webster
Winter Park Methodist Church
Winter Park
Questions on Paper Carriers and Their Plight
A pastor recounts how newspaper carriers may face hardship and urges readers to consider whether they support themselves or their families. He cites a boy who accepted a pear as a gift and took it home, highlighting the impact of readers’ actions on youths’ lives.
Stielow Ordered Executed Amid Reprieve Appeals
Albany, Oct. 31. The Court of Appeals record shows the decree ordering execution of Charles F. Stielow for the murder of farmer Charles D. Phelps and his housekeeper. On December 11 he faces Sing Sing death unless a reprieve is granted, the seventh such attempt in his case. Wealthy supporters have backed appeals amid repeated claims of innocence. This marks the third time a condemned man has appeared before the court for sentence, joining Dr. Buchanan and Albert T. Patrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Courts of Appeals
Charles F. Stielow
Charles D. Phelps
Phelps
Stielow
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Dr. Buchanan
Albert T. Patrick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. G. Dennenbaum
New York City
J. M. Cox
Tabor
City
Ted C. Vella
Goldsboro
Wilmington Hotel
B. H. Hermann
Fort Caswell
W. M. Thompson
Richlands
Orton Hotel
Louise Baker
Charleston, S. C
Ernest Peschau
North Fourth Street
Colin Shaw
Maysville
Mrs. Shaw
North Front Street
John B. Dudley
Brunswick, Ga
M. A. Hayden
E. M. Doyle
Asheville
Etta Grady
Kenansville, N. C
Mrs
Louis Sallings
R. B. Lewis
Henrietta
Dudney
B. Satchwell
Florence, S. C
North Fifth Street
Cantwell Dancing School
Hibernian Hall
Association
Harbor Island
MS Array
A. Murray Thompson
England
J. J. Scott
Thompson
New York
A. D. Brown
Cardy
Kentucky
W.O. Shanks
Mr. Shanks
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Arthur M. Dodge
National Association
National
Woman's’ Suffrage Publishing Company
Ailors
Velvet
Ats
Belk-Williams Company
Green House
Lucy B. Moore
Fitcm
LEE County Agricultural Fair
Sanford
N. C
Atlantic Coast Linh
Standard Railroad of the South
T. C. White
Southern Railway
Winston Salem
Beaufort
Moorehead City
J. O. Jones
Raleigh, N. C
Southern
Sampson County Fair
Clinton
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad of the
South
Wilmington, N
Southern Medical Association
Atlanta
Atla
Standard Railroad
Wilmington, N. C
Tc. White
Gen
Pas’ Aé
Hortanse & Stollmi
Pitle
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