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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1917
Page
6
Lady visitors from Whiteville Waynesville and Charlotte depart for towns like Salemburg Dunn Greensboro and Wrightsville Beach. many residents return from trips to New York Atlantic City and Bluefield while church and Red Cross events plan meetings and canteen service for soldiers.
Mr. Thomas Torpy of New Bern visits Wilmington while connected with Roper Lumber Co. C H Fore travels to northern markets to buy fall goods. L R Duvall heads to Asheville for vacation. C N Hicks from Raleigh visits city on business. George Casey of Magnolia visits with friends. C C L Dickinson of New York Life leaves for New London to attend a $200000 club event. Albert Kite of Tidewater Power travels to Philadelphia for his father’s illness. J G Hicks returns to Raleigh to resume studies at A and E College. John Bonitz Arthur Humphries George Tiencken and Dan Sawyer depart Wilmington for Raleigh to resume studies at A and E college.
Chicago actor Bryant Washburn received exemption from military service due to dependency. Major B. M. Chipperfield supported the claim. Washburn admitted earnings of 200 dollars weekly and noted a bar discount. He is married with a child.
Pauline Frederick buys another car, a yellow Peerless roadster named The Buttercup for its glossy finish and bright color. The description highlights its high gunwalés and a driver’s view from a central oasis on a saffron island.
Ann Reine starts her assignment on de Bigve B. Searsre at the Famous Pigie, undertaking role duties and launching the project amid local anticipation.
The final scenes of The World for Sale J Stuart Blackton's first Paramount feature adapted from a novel by Sir Gilbert Parker have been completed in Hollywood.
Dr Ernest Bulluck and Dr E R Hart join to practice medicine and surgery in the Southern Building offices. Hart, formerly owner of St Andrew's Hospital Suffolk VA, graduate of University of Maryland, has made Wilmington his home since last February. Bulluck continues the family medical legacy begun by his late father Dr D W Bulluck.
General orders from the War Department reveal an effort to apportion negro troops evenly across cantonments. Each cantonment should host one negro infantry regiment where personnel allow, despite protests against quartering in parts of the South.
Raleigh Sept 4 Announcement by W H G Loean of the War Department states North Carolina's Dental Examining Board includes Dr F L Hunt of Asheville J H Wheeler of Greens boro and J Moris Fleming of Raleigh Another member is to be selected to serve
American women in Paris join the Women's War Relief Corps under the Red Cross to aid soldiers. Led by Mrs. William G. Sharp, the group will roll bandages, feed refugees, and teach the blind while organizing canteens, diet kitchens, information desks, lost and found, nurse recruitment, publicity, and refugee relief programs.
Fort Morgan Colorado September 4 Frontier Days carnival and celebration opened under favorable conditions. Hundreds of visitors are expected to attend the three day event as Fort Morgan showcases its frontier heritage with parades contests and exhibits.
A dramatic address denounces autocratic tyranny and asserts divine intervention will halt German ambitions. It contrasts ancient conquerors with today’s war, pledges resolve to win and defend liberty, and urges America to stand firm against Kaiser tyranny.
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