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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1916

Page

3

Sunrise and Sunset in Cape Fear River Waters

The notice records sunrise and sunset times for Thursday and reports a water level of two feet in the Cape Fear River at Jacksonville, N C at 8 a m. It also covers a Japanese plan to buy British Exchequer bonds totaling 110000000 yen for one year at six percent interest. The proposal aims to repatriate gold for wartime purchases, with benefits including higher yields and potential debt support in exchange for currency and specie exchanges between Britain and Japan.

United States Htas Benedit Japan America

Barefoot League Forms in Sacramento Community

Four Sacramento men on Yardley Avenue form the Sacramento Barefoot League, to meet barefoot at home lawn gatherings and stroll indoors barefoot with wives present. Members include Dr. Robert E. Smith James McCollough L O Lumy and Steve Downey. The group aims for cool comfortable evenings with phonograph entertainment and drawing-room chats as the venture grows.

California Sacramento Cal Barefoot League Yardley Avenue Robert E. Smith James McCollough L. O. Lumy Steve Downey Smith Lv League Llyust

Glimpse of the 1st Century in El Paso Juarez Trip

El Paso hosts a frontier-era spectacle with President Wilson dedicating the Elephant Butte dam and the International Irrigation congress. Visitors may ride a five cent streetcar into Juarez for a compact Mexican immersion amid border patrols and historical echoes of Spanish colonial missions and California missions.

el Paso Texas Wilson Elephant Butte Inter United States Mexico Paso Juarez Rio Grande San Diego Cal California Ysleta Cortez Montezumas Vaso Porfirio Diaz Irrigation Congress International Farm Congress United States Department of Agriculture National Congress Dominion American Union New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma Arizona

Stocks Rally With New Highs At Open On Sept 6 1920

Wall Street opened higher as leaders hit new highs with United States Steel near par after recent dividends. Notable gains included Inspiration, Kelly-Springfield, Bethlehem Steel, Mexican Petroleum and American Smelting while rails lagged. Market quotes show mixed openings and strong general advances.

New York Wall Street United States Steel Marines Inspiration Kelly Springfield Tire Bethlehem Steel Mexican Petroleum American Smelting American Can American Locomotive United Fruit International Allis-Chalmers Aeig Esa Amer Car and Foundry Peitovahs American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Hesapeake & Ohio Chi Mil St. Paul Pat. Ry Crucible Steel Simh Wee Oy General Electric Else Oh Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctl Ilinois Central Inter Kansas City Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers Hid Maxwell Motors Mis Kan Texas Missouri Pacific National Lead New York Central Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading edoRied Rep Tron & Steel Eile Seaboard Air Line Bid Sless, Shef, Steel & Iron Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper

Cotton Market Declines Further in Early New York Trading

The cotton market slipped in early trade today with opening steady then selling off after calls. October fell to 15.60, December to 15.57 and January to 15.78 as liquidation and Southern selling pressured prices.

New - York Southern

Alaska and Stoner wheats under scrutiny by agriculture department

The U S Department of Agriculture debunks Alaska and Stoner wheat claims as hype. It notes no extraordinary yields or qualities justify high seed prices, with trials showing common varieties rival or exceed these promoted kinds. Historical tales, misrepresentations, and fraud orders are reviewed, emphasizing reliance on proven, commercially viable wheat.

Washington, D. C Jerusalem Alaska U. “Ss! “Department Ireland Keemle Mediterranean Europe U. S. Department of Agriculture Palestine Dublin America Philadelphia Society For the Promotion of Agriculture Egypt Idaho Alaskan Post Office Department Pitnara’ Pacific Exposition Pany Tate Stoner United States Atlantic Mississippi River Department of Agriculture Mississippi Valley Chicago Kansas Indiana Brooklyn Wall Street

Paramount feature and Gloria's Romance on bill

Tomorrow the Royal presents a top priced program with the costliest feature and the current chapter of Gloria's Romance. Marie Doro stars in Common Ground as a slum girl helped by a judge and saved from ruin by political conspirators. The Grand offers A Woman's Way with Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Blackwell, a Broadway drama about a wife winning back her husband’s affection.

Paramount Gloria the Royal Marie Doro Haa Ty Mariah Fairfax Thompson Buchanan Grace George Grand Theatre Ethel Clayton Carlyle Blackwell

Memorial for Civil War nurses planned at Arlington

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians plans a $50,000 memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Civil War nurses known as the Nun of the Battlefield. A Senate bill to permit the erection and a House bill to promote it advance. the government bears no cost, funded by a per capita tax on 70,000 members.

Sisters America Arlington National Cemetery Ladies’ Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians United States Broussard Louisiana Senate Kennedy Rhode Island

Funeral of Mrs Zilphia Biggs

The funeral for Mrs Zilphia Biggs who died Monday night was held Tuesday at 4 pm from her home 115 Marsteller Street. Rev Cald well of Immanuel Presbyterian Church conducted the service. Interment followed in Bellevue Cemetery with pallbearers W J Mintz H M Wolfe T B Skipper and R J Sykes.

Zilphia Biggs Marsteller Street Mr. Caldwell Immanuel Presbyterian Church Bellevue Cemetery Messrs W. J. Mintz H. M. Wolfe T. B. Skipper R. J. Sykes

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