Local social notes list visits and marriages across Wilmington area
Wilmington readers learn of visits by Miss Lollie Powell and others to relatives, plus returns from Detroit and Pittsburg. The column notes Mr G A P Bowman and family, Nell McBryde, and Vert Crowell family, plus travel to Charlotte. It reports a marriage in New Bern between Miss Mabel Chadwick and Wardie Gaskins and a separate Orlando couple S V Bunting and Alice Meetzer.
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Wilmington
S. V. Bunting
Orlando
Fla
Alice B. Meetzer
Olando
Florida City
New Bern
Dispatch
F. M. Chadwick
East Front Street
Mabel Chadwick
Wardie Gaskins
Record-high prices for second-hand steamers as British tonnage tightens
London reports a wartime squeeze on shipbuilders driving up second-hand steamer prices. Cunard bought three used vessels at rates higher than prewar new tonnage, with owners selling aging ships at large profits. French buyers enter the market under license as German prizes and other veteran freighters change hands for substantial sums.
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London
Cunard Steamchip Company
Cunard Company
France
England
Austioneer
Telle-butt
Sunderland
Haboe
Harlesden
Glasgow
Does the world owe you a living I collected mine
A brief exchange humorously contrasts self made success with public entitlement. A bank president proclaims his earnings, while another quips about an accomplished musician whose fame is debated. The dialogue highlights vanity and achievement in a witty back and forth.
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Exchange
Dramatic moment marks Greek royal horse show
In Athens a military horse show ended with a crowd cheering King Constantine I as the crowd sang of the Warrior King. A German-funded applause accusation sparked a stabbing, police response, and the offender jailed after a scuffle with an officer.
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Associated Press
Athens
Constantine
Sophie
Constantine Pallogue
Byzance
Constantine I
Germany
Lieutenant Cantwell seeks recruits for North Carolina regiment
Lieut. Paul L. Cantwell of Raeford Company Second North Carolina regiment arrived at Camp Glenn to recruit volunteers. He expects the regiment may entrain for the border soon, offering enlistees a chance to travel west and spend time there.
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Paul L. Cantwell
Raeford
Second
North Carolina Regiment
Camp Glenn
Cantwell
Fund aids soldiers through Blind Relief War Fund locally
Mr F W Dick of the People's Savings Bank acts as local treasurer for the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund. Contributions will be sent to New York headquarters to aid European soldiers whose sight was harmed in service. Funds support schools workshops and employment agencies.
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People’s Savings Bank
Permanent
Blind Relief War Fund
New York
Europe
Furds
A Changed Bear Cartoon Recalled by Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade recalls a Russian bear cartoon character famed for running to outrun a hand and facing the enemy, noting the humor of those earlier days and the bear’s shifting image over time.
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Toledo Blade
Bee Stock Markets Close Steady As Shares Mix
Trading finishes with modest gains for 7 Bee shares around 18.30 while 13.20 for ted re shows mixed activity in late session. Analysts note limited volume and cautious investor sentiment amid nearby economic data.
Notable Editor Praises Wilmington During Visit
Major J C Hemphill former editor of the Charleston News and Courier now in Washington D C with Mrs Hemphill spent a few days in Wilmington. He praised the citys improvements since his last visit a decade ago noting handsome Market street residences and the central street piazzas.
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J. C. Hemphill
Charleston
Major Hemphill
Hemphill
Market Street
Major Tremphill Praises Shomes and Local Improvements
The street reports praise Major Tremphill for well designed and well kept shomes. Major Hemphill says he met Dr. James Sprunt in New York and visited Wilmington to view recent improvements. An Atlantic Coast Line excursion carried 2,700 passengers from Burgaw to Norfolk, with 800 from this area aboard, including both white and colored travelers.
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Major Tremphill
Major Hemphill
James Sprunt
New York
Wilmington
Charlotte Observer
South
Norfolk
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Lollie- Powell
Whiteville
Ollie and
Orrie Rembert
North Second Street
Nell McBryde
Louisville, Ky
Janie Dunn
Virginia
Robert McBryde
H. A. Webber
Charlotte
Vert Crowell
Herbert McCartney
Robert McCartney
Wrightsville Beach
City
F. P. Hicks
Savannah, Ga
B. W. Applewhite
Red Cross Street
M. A. Sellers
C. E. Barrs
Jacksonville, Fla
Wilmington Hotel
J. B. Best
Annie Best
Tarboro
Imperial Hotel
T. W. Bickett
Burgaw
Orton Hotel
Euclid McWhorter
Centenary Methodist Church
Secund Randger
Lieut
F. W. Dick
A. D. Brown
Seaboard Air Line Railway
The
Progressive Railway of the South
Asheville
N. C
Black Mountain
Hendersonville
N. Cc
Hickory
N.C
Edgemont
Pineola
Lenoir
Ted
Chattanooga
Tenn
Washington
D.C
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh
Jacksonville
Savannah
City Ticket Office
Ortm
Cece Wilmington
John
Orient Lodge
No. 395
A. M
F. M
Ance
Cc. C. Brown
Wilson
Bickett
New Hanover
Democratic Executive Committee
T.E. Cooper
C. C. Cashwell
Marie Doro
Billie Burke
Gloria
Belk-Williams CO
Imperial Skirt Manufacturing Company
Postal Telegraph Office
North Front Street
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk, Va
Africa
Victoria
Guy Johnson
Elsie Johnson
Musical Vaudeville Company
Victoria Orchestra
Wilmington Dispatch
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