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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1917
Page
7
The Dispatch urges swift war aims and unity with President Wilson against autocracy. It condemns pacifist voices, calls for suppression of peace propaganda, and insists on overthrowing the German regime to secure democracy, urging national resolve and loyalty until victory.
The Winston-Salem Sentinel urges the city board to add patrolmen noting the town’s growth outpaces its police. Comparisons show Wilmington Durham Charlotte and Asheville maintain larger forces with varying pay and hours. The piece argues for expanded staffing to improve law and order.
A hostile German effort is alleged to use a confiding official of a friendly nation to obtain information to sink Argentine ships and destroy life without witnesses. The article accuses Germany of planning deliberate murder on the high seas and hiding the truth to prevent survivors from revealing the incident.
There is strong support for a free ferry over the Cape Fear River linking New Hanover and Brunswick counties. Both boards of Commissioners are hoped to reach an early agreement on the proposed project.
An advertisement invites readers to spend a day at Lumina to enjoy ocean breezes and cooling sea air. It emphasizes a relaxing escape from hot weather.
American Field Headquarters in France reports General Sibert seeks ways to force soldiers to save money. Troops earn more than they can spend with only tobacco, haircuts, and laundry as regular costs. Some foreseeing soldiers stocked tobacco. others saved for bonds or French loans. Anzacs and Canadians earn less but must reserve for dependents.
A rousing wartime ode urges Americans to march to battle behind the flag. It exhorts unity under democracy and the banner stars and stripes as the symbol of liberty, justice, and peace, calling women and men alike to support the national effort and defend the homeland.
Freight office hours 8:00 to 9:30 A M and 2:00 to 3:30 P M. Leave Ninth and as streets at 11:00 A M on Sundays and Beach at 12:45 P M Sundays. Freight service times vary by location with morning and afternoon departures.
A fragmentary line lists monetary figures and a general agent title with minimal context, suggesting a mid level business or telegraph record. The incomplete items reference a phone line and a general agent designation, but lack clear dates, names, or the full transaction details.
By virtue of a mortgage power of sale the Wilmington Homestead Loan Association will sell at public auction to the highest bidder on Wednesday September 19 1917 at 12 o'clock M at the Courthouse door Wilmington for cash the property described starting 33 feet south on Sixth Street and bounded 165 feet east and west along Bladen and Sixth streets. Attys John D Bellamy & Son. $20-30 days.
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