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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1917
Page
8
La Creole Hair Dressing claims to revive gray or faded hair to its original dark color without odor or stickiness. Sold by Jarman & Futrelle or prepaid for $1 from Van Viecet Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn, with promises of dandruff relief and hair growth support.
Freight schedule shows trips from Ninth and Orange streets at 9 30 A M and 3 30 P M and Beach at 12 15 P M and 5 15 P M Freight Office hours daily 8 00 A M to 6 E A L and 2 00 P M to 3 30 Sundays with Sunday departures 11 00 A M from Ninth and Orange and 12 45 P M from Beach Sunday office hours 10 00 A M to 11 00 A N
Claimants John F Holt and B Hollis file a land entry for a three acre tract in Masonboro Sound Marsh South of the main channel near Jennett Creek and Clam Creek in Masonboro Township New Hanover County North Carolina. The entry was filed August 27 1917 and recorded by John Haar register of deeds.
By virtue of a power of sale in a Wilmington Homestead and Loan mortgage to Thores Payne and wife and Charles Payne the property will be sold at public auction for cash at the Wilming ton Court House door on September 19 1917 at 12 o'clock. The described parcel lies on Sixth and Bindgen streets with specified measurements. This 20th day of August 1917. Wilmington Homestead and Loan By Found Bellamy and Son Attorneys.
In Udine Italy the fighting near Gorizia continues under harsh weather. The two forces, nearly equal in numbers and resolve, engage in constant hand to hand combat in a confined arc where neither can employ artillery. In twelve hours the Italians attacked the enemy five times.
The article reports steps toward a U S explanation from Sweden and possible recall of Count Luxbury who advised sinking Argentina ships. It notes no change in Swedish and Argentine positions, denies U S warlike leanings toward Sweden, and says details of dispatch sources and information release remain undisclosed.
An American unit in France improves village sanitation by teaching proper cleanliness and waste disposal. French villagers welcome the soldiers with respectful salutes as discipline and humor merge in daily life during training.
A classified notice lists numerous rental units with varying room counts from 5 to 12 rooms across addresses on South 2nd Orange Dock Chestnut Walnut Market and more. The notice includes prices per month and notes Real Estate and Fire Insurance contact at 207 Princess Street, phone 631.
Secretary Baker outlined War Department plans to organize drafted Black troops into separate national army units trained in their home states. Both white and Black draftees may volunteer for service on lines of communication in noncombat roles, with Black fighting regiments to exist alongside regulars and guards.
Cardinal Gasparri has returned to Rome and, with Pope Benedict, begins sorting documents on the Papal peace plan. He said the pope's proposal will greatly clear the situation. In New Zealand, laws bar women from operating machinery.
Old and Strong stock opened by Mechanics Home Association with Walker Taylor as president and W M Cumming as secretary at 208 Princess Street. An advertisement promotes portrait keepsakes for sons going to the trenches and notes a night school offering shorthand bookkeeping and typewriting at Motte Business College Front and Chestnut with contact number 706.
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