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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
3
Local markets note country produce trends and marine weather updates.恢复goes to summarize market activity and coastal conditions with emphasis on prices and forecast details.
The New York cotton market opened steady at a decline of 7 to 15 points as Liverpool cables push prices to new lows. October fell to 14.81, December 14.49, and January 15.09 on the call, about 139 to 167 points below the recent high. Prices rallied 10 to 12 points from the lows on active covering but then eased.
Seaboard Air Line Railway announces May 28 1916 timetable with through Pullman service Wilmington to Charlotte and Atlanta. Daily through sleepers Wilmington to Birmingham via Charlotte with steel cars. Sleeping cars run Saturdays Charlotte to Wilmington. Reservations via City Ticket Agent Ortton Building phone 178.
Notice of foreclosure sale under a 1914 mortgage deed recorded in New Hanover County. The sale is set for September 9 1916 at 12 o'clock noon at the Court House door in Wilmington to the highest bidder for a described city lot in Block No 4 near Seventh and Queen streets. Panoxer Building and Loan Association by C D Weeks, attorney.
Water stage at Fayetteville N C yesterday at 8 am measured 3.6 feet while the current stage rose to 6.2 feet at Cape Fear River.
In Loraine Ohio on September 11 Miss Leota Babcock hosts a birthday dinner for her three year old French bulldog Pedro. Pedro’s guests include his twin sister Queenie Roth Curly Stack Fox Henry Tip Reed Frenchie Harris and Tip Bonsor. A menu of dog biscuits and ice cream will be served.
C G Ray of Downs Kansas received a letter from an Omaha man confessing to setting fire to the Ray barn in September 1893. The arsonist, then six years old, says he confessed now because he had no luck and hoped for change.
New Orleans reports Inspector Frank Borzage returned from a Santa Ynez Mountains photography trip. His horse developed a limp and an investigation revealed a gold nugget the size of a pecan. He now spends spare time in the mountains with his wife’s permission to locate the gold’s spot.
Rev. Joe Ramsey a 48 year old blind evangelist died in Viola Tennessee. He was known throughout the Southern Methodist church.
A dated exchange reveals a request for better treatment from a partner. The message complains of being blown off for casual dinners and seeks more consistent consideration.
On September 11 in New York trading resumed with a general upturn led by steel and copper shares. Reading reversed 2 1/2 points but recovered. Marine and Atlantic Gulf West Indus rail shares set records while many major issues posted gains and diverse sectors moved higher.
London Sept 11 Sir Henry William Dunn named Lord Mayor will take office in November as the third Roman Catholic to hold the post in recent years His two predecessors were Sir Stuart Knill in 1899 and Sir John Knill in 1909 Dunn is noted for charity work including treasurer roles at the Alton Cripple Home and ties to Sir William Treloar’s relief efforts for London’s cripples.
Ross Kennedy charged with reckless driving in a fatal hit and run involving Denns Padgett will have his trial reset to Tuesday after defense counsel Woodus Kellum secured another witness. Other cases saw judgments suspended on costs for assaults and several disorderly conduct defendants excused from costs.
A man urges reform with the boast I can promise a complete reform. A woman replies she wants a brand new model not a mended husband. The exchange shows a desire for change and fresh beginnings rather than修.
One hundred dollar reward offered for incurable catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims thirty five years of use and blood action to heal mucous surfaces. Advertises visible health improvements after short use and urges sending for testimonials. F J Chenney & Co Toledo Ohio distributes through druggists with price.
James T. Waddell, famed strikebreaker, has arrived in New York to command about 5000 strikebreakers hired to confront the elevated subway and surface car line strike. He traveled from Chicago in twenty hours by special train at an estimated cost over 3000 dollars, with rapid gains noted from prior copper strike settlements in Michigan.
Clearfield Iowa September 11 Dr A W Reynolds of Caledonia hid about 2500 in a glass fruit jar in a flower bed near his front porch to support a loan business in Ringgold County. A neighbor later asked for a loan and the hidden jar vanished prompting fears someone has been watching the site.
Klamath Falls Oregon September 11 The large buck killed this season fell to Robert Sloan of this city. The deer was killed on Buck Mountain and weighed 223 pounds before being dressed. It is the largest deer ever killed in the vicinity of Buck Mountain. Sloan hunted this buck for eight years and is sure the one he killed is the same animal, noting a missing toe on the left front foot.
John Nash of near Elk Garden known as the white robed prophet and the drone healer debated in a Flintstone grove with Dunkard minister Rev. B. Y. S. Teter. Nash allowed himself to be bitten by a copperhead claiming immunity to snake poison. He appeared barefoot in white garb with his twelve year old son, dubbed Jacob the Prophet by his father.
The $40,000 estate of Frank R. Brown of Indian goes to his widow Mrs. Caroline Rogers Brown, formerly of Avico Georgia. Brown, age twenty four and among the wealthiest on the Bad River Reservation, died of consumption after marrying a nurse in Arizona on October 8 1915 with consent from agent P S Everest. He died three months after the wedding.
A fire caused by a defective flue at the residence of Mrs. J. B. Rhodes 115 South Sixth street yesterday at 5 40 pm damaged the dwelling. The City Fire Department responded from box 36. Also noted is Mr H W Mason of Goldsboro visiting the city and connected with the Acme theatre, with his brother H R Mason owning the theatre. Marion Keith left a few age to enter Wake Forest College as a student this season.
Special to The Dispatch Raleigh September 11 Judge William M Bond arrives for a ten week Wake County fall term. He may again challenge the grand jury on woman suffrage a topic that drew national attention in past visits. Ed Harmon jailed for later federal trial after hospital recovery from a revenuer attack gridiron life described with stark violence.
Christiania Sept 11. Norwegian legislature passes a bill allowing men of military age to choose between military service or forestry work in government forests. All citizens must do forty days of drill, but fuel shortages push use of soldiers for timber, peat, and even railroad labor.
Mr. W. E. Mann, long engaged in mill construction work at Hartleville South Carolina, is spending a few days at his home here. The note summarizes a local resident briefly visiting after months of out of town labor.
Dallas police report that Motorcycle Officer Jared McConnico survived a dawn shooting when his metal badge stopped a bullet. The incident began as his roommate John J. Gleason fired through a window, thinking a burglar was present. McConnico was struck in the left lung but is not in serious condition after treatment.
Montgomery Alabama September 11 after twenty three years liberty Frank Benson a life convict who escaped from the Dollar Mines has been captured and sent to the State penitentiary at Wetumpka He was sentenced to life at age 38 and is now 61 years old.
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