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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
3
The cotton market opened firm in New York on Sept 13 with a 14 to 48 point advance as higher Liverpool cables and buying orders lifted December to 15 48 and January to 15 54. Prices then eased about 6 to 8 points after the opening.
Amelia Harlow executor notifies all persons asserting claims against the last will of William L Harlow deceased to present them by August 2, 1917 or be barred from contest. The notice is dated August 21, 1916, issued in the county.
The stage of water in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville at 8 a m yesterday measured 6.7 feet.
Washington September 13 hearings on location for the government armor plate factory opened before Secretary Daniels and naval officials. Chamber of commerce reps and others urged city advantages while briefs plots photographs and data were presented for the naval board to consider before final site approval. The plant is provided for in the naval appropriation act at a cost not exceeding 11 million dollars.
Wiseman Arkansas reports J A Lamb living two miles east of East Sylamore caught a rattlesnake by the neck with a rope. The snake fought fiercely but calmed and was driven about a quarter mile. It measured four feet nine inches long with seventeen rattles and was as large around as a quart.
Market notes show Wilmington and Savannah naval stores activity with Spirits and Rosin varying little.US stocks report mixed gains in New York trading while Gulf and West Indies edge higher. rail and steel shares show steady movements amid holiday closures.
Major General Bliss arrives in New London as American members of the international commission resume work on policing the Mexican boundary. The talks pause for military counsel, with plans to review Mexico’s political and economic state via Bliss outlines. In Poughkeepsie, Mayor Wilbur leads twelve hunters to eradicate a blackbird and starling swarm disturbing residents, drawing thousands, while one hunter loses a license after killing two robins.
Washington reports cotton opened rapidly and picking and ginning advanced under favorable weather last week based on the weather bureau crop bulletin. Associated Press notes the update is dated September 13 with the report from Washington.
Mr Hughes's bitterness is described as typical of a disappointed man in the Buffalo Times.
In a Richmond Times-Dispatch excerpt a constituent asks if Hammfatt feels secure about victory. He replies that while not assured, he has made a deal with his opponent to divide the pie whatever the election outcome.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Helen Green one year old daughter of Harold Rumsey Green of Riverside Greenwich was served with papers in a will contest filed by Laura C Littlebrant and Marian E Littlebrant of St Louis Missouri. They seek Missouri courts to determine the validity of James Green's will dated after his death in St Louis October 19 1914 and to name the trustee of a fund left to Harold Rumsey Green. She had previously been served five months ago while asleep in her carriage.
Greenville California September 11 Miller acting as U S Government agent has purchased ninety five acres near Greenville for an Indian school model farm and experiment station where students will learn agriculture alongside regular school work.
The State Board of Health urges parents to have every child examined by a family physician before school starts. Do not send a sick child, even with a runny nose or slight cough, to prevent epidemics of diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles or whooping cough. A health certificate may become a first requirement for entry.
In New York on Sept 11 a gold mesh bag engraved with Esther Croker led to the safe return of diamonds valued at $10,000 to Mrs. Thomas White, daughter of former Tammany leader Richard Croker. Chauncey D. Steele found a black leather box in a Grand Central Terminal taxicab, opened it, and notified Mrs. White who later realized she had dropped the box on a Montreal bound train.
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