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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
4
A bustling column surveys wartime politics, party aims, and social quips. It riffs on Greece in the war, women and millinery, wealth versus the common man, and the coming election with satirical asides about Hughes, Wilson, and Maine. The piece uses a lively newspaper voice.
South Carolina voters renominated Richard Manning while defeating Cole Blease marking a victory for reformist forces over Bleaseism. The outcome shows progress and unity against lawless pardons and lax enforcement, though intra-party splits nearly cost Manning support.
The piece notes Democrats claim a vision of victory amid a small GOP edge in Maine. It cites Senator Simmons on Maine's protectionist stance and Republican anger at Wilson over foreign policy, but says Maine's six electoral votes are a minor factor for November outcomes.
The piece argues Hugh M. Dorsey, famed for prosecuting Leo M. Frank, is likely to be the Democratic governor nominee in Georgia. It defends him as a capable, fearless prosecutor who fulfilled his oath and notes the Frank case boosted his visibility without warrants of blame.
The writer argues arbitration is selective and political as shown by the railroad strike clash. When labor favored arbitration opponents resisted, and now the Interborough Street Railway Company in New York, linked to railroad capitalists, declines arbitration.
The Maxton Scottish Chief ponders a joint debate between McCaskill and Godwin in the Sixth. The paper suggests a lively clash could dispel anticipation, while warning that denying residents a potential harangue would harm the Sixth’s reputation.
The Winston-Salem Journal notes Dr. John Thames new health officer will have easy sailing as a united community backs him. It argues unity speeds health work and enhances achievements in preserving public health.
On Corfu island, about six hundred Serbs linger as third ban men. 115 are in hospital under Miss Emily Simmons and Red Cross care. others work to fill idle days. An elderly survivor crafts a gusla from a saucepan, turning loss into music as Serb memory endures.
An aging bard retells a recent, poignant defeat along bloodied passes in Albania while listeners, including Prince Alexander of Serbia, absorb the somber narrative. Regoveri aids the bard, chauffeuring him to a hotel before the prince slips into the dusk unseen.
A man rushed back weeping that his life savings were sewn into an old vest only to be told the hotel had ordered it burned. A swift search uncovered the money, Colombo testified.
Yesterday permits granted include Rhodes and Underwood for Church of the Covenant at 15th and Market totaling 47000 dollars. Additions approved for St James Episcopal and Grace Methodist Sunday Schools costing 3000 and 14000 dollars. Also permits for R A Burnett store dwelling at Front and Wrights 1500 dollars Oliver Carter store dwelling 17th and Orange 300 dollars W C Yarborough dwelling 15th and Princess 4000 dollars Sternberger Foster dwelling Carolina Court 2000 dollars William Struthers Jr dwelling Wrightsville Avenue 2000 dollars.
London reports a new order requiring each officer and soldier to carry two identification discs. The discs will be suspended from the neck, six inches apart, with the red disc worn first and the green one second. The purpose peers to preserve identity after the casualty list is made.
In Bredford on September 13 a man named Tony Colombo of East Side New York saved twelve thousand three hundred six dollars from a blaze in a local hotel. A hotel musician, George Regoveri, observed a hobo snatch bread from a picnic scene during the incident.
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