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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
7
A long OCR fragment catalogs names and addresses across North Carolina towns including Autryville Bladenboro Burgaw Chadbourn Clarendon Dublin Elrod Elizabethtown Fairmont Harlowe Jacksonville Kenansville Laurington Laurel Hill and more. The list features numerous individuals with R F D designations and varied monetary figures, suggesting a community notice or directory snippet.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and locations in North Carolina such as Pembroke Daisy Point Caswell Richlands and Roseboro along with various names including Annie Bell Melvin Mattie Pridgen Daisy Williams Thetis Prevall and Annie Culbreth. The jumble shows names and places without readable context or dates, resembling a community directory snippet.
An old advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing claiming it restores natural color and health to hair. It asserts premature graying and dryness can be reversed, with promises of new hair growth and a soft lustrous head. The copy targets concerns like dandruff and itching, framing the product as a cure.
Fragmentary NL notes show Pittsburgh at St Louis New York at Boston and other games listed as upcoming. Team matchups and venues unclear due to OCR gaps.
A sprawling, fragmentary reminiscence depicts New York figures and scenes. It mentions Yonkers, Broadway, and the Singer Building clock while weaving in notes about vaudeville, actors like Nat Goodwin, and a humorous city editor moment. The piece contrasts urban life with a tiger at Coney Island and wartime sentiment about conscription.
Fragmentary sports notes show scores including New York 7 Philadelphia 4 and Cleveland 8 3 at unspecified dates. Additional line reads Washington 1 Boston 1 with uncertain parentheses and timing.
In New York on September 18, reports note Western athletes excelling at the U S games in St Lotis and tennis at Forest Hills. Western colleges are praised for their strong football programs and overall sports influence, marking a high point in the West’s athletic prominence.
A state plan to inspect school health and hygiene faces pushback as boards warn teachers bear guardianship duties for illness detection and treatment. Parents, school authorities urged not to delay medical inspections and to support timely state health checks for students.
Washington leaders argue the war revenue bill increases income taxes on thousands of working women, a point used by Carrie Chapman Catt to urge speedy ratification of the suffrage amendment. She notes nearly $4.9 million from working women and cites Pennsylvania Railroad as an example of female stockholders taxed without representation.
An advertisement extols Gets-It as the sure safe corn and callus remover. It claims two drops lift the corn without irritation and no pain, urging readers to buy a bottle for 25 cents or send payment by mail. The ad names BE Lawrence & Cage and local pharmacies as distributors.
Mary Alline Johnson and Edward Chatham Johnson are named defendants in a North Carolina New Hanover County case seeking a land sale and reinvestment of proceeds under the 1905 Ras Visal statute. They must appear in the Superior Court on the seventh Monday after the first Monday in September 1917, i.e., October 22, 1917, and answer or demur to the complaint.
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