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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1916
Page
3
The Cape Fear river stage hit 4.3 feet at Fayetteville at 8 a m yesterday. Fire department was summoned to 713 Market Street last night at 7 35 due to smoke from a furnace combustion chamber, initially believed to be a fire.
Mrs. C H Hurkamp of Virginia died in Baltimore Saturday afternoon. Her remains arrived in Norfolk this morning and were laid to rest in Oakdale cemetery after a brief committal at St James Episcopal Church. She was sister of the late Mrs James Sprunt and daughter of the late Col and Mrs K M Murchison. Survivors include her husband C H Hurkamp and son Charles with daughter Lucia. Also surviving are her brother Kenneth Murchison and sisters Mrs Shirley Carter and Mrs Frank S Ellis. In New York trading, stocks opened bullish with United Steel advancing to a new high and rails in demand with gains for several lines.
The Commission for Relief in Belgium says the war will last at least a year and urges Americans to donate at least one million dollars monthly to fund daily school meals and combat growing tuberculosis among Belgian and northern French children and adults. W L Honnold arrives to lead the American mission with plans to expand aid and address malnutrition.
Open and close periods noted from October to November with values .9.31 and 9.31. January February similar. entries show steady to open and close. mid values around 9.40. sales totals 12 000 with receipts 28 000.
Isaac Newton Stevens of Denver attacked social insurance as non governmental in a keynote at the International Association of Casualty and Surety Underwriters convention in White Sulphur Springs. He warned that government run insurance risks feudal power and stifling individual initiative, urging careful study before any broad state takeover.
A large delegation of local Methodists left for Burgaw to attend the Sunday School Institute of the Wilmington Methodist district. Principal speakers are M. W. Bradham of Durham and Miss M. E. Kennedy of Nashville with State Senator W. B. Cooper assisting. Attendees include Rev. M. T. Plyler and Rev. T. G. Vickers among others.
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