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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
4
The piece lists daily and Sunday subscription prices and terms for different periods. It then moves to a rambling, humorous survey of contemporary politics and public figures, rambling through Maine politics, Woodrow Wilson, Bryan, Hughes, and various social commentary without a single clear news event.
The piece compares bread costs, noting a 17 cent four pound loaf in Berlin and higher U.S. bread prices. It argues for government action against price manipulation and cites Berlin dispatches on lower oats barley and potato prices due to crop abundance and wartime pressures.
Wilmington welcomes Hon. Moses Edwin Clapp, Minnesota senator since 1901, a cattle region lawyer and former attorney general. He speaks on broad constructive policy to turn raw materials into finished products and advance national welfare, beyond partisan lines.
Critics say Hall Caine and rival writers push the imagination with vivid war imagery and oversized war machines. Some praise the descriptive power while others doubt the plausibility of armored autos and giant prehuman-like combatants imagined to crush barriers and defy enemy lines.
The letter argues against altering the song Dixie and other dialect works for students. It asserts Dixie should be taught in full as historical fact, warning that simplifying or replacing it erodes history. Proponents say language shifts risk misinterpretation, but the author insists on preserving original dialect.
An advertisement claims regular meat consumption harms kidneys and introduces Jad Salts as a remedy. It asserts back pain, urinary irritation, and other ailments stem from kidney stress and promotes four ounces of Jad Salts daily before breakfast to restore kidney function. It emphasizes safety and widespread use.
Kress announces an annual summer clean-up sale starting Wednesday at 11 a.m. The event promises bargains for everyone, with discounts on a range of items. Sale date recorded as September 19, 2011.
Twenty six Pullman cars were brought to New Bern to transport the North Carolina National Guardsmen from Camp Glenn to El Paso. About seventy cars planned, with additional consignments expected. Freight and flat cars held for orders as rail officials could not state departure dates. Local grain dealers report a phenomenal demand for grains and hay, with oats and crimson clover in demand and hay prices dropping five dollars a ton. Interest grows in the M. H. Tracy line between New Bern and the North, plans call for two steel freighters, one built locally, one at Elizabeth City, but operation likely not before spring.
Governor Craig allows two North Carolina inmates to be sent to Virginia to face murder charges in the Knowles case. The men known as John Poll and Ernest Brown, alias John Stewart and John Williams, were serving two years for false pretense in Guilford County. Virginia seeks swift action due to a key living witness.
Funeral services for Mrs. James A. McKeithan were held at her home 505 Fifth Street with Rev. Dr. A. D. McClure of St. Andrews Presbyterian officiating. Interment followed at Oakdale Cemetery with pallbearers A. B. Drew J. J. Edwards G. T. Newton and A. L. Stonebank.
Hanover Building and Loan Association, mortgagee, will sell at public auction on September 15, 1916 at 12 o clock at the New Hanover county court house door the parcel in Wilmington City Block 65 Lot 4 81 by 33 feet described as western half of Lot 4. The mortgage deed was executed February 25 1914 and recorded in Book 76 Page 296.
Orolo Guaranteed Puncture Proof claims to seal any puncture instantly from a tack to a spike and prolong tire life. J A Lassiter promotes the Orolo Mfg Co product in Louisville Kentucky, offering demonstrations to auto owners and touting its preventive benefits.
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