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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1916

Page

3

Husband and Wife Wait on Morning Illness Exchange

The dialogue shows a husband dealing with a bad head and his wife expressing sympathy and hope for a quick shake off. The exchange captures domestic concern and mutual care in a quiet morning moment.

Sovereign Grand Lodge Ends Sessions in Chattanooga

The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows closes its 93rd annual session in Chattanooga Tennessee after installing new officers. The Rebekah assembly also adjourns and installs its officers.

Sovereign Grand Lodge Chattanooga Tenn Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Rebekah Assembly

City of Wilminton Warrants and Expenditures Listing

A detailed account of city expenditures and warrants issued, listing numerous vendors and services including sidewalk construction, supplies, lighting, fuel, and miscellaneous city operations. The record is dated August 1 and shows totals and line items from various departments and vendors, as recorded by Clerk Thos. D. Meares.

Wilmington N. C

Cotton Market Opens Firm Then Reverses In New York

New York September 22 The cotton market opened firm with gains of 9 to 17 points as December climbed to 16.32 and Finamry to 16.40 near recent highs. Heavy realizing followed, prices turning easy and slipping about 9 to 10 points before the end of the first hour.

New York

French Busy at Permanent Work Saloniki

The French in Saloniki are building permanent improvements in the Macedonian capital. They plan a $50,000 cold storage plant, naval barracks, roads, sanitation, lighting, water, and streetcar service under General Sarrail. He praised road and sewer work and noted English troops were drilled nearby. Local Greeks welcome civic projects and higher taxes in exchange for improvements.

Saloniki Sarrail England Greece

Wall Street Opens With Broad Uplift In Steel and Copper Leaders

New York Sept 22 market opened with an unmistakable uptrend as United States Steel and copper issues hit new records. Major issues including Union Pacific New York Central and Studebaker Motors advanced, while many rail and industrials posted gains and some profits were taken in the first half hour.

New York Wall, Street United States Marines Maxwells Studebaker Motors Crucible and Lackawanna Steel National Lead Texas Company L - Allis-Chalmers American American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar American Tel American Tobado Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Giese i OS Ware DO General Electric Great Northern Pfd Great Northern Ure Ctfs Illinois Central Inter Merc Kansas City Southern Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers Bid Lorillard Co Maxwell Motors Mexican Petroleum Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ptd Missouri Pacific New York Central N. Y N. H Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep. Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss Sheff Steel & Iron Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Texas Cow Union Pacific United Fruit United States Rubber U. S. Smelting & Refining United States Steel Caro. Chem Tron, Coal & Coke Wabash Western Union Geebos Westinghouse Electric

PORK PLAYS AND PLAYERS IN NEW YORK THEATER SEASON

Klaw and Erlanger introduce new works and star casts for the season with premieres and revivals. Forrest Theatre and Hudson Theatre host Pollyanna and Ben Hur revivals with extensive company and horses. Elsie Ferguson leads A New York Girl. Miss Taylor and Julie Eckert Goodman projects planned. Kalman operetta Miss Springtime and The Czardas Princess noted. Have a Heart musical by Bolton and Wodehouse with Kern music promised.

Klaw Erlanger New York Delphine Little Cafe Guy Boston P. G. Wodehouss Herbert Reynolds Emmerich Kalman Sami Julian Mitchell Herbert Gresham Joseph Urban Forrest Theatre Philadelphia Kalman Guy Bolton P. G. Wodehouse Jerome Kern Messrs. Bolton Kern Eddie Mr. Wodehouse

Getting a Gold Welcome There in Jacksonville

Republican candidate Geo E Butler speaks in Jacksonville Onslow county amid a near empty reception with about twenty five Republicans present while Democrats outnumber locals. The event targets the Wilson administration as Cameron Morrison the Democratic elect at large plans a speech tomorrow and will travel to Swannsboro for another stop.

M. M. Capps Jacksonville N. C Onslow County Geo. E. Butler Congress Geo. E. Hood Wilson Butler Cameron Morrison Swannsboro

Notice to creditors in Cyrus Russ estate

Administrator's notice in New Hanover County North Carolina calling all creditors to exhibit claims against Cyrus Russ deceased estate to American Bank and Trust Company Administrator Milton Calder vice president by August 11 19 07 or be barred. Debtors urged to pay promptly.

New August Hanover Cyrus Russ New Hanover County North Caroll Peleewest One Ton North Carolina Sf American Bank American Bank Aer Trust Com Milton Calder

State Health Board completes nine-county typhoid drive

The North Carolina State Board of Health finished a nine county anti typhoid campaign on September 8 vaccinating 48 051 people. This equals about 18 percent of the counties population. Since June 1915 the board has vaccinated 100 000 people in twenty one counties marking an unprecedented public health achievement. Last year the twelve county effort registered 52 000 vaccinations or 13 percent and cut typhoid deaths by 25 percent with 43 deaths and 480 cases fewer than the prior year.

State Board of Health Bladen County Bladen Richmond Cabarrus Alamance Mecklenburg Catawba Union Stanly Scotland

Quiet college days leave no famous names to brag about

An Exchange note reflects on college days where the class did not yield standout figures to boast about. The speaker laments the lack of notable alumni and recalls a shared sentiment among peers about modest beginnings.

Laurette Taylor to Star In Three Manners Plays This Season

Laurette Taylor will appear in three J Hartley Manners plays The Harp of Life Happiness and The Wooing of Eve on tour in Eastern cities. George Arliss stars at the Criterion Theatre New York in Paganini with praise from the Evening Post for his bold versatile performance. The opening night curtain calls and Arliss vow to present him in at least two more plays during his New York engagement are noted.

New York Klaw and Erlanger George C. Tyler Miss Taylor Philip Merivaie W. J. Ferguson Fol Hott Pagat Lynn Fontanne Dion Titherade Violet Kemble Cooper Eve Peg O Peg London Laurette Taylor J. Hartley Manners George Arliss Criterion Theatre Edward Knoblauch Paganini The Evening Post

Come Out of the Kitchen racks up long San Francisco run

Henry Miller's production starring Ruth Chatterton proved a major hit in San Francisco at the Columbia Theatre. The play, by A. E. Thomas from Alice Duer Miller's novel, opened in August for a two week plan but ran five weeks due to strong audience demand. A New York engagement is planned.

Henry Miller Ruth Chatterton San Francisco A. E. Thomas Alice Duer Miller Columbia Theatre Columbia New York

New Four Act Comedy A Good Provider Accepted for Production

Klaw and Erlanger announce early production of A Good Provider a four act comedy by Harriet Ford and Fannie Hurst. Ford collaborated with Harvey O'Higgins on The Dummy The Argyle Case and Mr. Lazarus. Hurst known for humorous magazine stories. Scenes set in contemporary New York.

Klaw Erlanger Harriet Ford Fannie Hurst Miss Ford Harvey O’higgins Mr. Lazarus Miss Hurst New York

Farmers Neglected by the Republicans Promises of 1912 Shown

A pamphlet issued for free distribution by the Democratic National Committee argues Republicans ignored farmers since 1864 while European rural credit systems thrived. It recalls May 4 1916 senate votes against a Democratic measure and cites Hughes denouncing Wilson.

Farmer Farmers’ National Congress National Grange National Farmers’ Union American Society of Equity Republican Republican Party Europe Senate High Charles E. Hughes Wilson Democratic National Committee

Burleson’s Three Strike and a Postal Surplus

The Philadelphia Public Ledger defends the Wilson administration noting Postmaster General Burleson deposited 5.2 million dollars with Secretary McAdoo as yearly surplus, while countering Hughes about past deficits and Republican postmaster generals. The piece cites Treasury Secretary remarks on rare surpluses under Wilson and Burleson in eighty years.

Post Office Burleson McAdoo Philadelphia Ledger Hughes the Ledger Secretary of the Treasury Wilson

British Tanks Revealed as American Caterpillar Tractors

A Peoria factory source claims British tanks are American built caterpillar tractors armored for war. The article describes the tractors hauling guns, their belt and rail track system, and their use to cross trenches and mud on the western front.

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