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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
8
In Washington North Carolina on September 28 Miss Bessie Griffin was struck in the face by a brick hurled from a road spot as she rode with B Harding. The blow caused a long facial gash and unconsciousness. Bloodhounds traced a suspect to a nearby residence, but no arrests reported.
First Chief Carranza issues a decree tightening pulque manufacture and sale. The drink from maguey juice faces higher taxes for transport to towns and stricter recording of businesses. Factories must be within forty kilometers of selling towns and spoilage must be reported and repurposed. Infractions carry fines up to ten times the tax and possible factory closure.
Nearly a hundred local black workers waited at the Front and Red Cross streets area for a labor agent arriving on the 9:60 train from the North. They hoped to take on bidded positions in New York City related to unloading freight and loading steamers for Transatlantic shipment. A prominent citizen recalled a northern surgeon noting the harsh climate and pneumonia risk faced by black workers who migrate for higher wages, a factor in several deaths.
Hanover Pa Sept 28 J Emory Renoll has not missed a Sunday session in nineteen years. He traveled 60 miles to Maryland to find a Sunday school after Pennsylvania closed all schools. He attended a session six miles from Baltimore after arriving by train and searching for hours.
Edmund Senft of York Pennsylvania found a frog frozen in a cage of ice on September 28. After removal and immersion in water the amphibian revived and seemed healthy. Authorities believe the frog was frozen about five months ago.
A car driven by Rev. W. H. L. Pendleton of Spartanburg turned turtle near Windmill hill on the Appalachian highway. Carey Pendleton, 12, the minister’s son, is likely fatally wounded, with five other occupants sustaining minor injuries. They were taken to the Pendleton home for medical care while the family was en route to Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Tally White, a White Bros. saw mill employee in Ellendale township, was instantly killed when a boiler exploded on Wednesday afternoon. Daniel White, his brother, was seriously injured by boiler debris.
Greensburg Pa Sept 28 at the Westmoreland County Fair the suffrage booth ran dry of milk. A Scottdale school teacher milked a cow on display after permission and helped raise funds for the suffrage cause turning the event into a notable fundraiser.
Nashville dispatch reports two Black men charged with the murder of Bud Gardenburg were abducted from jail at 1 a.m. and wheeled to a hill where they were tied to a tree and riddled with bullets.
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