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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1916

Page

3

Wall Street Averts Singles Day Decline Yet Shows Profit Settlements

New York inquiry at the opening shows continued week end profit settlement amid losses for United States Steel and Union Pacific. Stocks begin with mixed moves as industrials and equipment share gains fade under selling pressure within the first half hour of trading.

United States Steel and Union,Pacific New York Wilmington Charleston Savannah Cotton Wit Allis-Chalmers American Car and Foundry American Tel. & Tel Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem. Steel Canadian Pacific Co Chesapeake & Ohio Chi Mil. & St. Paul Chi. R. I. & Pac Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctes Illinois Central Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Maxwell Motors Eneeee Mexican Petroleum Missouri Pacific New York Central N. H. & Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss. Sref Steel & ‘¢Fon Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United Fruit United States Rubber U — S. Smelting & Refining United States Steel Virginia Carp. Chem Va. Iron, Coal & Coke Wabash Ptd. B Western Union Westinghouse Electric Gulf Steel Kennecott Copper American Zinc

Auto and Street Car Collision at Front and Dock

An automobile from Cape Car Hardware Company collided with a street car at Front and Dock streets yesterday afternoon. Both vehicles were moving slowly and sustained minor damage. the street car fender was bent slightly due to skidding. No injuries were reported.

Cape Car Hardware Company Front Dock Streets

Southern football season under way

Atlanta, Sept. 30. The first cool weather marked the opening of the ir football season. Interest in the south centered in the Virginia-Davison game at Charlottesville, Va. Other North Carolina games are North Carolina vs. Wake Forest at Chapel Hill and North Carolina A. & M. vs Roanoke College at Raleigh.

Atlanta Charlottesville North Carolina Wake Forest Chapel Hill North Carolina A. & M Roanoke College Raleigh

Foreclosure Sale Ordered on Masonboro Township Property

William L. Smith trustee will sell at noon on Monday October 16 at Wilmington Court House for cash the Mas onboro Township lot described by metes and bounds. The property, about acres, was pledged in a 1914 mortgage to W P Oldham and later assigned to L F Burdick. Sale follows default on the January 23 1915 mortgage.

L. F. Burdick New Hanover County Court Wilmington Masonboro Township North Carol Federal Point George F. Bowen Bowen E. H. Davis Dew W. P. Oldham E. Buundlick Valle Tsuke William L. Smith Mortgaree

Water Stage at Cape Fear River Fayetteville NC

Stage of water at 8 a m yesterday recorded 2.2 feet in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina indicating river height and potential flood risk for the region.

Cape Fear River Fayetteville N. C

Milk Test Results Publicized by County Health Officer

Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt released the milk tests from various dairies. The report notes frost impacts in Oklahoma Texas and Tennessee did not cause a cotton market drop. Wheat and pork futures showed modest moves with prices fluctuating after opening.

Charles T. Nesbitt

Grand jury urges new Richmond county courthouse at Vance

At the Rockingham grand jury meeting foreman J T West urged construction of a modern courthouse in Vance costing at least 750000. The current Richmond county courthouse is among the oldest in the state and locals hope commissioners will move forward with the project. Also reported is a note on Silk Stockings as Cupie's Mail Bag with Edista Roberts of Chattanooga and William Coulter of Whitestone forging a romance after a gift of stockings revealed a lead to marriage.

Rockingham Grand Jury Richmond County Vance J. T. West Richmond County Court House County Cupie New York Edista Roberts Chattanooga, Tenn William Coulter North Weighth Avenue Whitestone L. I Arthur E. Coulter William Miss Roberts Coulter Long Island Railroad Chattanooga

Brewery Workers Return. Strike Benefits Distributed

New York officials of the Amalgamated Association began distributing a $50,000 strike benefit among striked street car men. Each man received $5 as part of the relief. Meanwhile 900 brewery workers who joined the general strike returned to work, dampening wider action.

New York Amalgamated Association of Street Car and Electric Railway

School Exchange Over Teacher Request

A brief dialogue notes a good school with a "mice" teacher issue. The speaker urges a new teacher despite overall satisfaction, reflecting local concerns about school quality and staffing.

Wilmington and Charleston Naval Stores Markets Report

Wilmington naval stores show spirits rosin tar and crude at nothing doing while Charleston markets list spirits at 43 1 2 cents and rosin at 5.85 dollars. Prices reflect a pause in trading with limited activity across products and sellers.

Wilmington Charleston

Bickettt Spoke For Democracy in Wake Forest

Hon T W Bickett spoke before a large audience in Wake Forest on The School Teacher Woodrow Wilson. He praised Wilson's handling of domestic, Mexican, and foreign crises and urged support for Wilson’s return to the White House, calling democracy the cause of humanity.

Wake Forest T. W. Bickett Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party Wilson

More Than Thirty Cars to Start 250 Mile Astor Cup Race

More than thirty automobiles, in one of the speedway era’s largest deals, prepare to start for the Astor cup and $25,000 in prize money at Sheepshead Bay. The 250 mile race begins at 3:30 this afternoon in New York.

New York Sheepshead Bay Course

Antiquities Tale About Louis XI Chair

A London shop encounter features a salesman claiming a dilapidated chair once belonged to Louis Cross-Eye, king of France, followed by the reveal of a ticket marked Louis XI. The collector balks at the claim, while the salesman asserts the history.

London Louis Cross-Eye France Louis XI Pathfinder

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy

Advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated with an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to work through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces, developed by a leading physician and consisting of tonic ingredients. Testimonials are offered upon request from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co TODS Toledo C. Trench

Mistletoe's Magic Leads to Jamaica Church Wedding

Miss Florence M. Tuplin, daughter of John Tuplin of Newtown Jamaica, chose John J. N. King, a Jamaica lawyer, as the first caller to his doorway and married him at Grace Episcopal Church Jamaica. The courtship began with a playful remark about the first caller.

Mistletoe New York Siniaiesie Sheary Florence M. Tuplin John Tuptin Newtowsl Road Jamaica Dorway John J. N. King Miss Tuplin Mr. King Grace Episcopal Church

Major Waldron Completes First Inspection Trip

Major A W Waldron returned from his first inspection tour of eastern state work. He visited the New Bern office, the Harbor of Refuge at Cape Lookout, the inland waterway work, and several sites with smaller improvements underway.

A. W. Waldron Major Waldron New Bern Harbor of Refuge Cape Lookout

Preacher to Lead Services at Topsail Church Tomorrow

Rev. J. S. Crowley will preach at the Topsail Presbyterian church in morning and evening services tomorrow. The morning sermon begins at 11 o clock and the evening service at 7.

Topsail J. S. Crowley Topsail Presbyterian Church

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