Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Wilmington Dispatch in Wilmington, North Carolina

We have 6,271,698 pages in North Carolina

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1917

Page

12

North Carolina State Fair to Feature Modern Farm Machinery

Special report from The Dispatch notes the fair near state history with Hoover era farming methods. Henry Page Food Administrator NC to oversee exhibits including labor saving machines that do the work of four horses. New Woman's Building dedicated with Rankin address.

Raienh N. Co Hoover P Servie Ienry Page North Carolina Canning Clubs Red Cross State Board of Health State Department of Agriculture State Highway Commission State A. & ©. College Animal Husbandry Division United States Agricultural Department

First Period of Big Contest Ends Saturday

Readers are urged to decide now and start active campaigning for the contest prizes. Nominated candidates are asked to act quickly as friends have invested in votes and subscriptions to boost them. The Spatch office contest department remains open evenings through Saturday for supporters unable to call during the day.

Spatch

Tanks and trench tales from the front in Gahey and Montaigne

A letter from a British officer to his parents portrays the dread before battle. An Irish soldier named Gahey discusses tanks, airplanes, and war’s odd humor in a Poperinghe cafe, comparing modern devices to bygone arms while recalling a tank's stubborn march through mud and rubble.

United Preas Montaigne Ginger Gahey Gahey Jerrys Carin

Red Cross Donations and Relief Efforts Noted

A long report lists donor contributions totaling 8701.19 dollars plus in kind gifts for Red Cross relief work. It details belts of gauze, muslin, safety pins, pajamas, tapes, boxes, beds, nurses and ambulances sent to the Allies, funds for two drivers, hospital supplies, and hospital garments for France.

Goldiers Keeta Bock Ween Red Cross Payne Red Cross Society Navy League Murchison National Bank Fort Caswell Wynnewood. Lumber Co Clark- Lynch Lumber Co Chadbourn Lumber Co Hilton Lumber Co Wallace Clarkton Atkinson Garland Faison Acme Warsaw New Wilmington Atlanta Jackson Johnson Winnabow

Church notices and service times posted

Parish information lists a prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8 o clock and evening sermon at 7 15 with morning services on Sunday. The Ascension Church at Third and Marstellar streets invites all to attend under Rector Rev W R. om with additional routes for Sunday school and evening prayers.

Church of the Ascension Third Marstellar Streets R. Om

Walton Bros. Stock Arteries Bought for New Grocery Market

An announcement states that Walton Bros. stock arteries at Corner 8th and Grade have been acquired to run a Fancy Staple and Green Grocery with a Meat Market. The store is undergoing renovation to offer sanitary shopping and reasonable prices, inviting patrons to visit the new quarters and sample the necessities for life.

Walton Bros

Rev Jehu Will Conduct Evening Services at Williston District

Rev Jehu presides over Williston District services beginning at 8 oclock Sunday evening. All are cordially invited to attend at Bladen Street, Fifth and Blades streets with Rev E C Sell, pastor. Preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Sunday School at 8:30 am. Grace at Fourth and Grace streets hosts Rev M T Plyter with services at 11 2 am and 8 pm. Morning subject Discipline Not Enough. evening Romance of Maturity. Promotional Day at Sunday school. All are welcome.

Jehu Présis Willitaston Bladen Street Fifth Blades Streets E- C. Sell Imvicec Grace Fourth Grace Streets T. Plyter

Episcopal church notices from September 1917

St Johns at Third and Red Cross with Rev Gribbin lists Holy Communion at 7 30 morning prayer 1 00 and evening prayer 8 all visitors invited St Paulis at Sixteenth and Market with Rev Gwathmey Holy Communion 7 30 morning prayer and sermon 11 evening prayer 8 visitors welcome Church of the Good Shepherd at Sixth and Queen with Rev Noe Sunday School 10 morning prayer and sermon 11 evening prayer and sermon 8 Readers are invited to attend all services.

St. John’s Third Red Cross R. EB. Gribbin Church of the Good ,Shepherd Sixth and Queen Streets W. R. Noe

Going Up Elevator Service at Murchison Bank Building

A note from Mrs Cuthbert Martin, president, praising the Going Up elevator project on the second and eighth floors of the Murchison Bank building as a haven of rest and thanking supporters. She urges continued aid for the Red Cross and the city’s humanitarian efforts, calling for citizens to join in relief work.

Murchison Bank The Red Cross Cuthbert Martin

Lutheran Churches Offer Services Across Two Parishes

St Fans on Meamet and Sixth Streets led by Rev. B Clausen hold services at 9 30 a m and 8 p m with sermons on Communion and Remember thy Wife and Sunday School at 3 30. St Matthew s English Evangelical at Fourth and Harnett Streets led by Rev G W McClanahan holds services at 11 a m and 8 p m with sermons Our Right Relation to God and Protestantism the Chief Agent in the Reformation Sunday School at 3 30 p m Luther League meets Wednesday at 8 with The Luther Reformation Cordial invitation to attend.

Lutheran Meamet Sixth B. Clausen He. Dorcas Society Luther League St. Matthew's Harnett G. Ww. McClanahan Lutheran Dbeagne

Southside Baptist Church Announcements and Services

Southside Baptist church at Fifth and Wooster invites the public to Sunday School 9 45 a m led by Mr J W Hollis with junior departments and Sunbeams. Morning worship at 11 a m and evening service at 7 2 m features pastor W G Hall with midweek study Wednesday at 8 pm.

Delgado A. L. Goodrich D. W. Collum Calvary A. Sullivan J. W. Hollis Southside Baptist Church Corfer Fifth Wooster W.G. Hall Ular

Also Mentioned on This Page

Arthur E. Mann Voie London Mater Soldiers OF Warre Dogita Rey Phen de Rae Chichester Bruggists North 16Th Sc Mes Joel Goodlett B. M Alfredo Barili Adelina Patt Barili Conservative of de Agar Hubert “Haas Ubinstein Victor Smaster U.S. Pat Marca Industrial Mitzi Victor Band Evelyn Toei Queen City Corle Market Street Polvogt Wilton Madras
Search Courier

Search the Wilmington Dispatch Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Wilmington Dispatch?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication