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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1918

Page

3

Have a Heart musical comedy at Academy Music

Henry W Savage promotes Have a Heart a bright new musical comedy by Bolton Wodehouse and Jerome Ker, touring from New York to the Academy Music on April 11. The story follows a separated couple who elope on the eve of divorce, with a large cast and a strong chorus featuring Katharine Galloway Joseph Keno Grace Hoey and others.

Henry W. Savage New York Academy Music Guy Bolton P. G. Wodehouse Jerome J Katherine Galloway Joseph Keno Grace Hoey Victor Foster Betty Weber Henry Antrim Rosie Green Edward Caramnelli Maud Ream Stover Lawrence Wood Edward A. Smith Sam T

The Eeternal Magdalene Leads Royal Theatre Bill

United South in Stock Company presents The Eternal Magdalene to capacity crowds at the Royal with The Speculators following as the matinee and night shows. Mabel Page remains a top draw with Edouard O Oize and Chelso Peruchi in a strong moral drama praised for its timely sermon like performance and Verna Warde adds charm with a sung specialty.

United South In Stock Company the Royal Speculators Mabel Page Southland Wilmingtonians Verna Warde

Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad Promotes Quick Cough Relief

An old advertisement urges readers to stop neglecting coughs and try Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It claims quick relief from throat irritation, soothing air passages from the first dose, and phlegm loosening, priced at 25 cents at druggists.

Glass of Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate Routine

A promotional notice extols drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims the regimen removes toxins and sour fermentations, improves appetite, and aids biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism.

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Prodigal Jack Spurlock At Grand Theatre

George Walsh stars as young Spurlock in the tale of a Harvard student who buys a 400 pound Alaska brain and a few hundred carloads of onions after being expelled from Harvard. The film blends comedy and thrills as he navigates his misadventures and a bear in the bathroom.

Jack Spurlock Prodigal Grand Theatre George Walsh William Fox Spurlock Alaska Bear Harvard George Horace Lorimer Saturday Post Saturday Evening Post

Vast War Scene Filmed With 27 Cameras At Grand Theatre

An Army officer notes the filming of Ira M. Lowry's "For the Freedom of the World" using 27 cameras behind a recreated front line with 20 machine guns. Thousands watched as British officers praised the realism. The shoot yielded excess footage, later cut to the final length to depict the expected clash "over there."

Freedom of the World Grand Theatre Secor France

Paris Bombarded Description of Gun Operation

Paris bombardment described with how the gun operated in a Path News Bijou item.

Path News Bijou Today Adv

First Woman Reaches Full First Lieutenant Rank in Army

Dr. Kate B. Karpels, Johns Hopkins graduate serving with the Army Medical Department Emergency Dispensary, becomes the first woman to attain the full rank of first lieutenant in the Army.

Kate B. Karpéls Johns Hopkins University Army Medical Department

Hart Children Die in Home Fire Near Oxford

In Oxford North Carolina on April 2 three Hart children ages 7 11 and 14 died when a fire consumed their home in Conwell. Their father merchant George Hart was noted as a prominent local figure.

Oxford N. C George Hart Conwell Here Hart

Free French lessons offered to servicemen by Mrs Hatchell

Mrs Marguerite Hatchell offers free French instruction to those slated for service in France. Classes meet twice weekly at the Y M C A on Monday and Thursday evenings. She will also teach soldiers in training at Fort Caswell. Those interested should call the Y M C A.

Marguerite Hatchell France Yf M. C. A Hatchell Fort Caswell

Wilmington Red Cross Board Meeting Notice

The regular monthly meeting of the Wilmington Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held at 12 o'clock noon tomorrow April 3 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the Murchison building. All directors are urged to attend.

Board of Directors of Wilmington American Red Cross Chamber of Commerce Murchison Building

England Sets Up A Dozen Policewoman Training Schools

England has established twelve formal schools to train policewomen, expanding female participation in law enforcement and signaling a shift toward greater gender representation in policing across the nation.

England

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