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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1916

Page

2

Russian tenor Arthur Albro to star in Gypsy Love at the Academy

Arthur Albro the Odessa born tenor famed for the Gypsy Love role will headline the Academy production of Gypsy Love next Wednesday. Prices range 50 cents to 2 dollars with tickets on sale Monday at Elvington's starting 9 a.m. Albro, noted for acting, violin skill, and great stage presence, hails from a family of opera performers and rose to fame in America.

Academy of the Big Andreas Dippel Arthur Albro Jozsi America Albro United States Odessa Imperial Opera St. Petersburg Moscow Milan Elvington’s

Baby Giveaway Promises Live Infant at Victoria Theatre

Tonight at the Victoria Theatre a real live baby to be given away to the holder of the lucky number. The baby, eleven months old, is said to be of good parentage and must be cared for by the winner. Richards the Wizard offers a new program including The Tub of Diogenes and other sensory acts. The engagement ends tomorrow with Richards’ season concluding in Wilmington.

Victoria Theatre Richards Wizard” and Company Diogenes Wilmington

St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Rheumatism Relief

An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless liniment that quickly eases rheumatic and sciatic pain. It claims most cases don’t need internal treatment and urges readers to try a small bottle from their druggist for instant relief of soreness stiffness and swelling. It touts widespread past success and applicability to neuralgia lumbago and sprains.

St. Jacobs St. Jacobs Oil Advt

New Rules on Spirits Imports From Britain

Washington December 1 American importers of spirits from Great Britain face entry refusals unless shipments are accompanied by a certificate from British excise authorities proving compliance with the English Immature Spirits Restriction Act of 1915. The act requires warehousing of British or foreign spirits for at least three years before delivery for home consumption.

Washington, D. C Great Britain Department of Agriculture

Chaplin The Pawn Shop at Grand Tomorrow

Tomorrow at the Grand theatre Charles Chaplin in The Pawn Shop, a Mutual Chaplin special, is billed as riotous. Three Mutual employees in a Los Angeles hospital are in critical condition after viewing the film during production. The piece features Chaplin as a window washer and bookkeeper amid a three ball sign and Erna, owner’s daughter, with renewed comic routines.

Grand Theatre Charles Chaplin Mutual Chaplin Mutual Los Angeles Charlie Chaplin Charlie Erna Edna

Bladen Street Methodist Church Burns Mortgages

Members of the Bladen Street Methodist Church concluded Thanksgiving services by burning the church mortgages and indebtedness papers. Pastor Rev. J. P. Pate praised supporters and workers who helped clear the church of debt as committees prepared the decorated interior for the ceremony.

Bladen Street Methodist Church J. P. Pate Friends of the E. H. Hardison B. J. Hall C. Albro J. J. [Tann

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