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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1916

Page

2

Gypsy Love at the Academy of Music Receives Praise

A Virginian-Pilot excerpt reviews Lehar's Gypsy Love at the Colonial last night. The critic praises romance in setting and plot, notes strong cast led by Finita de Sora as Zorika, and commends the score and orchestra under Milan Roder.

Academy of Music Virginian-Pilot Norfolk Lehar Colonial Andreas Dippel Zorika Fedor Joszi Eurydice Orpheus Ilma Niklas Lillia Kaspar Finita de Sora Lucy Fields Irma Salvator Solte Andor Milan Roder Finita de Soria The

De Rue Brothers Minstrels at Academy of Music Next Week

Raleigh theatergoers praised the De Rue Brothers and their sixty-strong company at the Academy of Music, with new songs and dances including When Sunday Comes to Town. An all new Victoria bill features the Brinkley Girls in The King of Heidelberg and stars Meighan and Anita King in The Heir to the Hoorah at the Grand.

de Rue Academy of Music Raleigh News and Observer Raleigh DeRue Brothers Billy Billy DeRue Turner Brothers Victor Tieibert Julia Gifford Sylvia Victoria Brinkley Girls Broadway America Hal Stack Brinkley Company the King Charles Soladar Eddie Page Bob Shinn the Victoria Dixie Mae Ward Wilmington Thomas Meighan Anita King Jesse L. Lasky Paramount Prostram Beatrice C. de Mille Leighton Osman Paul Armstrong Kirke la Salle Lusky Company Blanche Sweet Marie Doro Charlotte Walker Mr. Meighan Miss King Horace B. Carpenter Ernest Joy Edythe Chapman Little Billy Jacobs

Local vaudeville benefits from Denton impersonation act

Acrobats and Carl Denton will perform as character impersonator in a benefit show. Matinee prices set at 25 cents balcony 50 cents lower floor, children 10 cents. Night prices range 50 cents to 1 dollar. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at Elvington's Pharmacy.

Carl Denton Elvington’s

True Platonism of Youthful Male Friendships

A narrator recalls lifelong platonic friendships with boy companions from childhood through adolescence. She recounts protecting, guiding, and sharing through schoolyard trials, horseplay, and family ties. She emphasizes that these male friendships remain impersonal and priceless, urging their value.

George Harry Victor Mother

Woman Pays Conductor for Forgotten Train Fare

In Dublin Georgia a woman on a Macon bound train paid 40 cents owed from a five year old ride. She explained the conductor missed her stop and she then paid $1 for the Dublin to station fare, seeking to settle the remaining 40 cents.

Dublin Macon

Youth loses two toes to gain West Point admission

Atchison Kansas December six two toes were amputated from Harold De Forest of Wetmore after hammer toes made him fail the entrance exam for West Point. The youth hoped removal would secure admission and he was discharged from a local hospital.

West Point Atchison, Kan Harold de Forest Wetmore

Tanlac praised by farmer for health revival

L. A. Bryan of R. F. D. No. 2 credits Tanlac with curing chest pain stomach troubles and loss of appetite after years of sickness He praises the tonic as revitalizing his health and energy The Tanlac outreach notes the product is sold at Bellamy Drug Store and other local outlets across North Carolina with E H Drum promoting the remedy

Tanlac L. A. Bryan Bellamy Drug Store Mr. Bryan E. H. Drum Bryan North Carolina Wilmington Acme Acme Store Co Burgaw C. I. Halstead Southport Watson's Pharmacy Rocky Point A. N. Rhodes Supply G. W. Kirby New Bern Bradham Drug Co Magnolia W. L. Southall Faison, Faison Drug Co Pembroke G. W. Locklear Snow Hill J. T

Monroe Citizens Push for Charlotte Rail Service

Local residents in Monroe urge creation of a passenger train to Charlotte. Reports indicate citizen petitioning and hoped schedule changes to better connect Monroe with Charlotte for evening events and opera performances.

Monroe Charlott Charlotte Observer Tay Air Line Bette Charlotte Hhmeigion Queen City

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Thos Meighan Paramount Picture Brinklet the King of Heidelberg DE Rue Bros.’ Minstrels DUO OF Steve A. O. Schuster North Front Street D.D.D D. D. D. Simp Robert R. Bellamy Crugcist Southern Hotel Lynn Haven G.rar P. Peck NEW York Cafe Matinee IDEAL
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