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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
2
The DeRue Bros Ideal Minstrels promise a clean and classic show with all new vaudeville features. They claim the most expensive minstrel talent assembled this season and urge attendance to the street parade and solo band concerts. Matinee tickets range 25 to 50 cents and evening seats 50 cents to $1, with tickets at Elvington's Pharmacy.
Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith bring the operetta Sweet Hearts with Julia Gifford to the Academy of Music for Wednesday shows with a company of sixty. The tour follows a New York hit and includes a full orchestra, scenic investiture, and matinee and evening performances with prices from 5 to 2 dollars. Tickets on sale at Elvington's Pharmacy Monday at 9 am.
Health and Hygiene reports that life insurance companies bought 43000 Red Cross Christmas Seals last month. They say the goal is business driven to reduce tuberculosis losses and public costs by keeping breadwinners healthy rather than increasing taxes or payouts to the sick.
The narrator revels in primitive landscapes and the thrill of the city with its skyscrapers, airships, trains, and quick motors. Each invention marks human effort, and every person is a distinct unit in the bustling mass. A childhood motto, Remem ber, Anita, underscores belief that success comes from proving worth to the world.
An advertisement promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a solution for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims the scalp stays clean, hair gains life and luster, and itching stops. The product is guaranteed by The Herpicide Co. and offered with a ten cent trial bottle and booklet.
Operators must be courteous and refer subscribers to a superior when limits are exceeded. The human element is hard to regulate and control, making good telephone service depend on cooperation from all involved.
Grant and Chief Detective Cadogan chase a barrel murder in the House of Three Deuces. Beans create a berry trail leading to a gunman known as Lupo the Wolf who kills Tonio Palerni. a fall from a trap kills Lupo and the rescued girl, Tia Da Cappo.
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