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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1917

Page

2

Theatre Review of Marys Ankle at Academy of Music

Bert Leigh stars as the young doctor in Marys Ankle arriving from Bi jou Theatre New York with the original cast. The play centers on a sprained ankle in act two and Leigh's nervous performance is noted as part of the drama. Tickets range fifty cents to one dollar fifty. Available at Livington's.

Bert Leigh Mary Academy of Music Tonight Bijou New York Miss ‘Claire Leigh Livington’s

The Beauty Shop at the Academy of Music

The Academy of Music announces a big musical comedy attraction The Beauty Shop by Pollock Wolf and Gebert. The show features clever singing and dancing with a company of 60 and runs in December for matinee and night performances after long runs in major cities.

THE Beauty Shop Academy of Music the Beauty Shop Channing Pollock Rennold Wolf Charles J. Gebert New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago

Casino Girls Headline Royal Show Moves Big crowds

WENT OVER BIG Frank Newmen and His Mer Ca sino Girls put on their second and biggest bill at the Royal yesterday. The Casino Trio sang and danced, Billy Lightelle and Pearl Derby performed, the Levans did a riot specialty act, and Lightelle did an eccentric comedy role. The popular attraction drew packed houses and the show runs again today and tonight for the last times.

Frank Newmen Mer the Royal Royal Casino Billy Lightelle Pearl Derby the Levans

Lockwood in Comedy at Grand Theatre Tomorrow

Harold Lockwood appears in The Square Deceiver a light breezy comedy at the Grand Theatre tomorrow. He plays Bill Van Dyke a multi millionaire who poses as a chauffeur to test his romance and stirs a mother’s plans into a whirl of action.

Francis Perry Elliott Billy van Dyke

Governor Bickett Opposes Public Utilities Ownership Plan

Governor Bickett weighs in against government ownership of public utilities in a New York American symposium, outlining his preference for the present system. The piece notes his pardon efforts for H. A. Hayes, a Winston-Salem prisoner, and reports Hayes’s weak prognosis from cancer while housed in a Baltimore hospital.

Dispatch Raleigh Bickett New York American FE. M. Uzzell Public Safety Public Works H. Sawyer Sawyer Durham Hosiery Mills Julian S. Carr, Jr Marcus Edwards

Jane Cowl Stars in The Spreading Dawn at Grand

Jane Cowl, famed for Within the Law and Common Clay, headlines the Goldwyn production The Spreading Dawn at the Grand Monday and Tuesday. The drama follows Georgina Vanderpyl and a diary revealing a Civil War secret that heals old wounds and unites lovers.

Jane Cowl Goldwyn Mary Turner Ellen Neal Basil King Saturday Evening Post Georgina Vanderpyl France

Miss Livingston and Miss Brady Set for Cleveland Bout

Champion woman wrestler Miss Cora Livingston and Grace Brady are scheduled to appear before a private Cleveland club for a finish catch as catch can wrestling match in the near future.

Cora Livingston Grace Brady Cleveland

The Bull's Eye serial stars Eddie Polo and Vivian Reed

Eddie Polo headlines the new Western life serial The Bull's Eye with Vivian Reed hailed as serial queen. Reed, 24, Chicago born, shifted from stage to film and has starred in The Temptations of Adam and The Princess of Patches among others. Montagu Love as auctioneer in a soldiers charity event drags bids up to $40 before a sleepy rival quits.

Eddie Polo United States Canada Miss Reed Chicago Patches Vivian. Reed Montagu Love

The Knitting Craze Among Screen Stars

Mae Murray jokes that actors will knit in studio downtime. She predicts Bill Hart might bite his lip in a close up while knitting and Doug Fairbanks could drop needles everywhere, adding humor to the trend.

Mae Murray Bill Hart Doug Fairbanks

Fragmentary doodles mix with names in hazy handwritten note

A scrambled OCR fragment shows stray words and names like Marry Cer and Herb Ranclinsiy amid jagged lines about knitting and vague scenes. The text includes partial phrases and unclear references, lacking a coherent event or context.

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