Beauty Shop at Academy of Music Delights with Lavish Cast
The Beauty Shop arrives at the Academy of Music for a matinee and night engagement next Wednesday after successful runs in New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago. The show features a 60 person cast with lavish costumes and scenery and offers over 20 musical numbers including In Corsica and Saturday Afternoon On Broadway. Matinee tickets range 50 cents to 1 50 and evening seats 75 cents to 2 dollars with war tax extra and sales starting Tuesday at Elvington's.
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Academy of Music
Fifth Avenue
New York
Corsica
Uncle Gazzazus
Broadway
Elvington’s
Alice Southern
Rawlinson Dares Death With Nine Story Airshaft Jump
Regenlands and Lawre star ERPERT RAWLINSON performs a new stunt in The Flash of Fate directed by Elmer Clifton. Rawlinson leaps from a car into an open elevator shaft then climbs down a fire escape, finally leaping across the air shaft nine stories above the ground and landing on the opposite fire escape. He sprains an ankle but jokes it could have been worse.
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Erpert Rawlinson
Elmer Clifton
Rawlinson
Carlyle Blackwell Entertains New Film Contract Wish
The article notes Carlyle Blackwell’s second year as a star with his current employers and his wish to stay longer while reducing future films. He explains he earns enough and would not demand more money, citing that more pay would still leave him financially strained. A light, humorous aside mentions a young actress losing a tooth during filming.
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Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle
The Cricket Final Scene Reveals Zoe Rae Ensemble
The final scene places Little Zoe Rae with an entourage around a table laden with delicacies. Emily is reconciled after a long estrangement. The seven -old star acts as a flower placeholder and the plan is to end with a simple fade-out.
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Zoe Rae
Deta
Emily
Flower
Louise Huff Story Sparks Racial Stereotypes
A Louise Huff yarn portrays a Southern black man Rastus claiming a doctor ordered him to prowl a barn at night as part of a joke about rheumatism. The preacher questions the medical orders and the punchline hinges on chicken broth rather than true medical advice.
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Louise Huff
Rastus
Darky
Gus Hills Big Minstrels at Academy of Music Christmas Day
Eddie Mazier of Gus Hill's Big Minstrels sought to prove his comedy by delivering a sharp line in Gin morning when asked what society the troupe belonged to. He answered It’s the Sons of Poor Parents, but the response did not land as a hit.
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Gus Hill
BIG Minstrels
Eddie Mazier
Academy of Music
Ah Mazier
Measles quarantined in Southport as Fort Caswell aims to stay healthy
Southport records two measles cases and imposes quarantine under the law. The Board of Health seeks Colonel Chase’s cooperation to prevent an outbreak while Fort Caswell’s health reputation is protected. Dr Franklin and two hospital assistants assist the health officer. Schools closed until January 2 to prevent any epidemic.
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Southport
N. C
Fort Caswell
Board of Health
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chase
Franklin
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and a Cure Claim
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and it was once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken orally and said to cure via the blood reaching mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Sold by Druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tie
Seamy Side of Broadway
The article reviews operatic figures Madame Louise iomer and Madame Schumann-Heinek, noting domestic lives and public support from Washington. It quotes New Year restrictions by the New York mayor and hints at Broadway nightlife during wartime. It also recounts a humorous misadventure about a mustache in a stage production and cites Maclyn Arbuckle joining a Liberty Loan booth at a department store.
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New York
Mme
Louise Iomer
Ehusband
Madame Schumann-Heinek
Severail
Washington
Maclyn Arbuckle
Salsman
Arbuckie
New York Theatre Meeting Highlights Optimism and Charity Scams
A New York gathering of actors managers and theatre professionals ended with mixed mood and sharp critique of fake charity entertainments. The Army and Navy Bazaar is cited as the starkest example of misused funds, with net profits of 754.96 from 71475.93 gross. Five men have been indicted by the Grand Jury, and Spanish dancers Elisa and Edoardo Cansino refused to perform amid promoter scrutiny. Harold de Becker continues a performance stint in The Willow with time-saving measures noted.
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Theatres and Theatrical Company
New York
Mae
Jane Ross
Russell Sage
Army and Navy
Elisa
Edoardo Cansino
Winter Garden
Army
Navy
United States Army and Navy Field Comfort Committee
Take Home Bundles Red Cross Seals Plan in North Carolina
The State Board of Health backs Fayetteville’s plan to have merchants hand customers their bundles with Red Cross Christmas seals. The plan aims to cut delivery costs, promote thrift, and encourage carrying home purchases, with local merchants listing cooperators before Christmas.
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Red Cross
Raleigh
N. C
Fayetteville
Seling
State Board of Halth
Wayretteville
Board of Health
New York
America
Earth
Aged Warsaw Woman Found Dead in Warsaw Home
Mrs Wentworth Faison aged about 60 was found dead in her room at the home of George H Beat where she boarded in Warsaw on Thursday afternoon. Death was due to heart failure. She was a Millard family member and daughter of a noted Duplin county educator and a talented musician. Survived by her daughter Mrs Robert Tearst of near Warsaw. Funeral at Faison by Dr J W Purcell with interment in the local cemetery.
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Warsaw
Wentworth Faison
George H. Beat
Millard
Duplin’ County
Robert Tearst
Faison
J. W. Purcell
Presbyterian Church
Expert Unveils 20 Year Quest Remedy for Receding Gums
New York analyst T. B. Elker claims a 20 year search culminates in pyorigy a medicated massage ointment promising to stop gum recession bleeding gums and loose teeth the formula presented through Burrell Chemical Co NY and sold for a dollar in Wilmington in original packaging.
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New York
N. Y
T. B. Elker
Burrell Chemical Co
New York City
Wilmington
Administrator Notice for Estate of Richard Sugg
Richard Suggs administrator calls all debtors to pay promptly and all creditors to present claims within twelve months to John D. Bellamy & Son at 14 attorneys. Notice dated November 17, 1017.
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Richard Suggs
John D. Bellamy
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Senwii Sese
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Zoe
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The
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Sancess
Sos
Frank W. Shea
Astor Theatre
Dixie Hines
Sereny
Mitchel
Madore Verssa
de Becker
Harold de Becker
Inbar
D.C
Capitol
Union Station
Eurcyfeza
Esolet
W. T. Knight
Mmansze
Monavie
Bard Waar Suis
Durchilly Sud
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