The Birth of a Nation at the Academy and more at Wilmington
The Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith plays tonight at the Academy for the last time after a record run across the United States. The program includes The Prince of Pilsen with its popular songs and star cast, Hawaiian Players and Singers at the Academy, and a World Series film about the 1916 baseball championship. Additional acts include Ward and Barton and Arthur Haunk’s Sunshine Girls, with multiple showings and full-house crowds noted.
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D. W. Griffith
Academy
United States
Sherman
Petersburg
Appomattox
Lincoln
South
Pilsen
Charles Horne
Estella Birney
Strenth
Elvington
America
Waikiki Beach
Academy of Music
Wilmington
Victoria
Boston
Brooklyn
Wilmington Drum and Bugle Corps
Royal
Ward
Barton
New York
Arthur Haunk
Sunshine Girls Company
Bread Relief Efforts Fall Yet Again In Holy Land Winter
Advices from London report plan to aid Holy Land sufferers amid dire fuel and food shortages. Jerusalem faces severe cold with no coal or petroleum, wood scarce and costly. Food crops are requisitioned by authorities, sugar unavailable, and paper money sparks hardship as shops refuse change.
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London
Holy Land
Jerusalem
France
Wales
Palestine
German War Prisoners Spend Christmas In England
London reports German officers in England receive German holiday packages at Donnington Hall with Christmas spice cake gringeli lubecker marzipan and turkeys and wines. A theater program with a superb orchestra is planned as a holiday feature for Wilmington audiences presented by the Luther League with noteable instrumental solos to follow.
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London
England
Germany
Donnington Hall
Nazareth
Wilmington
Luther League
American envoy delivers German peace note to Russia
ePtrograd dispatch reports American ambassador David R. Francis handed Germany’s peace note to the Russian government. The Nuevo Vremy notes the note was transmitted without comment and says the United States presents the German document without engaging the German Russian string strategy.
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ePtrograd
David R. Francis
Germany
Nuevo Vremy
Playing With Fire A Stray About A Friend’s Battle With Habit
The writer urges avoidance of harmful habits and praises a friend who chooses to run from temptation. During a mountain vacation a group walked home soaked and chilled after swimming in a pond. A chaperon served hot water with whiskey to prevent illness, awakening the friend’s craving for alcohol, which she vows to avoid by steering clear of parties and dinners.
Key West Opens First Mid Winter Carnival
Key West Florida awakes to carnival fever as decorated streets fill with visitors. Committees of city leaders prep a two week program featuring a royal pageant carnival queen procession street shows aquatic contests band concerts and fireworks.
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Key West
Fla
Long-lived Brooklyn woman marks 106th Christmas
Mrs Alice Dennett of Brooklyn celebrated her 106th Christmas surrounded by many descendants including grandchildren and great grandchildren. She turned 106 yesterday and, after breakfast and reading the papers without spectacles, walked five blocks to church and back.
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New York
Brooklyn
Alice Dennett
Pilgrims Stranded in Arabia Await Repatriation
Mohammedans from the Malay archipelago who traveled to Mecca for Hadji are destitute in Arabia due to wartime communication cuts. A Dutch government representative heads to Jeddah to arrange special ships for return home. About 4,000 pilgrims were repatriated last year.
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Arabia
Batavia
Dutch East India
Malay Archipelago
Mecca
Jeddah
Coast Line Hotel Cafe Offers Flexible Lodging
Coast Line Hotel Cafe advertises rooms by day week or month at reasonable rates. Located at 208 North Front Street the cafe serves meals at any hour and can be contacted by phone 208 W. 106 lmo.
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Coast Line
Help Improve Your Service By Telephony Manager
A district manager explains the limits of telephony service during busy hours and emergencies. Operators may be unable to answer all calls briefly, but response is usually quick with an average wait of about five seconds.
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U.S
International Corresjoriaw
C. S
International Correspondence School
Bor
Scranton
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Arthur Hauk
Sunshine Girls
World Baseball
Mr. Frank Banks
Stork Delivery
THE
Waikiki
South Sea Islands
Elvington’s
Exelento
Rivington
Lola
Owen Davis
James Young
Clara Kimball Young
Master Selznick Pictures
Joseph
Luther League of St
Egypt
Luther League of
Joseph and
Salem. Va
Russia
Vitagradh
Dr. Vineberg Masonic Temple
Aladdin Security
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baltimore
Richmond, Va
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, S. C
Washington, D. Cc
Norfolk, Va
Stephen D. Lucas
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph CO
Norhh Carolina
New Hanover
John J. Austin
New Hanover County
North Carolan
Cupbell
Evelina Austin
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