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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1918

Page

4

Minstrel Show Delivers New Season at Academy of Music

The renowned minstrel troupe returns with a fresh season blending oldtime and contemporary acts. The Bukalali Club at Honolulu leads the scenic first part with Charlie Gano as Chef and features Lucas Clifford Post and Lynch. A vaudeville slate closes with Gano’s Parktown’s Submarine Destroyers. At the Academy of Music next Wednesday. Tickets 50 cents to $1, on sale Tuesday at Elvington's.

Honolulu Charlie Gano Lucas, Clifford, Post and Lynch Gano Parktown Academy of Music Elvington

Pickett Sisters Present Fine Feathers in Wilmington

The Pickett Sisters Stock Company present the Eugene Walter drama Fine Feathers today and tomorrow with matinees at 3 and evening shows at 7 45. The play, praised as a drama with a purpose, features Lo litia Robertson and Robert Edeson from its Astor Theatre run and promises capacity crowds with advance sale for the rest of the week.

Wilmington Pickett Sisters Eugene Walter America Lolitia Robertson Robert Edeson Astor Theatre New York Picketts

Dorothy Dalton Featured In The Price Mark At Grand Theatre

Dorothy Dalton stars in The Price Mark at the Grand theatre this Saturday. The film marks Thomas H. Ince’s introduction of Dalton to Paramount patrons after her acclaimed The Flame of the Yukon. The story by John B. Ritchie centers on New York studio life with scenes set in a painter’s studio.

Dorothy Dalton Grand Theatre Thomas H. Ince Paramount Miss Dalton John B. Ritchie New York Paramount Theatres Thomas

Ship Finery for Fuel

The United States plans to compensate Germany for confiscated ships by repurposing woodwork and fittings seized in American harbors. Carpenters had dismantled the ships and stored costly remnants on Hoboken quays, later offered as free firewood to needy families through navy officials and Hoboken’s mayor.

The Christian Science Monitor United States Germany Hoboken Navy Department

Mardi Gras Visitors Fill New Orleans Hotels

New Orleans hosts report visitors swelling hotel rooms for the Mardi Gras Carnival. The event, with a long tradition, will ban masking on Mardi Gras Day by order of Mayor Behrman, marking the first no mask Shrove Tuesday in over six decades.

New Orleans Behrman Crescent City

Health record notes and local remarks on Olive

A fragmentary health record mentions Olive and Lena and comments on an enviable health status. The item references a local correspondent and a last week report noting no rarity in the section.

Lena Nother

Zbyszko to meet Hart Caddock for heavyweight title

Des Moines fans expect a top bout with Waldek Zbyszko defending against Hart Caddock for the world heavyweight championship. The match, amid a booming wrestling scene, will draw a large crowd including Camp Dodge soldiers. Added events include a one mile open professional race and a Boston vs Springfield relay.

Des Moines Waldek Zbyszko Hart Caddock Iowa Joe Stecher Boston Sprinfield

New England Skating Titles Open With Strong Field

Pittsfield Massachusetts February 8 speed skaters from six states gathered at the scratch for the opening events of the New England Skating Association championship tournament. A high class field and a two day program promise a successful winter carnival with events including 440 yards 880 yards one mile and two miles.

Pittsfield Mass New England Skating Association New England

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