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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1917

Page

2

September Morn at Academy of Music Promises Bright Musical Comedy

Theatrical show September Morn comes to the Academy of Music on Saturday January 13 with William Moore Ruth Wilkins and a fifty member assist ant company. The production showcases present day musical comedy with elaborate costumes graceful dancing and a lively chorus. Ruth Wilkins billed as the American Gaby Deslys appears in dances and songs following the LaSalle Opera House run in Chicago. Ticket prices list 1.50 1.00 0.75 and bargain matinee 0.75 0.50 with seats on sale at Elvington's Front Street Store. Harold Lockwood stars in Mister 44 next to May Allison in a rugged outdoor drama.

Academy of Music Will William Moore Ruth Wilkins Gaby Deslys LaSalle Opera House Chicago Elvington Front Street

Royal's Big Show At The Royal This Week

A grand week long minstrel and musical revue at the Royal Theatre features Hav a Laf Musical Walker and his Lady Minstrels plus the Barbeau Trio and Greenwaltz Orchestra. The company promises new acts and three show changes this week with a Grand Free Brass Band Concert opening in front of the theatre.

Walker Lady Minstrels Barbeau Greenwaltz Wilmington

Great Metro Film Feature Tomorrow at the Grand

Tomorrow the Grand presents two photoplays including Mister 44,55 a stirring crime drama with mystery and romance starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison. A feature promises the best photoplays of eight days since New Year with steady high quality and dramatic intrigue.

Harold Lockwood Metro Pretty May Allison May Allison

Filipino nightwear trend debated in early advertising

The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes extensive ads promoting Philippine nights. It questions when Filipinos began wearing nighties, signaling evolving dress norms and commercial interest in sleepwear in the era.

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times

Lumber Tariff Hearing Before U S Commerce Examiner

Attorney-Examiner Hilliard of the United States Commerce Commission conducts a hearing this afternoon in the Federal Court root on the Butters Lumber Company versus Atlantic Coast Line Railway. The session includes representatives from multiple lumber firms with interest in the tariff in effect.

Hilliard United States Commerce Commission Butters Lumber Company Atlantic Coast Line Railway Root Washington, D. C

Japs Grow Restless Under Allies Ban

In Tokyo agitation rises as Japanese commerce groups urge removal of Allied trade limits led by England and Russia. British hosiery ban relief shows success with enforcement postponed twice before full lift of the restriction on Japanese goods.

Toko England Russia Chambers of Commerce Tokio

Strange occurrence during big blaze in Alsace

report from Guensbach in the Muenster Valley describes children playing with matches starting a farmhouse fire. two children burned to death while firemen battled flames. shells from a nearby French battery hit the burning building, killing three volunteer firefighters and wounding two.

Berlin Guensbach Muenster Alsace

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