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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1917

Page

7

Striking Vaudeville Tales and Boston Misreadings

New York gossip sketches Percy Heath and Dorothy Leeds on stilts prompting widespread newspaper chatter. Avon Comedy Four delight audiences with nostalgia in Broadway revival. A Broadway visitor to Boston finds contrast in manners, food, and fashions, ending with a whimsical magic gag involving a silk hat and a trio of guinea pigs.

Cial Dispatch New York Percy Heath Cocoanut Grove Century Theatre Peard Dorothy Leeds Heath Miss Leeds Mr. Death Avonomedy Four Emerson Boston Fifth Avenue Millonaires

Coast Line Hotel Cafe Rooms by the Day or Week

Coast Line Hotel Cafe advertises rooms by the day week or month at reasonable rates and meals at any hour. Located at 208 North Front Street with phone 208 W.

Coast Line Hotel North Front

Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Natural Hair Color

Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound offers a ready made version of the old home remedy to darken faded or gray hair. A large bottle costs about 50 cents and is marketed as a delightful toilet requisite not a disease cure.

Wyeth

German Paper Shortages Hit Postal Cards And Print

Berlin reports postal cards suffer from very poor paper quality as wartime shortages limit ink and printing materials. Postmaster General says paper cannot improve until the war ends and factories regain access to essential inputs. Printing papers and periodicals grow scarcer with suspensions increasing. An adjacent note touts freezone corn remedy with quick relief and disputed safety claims.

Berlin

Migratory Bird Act Still Enforced After Treaty

Washington January act department notes public announcement clarifying that the Migratory Bird Act of 1913 and its regulations remain in force and will be enforced while Congress considers new treaty-based legislation.

Washidon P. C Oe Agriulture United States Great Britain Department

Miss Edna P Brown Is New Leader Contest

Edna Cashwell leads the field in a local leader contest with votes shown for Abbottsburg and Acme areas. Mattie Powell and others trail as results stand, reflecting early tallies in the Miss Edna P Brown competition.

Edna P. Brown Abbottsburg N. C Edna Cashwell Acme

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