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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1917
Page
2
Wilmington audience to see Essanay super drama The Return of Eve starring Edna Mayo opposite Eugene O'Brien. Photoplay praised for natural beauty and lavish costumes, adapted from the stage hit, set in a modern Eden with idyllic home scenes and strong star power.
The theatre production September Morn comes to the Academy of Music with nearly fifty performers and a chorus of pretty girls. Matinee and night shows follow Saturday with prices 1 50 1 00 and 50 cents, seats at Hilvington's Front Street store starting Thursday morning.
Musical Walker and his Hav a Laf Minstrels opened in Wilmington with a grand 2:30 p.m. free concert in front of the Royal. The Grenawalts impressed with instrumental and vocal selections, drawing loud applause. June Bug Moore and Moore offered a musical box act while Walker delivered popular minstrel entertainment. The show runs through today ending tonight with new offerings tomorrow.
In Santa Fe New Mexico the legislature opens its sixty day session with an equal suffrage amendment likely to be pushed by the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs. Other anticipated measures include a primary and election law a budget system for all state appropriations highway improvements and educational facilities expansion.
New York report says Les Darcy will fight at Madison Square Garden in a sequence planned by Tex Rickard. Darcy will face Carpenter first, then possible matches against Miske or Dillon depending on performance, avoiding Willard due to weight differences.
In Munich the women insurance agents have organized a society to pursue a union with the existing German insurance agents organization.
Cheyenne Wyoming January 8 The battle to make Wyoming dry starts with the opening of the legislature as prohibition sentiment dominates. Proponents expect a statewide constitutional amendment while liquor interests fear losses as surrounding states go dry. Women voters could tip the scales. senate battles loom over two thirds passage.
Mrs P A Creech reports her child Selma in North Carolina cured of two years nasal catarrh by Mrs Joe Person's Remedy. The ad touts 35 years of blood cleansing tonic work and offers testimonials, pricing, and multiple pharmacy distributors.
Experts in marketing wool may apply for civil service examinations in major cities to join the Bureau of Markets and Rural Organization. Duties include investigations and publications on wool marketing methods and costs, covering packing, shipping, sale, distribution, co operatives, standards, reports, and market movements.
An advertisement claims one half teaspoonful of Rheuma daily relieves rheumatism and sciatica within days. It markets a quick acting remedy available for 50 cents with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. The ad credits R. R. Bellamy and local druggists as sellers and asserts widespread use nationwide.
Alfred Coffin Bedford was elected president of Standard Oil following the death of John D. Archbold. At fifty two he rose from humble beginnings within a Standard Oil subsidiary and is part of the famed Standard Oil Family. Bedford was born in Brooklyn and educated at Adelphia College before study in Europe.
January 9 1916 reports state the British battleship King Edward VII was sunk by a mine but 700 crew members were saved Austro Germans retreat from the eastern bank of the Middle Stripa and British announce Gallipoli Peninsula evacuation completed without Austrian fleet aggression noted amid redeployed positions.
An old advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a harmless liniment that relieves rheumatism and sciatic pain by applying to the sore spot. It claims instant relief, no skin burning, and urges readers to try a small trial bottle from their druggist.
Big turnout in Mechanics Building for the Boston Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock Association opening. Blue ribbon birds from Vancouver and Santa Barbara among the displays. Judging and prize awards underway and continue through Saturday night.
Major General J Franklin Bell born in Shelbyville Kentucky 61 years ago today. Lieut General S B M Young born in Pittsburgh 77 years ago today. James Hay born Clarke County Virginia 61 years ago today. Rt Rev John E Fitzmaurice born in Ireland 77 years ago today. Edward Howard Griggs born Owatonna Minnesota 49 years ago today.
The narrator recalls her first interview during early acting days in a studio dressing room. She describes the chaotic atmosphere, her mother's guidance, and the lasting memory of that initial encounter with a magazine interviewer. She notes growth over time from that hurried moment to a more comfortable routine.
Boston Rotary Club launched a school for the higher education of office boys. It aims to elevate them beyond nickel- theater heroes and force a shift toward classics like Plato and Aristotle rather than cheap yellow-back novels.
Russell Kansas January nine. A criminal case in which Lucile Graves Phillips faces trial for conspiracy to blackmail and conspiracy to commit arson draws unprecedented public interest. Wilbur Hullinger, already convicted on related counts, serves time. A child was born to Mrs Phillips months ago.
One hundred years ago Nathan S. Davis was born in Chenango County New York. Seventy five years ago Col John C Fremont prepared for his first Rocky Mountain expedition. Twenty five years ago the Johnson impeachment charges were examined by the House judiciary committee. Fifty years ago the Crystal Palace opened the first great electrical exhibition near London.
General Sir Sam Hughes former minister of militia and defense in the Dominion cabinet will be guest of honor and principal speaker at a banquet tonight at the Hotel Biltmore under the Canadian Club of New York. Also noted is Mrs Annie Martin of Carlisle Pennsylvania a D A R member and great granddaughter of Marie Pitcher heroine of the Revolution.
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