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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
3
The Academy of Music presents the musical comedy Oh Johnny Oh for one night next Thursday. A two act six scene show promises lively humor and vaudeville specialties with 40 in the company including top principals. Matinee tickets 16 28 39 cents adults. evening prices not shown.
Hubb, Harry Mann, Fannie Allbright and Ollie Payne headline a lively pony chorus and shapely dancers in an upcoming engagement. Popular prices to apply from 50 cents to 1 dollar with war tax extra. Seats available at Elvington’s this Wednesday.
China inquiry in motion pictures opens with Lyman H. Howes Travel Festival at the Academy of Music next Saturday. The Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese event, is featured, once a deathly competition driven by nerves and honor.
Advertises Black and White Ointment claiming it can whiten dark or blotchy skin and clear blemishes. Promises a soft fair complexion with a money back guarantee for 25 cents and offers mail order with bonuses. invites agents to sell and apply territory deals from Memphis Tennessee.
Prices range from 28 cents to 55 cents with the war tax included. Tickets go on sale Friday at Elvington's.
Mary Pickford stars in The Little American with Cecil B. De Mille. a dramatic patriotic story featuring spectacular effects and surprising moments. The production has created a sensation among film circles and is predicted to be a major cinema success this year.
The program features DeRue Minstrels with a sensation across America along with Billy La bar the ventriloquist. Johnson's show includes Ruth Sisters Spellman and Cramer Willis and Met calf Baby Vivian Marie Johnson That Classy Kid and the Johnsons will appear alongside these big novelties for an entertaining lineup.
London January 21 British casualties for the week ending today totaled 17 048 with breakdown noting officers killed or died of wounds among the casualties as reported.
A historic remedy for fading hair uses Sage and Sulphur to restore natural color. Modern readers can buy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound at drug stores, dampen a brush, apply strand by strand, and see gray hair darken by morning.
Reported totals list 76 officers and 2 277 men wounded or missing and 213 officers with 14 477 men. The weekly casualty count falls by about 8 000 from last week’s 24 979, an unusually high figure for the period. prior weeks logged 18 998 and 9 951.
By virtue of a mortgage deed Herbert Eskins and Viela Hskinng defaulted on payments. Mechanics Home Association will sell at public auction February 1918 at 12 o'clock at the New Hanover County Court House door. Land described as part of lots 5 and 4 in Block 64 in Wilmington North Carolina. Attorney for the mortgagee is B McKoy.
Local readers in Ville Tennessee hear testimonials praising Anuric double strength from Doctor Pierce of the Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York for kidney and bladder disorders backache rheumatism and uric acid problems. The ad urges sending 10 cents for a large trial package and consulting a druggist for a bottle.
An article notes dentists deny a cure for Riggs disease while some physicians claim it is a gum germ illness. It advertises Pyrotrigy, an unprescribed medicated massage ointment that purportedly treats the condition, claiming it firms gums, stops recession, and reduces bleeding. It is sold for one dollar at Wilmington druggists including Jarman & Futrelle.
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