Roy al presents Bot Shaefer Palm Beach Girls at Royal
The Royal theater showcases Bot Shaefer and a Palm Beach Girls troupe with three big tabloid musical comedies headlined by Midnight at Sherry's. Frank McIntyre stars in The Traveling Salesman, with Doris Kenyon and others, amid a World War era spectacle and daily matinees at 2 30 and 8 30 premiering with Victor Herbert score.
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Royal
Sterling Amusement
Bot” Shaefer
Palm Beach
South
Florida
Shaefer
Sherry’s
Broadway
Frank McIntyre
Famous Players
the Grand
McIintyre
McIntyre
Doris Kenyon
Russell Bassett
Julia Stuart
James Neill
Mr. Mclintyre
Joan of Arc
Mackensen
von Hindenberg
Foreign Legion
America
Victor Herbert
The Fall of a Nation heads to Victoria Theatre tomorrow
Wilmington prepares for the Thomas Dixon sequel to The Birth of a Nation with matinee and evening showings for three days starting tomorrow. The production promises a grand opera cinema spectacle with large crowds and patriotic reception in big cities.
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Wilmington
Thomas Dixon
Victoria Theatre
Long Island
Worcester Grappler John Olin Breaks Into Class A Rank
In facing Joe Stecher and Dr. Roller, Worcester wrestler John Olin proved he belongs among the Class A wrestlers, showing he can hold his own with top rivals.
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Joe Stecher
Dr. Roller
John Olin
Worcester
New York Day by Day: Bizarre City Tales and Art Nonsense
Special correspondence from New York recounts oddities across the city. A Boston man aliases himself with multiple names while riding trains and conversing with staff at Grand Central. Bellevue notes suggest a padded rest and odd depictions. Modern Art School plans a dance with inexpensive robes and unusual exhibitions, including a bronze statue entrant in winter attire.
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New York
East Fifty-first Street
Rhodesia
Boston
Grand Central Station
Morriss Muldoon
Elmer T. Cohan
Theodore Sabin
Loose Nut Department
Bellevue
Marcel Buchamp
Leslie Hall
Squirrels Follow Diners During Park Carriage Ride
An evening in Central Park features a carriage ride from the Ma jestic hotel scene and a flock of squirrels trailing along the west drive past the sheep pasture. The event highlights the town’s light social notes as noted by a writer referencing George Ade.
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George Ade
Majestic
Central Park
William Hooper School Displays Art Tableaux
The past week featured classroom tableaux including Queen Louise and Her Sons The Age of Innocence The Gleaners Mona Lisa and more with no tardies in first through fifth grades across listed teachers and rooms.
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Louise
Sieffick
Reynolds
Millett
Gleaners
Baby Stuart
van Dyke
Button
Apollo
Grenge
da Vinca
Union Names Lina McEachern Mae Bell Campbell Henry Bremer Nancy Battle
The union lists members Lina McEachern Mae Bell Campbell Henry Bremer and Nancy Battle as participants or signees. The record reflects membership or roster maintenance within the union. Further context about roles or actions is not provided in the text.
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Lina McEachern
Mae _ Bell Campbell
Henry Bremer
Nancy Battle
To dine or not to dine amid high prices in wartime satire
Witty column riffs on famine fears and rising grocery costs with nods to Shakespeare and current events. It questions who bears economic strain, cites prices and grocer greed, and hints at plans for Smith's Island as a future winter resort in Florida.
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Smith’s Island
Wilmington
the Dispatch
Florida
North Carolina
Atlantic Seaboard
Wall Street Broker Receives Eager Inquiries on War Wheat Prices
A late hour letter to broker Co. M. Garrison asks when the European war will end and seeks forecasts on wheat and hog prices for next year. The writer probes future price levels and the timing of market peaks following the conflict.
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Co. M. Garrison
Wall Street
School Assembly Hails Confederate Veterans and Union School Day
Friday exercises at the school honored Confederate Veterans with songs and a saluting of the flag by eighth grade room No. 2. Students recited Lee Jackson quotations while Thursday’s High School Orchestra performed. Union School Day at the Art Exhibit drew crowds and tickets sold funded classroom decorations. Odis B. Hinnant of the YMC A spoke Friday, and Noble former superintendent of Wilmington gave a talk about his time here.
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Mercer
Odis B. Hinnant
Noble
Wilmington
Socialists defend Germany in wartime address
A social democratic speaker asserts Germany cannot be defeated, claiming the party backs the nation, condemns conquests, and belittles Allied censorship while praising Germany’s readiness for peace and unity with the people through the war.
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Germany
England
France
Holland
von Bethmann Hollweg
Rules Governing Close Of Dispatch Contes
Article outlines final counting rules for the Dispatch contest. It details deadlines for notices of voting errors, final count timing, submission and sealing of ballots, and venue procedures. It notes deadlines for subscribers and methods for outside Wilmington voters to mail ballots, with judges counting on January 30 to determine prize winners.
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Ngon
Iquotte
Wilmington
Dispatch
Contests Close as Final Count Looms for Dispatch
Final tally shows standings barely moving as judges prepare the last count for the Dispatch Contest. Candidates across North and South Carolina towns including Alma, Belch. Armour, Daniels. Atkinson, Parke. Mamie Woodcock and many more await prize decisions.
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Alma
N. C
Robert Belch
Armour
WN. C
B. L. Daniels
Atkinson
N. C. Parke ,Jt; Wellyng As Veces 40,610 Mamie Woodcock
Bladenboro
Myra
Thurroes
Clarkton
Maude Ivey
Clinton
Pauline Newsome
Evergreen
J. W. Griffin
Fair Bluff
Frankie Anderson
Lillian Bartley
Artyemae Cribbs
Pauline Renfrew
Faison
Margaret Southerland
Freeman
Ethel Grimsley
Minnie Hardy
Goldsboro
N.C
Doris Crawford
Hamlet
Grace Simpson
Jacksonville
R. C. Warlick
Kenansville
Wm. E. Powell
Lumberton
Iola Ivey
Marion
Ruth McEachern
Maysville
Ernest A. Taylor
Mt. Olive
Elizabeth McGee
Mullins
S. C
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Francis Ford
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J. P. Morgan
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W. H. Walker
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Alma Bryan
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L. Parker
J. A. Raynor
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Trixie Rouse
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