Jazzroom Etiquette and Wartime Whispers on Fifth Avenue
A letter notes jazz room patrons restricted to champagne with soft drinks banned. Bert Hubbard is pictured visiting from East Aurora with Mrs Hubbard while a columnist suggests Kaiser’s wrath linked to the Lusitania sinking. Mentions Sayville Wireless, a Kiel submarine, and local figures Carless and Lusher in Jersey and Manhattan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bert Hubbard
Fifth Avenue
East Aurora
Hubbard
Europe
Kaiser
Sayville
Kiel
Carless
Jersey
Raperies
Lusher
Manhattan Street
Wilmington youth graduates from home in Goldsboro
A Wilmington barefoot boy from the Odd Fellows orphan home, Lee Fulton, leaves the institution a well educated young man. A separate Goldsboro incident reports Miss Alice Patterson robbed of 1000 dollars by a female passenger named Elizabeth Bell. Another note mentions H L Strickland aiding a 16 year old girl amid allegations. The piece then describes a chaotic jazz scene with dancers and musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
Wilmington
Lee Fulton
Carolina
New Bern
Alice Patterson
Jeffries and Son
Miss Patterson
Edward Tew
Eliza Conway
Chief Tew
Elizabeth Bell
Higgins
H. L. Strickland
Strickland
Untamed Jazz Room Opens in Tenderloin Palace
New York special describes a new jazz room in a dining palace in the Tenderloin. The room, lit by amber lights, attracts patrons from Broadway's affluent crowd, described as "filthy with money."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. McIntyre
the Dispatch
New York
Tenderloin
Broadway
New Yorker Names Ed Howe Greatest Writer
A New York writer, famed for boudoir sentiments and pink epigrams, edits a ribald magazine and declares Ed Howe the greatest American writer. Howe, a Kansas potato-field farmer, enjoys broad New York readership as Broadway crowds await his monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Ed Howe
Howe
Kansas
Monthly
Had Rather Die Than Serve as a Soldier
Columbia South Carolina June 27 Claud Kelly 22 shot himself at home to avoid induction into the military service. He was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries and not expected to recover. Also reported are drownings of Capt Perry D Shaw and Miss Pearl Pennington at Congaree River near Camp Jackson. Governor announces several rural policeman magistrate and public service appointments and state boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Claud Kelly
Lumber Street
Perry D. Shaw
Camp Jackson
Miss Pearl
Pennington
Congaree
Government Dam
Shaw
Miss Pennington
Leutenant
Miss Huntington
Maine
Capt
Winifred S. Bearden
Oconee County
S. L. Leathers
Rudolph Vaughn
Cherokee County
Frank A. Carwile
Antreville
Abbeville
L. P. Harkness
Frank J. Tripp
Allen's Foot-Ease Relief for Pinch and Pain
An antiseptic foot powder relieves corns bunions and sore feet by shaking into shoes or adding to footbaths. It claims instant relief for smarting swollen tender feet and notes over 10 000 packages used by American British and French troops. Sold everywhere for 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
The advertisement argues catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It credits Hall's Catarrh Medicine with acting through the blood to reach mucous surfaces, claiming physician endorsement, tonic and blood-purifying ingredients, and offers testimonials. Priced at 75 cents with a Toledo, Ohio manufacturer. Hall's Family Pills are also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
M Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Beauty Hints for Hair La Creole Treatment
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a non dye solution to gray or faded hair. It claims to revive natural color and improve hair and scalp health, applying like a light dressing. Sold and recommended by Jarman & Futrelle in Wilmington, NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarman & Futrelle
Wilmington
N. C
aAdy
Also Mentioned on This Page
L’aurore
Lady Duff Gordon
Underwood & Underwood
Odd Fellows
Bedlam
New York Letter
Kelly
Ald
Winnsboro
George BH
Lafaye
State Board of Architects
the Sweets Co. of America
45Th St
New York City
Baby
Borden
Eagle
Nature
Eagle Brand
Borden’s Condensed Milk Company
Borden Building
Bordens Cont
SED Milk CO
U. SA
The
C. W. Polvogt Co
Axminster
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