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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1917
Page
5
Dr Bulluck will deliver a talk titled The Boy and Science to boys and all students. The address is planned for the noon hour in the boys lobby from 5 to 5 45 and will feature music. city boys are urged to attend.
A city appeal urges former country boys to aid the YMCA as it outgrows finances. The piece stresses reading rooms gymnasiums swimming pools and night classes to keep youths on track and prevent wandering into trouble. It calls for donations now to fund American manhood and clean youth.
Leaders of Wilmington's YMCA launch a fund drive described as a battle royal with five workers commanding Army and Navy sides. A rally at 6 15 PM tomorrow at the Association Building will unite supporters before the sides run their campaigns to a final victory for funds to sustain the YMCA programs and services.
Charlie Moser, a colored man, died after a knife wound found in his chest at Flora Brown's house on Eighth Street between Brunswick and Bladen. Brown is in custody without bond. Coroner Holden will review the case to determine responsibility. Officers Long and Coleman found the unconscious man after responding to a reported free for all. James Walker Memorial Hospital staff failed to save him.
Funeral services for Mrs Frances A Swindell who died Friday morning at the Winter Park home of her son C E Hall were held yesterday at Fifth Avenue Methodist church at 4 PM and burial followed in Bellevue Cemetery Honorary and active pallbearers named W H Hardy T A Hodges G B Webster J W Fleet J A Orrell E R Ellis J S Barnes and J T Sholar.
Fifty-odd members of the Wilmington Light Infantry travel by Pullman on the 6 45 northbound to Washington for President Wilsons inaugural exercises. Captain James B. Lynch leads the company which plans a strong showing in review. They arrive at 8 30 am and spend the day sightseeing with Coast Artillery headquarters arranged for Sunday night. Return trip leaves Washington Monday night at 9 30 arriving Tuesday morning. Officers and non commissioned officers listed.
The program touts Hermann Lewis and his Virginia Beauties with ten five pretty girls and five male performers. The Old Dominion Quartet is highlighted as a premier vaudeville act, with favorable notices from Paramount Winston-Salem Piedmont Greensboro and Orpheum Durham. Also advertised is The Crimson Stain Mystery chapter four with Dora in varied dress and a new Lasky screen ball scene.
The New York World quotes Albert Ballin stressing that the main aim is to cut off traffic between America and England. It notes the issue also matters for an America with goods to sell.
Marie Doro, noted stage and screen star, appears Monday at the Grand in the Lansky Paramount production Lost and Won a gripping drama about newspaper life written for her by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf and adapted by Margaret Turnbull since her Paramount debut in The Heart of Nora Flynn.
Unclear. Readable facts not enough to identify people events or places. The fragment mentions matinee idol Elliott and photoplays but lacks context or a complete story.
Mr E H Brooks and Co of Pa endorse new season ladies wear at Wilmington event. The item list includes ice wear accessories and slits as fashionable updates for the season.
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