Wake Court Opens With A Big Docket
Confession from a Confederate father reveals his view on his sons military service and relief pleas. Wake County court opens with three capital cases in Wayne and a major embezzlement charge against Major George L. Peterson, plus local notices on alcohol and obituaries.
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Raleigh
Rior
Bickett
Laurence Young
State Department
Britling
Confederacy
Frank A. Linney
Linney
Repr
Willis Briggs
Wayne
W. P. Stacy
Wake County
LeRoy Smith
W. A. Prince
Garner
Marcus Edwards
Edwards
Tom Dunston
Ernest Robertson
Neuse
George L. Peterson
Camp Sevier
Peterson
Calvert
Greensboro
Asheville
Waynesville
Wilmington
Norfolk
H. Faulkner
W. P. Batchelor
Faulkner
Norlina
F. B. Arendell
Fair Arendell
Bessie Holmes
Secretary of State
Watts
Soldier Boys Minstrel Show at Royal Theatre
Fort Caswell Minstrel Troupe performs a Friday afternoon show at Royal Theatre with tickets 35c balcony 25c. Advert says good minstrels and good music for patrons seeking entertainment.
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Soldier Boys
Fort Caswell
Royal Theatre
Price
Flat feet and duties against the Germans noted
A brief wartime item highlights how medical conditions like flat feet did not exempt personnel from standing firm in service against Germany as reported by the Commercial Appeal.
My Soldier Girl to Open at Academy of Music March 14
The forthcoming musical spectacle My Soldier Girl brings a military tone and dazzling stagecraft to the Academy of Music on Thursday March 14. Acts travel from a New York rooftop to a Miami aviation fete and end with war torn scenes and Liberty imagery, featuring electrical effects and songs like My Soldier Girl and Dixie Doodle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
New York Theatre
Miami
Fla
Stone
Washington
France
Liberty
Fields of Honor at the Grand with Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh leads the Goldwyn drama Fields of Honor in a World War II era story of a pure minded girl facing hopeless odds and a life warmed by true love. The film contrasts vivid combat flashes with a simple, impressionable main plot directed by Ralph W. Ince and praised for Marsh’s refined, self sacrificing performance.
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Mae Marsh
Goldwyn
Irvin S. Cobb
Ralph W. Ince
Vengeance and the Women opens with danger on rails
William Duncan stars as the hero in Episode One of Vengeance and the Women, Greater Vitagraph’s adventure serial. The wreck scene at the Bijou Theatre shows Duncan directing and riding in a locomotive cab as outlaws pursue a bandit engine, ending in a plunge down an embankment when they collide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Duncan
Vitagraph
Mr. Duncan
Miss Edna Goodrich Stars in Who Loved Him Best
Miss Edna Goodrich headlines the Mutual production Who Loved Him Best set in Greenwich Village. She plays America Militant a statue sought by a famed artist amid a government purchase competition. Cast includes Herbert Evans Charles Martin Miriam Folger Nadia Gary.
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Edna Goodrich
New York
Greenwich Village
Miss Goodrich
Ina Dane
America
Mary Queen of Scots
Board of Heralds
Cambridge University
Herbert Evans
George Steele
Charles Martin
Miriam Folger
Nadia
Gary
Nitrate Distribution Details for Eastern Carolina Truckers
Nitrates are available through the American Bank and Trust Company with payment and receipt issued. Mr Walter Smallbones heads distribution in Eastern Carolina from Wilmington Compress and Warehouses, with allotments coordinated by J P Herring and C J Brand. Price is 75.50 per ton f o b Wilmington. no license tag tax.
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American Bank & Trust Company
New Hanover
Walter Smallbones
Carolina
Wilmington
J. P. Herring
C. J. Brand
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
C. E. Bethea
F. O. B. Wilmington
State Department
Soldiers as Comedians At Royal Theart Fort Cas well
A minstrel troupe of eight Fort Cas well soldiers will perform at the Royal the art Friday afternoon. The group includes trained musicians with strong voices and several specialties. They previously impressed at Southport and will donate part of their receipts to the Red Cross society.
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Fort Caswell
Royal Theart
Southport
Red Cross Society
A Ray of Hope for Those with Rheumatism
An old advertising column promotes S. S. S. as a blood remedy to cure rheumatism by purifying the blood. It warns against reliance on liniments and suggests contacting the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia for guidance.
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S. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Slater
Wilmington Shoe Co
Wilmington’s Best Shoe Store
Wilmington, N. C
Wrightsville Beach
F. W. Armstrong
Prop
A. B. Croom, JR. Trict Manager Mutual Life Insurance Co
Southern
RAND
Ina Motion Picture Studio
Hart
Renee
HE Evans Chemical CO
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Dr. Vineberg
Masonic Temple
Lux
Maman & Futrelle
Princess St
J.B. McCabe and CO
Certified Public Accoun
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Wilmington, N. G
Joe la
Notaras
LeGwin Printing Co
Srace
Wilmington, N, G
Fowler
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S. Front St
Noah
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Noah Products Corporation
Richmond, Virgini
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