It Pays to Advertise at Academy of Music
Cohan and Harris present It Pays to Advertise at the Academy of Music with their own cast for matinee and night. The farce features Cyrus Martin clashing with his son over advertising, delivering laughs and a practical lesson in business. Tickets from 50 cents to 1.50 for all seating, on sale at Elvington's.
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Bryat
Souise Deadg
Cohan and
Harris
Academy of Music
Cohan
Elvington’s
Coburns Minstrels Present Darktowns Preparedness Recruits
Universal interest in the national preparedness movement prompts Charlie Gano and J A Coburns Greater Minstrels to stage Darktowns Preparedness Recruits a clean comedy with up to date humor. The ensemble features The Millionaire Hunt Club in India in bright costumes and perfect scenery. Coming matinee and night on March 17 at the Academy of Music.
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Coburn
Congress
Charlie Gano
J. A. Coburn
Greater Minstrels
Darktown
Gano
Wilmington
Son
India
Academy of Music
Fireman Hart Returns to Work After Gaining Weight
J F Hart of the Wilmington Fire Department tells how Tanlac helped him recover from typhoid related stomach trouble. Once 133 pounds he gained to 160, regaining appetite and strength, enabling him to resume duties. Bellamy Drug Store markets genuine Tanlac in Wilmington.
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Tanlac
North Carolina
J. F. Hart
Wilmington
Mr. Hart
Queen Street
Bellamy Drug Store
Advt
Clara Kimball Young Stars in Camille at the Grand
Clara Kimball Young visits the Grand to star as Camille in a vivid dramatic film adaptation. The actress, famed for The Common Law and Trilby, delivers a powerful, deeply charged performance in this production.
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Clara Kimball Young
Camille
Miss Young
Trilby
The Bystander opens big weekend bill at the Royal
Hermann Lewis presents The Bystander with Lester Richards and the Old Dominion Quartet, promising top acts and new costumes. The Royal also features a two reel Vogue comedy Treed with Ben Turpin, Paddy McGuire, and Gypsy Abbott for today and tomorrow.
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the Royal
Hermann Lewis
Virginia
Mr. Lewis
Royal
Lewis
Old Dominion
Fred Brigman
Glove Dichins
Paddy McGuire
Gypsy Abbott
Leaders rally to defend Santiago against Spanish threat
1817 Chilean patriots mobilized to defend Santiago as Spanish forces threatened attack. Also noted are 75 years since Pollock relief march to Kandahar and Jellalabad, 50 years since Fenian arrests in Ireland, and 25 years since 1892 corn shipment from Glemington, Minnesota, to Russian starving peasants.
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Simmer Bee
Bae Vandee
Santiago
Pollock
Kandahar
Jellalabad
Ireland
Glemington
Russia
Whatchama Column Mosquitoes
The column humorously describes mosquitoes as a persistent pest, comparing them to buzzing pests that pierce skin and persist through repeated bites. The author notes personal trials with mosquitoes, including a large mothlike insect and multiple singings, illustrating their tenacity and nuisance.
Pete Herman rises as bantamweight champion and youth idol
United Press reports Pete Herman, known as Peter Gulat o, starts defense of his bantamweight title. The piece notes his reputation as a disciplined youth, his humble origins in Italy, and a rough past in New Orleans. At 5 feet 2 inches and 116 pounds, Herman has trained six years and aims to build a cafe and gym in New Orleans while pursuing more fights.
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HH. C. Hamilton
United Press
New York
Peter Gulato
Pete Herman
Dellers
Pete
Jaly
New Orleans
Herman
New 1917 Pennies Cut Thin In London
London reports the new pennies of 1917 are thinner and lighter than the old issue yet remain five times the weight and size of the American cent. The change aimed to fit penny-in-the-slot gas meters, addressing prior coins being too thick.
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Associated Prss
London
Birthday list includes Acheson Foy and McGovern
Notables born today include Edward G. Acheson chemist of carborundum fame in Washington Pennsylvania at 61 Eddie Foy comedian born New York City 63 Walter Clark landscape artist Brooklyn 69 Daniel J Sully Providence Rhode Island 56 and Terry McGovern former featherweight champ Johnstown Pennsylvania 37. Madison Wisconsin reports College Women Confer on Athletics to raise standards with two day session at the University of Wisconsin attendees from major women’s colleges and coed schools.
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Edward G. Acheson
Washington
Eddie Foy
New York City
Walter Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Daniel J.sully
Providence
R. I
Terry McGovern
Johnstown
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
West
Salts for Kidney and Bladder Health Ad
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts as a safe inexpensive remedy to flush kidneys. It claims four ounces of salts dissolved in water before breakfast cleans sluggish kidneys, relieves bladder irritation, and prevents headaches dizziness and rheumatic pain by removing acids and wastes from the body.
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Advet
Mining Men to Meet in South from Calumet
More than 150 members of the Lake Superior Mining Institute and many families depart tonight by special train for the South to attend the institute’s annual meeting in Birmingham Alabama. They will spend several days inspecting mines and smelters in the Birmingham district with Birmingham as the focal point and additional visits to Chattanooga and other western routes.
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Calumet
Mich
Lake Superior Mining Institute
South
Birmingham
Ala
Chattanooga
Lands Sold in Wilmington Estate Division
A 1947 notice states the Superior Court in New Hanover County ordered sale of a Wilmington land tract for division among heirs of Henrietta Shepard. The commissioner Ir. H Mcullough will conduct the cash sale March 10 at the Court House Door Wilmington. The deed traces to J O Reilly and B O Stone and appears in Book 54 page 581.
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State OF North Carolina
Superior Court of
New Hanover County
Gertrude TF. Arran
Mary
F. Stone
Shepard
Alfred Shepard
Henrietta Sinclair
American Tank & Trust Company
Court House
Wilmington
N.C
City of
Stansstreet
Wrigns Street
Cape Fear Avenue
Wright Street
J. O. Reilly
B. O Stone
Henrietta Shepard
Ir. H. McUllough
Renan & Wright
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OLD Dominion Quartet
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Vogue
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Ben Turpin
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Young
Ina
Roven
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Western A
St. Louis
Mao
Thy
Lee
DR. Tutt
Rey & Box
Times
N. Bor
Vivaudou
Ree
Peterson & Rules
Cohan & Harris
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