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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1917

Page

8

New York Theatre Season Forecast and Star Lineup

New York anticipates eight new theatres next season signaling strong finances. Miss Margaret Anglin will headline Carnegie Hall productions with Greek plays later touring the country. Horace Annesley Vachell's The Case of Lady Camber debuts at the Lyceum with Mary Boland and Lyn Harding, as Laurette Taylor and Bob Harron loom large in film and stage projects.

New York Shaw Barrie Yellow Jacket Lord Dunnany Margaret Anglin Carnegie Hall Symphony Society of New York University of California California United States Horace Annesley Vachell Lady Camber Lyceum Theatre Mary Boland Lyn Harding H. E. Herbert Laurette Taylor J. Hartley Manners the Globe Henry W. Savage Margaret Romaine Arnold Daly David Belasco John Mason Frank Mandel Jane Cowl America Miss Cowl Robert Harron Mae Marsh Fritzi Brunette Two Sisters

Steamer Snowden Range Sunk Near Holly Head

The British freighter Snowden Range was sunk 35 miles from Holly Head on March 28 while en route from Philadelphia to Liverpool by a German ship. It had last visited this port January 18, 1912, delivering sulphate of ammonia to a local fertilizer plant. George Alexander, colored, of 36 Bladen Street, is listed among the saved.

Snowden Range Holly Head Philadelphia Liverpool Custom House Leith Scotland George Alexander Bladen Street Alexander Brooklyn Iti

Polls Open Till Nine Tonight New Registration Advt

Polls are open until nine oclock tonight. A new registration advertisement notes eligibility changes and urges voters to update records before the deadline.

Advt

New Interest Quarter Begins at American Bank and Trust

Advertising note states a new 4 percent compound interest plan at American Bank and Trust ipany starting April 1 with deposits made on or before April 2 earning interest from April 1.

American Bank and Trustipany

Alaska Purchase Fifty Years Ago

Washington March 31 marks fifty years since the Alaska purchase. Andrew Johnson announced a treaty with Russia to annex all Russian America for 7.2 million dollars subject to Senate ratification. The sale spurred debate over land, railroads, and taxes and followed earlier proposals by Secretary Seward. Alaska’s later gold booms, commerce, and salmon output transformed it into a major U.S. territory with Juneau as capital.

Washington, D. C Andrew Johnson Vna Congress Russia North America United States Senate Missouri Republic Bering Siberian North Pacific Pierce Washington Great Peninsula William H. Seward Johnson Alaska Klondike Peninsula Juneau

Upton Sinclairs New Move Backing Pasadena Co operative

Upton Sinclair the novelist backs a newly opened Pasadena cooperative grocery run to cut living costs. Officers plan more stores in San Francisco and France with profits returned to member Socialists and Labor Unionists as dividends.

Upton Sinclair United Press Los Angeles Pasadena San Francisco France

Bonn professor sent to front to lecture against dogmas

Amsterdam reports professor of philosophy at Bonn has been sent to the front to deliver a lecture attacking Christian dogmas.

Amsterdam Vereyen Bonn

Dress Up Week Invites Wilmington to Easter Fashions

Beau Brummell is personified in Wilmington as “Dress Up Week” begins today and lasts until Easter. Tomorrow's Dispatch serves as an index to dressing up and merchants advertise appropriate spring goods. Local merchants urge residents to buy in town, noting national and local enthusiasm and a parade to showcase the event.

Beau Brummell Wilmington

Grant Lands Open for Settlement and Sale in West

Oregon and California Railroad Co grant lands revested in the United States by act of Congress dated June 9, 1916. About 2,300,000 acres of Power Site, Timber and Agricultural lands ready for settlement and sale. A large sectional map explains soil climate elevations. Postpaid one dollar from Grant Lands Locating Co Box 619 Portland Oregon. 1-19-3m.

Oregon and California Railroad Co United States Grant Lands Locating Co Portland Oregon

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