DeLoss Masqueraders Open at Royal With Broadway Night
DeLoss Masqueraders presented their opening bill A Night on Broadway to capacity at the Royal. A splendid scenery set and three special drops created a lobster palace setting on the Great White Way. The Spencer Trio attracted encores with two men and a woman delivering rich harmony as the show runs its last performances today.
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DeLoss Masqueraders
Broadway
the Royal
Royal Stage
Great White Way
Spencer
Wilmington
Film Review: Womanhood at the Victoria
The Victoria screens Womanhood a sensational photo drama that enthralls crowds with a patriotic theme. Military and naval authorities support its impact as a stimulant to patriotism while stage squads add realism. The love story and perilous climax grip viewers as a true screen drama.
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the Victoria
United States
Language For Our Now S The wartime slang glossary for Allied troops
London reports on how American, British, and other Allied soldiers will acquire a vast slang lexicon in trenches and air service. Terms like quarter-boke, wind up, Fritz, scrounger, lead-swinger, and many Hindustani words such as char and muckin illustrate daily speech changes.
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London
United States
Fritz
Bowie
Maggie Ann
India
Atcha
Dhobie
Washerman
Dhersey
Knaphi
Garrywaller
Acid Iron Mineral: a natural iron tonic for nerves and blood
The piece argues against alcohol based patent medicines and promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a non alcoholic natural iron tonic. It describes a unique mineral deposit combining iron with potassium calcium cadmium magnesium and sulfuric acid and claims it safely strengthens blood and supports digestion kidneys and bladder. It notes the product is not a patent medicine and is sold in bottles for home use with dosage guidance.
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Nature
Ferrodine Chemical Corporation
Port of Wilmington Poised for Growth Amid War Demand
The Marine News study notes Wilmington’s Cape Fear River port as war boosted, with plans for expanded trade, new steamship City of Wilmington, rising cotton shipments, and major local firms Sprunt and Son and W B Cooper investing. Shipyards, a large customs house, and a proposed free Cape Fear River ferry signal rising activity and interregional commerce potential.
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North Carolina
Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Fort Caswell
Alexander Sprunt and Sons
Atlantic
Sprunts
W. B. Cooper
Panama Canal
Hatteras
Wilmington Iron Works
Southport
Virginia
Southern Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Nicaria
Kiel
Coast Guard
Seaboard Air Line
Cape Fear
Brunswick County
Womanhood in Romance of Ruritania Photo-Play
A melodramatic tale journeys from a fictional Ruritania to Manila and America. Lovers face invasion and trauma, choosing duty over danger as a divine fate retimes their bond. The drama ends with love and destiny shining in golden light, urging audiences to see the photo-play Womanhood.
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Europe
Germany
Manila
America
Envy star Shirley Mason from Flugrath sisters group
Shirley Mason, the youngest Flugrath sister at 16, joins the McClure series Seven Deadly Sins now touring as a major motion picture star after a long stage career. Her sisters Madna Flugrath and Viola Dana are established film actresses, with Madna touring in South Africa with London Film Company, and Viola among top film stars. Envy opens at the Grand Friday.
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Shirley Mason
McClure Pictures
Flugrath
Miss Mason
Mdna Flugrath
London Film Company
London
England
South Africa
Viola Dana
Edison
Leonie Flugrath
McClure
Ann Murdock
Holbrook Blinn
Nance O'Neil
B. Warner
George W LcGuere
Charlotte Walker
West
Envy
Airmen or sky pilots how the term evolves
A writer notes that terms like hockboo and cold feet distort a native word for eagle. He observes military aviators lack a universally popular nickname and suggests airmen as the current designation rather than birdmen or sky pilots.
Swamp Root Endorsement From Meigs Drug Store
Eight years into selling Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the Meigs Drug Store Centerville Ala reports numerous satisfied customers with no criticisms The letter dated June 15 1916 to Kilmer Co from Meigs Drug Store praises the medicine and invites samples for ten cents plus a booklet on kidneys and bladder as advertised in The Wilmington Dispatch
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Dr. Kilmer
Meigs Drug Store
Centerville
Ala
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Wilmington Dispatch
Advt
New York Day by Day Notes From May 22 Diary Traverse
Special correspondent O O McIntyre recalls a stroll through New York with Ruth Roland the actress and others. He recounts encounters with G Duffy the inkist, a veteran from France named Lexington, luncheon at Ragan's Inn, mock turtle soup, and a glimpse of Fraunces Tavern. The piece includes reflections on money woes and a quiet life led by banker Henry Doherty.
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Dispatch
New York
Samuel Pepys
G. Duffy
Ruth Roland
O. McClintock
Lexington
France
R.I. P
Trench Boys
Rialto
L. Moody
S. Spaeth
J. Knott
A. Biedermann
C. Sutherland
Ruth Byers
Mr. Mearst
C. Southerland
Fraunces Tavern
Washington
Henry Doherty
Florida
Maine
Wall Street
Doherty
Columbus
Striking Motorist Spouse Scene Weds Oddities in Herald Square
A motorcycle sidecar ride in Herald Square features a thin middle aged man, his irascible wife, and the red faced driver as every horn and rig draw out a tense mutual glare followed by smiles. In Fargo a US Canada war conference plans coop measures to curb crop pricing and speculation during wartime.
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Herald Square
United States
Canada
Fargo
N. D
Memphis Celebration Postponed by War Conditions
Memphis Tennessee May 22 an event marking the Harahan Bridge opening across the Mississippi is postponed indefinitely due to the war. Promoters hope air conditions allow the celebration next fall with the mammoth historical pageant relocated to later dates.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harahan Bridge
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
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Singapore
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