Local Visitors and Officials Mentioned in Wilmington Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Murray return from Burgaw visit. Mrs. J C Cantwell of San Francisco visits Mrs. Frank L Huggins. Messrs Robert L Steele and Leake S Covington of Rockingham are guests of the Covingtons. Mrs E W Stone plans a weekend at Mc Donalds then Raleigh. Mrs George Holland returns from Newberry S C after a stay with Rev W McClanahan. Mrs Gordon Smith of Raleigh visits her city friends. Mrs John R Kenly to speak on The Association The World Round at Y W C A tomorrow at 5 with special music. Wilmington Chapter National Special Aid Society to meet Nov 22 at 503 Market St. News from New York on Dr J Wilbur Chapman's improved condition after gallstone operation. he conducted a revival here in April. Local service members Holmes, Rhodes, Silverman, Watters mustered out at Fort Moultrie. G H Hutaff returns from Raleigh after State Battiers’ Convention. District Attorney J O Carr and Deputy Marshall G L Dortch head to Raleigh for Federal court with Judge H G Connor.
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New York
J. Wilbur Chapman
Chapman
Polyclinic Hospital
Raleigh
H. G. Connor
Moneymaker
Centralia
Wash
Cincinnati Reds
Bill James
Braves
Jacksonville
Fla
Sandy Ferguson
Soldier Bartfield
Dan McKettrick
Carlisle
Pittsburg
Ping Bodie
Athletics
Tis
Tris Speaker
Indians
Cleveland
Harvard
Jimmy Coffey
Two Good Games At The Y M C A Last Night
In two fast basketball games at the Y M C A last night the Athletics defeated the Red Sox 32 to 25 as the Sox played with four men. In the second game the Americans routed the Tigers 30 to 11. Rhodes and Rennie starred for the Tigers in a contest that tied the teams for top position in the percentage column.
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Athletics
Battleships Arrive for Big Parade in Hampton Roads
United States ships Utah Texas Wyoming Florida and Connecticut arrived at Newport News and will join the Atlantic fleet in Hampton Roads on December 13. The ships parade in honor of the Southern Commercial Congress meeting in Norfolk that day.
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Newport News
United States
Utah
Texas
Wyoming
Florida
Connecticut
Hampton Roads
Southern Commercial Congress
Norfolk
Enchanted Tale of Enoch Arden Inspires Sea Village Echoes
A reader extols Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Enoch Arden a tale of fishermen, sacrifice, and enduring love. The narrator recalls the plot of Arden leaving his wife and children to work at sea, returning after years, and choosing silence to preserve his wife's happiness. The piece links personal memory to the poem's human touch and urges others to read of Enoch and Annie, two lovable figures.
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Enoch Arden
Tennyson
Enoch
Annie
Wilmington letter shows town pride and political satire
A long reader letter from Sylas Simpkins praises Wilson’s re election, praises Wilmington’s corn show, and urges local support for a packing house and town development. He mocks opponents, defends Republicans, and urges cooperation to boost the eastern state region. Bettzy sends regards to Synthia.
Sports Chatter From The Big League Beat
Ball player Money maker was fined 90 for bootlegging in Centralia Washington. The piece ribbing various sports figures notes coaching moves and jokes about players managers and schedules with several named people and teams.
The Girl Who Smiles at the Academy of Music Tonight
The Longacre Theatre production The Girl Who Smiles shows eight or ten musical numbers including You Picture Temptation Let Us Dance Teach Me To a Smile. Truly Bert Leigh and Hazele Burgess bring one of New York's biggest hits to tonight's Academy of Music engagement for many friends.
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Longacre
New York
Bert Leigh
Hazele Burgess
Academy of Music
Pearl Buttons and Pencils Advertised for Daily Use
An old storefront notice lists goods including small and medium pearl buttons by the dozen, assorted lead pencils in colors, and hair brushes at varying prices. The fragment hints at a general sale of everyday items with low prices and assorted small goods.
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St Sasack
Warren
Musical Comedy at Academy of Music With Slocum Cameo
John P. Slocum brings No Body Home to the Academy of Music matinee and night next Wednesday November 22. The production by Kern Bolton Rubens features Zoe Barnett and a star cast with Hess & Bennett dancing sensations. Prices from 50 cents to $2.50, tickets on sale Monday at Elvington's and Plv ton's.
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Chas. McNaughton
Zoe Barnett
Elvington's
Academy of Music
John P. Slocum
Guy Bolton
Paul Rubens
Jerome Kern
Princess and Maxime Elliott
Arcady
Mr. Slocum
Charles McNaughton
Frisco DeVere
William Blaisdell
Edna Temple
Roy Torrey
Helen Jost
John Paulton
Elvington’s
Babbie
Maude Adams
Miss Adams
Little Minister
Academy Music
Maude Adams Stars In The Little Minister
Maude Adams headlines as the heroine Lady Babbie in J M Barrie’s Scotch comedy The Little Minister. The production promises a strong leading performance and a charm of period wit in the role.
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Babbie
J. M. Barrie
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Claude Murray
Mr. Murray
Burgaw
J. C. Cantwell
San Francisco
Cal
Frank L. Huggins
South Fourth Street
Messrs
Robert L. Steele
Leake S. Covington
Rockingham
Mrs. C. C. Covington
South Third Street
E. W. Stone
McDonald's
George Holland
Newberry, Ss. C
W. McClanahan
John R. Kenly
Wilmington
National Special Aid Society
Market Street
Vitagraph
A .D. Brown
Black Cat Hosiery
Lemuel
Sylas Simpkins
The
Wilmington Dispatch
Widder Perkins
Republikan
Rong
Wilson
Politiks
Detsy
Orten
Peopus
London
Alreddy
Synthia
Charles Frohman
Eene
Metropolitan Company of Artists
Hazel Bergess
Ellington’s
J. O. King
Columbia
Colgate
Dr. Lyon
de Colgate
Lei
Belk-Williams Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Goldsboro
Richmond
Norton
Western North
Newhere
SB. Delly
Pdange
Chacbourn
Conway
Charleston
Savannah
Jac Fompest
Petersburg
Fort Myers
Golfsboro
Hichmond
Washington
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Pullman Servica
Willmington Amd
Mt. Ally
Va Mean
Sanford
Chadbourn
Florence
Atlanta
West
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York
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Jowtly
W. J. Craig
T. C. White
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