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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1917

Page

2

Over There Musical Farce Heads to Academy of Music

The touring company led by Billy Clifford and Master Frankie Harris brings a lively production to the Academy of Music next Tuesday. The show features dancing, songs such as Here Comes the Groom and Over There, a Japanese illusionist, and a cast including Mae Ghreer Collins and Ney Bob Fleck. Miss Kennedy makes her transition from stage to screen amid praise for her recent performances.

Academy of Music Billy Clifford Frankie Harris Geo. M. Coban S. Slaster Frankie Hervis Dainty Mae Ghreer Collins Comedienne Karo Ney Bob Fleck Over There Ala France Neil Young Orchestra Redpath Chautauqua Cilford Elvington’s Margaret Mayo Goldwyn Pictures Judge Kennedy Royar Polly Circus Mae Marsh Goldwyn

Royal music comedy returns with Home Town Girls show

The Royal presents a week of musical comedy with Jack Minnis and his Home Town Girls featuring Lester Richards, Glover Davis, The Home Town Harmony Trio, Earl Horne, and Miss Bee Morgan. Elaborate scenery and wardrobe promise crowd appeal as the company headlines the Royal all week. The management expects record crowds.

the Royal Jack Minnis Wilmington Lester Richards Lester Royal Stage Glover Davis Lyric Tabor S Home Town Harmony Earl Horne Miss Bee Morgan Girl With the Blues

Twilight Sleep films showcased to educate and empower

The Grand Theatre hosts Twilight Sleep productions under Modern Motherhood League guidance with Dr Kurt Schlossink and doctors Gause Kronig. Women view first, then men, with no mixed audiences and no children. Dr Arthur Rollnick will lecture on Twilight Sleep before showings, praised for engaging presentations.

Modern Motherhood League Umder Kurt E. Schlossink Gause and Kronig Grand Theatre Arthur H. Rollnick

North Carolina death and birth rates for 1916 reported

The Vital Statistics Department release shows NC death rate 13.0 per 1,000 in 1916, slightly above 1915, with 31,371 total deaths. Whites 18,714 and colored 12,?. colored death rate 17.0 vs white 11.2. Births 76,658 yield 31.9 per 1,000. Noted disease increases include pneumonia and childhood illnesses. typhoid, tuberculosis, diphtheria decline. Four months saw anthrax. Centenarians numbered 46 of 725 elderly deaths.

Raleigh N. C North Carolina Stattistics Department State Board of Health Bright

Treasury Officials' Wives Organize War Work Unit

Mrs. William G. McAdoo leads the Treasury Department women in war work mobilization. The Secretary of the Treasury’s wife gathers staff wives and female employees to support home front efforts.

William G. McAdoo Secretary of the Treasury the Treasury Department

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