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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1917

Page

2

Hawaiian musical satire at Academy of Music opener

Theatre manager Bailey presents Bell's Famous Hawaiians in a Hawaii n musical revue opening at the Academy of Music on Monday December 3. The act features native Hawaiian performers with a stage Hawaii scenery and a repertoire seen at the Panama Exposition Faine of Music including Alaho Oe Mauna Ka Alo Maid of Honol nu For Get Me Not Mai Pun Oni Honolulu Hula Girl Weily Weily V2 and Honolulu Tomboy among others.

Bailey Bell Academy of Music Panama Exposition Honolnu Honolulu Weily Weily Hawai’ i

Food prices rise 2 percent in countrywide advance

Prices of 27 staple diet items show 17 up and 7 down from August to September. Pork, corn meal, flour and potatoes lead gains while overall food costs climb sharply versus last year, with bread up 55 percent and cereals near 98 percent.

Associated Press Breton New Bureau of Labor Statistics

Queen Marys Artistic Talent Noted by Observers

A fragment notes Queen Mary of England possesses considerable artistic talent with private exhibitions and praise for her portraits.

Mary of England

Governor Granted Rights on Scholarships at Staffen College

In an opinion from the attorney general of South Carolina the governor may award scholarships to women as well as men at Staffen College, confirming equal access to benefits under the state's authority.

South Carolina

Women Exterminate Army Grouch Behind French Front

United Press reports American Red Cross led by Mrs Wim E Vanderbilt opened the first Grouch Exterminator canteen for French troops traveling on leave. About 2,000 men daily use hot meals rest facilities showers and quarters. nearly 100 American women volunteers have gone to France to establish more rest stations and traveling canteens behind the lines.

George Mart United Press Washington Wim. E. Vanderbilt Red Cross France America Germany Thacu Gshatterme Aurready

Cuban sugar price accepted by Cuban producers

Havana reports Cuban sugar producers at a conference with President Menocal have accepted the U S Food Administration offer of 4 69 a hundred pounds for sugar free on in this service The announcement may come tomorrow and confirms Tarafa and Lezama who led Cuban delegates in Washington seeking 4 75 a hundred pounds

Havana Menocal United States Food Administration Tarafa Lezama Washington Food Administration

Death Reported at Camp Seiver with Pneumonia Mention

One death reported today at Camp Seiver Private Preston I) Sipes of Company 1, 105 Ammunition Train, due to pneumonia. No new measles or meningitis cases. Mrs Ballantyne Patterson of Tennessee Virginia has four sons in U S service with a fifth attending college at Princeton.

Jetnville Preston Sipes Camp Seiver Pratt Ballantyne Patterson Nessas, Va United States Ins Afudeni Aviriesa Princeton

Food as Ammunition Pledge Boosts Public Safety Support

Fragments urge readers to join a pledge promoting food aid as a strategic resource for public safety and national effort. The message frames food aid as a weapon in a broader mobilization and calls for enlistment alongside safety programs.

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