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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1917

Page

2

Seaboard Air Line Schedule From Wilmington 1916

The Seaboard Air Line announces train departures from Wilmington effective Nov 12 1916 with No 13 3 5 PM for Charlotte and intermediate points and No 19 5 AM to Charlotte including a sleeping car Between Wilmington and Charlotte. Return trains No 14 7 20 PM from Charlotte and No 20 12 10 AM from Charlotte with a parlor car Wilmington to Charlotte and a sleeping car. Reservations via City Ticket Agent Orton Hotel Building Wilmington N C.

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Forecloses Sale of Property in Wilmington District

By a power of sale in a mortgage by Thomas Payne and wife and Charles Parne to Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association the property will be sold at public auction for cash at the Court House door in Wilmington on November 10, 1917 at noon. The description includes the Eastern line of Sixth street and Bladen street boundaries. WILMINGTON HOMESTEAD LOAN ASSOCIATION, John D. Bellamy & Son attorneys. 10-21-30 days.

Thomas Payne Charles Parne Wilmington Uninestead and Loan Association New Hanover County Court House Wilmington Ofelick Sixth Street Teladen Street Tinden Street Bladen Street

Theatrical Travel de Luxe on Howe's Special At Academy

Howe's Special will take patrons to Southern France and the Alps with vivid scenes of gorges, snow capped peaks, and dramatic train journeys. The program includes Rainbow Palace, new jokes, and a military ski bit, ending with a light crowd pleasing note. Cumberland’s group receives warm applause. Also featured next at the Grand Theatre is William Fox’s When False Tongues Speak with Virginia Pearson as a noblewoman facing marital woes.

Howe Academy of Music Lyman H. Howe France Alps Rainbow Palace Cillusiun John Vogel Cumberland William Fox Virginia Pearson Grand Theatre Miss Pearson

Vogel's Greater Minstrels at the Academy of Music

A clipping reviews Vogel's Greater Minstrels, white troupe led by Big John Vogel, seen at the Academy of Music on Monday November 5. The piece notes strong performances, with members including Carl Harbaugh as the husband, Carl Beckstrom as the reporter, William F. Meehan as the burglar, and Claire Whitney as the other woman in the crime tale.

VOGEL Greater Minstrels Academy of Music Cumberland Daily News John Vogel Maryland Theatre John Fun Makers Carl Harbaugh Carl Beckstrom William F. Meehan Jimmy Howe Claire Whitney

Big John Leads Cumberland Show Returns With Merry Makers

New York day by day notes a lively Cumberland event with Big John and his drafted crew delivering a minstrel show. The act features Tom Donnelly Mack Miller Julienne Fox Sean Foster and Funny Nick among others as Royal Theatre announces Bert Jackson’s Girls of Today tour with a high class musical comedy repertoire and dazzling stage effects.

John Grover Cleveland Join Tom Donnelly Ehat Mack Miller Julienne Fox Sean Foster Nick The Royal Theatre Bert Jackson the Royal Girls of Today Topsy Turvy

Optimism in wartime business spurs innovation in New York

W A Lavnai of Wagner Electric lauds American grit and tells businessmen in New York that optimism turns lemons into lemonade. He cites Italian Herald Square bootblack who pivoted to soldier furlough novelties and a photographer who profited by capturing soldiers and selling enlargements, illustrating how necessity drives invention amid war.

Dispatch New York W. A. Lavmai Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co St. Louis Herald Square Busines

Grand Monday film features Anita Stewart in The Girl Philippa

Bert Jackson and James J. Rice star in a lively matinee bill with George Broadhurst and The Great Eclipse Trio plus That dancing chorus. Prices rise to five cents admission with a three cent war tax, while winding through talkie style praise of Anita Stewart and The Girl Philippa at the Grand. The article notes shifts in prices and policy as audiences respond to war era costs.

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