Allies Gain Big Front Advances After Combles Fall On Somme
A semi official bulletin notes Allied gains on the Somme after the July 1 offensive. Combles fell after a costly push by French forces to seize Hardecourt Maurepas Le Foret and Fregicourt while British troops moved north of the German salient toward Thiepval Gueudecourt and other targets. Haig is credited for the fall.
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Somme
Combles
Gueudecourt
Thiepval
Bulletin Des Armees
Bapaume
Peronne
Hardecourt
Maurepas
le Foret
Fregicourt
Douglas Haig
Sir Douglas Haig
Amusements at Poli's vaudeville and film bill
Going Up a farce with music tops Poli's vaudeville first half week. George Leonard and Chesleigh Sisters headline a lively show with twelve chorus. Photoplay features include E H Sothern in The Chattel and Charley Chaplin in The Pawnshop. Plus Pictorial News and other vaudeville acts.
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Poli
George Leonard
Chesleigh Sisters
E. H. Sothern
Pessy Hyland
Charley Chaplin
Pathe Pictorial
Dinkins
Wild & Everett
Minster
Golding & Keating
Carrie ‘Lillie
Comedienne
Vivian & Arsenian
Plaza tops early week bill with Manhattan Madness
Douglas Fairbanks stars in Manhattan Madness at the Plaza, a film packed with thrills and laughs that locals expect to draw large crowds. Chaplin returns with The Pawnshop two part comedy, while Zermain Zermaine and company present The Whirl of Song and Dance. Also featured are John Delmore and Goldie Mooe in Behind the Scenes and Hilton and Sheldon with a singing and talking act. Reno offers a buoyant bicycle routine amid a varied vaudeville lineup.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Plaza
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Zermain Zermaine and
John Delmore
Goldie Mooe
Hilton
Sheldon
Reno
Gala Attendance Could Be Large At Every Performance
A fragmented note suggests a gala event where attendance may reach high levels for each performance. The text implies enthusiasm and crowd potential without specifying dates or organizers.
May Shatter Old World's Series Attendance Mark
New York October 2 attendance projections for the World Series show unlikely records in attendance or receipts but promise gains for players and magnates. A table traces yearly attendance and money shares from 1903 to 1915, totaling 1,528,918 in attendance and 1,017,997 in shares across eleven series.
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New York
Jim Coffey Sued by Girl Alleging She Was Jilted
New York October 2 Jim Coffey heavyweight champion of Ireland and County Roscommon and WN C Bronx has been named defendant in a promise suit. Miss Mamie Hughes alleges Coffey promised to marry but said the match off on April 27. Attorney William Rasquin will defend for Coffey who avoids comment. Hughes seeks fifty thousand dollars.
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New York
Jim Coffey
Roscommon
Ireland
Bronx
WN. C
Coffey
Frank Moran
Mamie Hughes
William Rasquin
Miss Hughes
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Nepgal
Ndcourt
Courc
Warlencourt
Longue
Weudetourt
Leforest
POLIS
John Reck & Son
Remiz
L. Remiz
Barnum
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
C. H. Fleming
Main St
City Savings Bank
Bridgeport
Conn
Kelly’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
Aage
Manhattan
Pawn Shop
Zermain Zermaine & CO
John
Goldie
Delmore & Moore
Behind the
Shelton
REND
Edgar Selwyn
Texas
Bentley
Theatre Francais Des Etats-Unis
Sardou
Claude Benedict
Paulette Noizeaux
Edgar Bedman
Michel Carre
Eee EN Vere
Sd Ontie
Comedien
Blanche Ring
Helen Lowell
Willard Mack
New York Herald
New York American
Bess Bet
Maids OF America
AL. K. Bobby Barry
Joe Weston
Harvey Brooks
Billy Hill
Alfa Symonds
Mary Mack
Tony Shane
Ed Bisland
Bob Clavert
T & Port Jefferson Steamboat Co
LE Chateau
Housaton
New Haven
Chichesters Pills
Chichester
Buou Prugelat
Sub-Treasury
San Francisco
Herman Ene
Leonard
Dainty
Peggy Hyland
Charlie
the Pictorial News
Dinkins, Wild & Everett
Carrie
Lillie
Claude Golding
Clara Keating
Pinkie
Quilty’s School OF Dancing
Frisbie’s
the University School
Fairfield Avenue
Vincent C. Peck
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