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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1906

Page

7

Frightened Actress Malibran Faces Her Father’s Demands

T P s Weekly recounts Malibran the remarkable singer and actress who faced a brutal demand from her father Garcia at age sixteen to perform Otello with six days notice. Her terror, the staged struggle, and her later escape reveal a rare talent for losing herself in others emotions rather than acting.

Malbran Garcia Otello Santurday Malibran T. P's Weekly

Forced to Eat Books and Manuscripts Across Ages

An Italian writer notes biblophagia as a curious cause of book destruction. Historical tales tell two papal delegates forced to eat a papal bull, a creditor’s note eaten after signing for debt, and others who swallowed manuscripts or pamphlets under threat, with varying torments and punishments.

Americo Scarlatti England Saya Oelrich Jeane Volmar Bernard Duke of Boxmy Phillip Oldenburger

Verbal Chiropody and a Jest at a Child’s Name

A pastor visiting a parishioner asks the name of a bright wagon winner. The mother reveals the child is Cornelia but prefers Flia. The minister quips a joke about a painless extraction of a Corn, noting the name’s classic link to Lamb.

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Fifth Monarchy Men religious sect origins

The Fifth Monarchy Men formed during Charles I's era asserting that the four ancient empires Assyrian Persian Babylonian and Roman would be restored with a fifth monarchy led by Christ.

Charles I England Christ

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