Montauk Theatre Promises Biggest Year Start
The Montauk Theatre Passaic begins the new year with a packed program headlined by John Emerson in She Conspiracy and Beatriz Michelena in Salomy Jane. Beverages of vaudeville, reviews on war headlines, and star acts including The Ghost Breaker with HB Warner fill Monday through Friday.
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Montauk ‘Theatre
Passaic
John Emerson
Monay
Beatriz Michelena
Salomy Jane
Warner
Montauk Theatre
Veudeville
Degiring
Re ‘E Monauk Orchestra
Cal
Seadvertice
Hague laws of war on land outline protections and sieges
The Hague principles from 1899 and 1907 constrain conquerors by forbidding pillage and defining sieges. Occupants may levy taxes and requisition for army needs with written receipts. Bombardment can accompany siege but is not required, and captured towns may be taxed to fund administration.
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Hague
Oppenheim
Prayer Before Battle A French Army Prayer Scene Near Saluzzo
The Washington Star recounts a 17th or 18th century episode where French forces under Schomberg halted mid assault to kneel and pray before attacking near Saluzzo. Mazami rode between armies amid muskets, brokered peace terms, and the clash did not occur.
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France
Saluzzo
Schomberg
Mazami
Washington Star
The Poppy as a Funeral Emblem Across Regions
The Poppy serves as a death emblem in the east with planting on graves and cemeteries in India. It may have ancient roots as a funeral plant, with possible Egyptian associations noted by the Pittsburgh Press.
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India
Helzoni
Pittsburgh Press
Bursting shells wreck nerves of soldiers as bricks fall
London Standard reports that bombardment nearly as harmful as wounds, shaking brains and spines, leaving many soldiers irresolute and timid. The piece notes civilian train crashes can cause similar injuries and urges medical care for blast victims.
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Beng
Callistons
London Standard
Truth and fate through a life of imagined limits
A fragmentary meditation traces a man’s shifting beliefs about fate, success, and handicap from youth to old age. As decades pass he sees fate as guiding or thwarting him, blaming others and wondering what could have been. The piece ends with a vague sense of Chicago.
Unclear fragmentary text prompts unknown event
Fragmentary OCR text contains garbled dialogue about hiring mistakes and job prospects with scattered names and phrases, lacking coherent event or context. No definite persons, places, or actions are determinable from the readable segments.
Curious Manillas Use On West Africa Coast
The piece describes manillas copper coins used in southwest Nigeria and along the West African coast. Shaped like a horseshoe with flattened ends, each weighs over eight ounces. Seven manillas equal one quarter, making a dollar heavy to carry. Once common from Bonny to Akussa, their use now survives in bush towns and select seaboard locales, while rarity raises collector interest for repurposed silver plated serviette rings.
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Africa
Nigeria
Seaboard
Bonny, Brass
Akussa
Impromptu wit of Edward Young at Welwyn rector’s garden
The London Express recalls Edward Young, famed for Night Thoughts, as a worldly rector with sharp wit. He amusingly compared impromptu verses to Adam and Eve in the rector’s garden as he escorted two agreeable ladies to the house, delaying his departure despite a gentle fate.
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Young
Edward Young
Sir Mary's Church
Welwyn
Adam
Albino Descriptions Across Human Races Noted
The article catalogues albinism in humans, describing white albinos among men of dark complexion with pale skin hair and eyes. It contrasts varieties where skin ranges from milk white to waxy pale, and notes vivid pink or red-appearing irises in some individuals.
Sale of Women's Gowns in Various Fabrics and Styles
A sale listing details numerous women’s gowns priced from 44c to 2.95. Surplice and high or V neck styles in nainsook, lace, embroidery, and ribbon trims are offered in several qualities, including fine Philippine hand embroidered pieces and dotted silk options.
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God Nainsook
Lastic
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