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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
2
E. Duke, Chief Secretary for Ireland, told the House of Commons that the advantages of releasing the men outweighed the risk and steps were taken to return the interned prisoners home. The Home Affairs inquiry last October said 576 Irishmen were interned in connection with the rebellion.
Washington December 21 A proposed bill by Representative Holland Virginia calls for a $500 000 appropriation to establish an adequate site and buildings for a marine hospital at Norfolk Virginia The measure reflects congressional action to support naval medical facilities in the region.
The Palace features Mary Pickford in Less Than the Dust next Thursday December 28 with East India and England settings. Maurice and Florence Walton debut in The Quest of Life tomorrow, followed by Viola Dana in The Gates of Eden today. The Drews offer a musical comedy at Lyric with The Black Statue and Helen Holmes in A Lass of the Lumberlands appears midweek as Lyric schedules fourteen weeks of Wednesday Thursday chapters.
Academy of Music presents Blaine de Sellem in the comic opera Clartha on Tuesday December 26. Elaine de Sellem questions why contralto parts are for fat ugly villains and plans to perform Martha with a pretty frock and a true self on stage.
The Breaker at Cockade features Bryant Washburn Ernest Mapain and Nell Craig in a dramatic love story adapted from Arthur Stringer’s detective tale. Show tonight only with Musty Suffer comedy and Pathe News. Chaplin stars in The Pawn Shop tomorrow alongside Ham and Bud in Jail Birds.
Lyric hosts Jeal jhavalaf Walker and his company drawing laughter and praise this week. The ensemble delivers solid musicality and a strong bill, with Wednesday and yesterday’s shows praised. The Black Statue promises further laughs, while a ten piece brass band accompanies matinee and evening performances to broad audience enjoyment.
San Francisco reports Luther Burbank the plant pioneer wed his secretary Miss Elizabeth Waters in a private ceremony held today.
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