Norse Festival Torch Parade Shines in Lerwick
In Lerwick Shetland Isles the Up Helly Aa Norse festival unfolds with 300 Gulgers bearing six foot torches in a torchlight procession led by the Guizer Jarl. The Norse war galley Frithe with dragon head leads the march as drums pipes and alra ming accompany the parade through town streets. Torches are cast into the valley completing the ancient custom of laying a dead warrior to rest in the gulley.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Frithe
Plans for Naval New Year's Eve Dance in Perth Amboy
The Chief Petty Officers association USNRF 8th Battalion sponsors the second annual New Year’s Eve ball at the Naval Armory Perth Amboy foot of Gordon Street. The rain drill hall is transformed into a crystal ballroom with naval flags lighting and a decorated orchestra platform. Teddy O’Brien leads the Chicago Ramblers with elaborate lighting and a grand 11:15 p.m. march. prizes, noisemakers, and souvenirs will be distributed at midnight. Chief Radioman Fred W. Huff directs the event with Palmblad Meier Benyali Merling and Haguman on the social committee, with W2AMB as master of ceremonies.
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Perth Ambboy
Chief Petty Officers Association Usnrf
Naval Armory
Gordon Street
Perth Amboy
Chicago Ramblers
Teddy O'Brien
Fred W. Huff
Palmblad
Meier
Benyali
Merling
Haguinan
W2amb
Woodbridge
Farewell Party for Mrs. Sherman by Con gregation Ladies
The Ladies Auxiliary of Congregation Adath Israel held a Wednesday night farewell at Mrs. Joseph Klein's Barron avenue home for Mrs. Harry Sherman who plans to move to New York City. The event featured old-time melodies, dancing, cards, seasonal refreshments, and a handmade Italian linen dinner cloth gift. Attendees included many named ladies from the community.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Congregation Adath Israel
Our Price
Harry Sherman
Main Street
New York City
Joseph Klein
Barron Avenue
Maurice Tralman
Nathan Duff
A. Neuss
Morrie Choper
James Rauchmen
Morria Klein
Joseph Welner
A. Lager
Samuel Vogel
Harold Vogel
A. Bernstein
Levi Najavits
G. Kopper
William Tobrowsky
Laura Lager
Simon Schoenbrun
Julius Blake
TJ. Inselberg
William H. Osborne dies at 66 in Woodbridge
William H. Osborne aged 66 of 501 Rahway Avenue Woodbridge died yesterday. He is survived by his wife Rhoda four daughters Mia Leroy C Litts Mrs Eldon L Rafton and Miss Dorath Osborne of Woodbridge and Mrs Sylvester Pale of Perth Amboy two sons Elmer and Stanley Woodbridge a step son Clifford Hoffman of Flemington two brothers Elmer and Nels of Woodbridge Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon and will be private.
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William H. Osborne
Rahway Avenue
Woodbridge
Rhoda
Mia
Leroy C. Litts
Eldon L. Rafton
Dorath Osborne
Sylvester Pale
Perth Amboy
Elmer
Stanley
Clifford Hoffman
Flemington
Nels
Aavenel PTA distributes candy canes to schoolchildren
Miss Alica Van Slyke visits Freeport, Kas. Rev and Mrs Wallace host. Avenel Parent Teachers Association handed out 700 candy canes to Avenel schoolchildren last Friday with Mrs Jen sen and Mrs Denbreyker in charge. Madellie Baker visits Mrs Lance. Henrietta Dietz, formerly of Avenel, had appendicitis operation at Rahway Memorial Hospital Tuesday.
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Alica van Slyke
Woodbridge Avenue
Mrs. B. Wallace
Freeport, Kas
The
Avenel Parent-Teachers' Association
Avenel School
8. Jensen
D. Denbreyker
Henrietta Dietz of
Rahway
Avenel
Rahway Memorial Hospital
Crow's Nest proposes New Year update in playful column
A light page note recounts local gossip and political buzz from Elizabeth and Nut Club tales. The write up mentions Buck and McCann, Rex and his red headed mother, a mayoral pinochle game, and ends with season’s greetings and a note that Crow's Nest will return next year.
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Plavin
Buck
Bill McCann
Elizabeth
Nicky
Elizabeth Journal
Nut Club
Rex
Jack Caulfield
Anonymous English poem on longevity and fate
The excerpt voice quips that growing lifespan offers no comfort and hints at vanity in eternal life. It mocks future Methuselah tales and jokes about consquences for marrying, blending wit with aging anxieties and playful sharpness.
Frogs Cut Into Profits of Japanese Peasants
Fireflies and green frogs invade traditional Japanese peasant labor as collectors gather glow insects for decorative use and rival amphibians hatch in new gathering sites. The frog menace threatens the peasants profits as they compete for luminous prey.
Christmas Holiday Guests Reach Across Towns
Mrs Fed Turner spent Friday in Brooklyn with her sister Mrs Bernhardie. Misa Margaret Walker spent Saturday in Brooklyn with relatives. Mr Mollator of West Avenue spent Christmas in Princeton. Mr and Mrs R W Muller hosted Mr and Mrs C R Wakefield of Pittsburgh and their niece Miss Rachel Lacey of Dubuque Indiana. Mr and Mrs Robert T Bogan of Statton entertained Mr and Mrs F J Adams and family of Sewaren over the Christmas weekend.
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Fed Turner
Brooklyn
Mrs. Bernhardie
Misa Margaret Walker
Mr. Mollator
Weat Avenue
Princeton
R. W.muller
East Avenue
Mr. C. R. Wakefield
Pittsburgh
Robert T. Bogan
Statton
F. J. Adams
Sewaren
When Right of Command Was Won by Washington
Young George Washington travels to Philadelphia as a provincial officer. He heads to Boston to study command with General Shirley and resolve a dispute with Captain Dagworthy over Maryland authority. Washington’s vindication comes from the British commander in America.
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George Washington
Philadelphia
Mercer
Pennsylvania Gazette
Boston
Shirley
Dagworthy
Maryland
America
Washington
Fort Cumberland
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Newark Auto Show Adds Commercial Cars for 1933
The Newark Auto Show will include commercial automobiles for 1933. Manager Claude K. Holgate announced the exhibit, with Detroit reps enthusiastic about the models and designs. The show runs January 14 to 21 at the 113th Infantry Armory.
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Claude K. Holgate
Newark
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Holgate
113Th Infantry Armory
Poison Cup Trials Shape African Justice Practices
The Field Museum in Chicago displays the Ovimbundu poison cup and toxic substances used in trial by ordeal. Medicine men allegedly predefine guilt or innocence, guiding verdicts by the stomach’s reaction to administered poisons, linking ritual poison to perceived justice.
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Ield Museum of Natural History
Chicago
West Africa
Wilifrid D. Seumbly
Stock Exchange Seat As Tool of Trade in Alimony Case
In New York Supreme Court Justice Frederick P. Close rules a stock exchange seat is a man’s livelihood. The Worrall alimony dispute centers on seizing the hubby’s seat to satisfy a decree, denying seizure of other property. The ruling likens the seat to a plumber’s furnace or a surgeon’s knives as essential tools of trade.
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Worrall
New York Supreme Court
Frederick P. Close
Indy
New Orleans Time-Picayune
Edible Frogs Snails and Cuttlefish in Foreign Cuisines
The article notes frogs and snails as delicacies in the south of France and Spain, comparing them with river and panda species. It mentions edible varieties such as sea and freshwater snails, oysters, crayfish, and mentions high prices abroad for river crustaceans.
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France
Spain
Ene
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