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Puritan phonograph, before 1922:

Transcript Report sent to S[i]r Hen[ry] Mildmay The Councell haveing received severall Informations that there was avery wilfull & strict observation of the day com[m]only called Christmasse day throughout the Cittyes of London & Westm[inster] by agenerall keeping of their shops shut up and that there were Contemptuous speeches used by some in favour thereof, which the Councell conceiveing to be upon the old grounds of superstition and malignancy and tending to the avowing of the same and Contempt of the present Lawes and governm[en]t have thought fit that the Parlam[en]t be moved to take the same into Consideration for such further provisions and penaltyes for the abolishing & punishing of those old superstitions observations and meeting w[i]th such malicious contradiction of offenders in that behalfe as their wisedomes shall iudge fit, They have likewise received informations of frequent resort unto and exerciseing of the idolatrous masse in severall places to the great dishono[u]r of Almightie God, notorious breach of the lawes and scandal of the governm[en]t wherein according to notice given they have already taken some Course and desire the parlam[en]t will be pleased to take that matter alsoe into their Consideration for further remedies & suppression of that Idolatrie in such way as to them shall seeme meet That it be likewise reported to the Parl[amen]t that the Councell is informed that there are still remaining the Armes and pictures of the late King in severall Churches Halls, upon the Gates and in other publique places of the Citty of London That the parl[amen]t bee moved to appoint whom they shall thinke fitt to see the same armes & pictures taken downe and defaced and to give an Account of their executing the same w[i]thin such tyme as they shall thinke fit to allow for that purpose And S[i]r Henry Mildmay is desired to make this report

No doubt a Scrooge ancestor.

..or the original grinch!

I read that it was really the Major-Generals who tried to put a stop to Christmas 'excesses'; how is this document attributed to Oliver Cromwell?

bello

Presumably Flo Bert, contralto, as at victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/1876/Bert... www.imdb.com/name/nm0077786/ www.redhotjazz.com/flobert.html and www.discogs.com/artist/4283024-Flo-Bert

See also www.mainspringpress.com/bert.html She has page on the French Wikipedia fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flo_Bert Biographical details: Flo Bert (1898–1981) Born: December 2, 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA Died: April 8, 1981 (age 82) in Los Angeles County, California, USA Married to El Brendel -- www.imdb.com/name/nm0107151/?ref_=nmbio_sp_1 Flo appeared in "Cinderella on Broadway: A Fantasy of the Great White Way," which opened June 24, 1920 and ran for 126 performances.

Yes, this is Sophie "Flo" Bert. More info at thedocumentrecordsstore.com/tag/flo-bert/

This phonograph with the unusual bombe case is a Puritan phonograph model, made by the United Phonographs Co. in Sheboygan, WI. (www.intertique.com/PuritanID.html) The Talking Machine World, January 15, 1920, page 160: archive.org/stream/talkingmachinewo16bill#page/n187/mode/...

Thanks swanq and xiphophilos. We'll update all of Ms. Bert's catalog records.