Czarist Bid for an American Child Stuns Chicago
A Chicago report outlines the clash between Count Gizycki and his wife Countess Leonora over their two year old daughter. The child, styled as a Russian Countess in Russia, was seized in London and later returned to the mother with a czar signed order later found forged. The czar reportedly ordered the child’s restoration if the father refused, provoking an international dispute involving Taft and Robert McCormick. The case weaves through kidnap plots, high society, and pursuit across Europe, ending with the mother reclaiming the child in America while the father remains in Russia awaiting investigation.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Gizyki
Count Joseph Gizycki
Robert M. Patterson
Philadelphia
Czar
Taft
Robert McCormick
United States
Joseph Medill McCormick
Hungary
Vienna
Rusata
Sergius
Baron Freedericksz
Imperial Household
Count Gizycki
Gizycki
Washington
Leonora Glzycki
Ghe
Leonora Gizycki
Tve
America
Austria
London
Be Httle
The
Savoy
Campdell Hill
Campden Hill
Poland
Walt
Bis
Chicago
Preservation of Billopp house eyed as New York institution
The Philemon Literary Society and Assemblyman Bain push for a 25000 dollar state appropriation to buy the Billopp house in Tottenville Staten Island and surrounding grounds. The Old Stone House hosted the 1776 peace conference between British and American reps with Franklin Adams and Rutledge, the only such meeting on American soil during the Revolution. its walls retain historic fireplaces, cupboards, and a dungeon cellar, though the roof and plaster suffer wear.
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New York
Billopp
Tottenville
Staten Island
Philemon Literary Society
Bain
Lord Howe
Benjamin Franklin
Mngland
America
Sigwed
George LI
Broadway
Long Island
Benjamin — Franklin
John Adams
Edward Rutledge
Congress
Billopp House
Kill van Kull
Great Britain
Aaper RO Wean 1888 and 1908 Ty Par
A fragment notes vessels and dates 1888 and 1908 with terms circa shipping and trade. Names and places are unclear but reference to vessels and maritime activity remains. The readable portion hints at historical navigation or port records.
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Aper
Rowean
Dalzell Named to Chair Rules Committee After Cannon Ouster
Washington reports that John Dalzell of Pittsburgh replaces Samuel G. Cannon on the House rules committee after the ouster. Dalzell, 55, Yale graduate and lawyer, long a Cannon ally, also serves on Ways and Means. The shift strengthens the Speaker's control of the panel and parliamentary maneuvering.
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John Dalzell
Washington
Cannon
House
Committee On Rules
Uncle Joe
Pittsburg
Dalzell
Congress
Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Reed
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Gannor
Dalzells
Yale College
Chicago appoints Walter Sumner to vice commission chair
Very Rev Walter Taylor Sumner named temporary chairman of Chicago mayor Busse s vice investigation commission. Sumner, dean of St Peter and Paul Episcopal Cathedral, born 1874 in Manchester New Hampshire, educated at Dartmouth, ordained 1904 after serving as secretary to Chicago Episcopal bishop. He praised the honor.
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Chicago
Walter Taylor Sumner
Busse
Epis
Desperado Panig In Prison Plays Hymn To Quiet 800
Walter Dorman, famed as the most feared inmate at Western Penitentiary, keeps 800 prisoners calm in the chapel during a prison fire across the yard. Amid alarm and tense guards, Dorman remains motionless as the Kennedy Glee Club performs. When the fire engine arrives, two inmates press their way to save their books, and the warden allows the doors to open.
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Walter Dorman
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Miller
Kennedy Glee Club
New Kensington
Piane
Biddis Brothers’ Banditt
Dorman
John Francis
Glee Club
Emile
Doran
Kaya
Laita
Hhose
Bankera Rinehart and
Ramasy
Waynesburg
Fihandfer
Ramsey
Vague fragments from a historic club luncheon note
Fragmentary text references a New York cat club luncheon and golf chatter. Names and details are obscured, leaving unclear who spoke or played. The garbled lines hint at quirky remarks rather than a cohesive event summary.
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Czar of
Gizyck
Saye
Russie
Gannon
Vice Quiz
Walter T. Sumner
Dean Walter T., Sumner
Panig
Desperado
Piano
Shai
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