Wilhelmina Engaged to Prince Frederick Adolf of Mecklenburg
The Lokal Anzeiger reports the engagement of Queen Wilhelmina to Prince Frederick Adolf of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Rumors have tied her to several princes from notable noble houses, with many Protestant princes considered as potential spouses given royal connections.
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Wilhelmina
Lokal Anzeiger
Frederick Adolf
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Brunswick
Friedrich Heinrich
Prussia
Marianne
Netherlands
Bernhard
Saxe-Weimar
William II
Prince Harold
Denmark
Louise
Sweden
Norway
Friedrich
Friedrich Wilhelm III
Rich young American heiress aids soldiers in China
Miss Margaret Livingston Chanler sister of William Astor Chanler aids U S and allied troops in China aboard the hospital ship Relief near Taku. A trained nurse, she previously served in Cuba and Porto Rico earning Congress gold medal and a New York legislature vote of thanks. Her private income funds philanthropic work.
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China
Margaret Livingston Chanler
William Astor Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Porto Rico
Cuba
Miss Chanler
Great Railroad Plan From Paris to New York by Rail
A Franco American investor group seriously discusses a transcontinental rail route from Paris through Berlin Moscow and St Petersburg to New York. The project envisions bridging the Bering Strait and will be investigated by Harry de Windt with an engineer to assess feasibility and potential trade between Siberia and Alaska via a Siberian seaport.
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Paris
Berlin
Moscow
St. Petersburg
New York City
Bering Strait
Harry de Windt
de Windt
Siberia
Alaska
Siberian
Death of sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith in Copenhagen
The Danish born sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith, famed for the Washington statue, died in Copenhagen last week of Brights disease. He came to America in the early 1880s and is linked to a notable work installed in a Des Moines park.
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Carl Rohl-Smith
Washington
Copenhagen
Bright
Mr. Rohl-Smith
Denmark
America
Des Moines
Fortune Recupered By Miss Studebaker’s Marriage
Miss Dorothy Studebaker, granddaughter of the South Bend wagon maker, wed Scott McKeown. Once heir to a million from his Pennsylvania oil magnate father, he squandered his patrimony through prodigality.
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Dorothy Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Scott McKeown
Pennsylvania
Maybrick Wife Sees Hopeful Sign for Pardon
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, serving life in England for eleven years, had a private talk with her New York counsel Dr. Clark Bell at Aylesbury prison. She defends Lord Russell of Killowen, once her chief justice advocate, and says he believed in her innocence. Friends remain hopeful for a pardon as the US memorial awaits Home Secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley’s decision.
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Maybrick
Florence Maybrick
Clark Bell
New York
Aylesbury
England
Liverpool Post
Lord Russell
Killowen
Riots in New Orleans After Murder of Two Officers
After Capt. Day and Patrolman Lamb were killed by a Black suspect a mob formed in the French Market. Thousands armed roamed the streets beating Black residents and firing at others. Governor Heard and Mayor Capdevielle mobilized militiamen and special police to restore order amid fatalities and injuries.
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New Orleans
Day
Lamb
Mod
Lee Circle
Parish
Pierce
Robert Charles
Mehle
Capdevielle
Heard
The True Christian Spirit In Telegram Language
A citizen tries to send a telegram with a profane phrase and is blocked by the telegraph operator. After pressure, the message is altered to a milder version that passes through, prompting outrage and mockery in the New York Press.
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Republic
Post Office Department
Telegraph
Pink
New York Press
Prehistoric Giant Skeleton Report At Grand Canyon
An Arizona tale claims Hull found a petrified humanoid skeleton near Flagstaff forty miles from the city. The figure allegedly stood over ten feet tall with a broken leg and a preserved body, while large footprints suggest a five foot stride. Skeptics doubt the find though legends of giants persist in Peru and Yucatan.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
Mexico
Mesas
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Hull
Peru
Chancal
Lima
Puna
Gulf of Guayaquil
Smithsonian Institution
Yucatan
The Chinese character and hidden dangers of modernization
A dated critique portrays the Chinese as proud yet misunderstood, arguing they view the world as flat and China as central. It claims admiration for inventions credited to the West but warns of fear of railways and foreigners, warning that foreign devils threaten their empire and people.
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China
Junka
Tuan
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Chanler
William Tecumseh Sherman
Treasury
Charles
Chinaman
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