Embassy Quarters in Buenos Aires Move Due to Funds Shortage
The State Department fails to fund a suitable new embassy headquarter prompting the embassy to occupy a ground floor space used by a mattress factory, carpenter shop, and tailor, after the owner reclaimed the building. Ambassador Stimson’s allyship with the owner kept rent at 750 pesos monthly, about $300, but the final lease could not be secured.
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Plaza
San Marin
Yass
Dst
Buenos Aires
Stimson
Mr. Stimson
Francis White
State Department
Amercan
Caesar Augustus Rodney
Argentina
Spain
Legation
Colombia
Royal Salute To Herring Ship Arrives At Petrograd
The Dutch steamer Alexander Polden arrived at Petrograd with the first large herring cargo in years. Kronstadt saluted the ship as dock workers unloaded 5,350 barrels quickly, sending twenty carloads to Moscow the next day. The vessel’s arrival follows dire Petrograd reports and a later note of two more steamers delivering 17,000 barrels of herring.
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Alexander Polden
Petrograd
Izvestia
Moscow
Kronstadt
Marat
Hessian
Pompeii
Alexander
Disputed Will Triggers Montana Estate Battle
Mary Thuntton Murray widow of James A. Murray and her son Stuart Holbern contest a will over a 15 million dollar Montana estate. Relatives including Mary Anna Murray of Rochester and several nieces and nephews challenge terms, seeking a share amid disputes over beneficiaries and compromises. A separate New Jersey case rules a man may reclaim a ring after breaking an engagement.
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Mary Thuntton Murray
James A. Murray
Montana
Withdnaire
Stuart Holbern
Salinasse Cal
Mary Anna Murrag
Rochester, N
Mr. Murray
Anna
Frank Golden
Moscow
John Martin
Gouldsboro
Agnes Doyle
St. Thomas
Tario Qanada
Hugh Turner
Detrait
Emmet Golden
Buffalo
N.oye
Asfory Park
N. J
New Jersey
Lawrence
Court of Common Pleas
Trenton
Embassies in Argentina Show Opulent Home Tactics
The article compares U.S. embassy quarters with European and regional missions in Argentina. It notes high rents, shabby interiors at the American site, and contrasts with Spain and Cuba legations, France and Italy tenants, and a grand Cuban-adjacent embassy nearby.
Nick’s Son From Greece In Athens Sends Happy News
In a bustling Athens shop near the Athens Hotel Nick Deakides gleefully received news from his son John N. Deakides in Patras. John, twenty, had arrived in New York and wired Nick to join him, prompting swift plans to reunite after sixteen years apart.
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Athens
Nick
John N. Deakides
New York
Patras
Greece
Chief Beusse
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