Rumor of Naples Prince Marrying Princess Maud of Wales
A long circulating rumor in Rome and European capitals centers on the Naples prince, heir to the Italian throne, possibly marrying Princess Maud of Wales. The piece notes multiple royal alliances as possible matches and mentions a forthcoming gathering of royals in Italy, including visits by Victoria and the Austro-German rulers, tied to Adriatic fleet maneuvers and Florence exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Florence
Italy
Queen Victoria
Venice
Emperor Francis Joseph
Emperor William
King Humbert
Adriatic
Spalato
Willian
Abazzia
Humbert
Prince of
Naples
Maud
the of Wales
Poor Willie's Tale Creates Laughing Fit At Somerset Hearings
London laugh as testimony in Lady Somerset crusade against public halls features a curate describing lewd advances. Lady Somerset and companion report respectful treatment for themselves while the curate testifies of being accosted and mocked in a musical hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lady Somerset
Dr. Parkhurst
Henry Somerset
BISMARCK ON HAPPINESS IN OLD AGE AND BEARDED CLERICS
A historical piece cites Prince Bismarck in Leipsic claiming happiness was rare in his long life, sharing moments of joy from youth, farming, and family, while noting political struggles and the old emperor's steadfast resolve. It also notes clerics generally bearing beards across a long period and lists famed bearded church figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Prince Bismarck
Mice Hear Music Says New Experiments
The outer ear of a mouse is a thin membrane highly sensitive to air movements that human ears ignore. New authority confirms mice are sensitive to music and stories of their singing are accurate. They emit a pleasant musical note resembling a cricket’s chirp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iulman
Deserved Honors Among Royals Who Save Lives
The New York Mercury notes princes and princesses earning life saving medals through brave acts. Dowager Queen Pia of Portugal swam fully dressed to rescue two children. Portugal’s king saved a man during a struggle and detained the would-be killer. King Oscar of Sweden earned a medal for stopping runaway horses and saving others, plus sea rescues. His son Prince Oscar also wears a Swedish medal for saving a drowning man. Prince George of Greece, a wounded diver, was decorated similarly by Russia for saving a sailor and protecting the tsarevitz in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mercury
Queen Pia
Portugal
Spain
Helen
Orleans
Pia
la Granja
Oscar
Sweden
Napoleon III
Corniche
Nice
Prince Oscar
Karlskrona
Prince George
Greece
Bay of
Pirzus
Awise
Russia
Tsarevitz
Japan
A Snowball Hold Up Outwitted Hoodlum Gang
A club recounts a clever escape by a man who faced a snowball gang of about fifty youths on a cross street. He walked into the siege with a legal paper, feigned unconsciousness after leaping into a pile of clean snow, and the crowd dispersed as spectators cried out that he was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornby
New York Sun
Ingenious rat powder fraud lands man in Albi jail
A French peddler sold supposed rat powder at fairs claiming instant death on rats. He demonstrated by feeding a bread slice, then the rat in a glass case died as a battery powered the trap. Sugar powder and electric current fooled onlookers. he was arrested near Albi and sentenced to fifteen days in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irance
Farr
Albi
Marine Matters and Ocean Currents Through History
A collection of nautical notes covering polar currents with low salinity, Benjamin Franklin’s early Gulf Stream map, the Yellow Sea name from river-borne mud, and superstition in cargo handling for statuary or natural history specimens. It mentions a snip canal from Bordeaux to Narbonne, 320 miles, to connect Atlantic and Mediterranean with boats towed by fixed engines, cost estimated at 150 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Stream
Benjamin Franklin
Yellow Sea
China
Bordeaux
Narbonne
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Uranus and Mercury in Space Facts
A brief discussion explains Uranus as a gigantic world over sixty times Earth in size and distant about 1.7 billion miles, making it appear small. The text notes blue heavens from dust and that Mercury receives more solar heat due to proximity, plus a quoted atmospheric weight of eleven and two thirds trillion pounds versus Earth’s mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uranus
Mercury
Earth
Kzascven
Industries and Resources Across Europe and Africa
The piece notes British iron consumption per person nearly four times higher than France. France has developed a coal dust briquette fuel that glows long after ignition. French explorers report new phosphate deposits in western Tunisia. Africa's mineral wealth is not fully mapped yet, with gold drawing explorers’ interest. Dr. Frinprien Leuxen of Zurich offers a wood pulp based artificial silica process, with Bradford and an American plant discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Tunisia
Africa
Frinprien Leuxen
Zurich
Bradford
England
Remarkable animal tales and comic exchanges from Glasgow to Maine
A Missouri cow froze in an ice hole at Glasgow while drinking, a Norway Me. cow swallowed a butcher bone with a wedge in it, Newell Foster’s dog saved him from an infuriated cow, Tim Wortland police arrested a woman who cried for her dog in custody, a doctor cuts short a patient’s lengthy symptoms, and a husband quips to his wife about the doctor’s time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Glasgow
Norway
Newell Fostin
Pigeon Still
Foster
Tim Wortland
Maria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Princess Maud of Wales
the Prince of Napls
Europe
Rome
Maud of Wales
Clementine
Belgium
Leopold II
Feodora
Schleswig-Iolstein
Germany
Maria Annunziata
Austria
Maria Maddalena
George of
Athens
Giornale
New York
Ierald
Eugene Barry
Lynn
Sebec Lake
United States
Killam van Rensselaer
Albany
N.Y
Albany Memorial Society
Neary Clay
Congress
Henry
Princess Maud OF Waler
Victor Emmanuel, Prince OF Naples
Willie
Lady Henry Somerset
Bismarck
Lismarck
Benrus
Adrian VI
Innocent Mil
Ignatius Loyola
St. Prancis Xavier
Francis de Sales
Vincent de Paul
Bellamarine
Richelieu
Vrince Bismarck
Miro Ulave
Marine Matters
the Industries
Friends OF
Man
L. D. Edwards
Preston
Idaho
Miles
Dr. Miles
Mi al Uo
Man & Beast
Church & CO
U. S. Army
Barnum and
THE
NEW York Weekly Tribune
the Messenger and Herald
Gee
W. Best
Tribal Building
New York City
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