American Women and Royal Marriages in a World of Thrones
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece surveys American women linked to royal unions, noting Americans who became consorts or rulers abroad. It recounts Marguerite Heine of New Orleans who married Monaco’s Prince Albert, various European intrigues, and a flamboyant arc of nobles, adventurers, and a Chicago Atlantic of mismatched alliances.
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Riting
Philadelphia
Ger
China
Europe
Michael
Russia
Boston
Leopold
Lippe-Biestate
Yost
Lippe- Detmold
United States
Hollayid
Sensonaparte
John H. Flag Jer
New York
Trinidad
James i
Island
Louisiana
Marguerite Alice Heine
Prince Albert of
Monaco
Heinrich Heine
Napoleon
Heine
New Orleans
Paris
Armandette de Richelieu
Prince Albert
Mary Hamilton
Duchess de Richelieu
Grimaldi
Monte Carlo
Principality
Tassilo Festetics
Hungary
Francis Ferdinand
Austria
Hobenberg
Redoutlands
Bishop Resigns Presidency Of Home Missions Board
Bishop Cyrus D Fass resigns after over twenty years as president of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Home Missions and Church Extension due to health. Bishop Jather B Wilson is chosen to succeed.
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Cyrus D. Fass
Methodist Episcopal Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
Jather B. Wilson
Judge Macy Retires From Fifteenth Iowa District
Hon N W Macy ends twenty year record on Iowa Fifteenth Judicial District bench. Capt John H Clark retires after thirty eight years as state court reporter. Macy to be succeeded by Eugene Woodruff. Macy, wife to California then Harlem home retirement. Clark to reside in Council Bluffs. Bar honors given with rug and gold offering.
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We Macy
John H.clark
Clorinda
N. W. Macy
Fifteenth Judicial District
Iowa
John H. Clark
Macy
Supreme Court
Eugene 8. Woodruff
Glenwood
California
Harlen
Clark
Council Bluffs
Page County
Captain Clark
Will Build Big Clay Plant In Webster City
A large meeting of business and professional men in Webster City near the Wilson hotel agreed to a $175 000 clay products plant for sewer and drain tile. The site will be 30 acres and built next spring by Lehigh Clay Products Company of Lehigh Indiana and Portland Sewer Pipe Manufacturing Company of Portland Indiana. The plant will employ about 100 men and produce ten to twelve car loads daily.
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Lehigh
Indiana Capitaliste
Webster City
Willson Hotel
Lehigh. Clay Producta Company
Lehigh, In
Portland ‘Sewer Pipe Manufacturing Company
Portland
Ind
Dying Creston Railroad Man Found Dead in Bunk Car
Sam Reynolds, a steel gang member on the St. Joseph branch of the Burlington, was found dead in a bunk car near Creston. Smoke rose from the stove as the watchman found him slumped against the stove, clothes burned, head and side severely injured. It is believed he suffered a stroke or heart failure while near the stove and fell where he died after reporting illness earlier in the day.
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Creston
Sam Reynolds
Here
St. Joseph
Burlington
Reynolds
Mrs Meyers Found Guilty of Arson in Mount Pleasant
In Mount Pleasant Anna Meyers is convicted of arson after a 25 hour jury deliberation. She faced a bond of two thousand dollars and a motion for a new trial set for January 13. The attempted arson targeted the Livesay home near Winfield on July 8, with Meyers surrounded by her three sons and relatives during the verdict.
Fort Dodge Methodists pledge to help Morningside endowment
Fort Dodge Methodists have offered 10000 dollars as their contribution to Morningside college endowment in Sioux City. It is hoped that 2500 dollars can be raised locally and the rest in the Fort Dodge district to complete the 58000 dollars still needed of a 150000 dollar endowment fund the college authorities are seeking to raise.
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Morningside
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Methodists
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa Sends Poultry to Europe
Pella Iowa poultry dealer Henry Rhynsburger with one of the largest poultry plants in Iowa prepares a block of 200000 pounds for Europe. He already has over 100000 pounds near the Atlantic coast and recently shipped 16000 birds east at one time.
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Iowa
Europe
Pella
Henry Rhynsburger
Atlantic
Rhynsburger
Plan Monster Banquet at University to Boost Spirit
Towa City plan aims to host a great banquet with over 600 students present by the state university committee. Last year more than 150 were turned away. this year provisions will ensure all students can attend after the holidays as part of a series of demonstrations to foster greater university spirit.
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Towa City
Greater University Committee
The
State University
Nab Girl In Man's Attire In Cedar Rapids
A young woman disguised as a man, possibly Pearl Waters, was arrested in Cedar Rapids for a prank theft and a complex false accusation. She claims European birth and New York upbringing, says she traveled with a male companion, and alleges they were involved in a Philadelphia murder before fleeing to Cedar Rapids where they worked as newsboys on trains.
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Cedar Rapids
Philadelphia
Earl Waters
Waters
Pearl Waters
Europe
New York
Shelby County Feeds Jamba Cattle Amid Corn Boom
In Shelby county several thousand westerns known as Jamba are being fed this year. They are turned into the corn in September or October and feed on leaves and some grain while cleaning fox tail and weeds. The county’s land, once idle for feeding, now supports cattle and sheep as corn crops boost stocker profitability. Farms report gross incomes of at least 35 dollars per acre from corn this year.
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Harlen
Shelby County
Western Plains
Acme Cement Plaster Eyes Fort Dodge Plant
Fort Dodge would become a major stucco center if Acme Cement Plaster company opens a new mill here. The St Louis based firm, a million dollar corporation, already operates eight mills and seeks this location to boost competition. The project promises heavy tonnage, potentially making Fort Dodge the largest stucco hub on the Illinois Central route.
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Fort Dodge Field
Fort Dodge
Acme Cement Plaster Company
St Louis
American Independent ‘Artsy Company
United States
Plasteropolis
Acme Company
Millon Dollar Corporation
Illinois Central Road
New Jersey Button Co Opens Lansing Plant
NE'WA BUTTON PLANT 6 4 Factory at Lansing is to be reopened. The New Jersey Button company will start operations at Lansing on January 1 under Manager Ritchie. The riverfront plant has been refitted with new machinery increasing capacity. Lansing will house one of the largest pearl button factories on the upper Mississippi. a Guttenberg plant has been operating for months with about one hundred workers grinding and sawing mussel shells.
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Lansing
New Jersey Button Company
Futlman
Ritchie
River Front
Upper
Mississippi
Guttenberg
Farmers Victims of Tuberculosis in Iowa County
Iowa farmers show higher TB rates than city residents based on inmates at the Iowa tuberculosis sanitarium. Superintendent Dr. H E B Kirschner notes eighty seven patients, many from rural districts, and finds tracing origins reveals they often worked with cattle afflicted by tuberculosis.
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Iowa City
Iowa
H. EB. Kirschner
Couuntry
Toler Murder Trial Opens in Marshalltown
The trial of Strikebrankey Toler for the fatal shooting of an Iowa Central shop striker in Marshalltown during last summer's labor troubles began in December. Jurors were being selected from 9 to 5:30, with only twenty-one salesmen examined. Objections cited included salesmen's limited English comprehension.
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Toler
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