American Clerk Marries Russian Nobleman in Canton Wedding
Miss Georgie Jeffrey former clerk in the auditor’s post office office now wife to Prince Alfred Ahrenheim-Gagarin adjutant to the czar wedding held in Canton China. They travel the Far East and plan to settle in St Petersburg. Their romance began on an ocean steamer en route to Manila after her transfer to the Philippine Service and extended travels with a tourist party. An accident in Hong Chow briefly interrupted their journey.
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Ashington
Government AY
Georgie Jeffrey
Post-Office Department
Alfred Ahrenheim-Gagarin
Canton
China
Far East
St. Petersburg
Jeffrey
Post Office Department
Philippine Service
Washington
Nce
Manila
Denver
East
Miss Jeffrey
Philippines
Countess Luise Alexandra in Washington's Social Scene
Countess Luise Alexandra von Bernstorff, daughter of the German ambassador, enjoys Washington society during her first U.S. visit. She has attended events for Miss Ethel Roosevelt and official functions, while the German embassy awaits April occupancy after renovations. The young countess and her mother explore the city with guidebooks, meeting people beyond official circles as expectations rise for a cosmopolitan embassy era.
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Luise Alexandra von Bernstorff
Countess von Bernstorff
Washington
Alexandra
Germany
the von
Bernstorfff
Cairo
Egypt
Ethel Roosevelt
Baroness von Stiernburg
Europe
Riviera
James C Courts the ready aide of the appropriation committee
In the Capitol a diminutive clerk named James C Courts serves the house committee on appropriations as its unseen prompt. His quick pen and memory help Chairman Tawney manage bills with up to 100 million dollars. He coordinated the $300,000 relief addition for Italy after a brief two minute conference, rushing the measure to the senate. He recalls a Boston pension remark and notes there is a limit to speed.
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United States
Capitol
James C. Courts
House Committee On Appropriations
Great Committee
Tawney
House
Anta
Offhani
Coutts
Congress
Italy
Senate
Faneuilhall
Boston
Satterlee's Zest for Duty Impresses Naval Cadets
Secretary Satterlee son in law of J Pierpont Morgan and heir of the late Bishop Satterlee was appointed assistant secretary of the navy. He visited the Naval Academy as a visitor last June and toured the mess hall drills and bunks with evident enthusiasm. A midshipman once awakened him abruptly, mistaking him for a sleepy cadet, prompting a startled reaction before recognizing the boards distinguished guest.
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Herbert Livingston Satterld
Taat
Board of Visitors
Academy
Polit Annapolié
Weat
Bulldog Sacrifices Life in Wolf Attack at Emerson
Frank Trathin of Emerson Michigan mourns his bulldog killed while defending him from four attacking wolves. After a brutal fight, the dog held off the wolves until Trathin and lumberjacks arrived, two wolves died, two escaped, and the bulldog perished. Trathin vows vengeance and now hunts wolves with a Winchester.
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Traverse City
Mich
Frank Trathin
Emerson
Newberry
Bulldog
Trathin
Japanese Youth Attempts Grave Burial to Die Quietly
A Kobe man named Yamada Katsutaro tried to starve himself to death by burying himself alive in a securely nailed coffin. He paid 50 sen for a coffin and cooling services, arranged a bamboo pipe to breathe, and awaited hunger but was discovered by a police officer before suffocation. The man survived and vowed not to repeat the attempt.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
Minatogawa River
Osity
Yamada Katsutaro
Police
Yamada
Egeyama
The Early Bird: a man’s belief fuels unlikely success
A provocative note from the Chicago Record Herald suggests that merely waking up with confidence does not guarantee achievement. It argues that success requires more than routine beginnings and emphasizes determination and action behind plans.
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Chicago Record-Herald
New German Sect Advocates Nudist Lifestyles Near Berlin
A pamphlet from Germany describes a new sect that bans all clothing for sanitary and moral reasons. Followers have formed a colony in a forest clearing about twenty miles from Berlin with unwearing residents, and education and morality are claimed to be high. A branch reportedly exists near a secluded Swiss lake.
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London
England
Berlin
Wook
Man Held After Fight Over Rose County Law
Theodore Redlar of Kirtland, jailed in Lake County, tore off clothes in his cell after a struggle with deputies. He drove his wife and children from home and scattered torn $170 bills during the incident linked to drinking issues and local law. He was sent to the Newbury State Hospital for the Insane.
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Painesville
Rose County
Lake County
Theodore Redlar
Kirtland
Newbury State Hospital
The Harsh Realities of an Actor’s Rehearsal Life
A harsh look at stage work reveals weeks of unpaid rehearsals, unstable salaries, and costly personal wardrobe bills. Notable actors endure winters of unpaid toil while managers may fail, and chorus and leading women face mounting dress and shoe expenses.
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New York
Why He Wouldn't Leave Imp on Faust Stage
During a Faust performance an imp in the Walpurgis scene balked at exiting the wings. The director urged him off as others moved back to the scene. The tiny imp cried he could not proceed because his tail was caught, provoking amusement among the audience from a perfectly awful predicament.
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Walpurgis
Worth & Cent
Advertising Ruse Exposed by Cobville Clarion Editor
The Cobville Clarion is quoted in a Puck report discussing an advertising ploy by the Desdemonean Kerosene Circuiters. The manager asks for four to ten free tickets in exchange for exaggerated praise of a troupe and Shakespearean drama claims.
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Cobville Clarion
Puck
Mantel
Novelli
Hamdodo J. Ranter
Poe
Raven
Harpies
Cupid
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House Committee
Satterlee
Mr. Satterlee
Bancroft
Simmons
Honorable Board of Visitors
NEW Sect
Moffett Studio
Grace Leigh
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