Real Head of Astor Family Renounces Wealth for Love
Henry Astor of West Copake New York, eighty, a surviving uncle of Colonel John Jacob Astor, disinherited by his family for marrying Malvina Dinehart, a farmer's daughter, chose exile over aristocratic duty. He lives simply on Dinehart farms, collects silver half-dollars, and keeps his distance from New York society.
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Henry
West Copake
New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeleine Talmadge
Astor
Henry Astor
N. Y
Colonel Astor
William B. Astor
John Jacob
William Astor
Columbia County
Naghtank Range
William
Benny Astor
America
Red Hook
Malvina Dinehart
John Dinehart
Malvina
Margaret Astor Ward
Samuel Ward
Tomante
John Winthrop Chanter
Chanler
Sheriff Bob
la Cavalieri
Lewis Stuyvesant
Broadkin
William Asver
Astor House
Long Acre Square
Wiliam B. Astor
Ava Willing
Cal
Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry That There Was A Plot On Foot To Interview Him. Uncle Henry
Old Henry Astor
Noted American painter Edwin A Abbey dies in London
The obituary recalls Ed win A Abbey a preeminent American painter famed for his Holy Grail series in the Boston Public Library and notes a long career including the coronation of Edward VII Buckingham Palace commissions He declined further royal commissions citing difficult sittings and rare insight into character with strong color and archaeological accuracy
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Edwin A. Abbey
Boston Public Library
Abbey
Mr. Abbey
Mr. Abney
Edward VII
George V
Als
Buckingham Palace
New York Fire Fighter to Serve in Canal Zone
Loren R. Beckstead of Watertown fire department has been selected for service with a canal zone fire department. He has driven the citys No 1 chemical wagon and passed the canal zone fireman exam last year. He joins Howard Tompkins and Herbert Thomason as Watertown natives serving on the Isthmus of Panama. Pay starts at 100 a month, rising to 125 after six months and 150 for captains. Beckstead plans to stay four to five years.
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Loren R. Beckstead
Watertown
N. Y
Canal Zone
Beckstead
Washington
Beckatead
Watertown Department
Panama
Howard Tompkins
Herbert Thomason
Isthmus
Deserved to Have Wife Masterful rescue on train reunion
Michael of Atlanta married Edith Rogers four days earlier. Relatives kept her confined at a relative’s home. He tracked a fast train by motor car to the first stop ten miles away, boarded the train, located his wife, and carried her to his waiting car before onlookers reacted.
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Michael
Atlanta
Edith Rogers
Southern Railway
Firet
Theater talk and a reference to Madame Cheriemort
Mrs Fibbit dismisses stage women as silly while Mr Filb bit, a burlesque patron, probes the remark. A newspaper paragraph claims Madame Cheriemort acted for two years in A Doll's House, sparking curiosity about her career.
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Mrs. Fibbit
Mr. Filbbit
Madame Cheriemort
The One and Only Love of a Spanish Nobleman
Prince Ludwig Pignatelli d Aragon, a young 365 year old heir from Aragon, vows celibacy after an engagement to Miss Helen Hilton of New York failed due to religious differences. He now hunts in Canada and plans a life of travel, declaring Hilton the love of his life and promising never to love again.
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Bayard Taylor
Aragon
Ludwig Pignatelli d'Aragon
Castile
Kingdom of
Spain
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Paris
Helen Hildon
New York
Prince
Miss Hilton
Canada
Lightning Kills Lawyer on Taft’s Golf Grounds
Tristam Burgess Johnson of New York, a navy department solicitor, was struck dead on Chevy Chase Country Club’s greens while playing golf. A blinding flash burned a hole in his shoulder, scorched his hair, ripped his coat and trousers, and charred his legs as the current traveled from club to earth. He was 30, a brilliant lawyer, and the incident ignited a circle of scorched grass before rain ended the fire.
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Tristam Burgess Johnson
New York
Navy Department
Chevy Chass Country Club
Taft
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
War in the Future and the Air’s Dominance
A speculative, period voice warns that future war hinges on air power and aerial weapons. Air fleets and technicians, armed with bombs, could strike ships, forts, cities, and transport routes, potentially reducing empires to ashes in days or hours under guided pilots.
Gates Four Kings in Waldorf Poker Jackpot Tale
Mo recites a Waldorf game where Schwab raises the pot repeatedly then calls for one card. John W. reads Schwab for four of a kind while Gates holds a king full and, after Charlie draws one card, discards his tens to hit his fourth man. A $200000 jackpot results.
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Gates
Schwab
John W
Charlie
English Physican Demonstrates Alcohol Harm Through Simple Experiment
Dr Richardson, an English physician, convinces a young scholar of alcohol’s injurious effects with a simple pulse counting demonstration. The scholar learns nightly rest is reduced by alcohol, causing many extra heartbeats and long term strain, leading to total abstinence and improved health and happiness.
Address by Sir Victor Horsley on abstinence and national duty
A recent address by Sir Victor Horsley argues that moral conduct and national fitness start at home and hinge on self-sacrifice, specifically giving up alcohol. He cites higher sickness rates among moderate drinkers, calls for abstinence as a pillar of national strength, and references cancer risk linked to drinking.
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Victor Horsely
Gontning
Sir A. Pearce
British Admiralty Ration Plan for Sailors Sparks Trade
A temperance scheme offers sailors 36 cents a month for abstaining from rum. However sailors can still obtain their daily ration and sell it to others for as much as 80 cents monthly, undermining the plan’s success.
Intemperance Debasing Describes Temperance Dangers
Intemperance debasing. There is no vice in nature more despicable and destructive to men than temperance. It robs them of their reason reputation and interest. It renders them unfit for human society and degrades them below the beasts that perish exposing them to universal odium and contempt Eminons.
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Hhis
Wey
Astor-Dinehart
Astor-Dinehart Union
Copake Iron Works
Harlem
New York Central
Rad Hook
Dinehart
Astor Mansion
Dineharts
Astor Library
Col
Gahan
Louis Biedermann
West Sopake
Bledermann
London
Nan
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