Vanderbilt romances span generations and fortunes
The article traces the Vanderbilt clan’s long history of love and scandal from Cornelius Vanderbilt's disinheritance over a mismatch to later marriages into wealth. It highlights Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Alfred Vanderbilt, and Reginald Vanderbilt, detailing remarriage, alimony, and social influence in Newport, New York, and Philadelphia society.
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Newport
Reginald
New York
Philadelphia
Alfred
Kathleen Neilson
Frederick Gebhard
Kathleen
Rhode Island
Russia
Chicago
Gladys Vanderpilt
Vanderbilt
Cornelus
Cornelius
Consuelo
A Few Romance Tales From the Vanderbilts
A garbled sketch notes Julia Estelle French of Newport eloping with Jack Geraghty. It mentions Cornelius Vanderbilt and Grace Wilson, a marriage with a large fortune, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney with Henry Payne Whitney, all described as living happily with their families and children.
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Julia Estelle French
Neport
Jack Geraghty
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grace Wilson
A Glimpse of Vanderbilt Divorces Through Time
A list of divorce cases and separations within the Vanderbilt family includes W K Vanderbilt divorcing and remarrying, Canavelo Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough separating, Mrs W K Vanderbilt remarrying the late O H Belmont, Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt divorcing, Elliott Shepard separating, Col Vanderbilt Allen separating, Mrs Clarence Collins divorcing, Countess Czalkowsky divorcing, and Leroy Dresser related to Mra George Vanderbilt also divorcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Vanderbilt
Canavelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
O. H. P. Belmont
Frederick Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Elliott Shepard
Commodore Vanderbilt
Col. Vanderbilt Allen
William Henry Vanderbilt
Clarence Collins
Countess Czalkowsky
Leroy Dresser
Mra
George Vanderbilt
Unhappy Vanderbilt dynasty marriages loom over grand society union
The narrative recounts Consuelo Vanderbilt Belmont and Willie K. Vanderbilt era unions, noting lavish weddings and society acclaim yet marital strife. It traces repeated divorces, clashes of temperaments, and the pattern of unhappy matches within the Vanderbilt circle, hinting at possible future upheavals amid recent nuptials.
Prominent lodge worker dies after long illness
Thomas G. Harrison of Indianapolis Indiana a leading member of the Improved Order of Red Men and former supreme head of the order in the United States died at his home after years of nervous breakdown Born November 8 1860 in Indianapolis he early ran a weekly newspaper The Bulletin His life linked with the Red Men Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias and Masons Harrison helped grow Indiana lodge membership from about 2000 to 60000 and served as supreme head in 1903 holding numerous red men roles including great council chief and sachem He was regarded as a leading figure in fraternalism in the Midwest.
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Thomas G. Harrison
Indianapolis
Indiana
Improved Order of Red Men
Andas Preme
United States
Mr. Harrison
Lafayette Ind
Bulletin
Harrison
Court Street
Order of
Red Men
Order of Red Men
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Hiawatha Tribe
Great Council of Indiana
Otto Wolf
Order {N
Lodge
Great Council of the
Boston
Sagamore
Order
Middle West
Actress Miss Ida Conquest Engaged to Italian Artist
Miss Ida Conquest becomes the bride of Ricardo Bertilli heir of the late Admiral Luigi Bertelli of Genoa Italy. The engagement has circulated among New York friends for months. Born in New York 30 years ago she rose with John Drew William Gillette Richard Mansfield and Mme Nazimova. Bertilli a landscape painter and bronze maker studied in Turin and Venice. Conquest will retire from the stage.
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Ida Conquest
Ricardo Bertilli
Luigi Bertelli
Genoa
Italy
Miss Conquest
New York
Metropolis
John Drew
William Gillette
Richard Mansfield
Mme. Nazimova
University of
Turin
Academy of Beaux Arts of
Venice
Bartelli
Mias Conquest
Impossible Character and a Lawyer’s Offer
A man cheated of his money seeks legal help and offers the attorney a share of the swindler’s funds. The lawyer rejects the setup and instead offers to take the man as a partner. The judge notes the paradox in the tale.
Judge Smeltzer's chain gang sentence shocks Iola tale
The article recalls Municipal Judge Smeltzer sentencing Mrs. Ella Reese of Iola Kansas to work the rock pile as punishment for an immoral conduct charge. Freed by a mayoral pardon, Reese reunites briefly with her husband Gar field Reese while custody of their two year old is resolved. The judge insists she must work to pay her $60 fine or serve a longer jail term, warning he will enforce the order if she resists.
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Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Willie K. Vanderbilt
C. H. P Belmont
United States
England
Ngland
Rutherford
London
Belmont
John Wilmerding
Grace Church
New York
Butt
Wilmerding
Elliott Shepard
Rig
Vanderbilt
Sollinger
Ella Reese
Ioia
Kan
Smeltzer
Garfield Reese
Reese
Fort Scott
Reeses
Iola
Rev. Hood Line
Peaceful Spirit Across States Tells of U S Unity
Baron d Estonnelles de Constant of France praises the United States for a universal peace spirit observed during his U S tour. He notes that people from all classes, ages, and regions are devoted to the country and seek good relations with other nations to foster peaceful development for future generations. He cites historical French and American pioneers uniting for liberty and urges continued national unity to crown their work.
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Universal Peace
Baron d'Estonnelles de Constant
France
United States
Sardonic Bliss Posed as a Prophet
A short vignette features Mr Growcher replying to a question about pessimism. He finds pleasure in being a pessimist, saying that when the worst occurs he can take satisfaction in seeming prophetic. The exchange highlights a wry, sardonic tone about foreseeing misfortune.
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Mr. Growcher
Deceived farmer ad reveals goat butter claim
A farmer’s advertisement promises excellent butter from his place, but visitors discover the supposed good butter comes from a goat and not the farm’s dairy. The line underscores dishonest marketing in a rural setting.
World beer output 1909 shows Germany leads in per head demand
The 1909 world beer output reached about 300.9 million hectolitres, with Germany delivering 70.69 million and the United States 101 million for the Americas. Britain, Austria-Hungary, and Belgium followed, while the article notes the global distribution, brewery counts, and per head consumption, highlighting temperance debate amid a strong, worldwide beer trade.
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Vienna
America
North
South America
United States
German Empire
United Kingdom
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
France
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Holland
Italy
Norway
Spain
Roumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Servia
Portugal
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Natal
Cape Colony
Japan
Germany
Bavaria
Balzberg
English temperance notes on beer and spirits decline
The annual report of the customs and excise commissioners shows beer consumption in 1909-10 fell about 1 percent from the previous year, totaling a 3.65 million barrel drop in a decade. Spirits drop is sharper, down 38.1 percent in 1909-10, with home consumption down 43 percent over ten years and per head use down over 47 percent.
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Customs and Excise Commissioners
John Ball
Effects of Education Inspires Wales Soldier Encampment
An encampment of citizen soldiers in Wales closed with praise for discipline. Not a single case of drunkenness reported, no men brought before officers, and none seen under the influence. More than 60 percent preferred mineral waters to beer at meals, showing growing abstinence due to education on alcohol effects.
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Wales
Edison Warns Against Whisky Business In Society Rise
The great inventor voices concern that as society progresses art will expand and be better shared while warning that the prevalent whisky culture harms progress and likens resistance to clogging the gears of advancing industry.
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Edison
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York
Miss Wilson
Ogden Goelet
Sir Michael Herbert
Grace
Prince of Wales
Edward
Wilson
R. T. Wilson
Alfred Gwyne Vanderbilt
Olsie French
William K. Vanderbilt
Vienna Journal
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