Insane Empress Carlotta in Belgian Palace at 71
The ex empress Carlotta of Mexico, once the dazzling Princess Charlotte, is now 71 and frail in Chateau Bon dant near Brussels. Living under brother Leopold II, she rarely leaves her park, speaks little, and, despite piano practice and card games, remains a isolated figure with no photographs available.
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Brussels
Charlotte
Belgium
Carlotta
Mexico
Chateau de Bondant
Leopold
Leopold I
Maxmilian
Austria
Leopold II
Europe
France
Napoleon III
Tervueren
Colonial Museum
Park
Chauteau
Novel Football Totem Tank at Rhode Island College
The Rhode Island college football team adopts a new victory recording method by painting a prominent totem tank on campus. Previously students defaced property nationwide to celebrate wins, causing damages. After disputes, authorities allowed recording only on the most conspicuous place within the college grounds, choosing the tank as the final record.
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Rhode Island
Providence, R
Rhode Island College
Eagle swoops at a man near Mount Tacoma
Frank Olsen, installing electrical gear at the National Park Inn near Longmire Springs on Mount Tacoma, watched an eagle skim his head as it darted past within a foot. The bird’s speed left Olsen and companions unable to react.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank Olsen
National Park Inn
Longmire Springs
Mount Tacoma
Nisqually Glacier
Olsen
Double-Header Snake Found Near Peacock Mine
George Willis of Oakland City Ind found a cobra-like snake with two tails near the Peacock coal mine. To settle if it was coming or going the creature was killed. It proved a double-header, a spreading viper swallowing a blacksnake, all but the tail.
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Oakland City
Ind
George Willis
Peacock
Breaks Leg In Bed While Visiting Allentown Woman
Mrs Mary Salinsky an 85 year old visitor to a country home twisted her leg in bed and broke the upper bone in two an accident reported from Allentown Pennsylvania with no further injuries noted.
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Allentown
Mary Salinsky
Steers Save Two Passengers From Toboga Shipwreck
On the coast of Panama two Toboga passengers rode ashore on the backs of steers after the ship struck. More than 20 passengers and crew died as a lifeboat was crushed by stampeding cattle. The second engineer Perivanchi and Cuban Gregoire, both unable to swim, stayed behind as others were evacuated and died when the ship sank.
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New York
Panama
Perivanchi
Gregoire
Turn About in Cumberland Household Pays for Missed Breakfast
In Cumberland Maryland the Episcopalian clergyman’s cook is docked for missed breakfasts. The maid Dinah retorts that she starts when ready and even pays the mistress to cook breakfast. A neighbor overhears the exchange, illustrating a tale from Housekeeping Magazine.
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Cumberland
Dinah
Housekeeping Magazine
Fumigation Guidelines For Sick Rooms
Instructions advise closing doors and windows and removing all loose items then using sulphur candles or chlorine lime to fumigate. Warn of sulfur fumes and child safety, suggest formaldehyde for serious cases, and require cleaning walls floors carpets curtains with strong soapsuds carbolic acid and professional cleaning.
No Chance About It in Quiet Conservatory
A young man apologizes with lament after a stolen kiss in a conservatory scene. The woman reacts with sharp humor and demand for clarity about intent as the judge remarks on the emotional tension of the moment.
Portrait Ring Novelty With Hidden Portrait Box
A season novelty features a signet ring with a spring hidden on one side. Pressing the spring flips the seal top to reveal a miniature copper portrait inside. The device creates a tiny engraved display in color or monochrome.
Two Foods Said to Sustain Life Milk and Egg Yolk
A claim that only milk and egg yolk contain all substances needed for human life and that a man can live healthily on these two foods.
Blind Population Count Worldwide
The article states that the global blind population is sixty four per million people. It emphasizes a high prevalence of visual impairment and calls for awareness and action to address needs.
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STOW
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