Break of Elkins Abruzzi Match Quietly Planned in Rome
A Rome report says King Victor Emmanuel plans to end the Elkins Abruzzi match via royal patience and silence. The plan hinges on Abruzzi’s fickle nature and family opposition, with Queen Elena as a discreet ally and Turin’s jests fueling the drama.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Rome
Elkins
Prince Luigi
the Abruzzi
Italy
Miss Elkins
Abruzzi
Victor Emanuel
House of Savoy
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Elena
Queen's Court Echoes of Sympathy and Power
The passage recalls the queen's own uneasy reception at the Italian court and the harsh scrutiny she faced. It suggests that Miss Elkins, if she reaches court, may find a friend in the king or queen and that her warmth and memory could bridge a wary royal circle.
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Luigi
Sponge Divers and the Perils of Deep Sea Work
An excerpt on sponge diving off Tripoli in North Africa. Greek divers work naked with lines while caphanders use air pumps and helmets. Degenerative paralysis from rapid pressure changes endangers divers, prompting government regulations and a coastal sponge divers hospital.
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Harper's Magasine
C. W. Furlong
Tripolli
North
Africa
Freaks of Razors and Metal Grains
The article describes how Swedish razors exhibit grain that changes direction with use and strapping, twisting the blade and altering temper. It notes diagrams of grain running diagonally, then straight, then reversing after months of use, and warns that regrinding or neglect can ruin the edge.
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Rdgor
Fand Magazina
Old Goottich Sanctuary at Holyrood Palace
A London Globe description recalls the sanctuary of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood House where debtors could shelter for a week. Debtors entered for shelter paid a room fee and faced creditors at the window watching for a chance to visit family. Sunday freed them to leave but return by semaine.
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Goottich
Holyrood House
Holyrood
Boy's question on father prompts church talk in London
A knéy accompanied by Beremal aon shopped at army and navy stores in London. A boy asked who the purchases were for, and after the father reply pressed for clarification with who the father was. The remark was retold to a friend and then to an Englishwoman at church where she noted the man’s history saying she was married twice.
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London
Heaven
India
Republican State Convention Opens in Charleston
Charleston set to convene at 1 pm with Harry Woodyard presiding. Joseph Holt Gaines to chair temporarily as nominations for governor and secretary of state are to be debated among Swiger Scherr and Hearne, with Topping Harris and Gray in contention for secretary of state. Contests resolved by the state committee.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Harry Woodyard
Joseph Holt Gaines
Charles W. Swigher
Arnold Scherr
William H. Hearne
Platform Committee Actions at Denver Meeting
The platform committee, meeting in Denver, elected Governor Chas N. Haskell of Oklahoma as permanent chairman and formed a seventeen member sub committee to draft the platform. They heard debates on inland waterways improvements, naval buildup urged by Richard Hobson, and labor issues with Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell in attendance.
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Denver
Bryan
Chas N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Richard Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Japan
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Heat wave claims twenty three lives in New York
In eighteen hours ending at 12 30 tonight twenty three people were killed by the heat and many more prostrated. Police records omit heat deaths treated privately. In 42 hours the spell has claimed forty four victims. Relief is promised by the weather bureau with cooler conditions expected tomorrow after thermometers reach around 92 degrees at noon.
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New York City
New York
Weather Bureau
Coal Mines to Reopen After Labor Pact in Colorado
United Mine Workers district convention at Lafayette Colorado accepted operators final proposition. All coal mines in northern Colorado closed for weeks will reopen in a few days. Old wage scale to stay for two years with 5 to 6 cents more per ton for dirt removal and rock bottom labor.
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Denver
United Mine Workers District
Lafayette
Colo
Colorado
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Popular With Children
A historical note claims Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is favored by children for tasting nearly as good as maple sugar and acts gently on bowels to drive an cold out of the system.
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Kennedy
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