Lords and Dukes Fear Heavy Winter for English Lands
The article warns that a coming hard winter threatens the English peerage. It cites the Duke of Devonshire risking Chatsworth Hall and Derbyshire estates and the Duke of Northumberland preparing to defend Alnwick Castle. It notes many peers face loss of titles and wealth, with private chapels, bands, trains, yachts, and even private guards at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth Hall
Derbyshire
Duke of Northumberland
Alnwick Castle
House of Percy
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Atholl
Northumberland
Lord Londonderry
House of Lords
Sally
Lord Tredegar
Lloyd George
South Wales
Miners Seek Removal of British Titled Nobility
The Miners Federation leads a threefold alliance with engineers and transport workers to dispossess lords and dukes as Britain’s titled nobility faces possible abolition. The movement centers on miners actions endorsed by their allies and labor unions as a global force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners’ Federation
Triple Alliance
Engineers
Divorces and Other Scandals Add to Noble Ladies' Worries
The article notes rising pressures on England's landowning class as war costs strain estates and royal titles. It depicts divorce cases among dukes and ladies, fears over land nationalization, and the Lords vs Commons clash, highlighting Smillie’s probe into land ownership and aristocratic privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Russia
Lloyd George
House of Lords
Lord Durham
County of
Durham
Duke of Northumberland
Lord Londonderry
Lord Tredegar
Lord Bute
Lord Dynevor
Wales
L Durham
Smillie
Herbert Smith
Mr. Smith
Dynevor
Carnarvonshire
Pembrokeshire
Henry VIII
Evan Williams
Triplets Win Graduation Puzzle Fails to Separate Swartleys
Three Swartley sisters Evaline Irene and Madeline of Hatfield Pennsylvania graduated together from high school in a curious puzzle. They dress alike move as one in class and may all study business while facing uncertain futures in love and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business
Evaline
Irene
Madeline Swartley
Hatfield, Penn
Hatfield High School
Pennsylvania
Dukes Who May Lose Their Lands
A list of dukes and other high peers with their creation dates, noting the House of Lords composition and the density of landholding. The roster includes the Dukes of Abercorn Argyll Atholl Beaufort Bedford Hamilton Buccleuch Devonshire Grafton Leeds Leinster Lennox Montrose Newcastle Norfolk Northumberland Portland Rothesay St Albans Roxburghe Somerset Rutland Sutherland Wellington Westminster and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Rutland
Diana Manners
Duchess of Norfolk
Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell
Duchess of Devonshire
Canada
Rideau Hall
Government House
Ottawa
Derbyshire
England
Evelyn Mary Fitzmaurice
Marquess of Lansdowne
Duchess of
Newport
Duchess of Manchester
Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duchess of Portland
Queen Mary
Duchess of Newcastle
James Albert Edward Hamilton
Duke of
Herbrand Arthur Russell
Bedford
Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton
Brandon
John Charles Montague-Douglas-Scott
Buccleuch and
Queensberry
Victor Christian William Cavendish
Devonshire
Augustus Charles Lennox fitzRoy
Duke of Grafton
George Godolphin Osborne
Leeds
Maurice Fitzgerald
Duke of Leinster
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
Duke of Lennox
Richmond and
Gordon
William Angus Drogo Montagu
Duke of Manchester
Charles R. J. Spencer- Churchill
Prince of Spe
Arthur Charles Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster
Car Window Vacation All the Year Round
Chicago Evening Post notes a train window as a moving theater for botany and ornithology. The reader glimpses robins, geese, sparrows, crabapple blossoms, marsh marigolds, and mallow while the car view shifts. The piece extols the changing light and scenery turning commutes into recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
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W. T. Stead
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Richard T
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