London Season Opens Amid Royal Pageantry and Rich Expenditures
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer notes King George III and Queen Victoria shaping London’s social calendar. The Royal Academy private view, press previews, and banquets mark the Season running into July, with American wealth fueling fashion, hotels, and rentals in Piccadilly and Regent streets.
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George III
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
George
Royal Academy
London
Piccadilly
Bond
Regent Streets
Bridgeport "Double Machine" Targeted by Direct Primary Call
The Bridgeport Post argues a direct primary law would break a two‑headed city machine. It charges one faction pretends to serve the public while steering awards via party control, and the other seeks spoils and profits from water, gas, and transit. It urges Bridgeport Representatives to back the Perry law to curb this alliance.
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The
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport
Exceptimons
Tnder
Senate
Centennial Notes on Morrill and Jamaica History
Editorial notes mark Maine’s celebration of Lot Myrick Morrill born May 3 1813 Belgrade Missouri later governor U S senator and Treasury secretary and recount Jamaica’s early English settlement Port Royal earthquakes and Kingston rise while highlighting Jacob Riis Baron Armstrong and London Season rites with social aims and inquiries into wealth and class contrasts.
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Maine
Lot Myrick Morrill
Pine Tree State
United States
the Treasury
Grant
Belgrade
Augusta
Grand Duke Andreas Averts Breakfast Row in Switzerlands Hotel
London May 3 Grand Duke Andreas recounts a hotel breakfast tale involving the Grand Duchess, an American lady and a nine year old English girl. A sentry and missing bacon sparked a mystery until the girl admitted she took the bacon for her appetite while leaving fat for the Duchess. The incident ends in humor with a coasting excursion.
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London
Andreas
Russia
Switzerland
St. Moritz
California Traveler Fights Berlin Diamond Scheme
Gustav A. Fudickar of Los Angeles arrived in London after escaping German authorities and plans to protest to the State Department in Washington against a Berlin law that harms American tourists. He was coaxed into buying diamonds for his wife in Berlin for 11,000 marks, faced a possible deposit demand, and dodged an attachment on his baggage and attempted bank seizure. The consulate warned civil court action could take years, prompting him to leave Berlin amid reports that other Americans faced similar mistreatment under a seller’s sworn claim to force payment.
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Gustav A. Fudickar
Los Angeles
California
London
Berlin
Fudickar
State Department
Washington
Suffragette Hoaxes Target Bodkin in Early Trials
Protesters devised pranks to pressure officials by hoaxes. A notable incident involved Prosecutor Bodkin, called from sleep after a telegram claimed his Temple offices were burning. The series sought to shock specific individuals while avoiding broad public harm.
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Bodkin
Pankhurst
Hoax Suspects Linked to Suffragette Tactics and Echoes of Chancery Scams
The article describes Bodkin’s high speed trip from London to the Temple after a hoax accusation tied to suffragette tactics. It notes the American embassy’s response to Americans claiming large English estates, warning that dormant funds in Chancery are rare, costly to pursue, and often the work of swindlers.
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America
England
Bank of England
United States
One Man One Vote in Belgium Strike History
Graham Taylor analyzes the 1911 Brussels march by 60,000 workers demanding manhood suffrage. The piece describes the co operative Maison de Peuple, its enterprises, and the Belgian voting inequities that sparked the general strike and political shift toward one man one vote.
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Graham Taylor
Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy
Survey Press Bureau
Belgium
Brussels
Maison de Peupie
House of the People
Jesus of Nazareth
Co-Operative Commonwealth
National Bank
Socialist Congress
Zouee
Belgian Strike Elevates Vandervelde and Anseele
Two Socialist leaders gain prominence amid Belgium's strike. Emile Vandervelde, eloquent and precise, and Eduard Anseele, a self-made organizer from Ghent, showcase contrasting backgrounds yet drive progress toward manhood suffrage. Anseele, a worker son, built the Vooruit cooperative, now thriving with 10,000 members and significant assets.
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Brussels
Belgium
Emile Vandervelde
Eduard Anseele
Vandervelde
Socialist Party
Anseele
International
Antwerp
London
Ghent
Vooruit
Couch Hammocks and Traveling Luggage at Read Co
The D M Read Co displays an extensive line of Couch Hammocks with wind shields and awnings, claiming comfort and reliability beyond netted styles. The basement features light weight luggage types including matting suitcases and various trunks, with leather and animal hide options, on the fourth floor.
Vintage and Floral Glassware Set with Prices
Artistic Crystal and Etched Glass includes seven pieces a large jug and six drinking glasses suitable for lemonade claret cup or tea punch. A Vintage Set in grape patterns features wandering vine and drooping fruit plus poppy wild rose cosmos fleur de lys and pineapple motifs. Prices range from 1.60 to 11.00.
The Sale of Royal Granite Ware Continues
A sale of economy for all housekeepers features kitchen and laundry items in the collection. Included are dishpans saucepans and a range from large preserve kettles to small cups dippers strainers and basins. In the Basement.
Baroness of Howen Takes Her Life in Paris Quietly
Paris April 3 The Baroness de Howen bereft of family and friends spent her last savings for bread and then died by her own hand leaving a note that one has a right to die at eighty when no kin or friends remain. Neighbors saw her in a small ground floor room in Etoile with a wreath of artificial flowers on a chair beside the window. She had been a notable figure in life though her title puzzled passersby and her fortune had vanished through economy after family ruin. Probate courts admit Celia T Hamill estate to probate and John P Thorndike estate to probate with respective administrators.
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Paris
de Howen
Avenue Wasram
Etoile
Marriage Licenses Issued In Cape Cod And Providence
Marriage licenses granted include Horace B Haas of Cape Cod and Mary Lewis of Providence RI. Reuben M Rowley a mill city motorman wed Elizabeth Milsir, Steven Wargo with Mary Jop, and Steven Nick with Mary Tobbar. Thieves enter Harry Page home on Biath Street in East End, ransacking interiors and stealing about 150 dollars. no clues for police.
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Marrisgse Ucenses
Horace B. Haas
Mary Lewis
Providanes
Reuben M. Rowley
Tn Mill City
Elizabeth Milsir
Steven Wargo
Mary Jop
Steven Nick
Mary Tobbar
East End
Harry Page
Biath Street
Garden Hose Bargain List From Local Hardware Source
A garbled ad offers garden hose items including three quarter inch hoses priced at ten cents, half inch hoses at up to twelve cents, brass hose nozzles, hose menders sold in pairs, hose washers, and hose wires. The fragmentary text suggests a sale bulletin from a hardware store with miscellaneous hose accessories.
Baseball Goods Prices and Stock Notes
A compact listing of baseball goods including bases gloves and shoes with prices ranging from five to about eighty-four in regional units. The advertisement highlights sales on fielding gloves and baseball shoes along with miscellaneous items and price points.
BICYCLES IN SIZES IN STOCK AT ROCK HOLLOW PRICES
Bicycle shop advertises bicycles in stock at Rock Hollow. Prices are highlighted to attract customers to come in and view the selection.
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Rock Hollow
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Patrick Hamill
John P. Thorndike
Maud A. Thorndike
Atlantic Pharmacy
Main Streer
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Alling Rubber Co
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