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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1920

Page

20

Ferdinand of Bulgaria Enjoys Wealth by Spending It

Former King Ferdinand, in exile under the name Count von Murray, is living lavishly at Mergentheim by the magnesia springs. He travels in an automobile with a large suite while villagers cheer him as a symbol of bygone times, despite British sequestration of his property.

Berlin Ferdinand Bulgaria Mergentheim Amerongen Count von Murray Zweelf- Umblatt Kurhaus

Hoax Victim Seeks Audience. Ferdinand Sends Consolation Notes

An obsessed claimant pursues a royal audience in 1920. After a costly hoax, four 50-mark notes arrive as consolation money from Ferdinand. A secretary explains the master has retired from business while other suitors press for munificence and royal access.

Ferdinand the Times Treanor

Daily mysterious rain in Dublin Georgia

A strange daily rain shower visible on Columbia Street near a tree headlines neighborhood curiosity. From about 11 a.m. to midafternoon residents report water falling in a light shower for two years or more with no explanation found. Nearby Haverhill reports counterfeit ten cent pieces in circulation stamped from a brass plate and lacking milled edges dated 1907.

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