Phantom Crown of Maximilian and Carlota
A retrospective on Maximilian and Carlota of Mexico from the Harding book Phantom Crown. The piece traces Maximilian the dreamer and Carlota the driving force from their Austrian origins to the Mexican empire, its collapse, and their divergent fates. It notes Napoleon III's meddling, Juarez’s resistance, the French withdrawal, and Carlota's decline, ending with her death and legacy as the ill-fated empress remembered in Mexico and Belgium.
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Johann Strauss
Vienna
Maximilian
Carlota
Mexico
Bertia Harding
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Danube
United States
Cariots
Queretaro
Maximilien
Darewelll
Charlotte Marie Amelie Augustine Victoire
Clementine Leopoldine
Leopold I
Belgium
Frantz Joseph
Venice
Lombardy
Italy
Carlotta
Charlotte
Ife
Chateau Miramar
Trieste
Atlantic
Spain
Condi i
France
England
Spsin
Napoleon II
Napoleon the Little
America
New World
Napoleon
Vera Cruz
Golliers
Great Britain
Puebla
Archduke Maximilian
Austria
Miramar
Brazil
Bismarck
House of Hapsbourg
Franz Joseph
Benito Juarez
Banm Anna
Santa Anna
Jean Alvarez
Juarez
Church
Marshal Bazaine
Blinder
Europe
Rome
Vatican
Paris
Mexico City
Lopez
Kapuzinergraft
Hapsburg
Hohenzollern
Wasters Newspaper
Talon
World Oil Line Links Mosul Field to Mediterranean
A massive Iraq to Syria to Palestine oil pipeline system links the Mosul field to Haifa and Tripoli ports. Engineers from the United States, Britain, France and the Netherlands built a double line routing via Haditha with northern and southern branches. The project faces arid deserts, tribal hostilities, and extreme elevations but promises annual throughput around 4 million tons and reduces reliance on ships around the Suez.
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Washington
Mosul
Iraq
Near East
National Geographic Society
Kirkuk
Haditha
Tripoli
Syria
Haifa
Palestine
United States
France
Netherlands
Great Britain
Ticris
Euphrates
Cenobia
Palmyra
Orontes
Home
Mediterranean
Chateau Raymond
Creater Fame
Ruthah Wells
Damascus
Mecca
Valley of the Jordan
Esdradon
Bay of
Acre
Apot
Infant Swallows Strychnine Survives After Poisoning
The eighteen month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Ross in Sidney N and W swallowed 32 tablets of strychnine found in a cabinet after they had been prescribed for a household member. A hospital admission and stomach pump followed. doctors initially feared death but she survived.
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Sidney
Mervyn Ross
Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean adopts diesel electric trains
The Paris L yons Mediterranean railway approves Diesel-electric units to replace steam on main lines. The 100 ton, 70 mph locomotive can run Paris to Marseilles in nine hours and aims for Paris to Nice in ten hours. Fuel tender and coaches included. Soon to be used on North Africa lines as water is scarce.
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Paris
Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean
France
Paris-Marseilles
Cote d'Azur
Nice
Paris-Merseilles
Paris-Nice
P. L. Mi Fa
North Africa
Stout Elected President of Society of Automotive Engineers
William Stout, renowned aeronautical engineer and expert in aerodynamics, was chosen as president of the Society of Automotive Engineers at the national session in Detroit.
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William Stout
The
Society of Automotive Engineers
Detroit
Cow in Well Stirs City as Police Plan Rescue
A cow fell headfirst into a deep well in Richmond causing hours of effort. Despite two hours of unsuccessful attempts and scarce water, the animal remained mostly upright at the bottom. Police arrived with block and tackle but faced difficulty freeing the animal.
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Richmond
Wrecked Car Hoists Animal From Water
A derelict wrecking car was found near the surface with a cramped and wet animal aboard. the creature was hoisted to the surface and kept safe, none the worse for its experience.
Unusual Mortgage for $1,000,000 in Jersey City
A $1,000,000 unusual mortgage is on file with Hudson county register. The Stanley Company, Inc. , owner of 12 New Jersey theaters and led by president Harry M. Warner, granted the loan to New York Trust Company. The terms require weekly payments through February to May, September, and October to December, with a $170,000 balance due January 3, 1906.
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Jersey City
Hudson County Register
New York Trust Company
Stanley Company, Inc
New Jersey
Harry M. Warner
Drunkenness Defined in Harwich Case Ends in Fine
In Harwich Massachusetts James Gomes argued drunkenness by saying he could still see. Judge Robert A. Welsh asked how police caught him. Gomes replied I did not see them. The court found him guilty and fined $15.
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Harwich
Mass
James Gomes
Gomes
Robert A. Welsh
Peanut production set record in 1034 with 1.065 billion pounds
The Norfolk Virginia report notes U S peanut output reached 1 065 035 000 pounds in 1934 the highest on record apart from 1931. Flourishing farms and the peanut industry indicators highlight continued demand and expansion across the sector led by major growing states.
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Norfolk
United States
Agate Beds Hit by High Tides at Newport
Recent high tides uncovered the best agate beds in years at Newport Oregon drawing collectors and beachgoers to the shores. The finds follow a season of scarce specimens and promise renewed interest in local geology and shorelines.
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Oregon
Newport
Canal to Gulf Planned for Brownsville Texas
A one hundred foot deep water canal will connect Brownsville with the Gulf of Mexico and is planned to be dug this winter, providing a direct link for ships to the port.
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Brownsville
Texas
Browneville
Gulf of Mexico
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