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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1925

Page

12

Serbian King's Rover Son Dead Amid Court Scandal

Sofia October 1 Milan Christitch ex Pullman car conductor and oneral profligate, an illegitimate son of King Milan of Serbia, dies recently near Budapest. His life amid royal intrigue, love scandals, and cafe fortune seeking reflects the lost Obrenovitch era. Also Spokane reports a new memorial doe cemetery near the city, the second in the United States, with pets buried in fenced plots and markers.

Milan Christitch Pullman Buda Pesth Constantine Stephanove Sofia Milan Christitch Serbia Obrenoviteha Obrenevitch Césare Borgia China Stitch Mia Oelf Steten Zhart Buda Peath Hia DGG Spokane Wash Hady Nook United States

Dorothy Dix on Grandmothers War With Modern Wives

Dorothy Dix contrasts old fashioned ease with modern wives who chase perpetual youth and social performance. She recalls grandmothers who accepted aging, weight gain, and leisure, contrasting it with today’s emphasis on staying thin, stylish, and constantly entertaining.

Envoy to Japan Considered for Ambassadorship

Joseph Clark Grew of Moorgachu welts under secretary of state is being strongly considered for the vacant post of ambassador to Japan. He formerly was minister to Denmark and Sweden.

Joseph Clark Grew Moorgachuwelts Atute Japan Denmark Sweden

Grandmothers Rules On Marriage In Old Times

Dorothy Dix reflects on changing marriages and divorce by recalling grandparents era when wives kept homes and husbands were tied to devotion, contrasting with modern separations and younger partners. The piece also notes geological predictions by Sir Ernest Notze and a World War I era prison return in Berlin.

Buchanan Cabin to Be Restored in Chambersburg

The weathered log captain James Burhan, a local leader, announces plans to move and restore the Buchanan cabin. Once near Mercersburg for nearly a century, it will be rebuilt now in Chambersburg near the town center. The elder Wachatan, an Irish immigrant post Revolution, built two cabins and traded with frontier men.

Jamie

Local figure Buchanan’s rise in Mercersburg era and burial

The text traces Buchanan moving to Mercersburg to educate his son then to wellsge, with the younger man becoming leader locally and serving in state and federal positions. He was elected president in 18, died in 1886 in Lancaster where he was buried. His sisters later placed a stone pyramid at his birthplace, now hidden in a pine grove while the old cabin’s oak logs remain preserved.

Buchanan Mercersburg Wellsge Congress Lancaster

Unearthly Flatiron House By A B Wark Contractor

A narrow wedge shaped dwelling built this summer by contractor A B Wark measures about 40 by 130 by 11 feet and faces two streets. An ordinance to align the house with neighboring structures created its flatiron form. Inside are three curved rooms with a breakfast nook, a receding bed, and a vanishing ironing board. A basement houses laundry and a storage area.

A. B. Wark Wark

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