Prince Robert de Broglie and wife draw London vaudeville crowds
A French prince and American-born Princess Estelle Alexander de Broglie captivate London and New York audiences as they perform in vaudeville. Their romance spans a costly divorce, disinheritance, and a U S citizenship shift, with press sensationalism fueling public interest. Their backgrounds tie to historic French nobility and a famed Chateau de Chaumont estate. The couple faces skepticism over genuineness of titles, while the princess is celebrated for beauty and talent.
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Boston
London
United States
Vaudeville
Robert de Broglie
Duke of Broglie
France
Estelle Alexander
Sidney VY. Weit
Continent
Prince Robert de Broglie
de Broglie
Prince Victor de Broglie
the Marquis de Lafayette
Lyman Alexander
California
Veit
Paris
Amedeo de Broglie
Robert
Milan
Prince Robert
Louis XVI
Louis Philippe
Fieschi
Mme. de Stael
MacMahon
America
Chicago
Amedee
New York
Princess Jessemonde
Prince
Princess Robert de Broglie
Msm
Edward Clay
Senator Jones
Count Fleury
Baron Deslandes
St. Petersburg
Baroness Deslandes
Alexander
Republic of France
de Broglies
Chateau de Chaumont
Prince Amedee
Henry Say
Europe
Capoul
Paris Opera
Fugere
Opera Comique
Ancient Ruins of Arizona to be Uncovered by Fewkes
Archaeologist Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes leads excavations at the Casa Grande ruins in Pinal County Arizona. He aims to reveal a wider prehistoric city possibly linked to the Pueblo or its descendants the Pima. Recent digs uncover three wall clusters, a larger ground floor building with painted walls, preserved floors, and new stone tools and burial remains aiding ethnology studies.
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Casa Grande
Pinal County
Arinoza
Jesse Walter Fewkes
Castaneda
Coronado
Arizona
Sorge
Kino
National Museum
Washington
Congress
Fewkes
Caca Grande
Yawning Practice Boosts Health in Austria
A Austrian physician Dr Naegli promotes systematic yawning as a health culture method. He prescribes six to eight yawns per session with deep breathing and swallowing to refresh lung air and strengthen respiratory organs. He claims improved voice quality and relief from throat catarrh and notes similar benefits for tonsils and speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Naegli
His Living Alarm Clock in Brooklyn Businessman Tale
A Brooklyn businessman praises his irregular schedule and a reliable postman system. He notes rising early, a piercing whistle from the mail carrier, and a doorbell ring. To ensure mail arrival, he mails himself a postcard the day before, guaranteeing delivery with whistle and bell.
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Sam
Brooklyn
N. Y. Sun
Endowment drive seeks $1 million for New York church federation
The New York City federation of churches and Christian organizations requests a $1,000,000 endowment to sustain all departments without ongoing solicitations. In 1906 officials visited 110,000 families, addressing religious affiliation gaps and churchless households. The plan allocates funds to fellowships, chief officers, and social uplift projects, with grants from the Grant family and other donors.
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Christian Organizations of
New York City
Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations
Greater
New York
Federation
Charles Stelzie
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Grant
Gen. Grant
Matthew Grant
America
City
Connecticut
Windsor
Helion light shines from Mt McKinley origin to Columbia
Prof Herschel C Parker and Walter G Clark claim to have devised the helion filament, produced on Mt McKinley, to outperform Edison and tungsten with less power. They describe silicon coated carbon filaments and obscure gas mixtures, praising inexhaustible silicon sources and a lab secrecy reminiscent of political plots.
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North American
Mt. McKinley
Herschel C. Parker
Walter G. Clark
Columbia University
Mr. Clark
Edison
Prof
Parker
Clark
Columbia
Prof. Parker
Why She Was Mad
Foreign relations, said Senator Cullom, are delicate things and must be handled delicately. He compared them to a newly married couple whose happiness faded after a morning breakfast scene. The wife, morose and snappish, refused to explain her conduct until she cried out she would not speak again if she dreamed John Smith had kissed another woman.
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Cullom
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
John Smith
Goodman Gourong Reflects on Free Lunch Hunger
A quoted line shows Goodman Gourong lamenting past abundance as he greedily consumes a free lunch. He remarks on times of affordable rye on ham, contrasting with present scarcity and appetite. The brief scene centers on a hungry response to a complimentary meal.
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Goodman Gourong
Woman a Good Walker at 66 Keeps Rural Post Duties
Mrs. Clark of Newnham near Baldock Hertfordshire, a 66 year old postmistress and postwoman, has walked about 260000 miles in 35 years of service. For 52 years in the post office, she handles 11 mile daily rounds with heavy bag and boots, often alone on country roads, shunning lanterns in darkness.
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Newnham
Baldock
Herts
Clark
London Tribune
Post Office
True Bore Lectures On Bores At San Francisco Dinner
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, UC president, spoke at a San Francisco dinner about bores. He warned that a true bore delays with long, historic dissertations before addressing the main topic. He recounted a banquet bore who began with a rambling preface on the history of eating.
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Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
San Francisco
Simple Pleasures of a Small Dinner Party Guide
A Chicago Daily item advises frugal hostessing with a six to eight guest dinner. It outlines a simple menu, hot soups, stylish yet economical courses, and careful plating. The piece stresses a pleasant table setting, minimal staff, and selective wine to maintain charm without excess.
How Parisiennes adorn with ostrich feathers
Ostrich feathers a yard long show Parisienne taste for plumage. Women wear two or three such plumes on hats. Feathers are the richest, with curls that straighten toward the tips when dried. Many are dyed, with color blending from stem to tip for striking contrasts.
White Cloth Dress with Directoire Flair
A charming white cloth costume features a heavy military braid and a fine silk trim. The outfit echoes Directoire styling with an unseen side fastening, creating an uncommon chic garment that demands skilled tailoring for best effect.
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Directoire
Box Plait Dress For A Small Girl From Woman's Home Companion
A dress design features a small girl’s box plaits from a pointed yoke to a belt, with a five gore skirt matching the waist, trimmed with big pearl buttons on the front plaits, cuffs, and girdle belt. Bishop sleeves end in strapped cuffs. Madras, gingham, zephyr, or pique recommended.
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Madras
Lace fashion rises with Valenciennes lace trims
Lace remains stylish with soft ties bows and jabots gaining popularity. A band of Valenciennes insertion with matching narrow edge forms a charming tie, finished by a wide lace ruffle. Valenciennes and fine laces lead this fashion as rare old pieces reappear.
Fashion Notes End of the Pompadour Style
The article notes the pompadour front is fading from fashion as hair trends move toward soft waves over the forehead. It observes the front and side locks still frame the face while the hard line loses appeal in favor of gentler, rounded styling.
Pretty French Blouses Fashion Color and Lace Details
A new lingerie confection outshines elaborate waists with a colored lawn over waist in pink or light blue. It features low cut arms and neck, fine front tucks, lacy embroidery along the shoulders, worn over an embroidered net waist with Valenciennes sleeves and a silk slip in the same shade. The trend shifts to color under lace waists, using silk and satin linings over light satins, with pink favored for a soft glow.
Masculine Taste for Distinctly Feminine Dress
Men favor sharp contrast to their practical attire and prefer feminine settings. They may accept tailored gowns and sensible hats, but value feminine beauty in picture hats, plumes, and delicately colored gowns. A white dress, even plain muslin, captivates the masculine eye.
Getting Rid of Wrinkles from an Old Skin Care Guide
A vintage instruction outlines nightly cleansing with warm water and soap and a complexion brush. It prescribes specific hand motions for crow's feet, forehead lines, and glabellar folds plus methods to reduce a double chin and finishing with cold salt water to prevent flabbiness.
Woman banker aged 105 leads record milestone in England
Deborah Powers, 105, senior partner at D Powers & Sons Bank, Lansingberg, England, is recognized as the world's oldest banker. The landmark age highlights a long career in a family merchant banking house.
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Deborah Powers
Bankef D. Powers & Sons
Lansingberg
England
Gottrichs Sunlit Sundial Scheme Revealed by Judge
A judge recalls Gottrich and a rew sundial installed in a sunken garden. He describes an electrician concealing an arch light in a balcony above the sundial to make it work at night and on cloudy days.
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