Royal Marriage Gossip Amid War Era Hopes and Hurdles
Gossip columns discuss potential matches for the Prince of Wales and other royals as World War I reshapes marriage plans. It weighs Russian daughters and Danish, Romanian, and Italian princesses, noting religious issues, fortunes, and past betrothal rumors amid diplomatic pressures and dowager influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Mary
Yolanda
Italy
Ondon
George
Edward Albert
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Marguerite
Waldemar
Denmark
Elizabeth
Marie
Charles
Sweden
Vicctoria
Helen of
Teck
Czar
Olzs
Czarevitch
Holy Russia
Petrograd
Olga
Tatiana
Russi
Russia
England
Laory
Europe
Roumania
Sweethears
Grand
Adolph of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adolf
Mecklenburg-Strélitz
Sultor
Prince Max
Why Sheep Have Wool
A compact historic note argues that domestic sheep earned their wool for protection in high mountain cold. It claims ancestral wild sheep lived in harsh, elevated regions where wool evolved as a defensive adaptation against fierce winds and cold.
Wartime Sights From Meuden In Wartime Station
An illustrated wartime scene shows a crowded station platoon of soldiers in faded blue suits with torn pockets and convalescents in red trousers. Zouaves in worn coats, Belgians, and British troops mingle while women pass by with war crosses and smiles as Bernardinis Sjoestedt appears in Cartoons Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernardinis Sjoestedt
Cartoons Magazine
Tender Skin Babies and Domestic Wash Utilities
Tender skinned babies need mild soothing items like Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad touts Cuticura as pure cleansing and soothing for irritated skin with free samples by mail. Also notes jokes and classifieds about Red Cross Ball Blue laundry use and a humorous cartoon caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mali
Bool
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Chauffeur to Joffre in a French trenches tale
The Potlu prints a joke about Joffre’s silence in the trenches. A chauffeur recalls small exchanges with soldiers and a rare war remark. He recalls the general asking about the war’s end and comments on his appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joffre
Potlu
Ivery
Generaliissino
Women Share Miraculous Results From Vegetable Compound
Three women from Harrisburg Penn to Pittsburgh Penn describe improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. One woman claims relief from female weakness and a doctor’s growth removal, another reports back pain relief and regained strength with care for a young child, and a third in Pittsburgh says the medicine helped a lifelong sickness and delicate health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harrisburg
Penn
Lydia E
Frank Exom
Ulton
Harrisburg, Penn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prince Henry
Prussia
Rigismund
Boris
Empire
London
Tate
Prince George
Greece
Constantine
Princess Mary of
Grand Druchess Olga
Onizzoe
Wales
Adv
Manchester
Eerie & New
Delight
Libby, McNeill
Libby
Chicago
KODAK
M.l.jones
Fort Wayne, Incl
Peru
Jnvalids
Izzy
Water St
Albert Tea
Minn
Pittsburg
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