Royal Marriage Gossip Amid War Time Spousal Plans
The war disrupts royal matchmaking as the Prince of Wales and Czars daughters face strategic, policy driven marriages. Olga of Russia emerges as a strong potential match for the heir while other princesses from Denmark Roumania Sweden and Italy are discussed amid wartime constraints and shifting religious politics. Perspectives from gossips note dowager worries and the impact of alliances on English Russian kinships.
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Prince of Wales
Mary
Yolanda
Italy
Ondon
George
Queen Mary
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bugarly
Marguerite
Waldemar
Denmark
Elizabeth
Marie
Prince Charles
Sweden
Victoria
Helen
Teck
Olga
Czarevitch
Rusala
Mika
Petrograd
Tatiana
Shay
Russia
England
Holy Russia
Europe
Roumania
Grand
Adolph of Mecklenburg
Prince Max
British Officers Pensioned in Literary Accord
A list of British civil pensioners includes William H. Mallock author of Is Life Worth Living and Lady Murray widow of Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford dictionary. Also named are Dr. Thomas Itons the tramp poet J Comynk Carr the dramatist and Amy Bullen widow of the Cruise of the Cachelot author. The Morning Oregonian notes eligibility hinges on eminence in literature despite charity.
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Wiliam H. Mallock
Lady Murray
Sir James Murray
Thomas Itons
J. Comynk Carr
Amy Bullen
Morning Oregonian
Chite to Send Commission to U S for Hydraulic Study
Chite will dispatch an official commission to the United States to conduct a thorough study of agricultural and industrial hydraulics, aiming to assess systems, improve efficiency, and share findings with government and industry.
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Chite
United States
Robber Robbed in Clothing Shop by Cashier Cohen
In a Chicago clothing house, cashier Cohen stops a young man posing as a buyer after noticing a missing $11 from the daybook. The robber fled with $11 while a $3 difference remains. The firm’s Morris Snower jokes about the incident. The would be thief claimed to be Lipp of Columbus, son of a general store owner.
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Chicago
Mr. Lipp
Columbus
Charles Cohen
Lipp
Etore
bill_o
Lipp, Jr
Cohen
Tower
Snower
His Badge Saves Policeman in Dallas Gun Incident
Dallas police officer Jared McConnico survived a morning shooting when his metal badge deflected a bullet aimed at him by roommate John J. Gleason, who mistook him for a burglar. McConnico was shot in the left lung but in stable condition at city hospital after the badge stopped the fatal hit.
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Dallas
Tex
Jared McConnico
John J. Gleason
McConnico
Gleason
Bethlehem lineman hurt by live wire and wife vanishes
Bethlehem Pennsylvania lineman David Hehney was shocked on a high pole when a live wire contact tore across his eye and blinded him. Strapped to the pole, he remained aloft until help arrived. Hours later he found his wife missing, suspected elopement with a young visitor to the Hehney home.
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Bethlehem
David Hehney
Iack
Fiehney
Ian
Hehney
Designing Great Field Howitzers for Our Army
Army ordnance experts pursue 16 inch caliber field howitzers with 12 to 16 mile range and a ton payload. Plans include coastal defense placements and a dedicated howitzer regiment for mobile warfare. The main challenge is distributing the enormous gun weight on roads amid heavy traffic and weak rails.
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Asitington
Army
Belgium
Aty Oalicials
Boston
New Yorks
Four Cleveland Girls Win Gallery Tickets at Congress
Four young women from Cleveland earned one gallery ticket each during a joint session of Congress with lawmakers in the Senate and House. In a restaurant scuffle a coffee soaked dress sparked a demand for favors from Theodore Tiller, who then arranged three gallery tickets. The incident ended with a cheeky remark about future free coffee and tickets whenever the president speaks.
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U'E
Cleveland
Congress
Senate
House
Rocky Mountains
House of Representatives
Theodore Tiller
National Press
Tiller
Gordon
Ohio
Capitol
Old Civil War Veteran Seeks Small Navy Berth
An elderly veteran named William Iny, who served as a river transporter during the Civil War and fought to survive on a modest pension, visited the Navy Department seeking civilian work. He could not meet Secretary Daniels, was told most civilian roles were civil service, and left disappointed but undeterred in his search for any small position.
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Potomac River
Washington
Navy Department
Naval
William Iny
Daniels
Department
Navy
Civil Service
United States Army and Navy Historical Association
Union
Capitol Worker Posed for Pediment Statues
OHN A MARTIN, electrician at the capitol, is identified as the model for the Ironworker figure in the pediment of the house wing. Sculptor Paul Bartlett and Capitol Superintendent Elliott Woods approved the pose, noting the Ironworker as key to the Peace protecting Genius statue and linking agriculture and iron industry to national prosperity.
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Ohn A. Martin
Capitol
House
Paul Bartlett
Elliott Woods
Martin
Miffott Woods
Tam
Bartlett
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