Imperial Crown Jewels Sale Shows Soviet Strategy
By John Dickinson an analysis of the Soviet plan to convert Russia’s crown jewels into cash for rebuilding industry. The 406 pieces include the Imperial Crown of Russia, the Alexandra coronet, the Orloff diamond, and other gems valued at hundreds of millions, with bids and sales reflecting geopolitics and foreign interest.
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John Dickinson
Sherman “Yfere
Isaiah
Mussia
Russia
Rubens
Rembrandt
van Dyke
Raphael
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
Kremlin
Moscow
Hermitage Gallery
Leningrad
Czechoslovakia
United States
Elizabeth
Catherine the Great
Paul
Alexander I
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Russias
Alexandra
Orloff
Cochin
China
Gregory Orloff
Paris
Gollars
Persia
Franklano
William Renwick
New York
Frankiano
Cosmic distances and royal finances in odd 19th century note
An extracted clipping blends astronomy and royal economics, noting that an American astronomer claimed an 11 900 year light travel distance, contrasting with the solar system's four hours twenty five minutes light travel, while reporting English royal revenues including Queen Alexandra and the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall. It also mentions South American tribes exposing wounds to light.
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England
Duchy of Lancaster
Alexandra
Prince of “Wales
Duchy of Cornwall
Crown Revenues and Civil Proportion of Income
Fragmentary note discusses royal revenues and civil income proportion. Key terms appear as revenue and payment concepts without complete details. No clear persons, places, or dates identified in the readable text.
U S Permits Sale Of 3 Per Ct Brew
Washington reports administration plans to curb prohibition violations with harsher fines jail terms and broader search powers. General Andrews rejects legality of 3 75 per cent malt extract as beer while allowing two breweries to produce a malt liquor with 3.75 per cent alcohol for medical and institutional use on a six month trial, pending regulation and oversight.
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Washington
Senate
Gor
West Virginia
Capitol
Andrews
Congress
Lincoln C. Andrews
James J. Jones
Prohibition Division
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Prohibition
James WF. Jones
Prohibition Department
Aged Couple Wed in Air Over Albany Georgia
An eighty one year old groom J R McCord and his seventy one year old bride Mia Kate Arrington married aboard a plane near Albany Georgia. The ceremony was performed by the groom’s son Reverend W W McCord.
King of Deauville Dies at 58 in Paris
Paris telegram reports Eugene Cornache, proprietor of Deauville and Cannes resorts known as the king of Deauville, died at age fifty eight. He built a famed resort empire and was a prominent figure in French hospitality.
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Deauville
Paris
Eugene Cornache
Cannes
King of
Killing Americana Washington Arrests in Mazatlan Slayings
Four Mexicans suspected of killing Rex McTihone and wounding two Americans near Mazatlan, Mexico, were reported to the State Department by Ambassador Sheffield in Mexico City.
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Americana
Washington
Rex McTihone
Mazatlan
Mex
State Department
Sheffield
Mexico City
Last Survivor of Andersonville Escape Dies in Berkeley
George W. Rumble, eighty one, of Berkeley California, claimed to be the last survivor among the seventeen men who escaped from the Andersonville prison during the Civil War, died here.
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Berkeley
Cal
George W. Rumble
Andersonville
Cuticura Ad Claims Soothing for Baby Skin
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for irritated baby skin. It promotes Cuticura Soap for baths, Cuticura Ointment for rough itchy areas, and Cuticura Talcum powder for fragrance, urging readers to slow down to enjoy life rather than hurry.
Ducks follow defined air lanes during seasonal travel
Wild ducks do not wander randomly with seasons. A Bavlthnore Suan notes about 9000 of 10000 Minnesota tikes never see a wild duck, as ducks travel by distinct air lanes called tuck posses. New flocks repeatedly follow the same routes year after year.
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Minnesota
Man and Woman Interactions Challenging Traditional Roles
Fragmentary report notes tensions between gender expectations as a man acts in a role atypical for his sex while a woman resists traditional duties. Readers see societal debate reflected in local discourse and personal conduct.
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General Motors Car
Oldsmobile
Oakland
Cadillac
General Motors
Chevrolet
Fisher Bodies
Delco and Remy
Harrison
Pontiac
Delco-Light Electric Plante
Frigidaire Electric
General Motoresteclf
Usauce
Man
OM Winute
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