Mrs Pankhurst Returns to Lead Votes for Women Drive
London Feb 26 AP Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst militant suffragist returns to England after eight years abroad to join a campaign to extend voting rights to women to age 21 rather than 30. She plans Women’s Week in June with speeches and processions to promote industry peace housing and women’s interests.
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London
Kmmeline Pankhurst
England
Pankhurst
France
Bermuda
Canada
King George and Queen Mary Move to Sandringham Estate
King George and Queen Mary have moved into Sandringham House in Norfolk, part of the Windsor estate that, by Queen Alexandra's will, has become the sovereign's private property. Sandringham is now the sole property visited annually by their Majesties, owned by the King and not by the state.
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King George
Queen Mary
Sandringham House
Norfolk
Windsor
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Edwarda
Sandringham Home of Royal Family Highlighted in Report
The article discusses Sandringham as the favorite residence of King Edward and Queen Alexandra and later the present sovereigns. It notes Buckingham Palace Hollyrood Windsor and other castles as official homes and describes Sandringham as a country gentleman residence with simple living and state luxuries. It mentions York Cottage on the Sandringham estate being vacated and the house redecorated under Queen Mary with modern improvements, making the royal home envied by nearby wealthy residents.
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Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Edward
Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Hollyrood Palace
Halmoral
Windsor Castles
York Cottage
Duke
Duchess of York
Sandringham House
Queen Mary
Snack Luncheons At Athende num Club Spark Debate
The Athende num club, famed for meals and letters, approved a wireless set and introduces Snack luncheons. Some older members oppose both ideas but many already embrace the innovations. The Bishop of London praises the snack program as more popular than expected.
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Athendenum Club
London
Great Britain Leads World in Railway Safety Claims
The article notes that in recent decades Britain reports minimal rail fatalities with only one passenger death in several years and only a few deaths in select years. It cites 1.7 billion annual passenger journeys and argues the chance of death remains infinitesimal.
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Great Britain
Bath club hosts royal, American athletes in London scene
The Bath club in Piccadilly figures in Britain’s social and athletic circles. Sir Harold Boulton’s six year old son becomes the youngest member, learning swimming beside princes. Edward, Prince of Wales, is seen at the club’s pool and baths. Lord Desborough promotes Anglo-American sports and hosts visiting athletes at Oxford, Cambridge, the Henley regatta, and Wimbledon.
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United States
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Scotland
Plymouth
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New York
Chicago
Bath Club
Britain
Harold Boulton
Young Boulton
Piccadilly
Karla
Princes
Edward, Prince of Wales
West End
Dover Street
Lord Desborough
Oxford
Cambridge
Wimbledon
Construction Totals For North Carolina January 1926
Construction contracts in North Carolina for January 1926 reached 5 936 700 dollars according to F W Dodge corp. This marks a 27 percent drop from January 1925 but a 3 percent rise from December 1925. Public works and utilities led with 1 915 500 dollars, residential 1 467 200 dollars, commercial 1 249 100 dollars, and industrial 833 000 dollars.
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North Carolina
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Former Haitian Minister Arrested in Port-au-Prince
Le Temps editor Charles Moravia, a former Haitian minister in Washington, was arrested by President Borno for publishing an article opposing the president’s re election, according to a Port au Prince report relayed to the AP.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Associated Press Today
Charles Moravia
Washington
Borno
Kultur Express Experiment Runs From Marburg To Cassel
The German federal railways plan a test run of the Kultur Express from Marburg to Cassel tomorrow. Passengers will pay excursion rates to visit city sights and cultural facilities, with half-price admission for a Cassel State theater performance. If successful, Kultur Expresses may run Sundays to Berlin Cologne Dresden and Munich at intervals.
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Berlin
German Federal Railways
Cologne
Dresden
Munich
Smugglers Profit as German Tariff Blocks Goods
Smugglers facing risk yet profit from Germany’s high tariffs on cigars cigarettes wines and liquors. The 80 cent duty on 20 American cigarettes drives gifts back to auction stock where former smugglers buy cheap and sell on streets at 300 percent plus profits. Authorities note a paradox as tariffs boost foreign goods competition despite protection aims.
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Holland
Germany Divides on Rye Bread And Munich Hotel Loss
Germany shows four times as much wheat flour as rye in consumption and rye bread quality criticisms prompt a Reichstag bill to curb wheat imports. In Munich a municipal hotel stake led to a $350,000 mark loss. the city had bought 52 percent of the Munich Hotel Company and later sold at a loss after failed profits.
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Germany
Ministry of Agriculture
Reichestag
United States
Burgomeister Scharnagal
Munich
New York
Munich Hotel Company
Regensburg
German Theatre Drops Schiller Play Over Knickers Row
Dr Leopold Jessner head of Prussian state theatres in Berlin halted plans to stage Schiller’s The Robbers after producer Piscator demanded knickerbockers for Fritz Kertner who balked at the costume. Jessner, a modernist, conceded and the drama was dropped to avoid straining Piscator’s enterprise.
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Schiller
Leopold Jessner
Berlin
Dr. Piscator
Fritz Kertner
Frang von Mbor
Demand For Textiles Steady During Week
New York reports cotton goods demand steady for small lots and early delivery in gray goods. Light weight sheetings sell for converting into smocks with five year and 5.50% fabrics well sold for six weeks ahead. Print cloths are less active with slight concessions for late delivery. Printed goods move freely for dress use in rayon mixtures and fine count print cloths.
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New York
Gray Goods
Prices in primary markets for fabrics and prints
Prices current for silk and cottons show print cloths 28 inch 64x64 at 61-2 cents, 64x60 at 61-2, 32% inch 64x64 at 91-8, brown sheetings 13% to 14, denims 2.20 to 2.17, tickings 8 of 22, prints 9, staple gingham 9, dress ginghams 13% to
Craven Honored by Ottawa War Veterans
War veterans in Ottawa Ontario presented the Earl of Craven with the Gold Badge of the Great War Veterans association in formal ceremony. The Countess of Craven received roses as part of the honor. Both appeared relieved after the recent tensions in New York.
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Ottawa
New York
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