Remembering Maximilian Era Through Senora Degollado’s Tales
Senora Marie Jordan de Degollado, a Virginia-born wife of Gen. Mariana Degollado, recalls Maximilian’s court days in Mexico City during 1864 to 1867. She describes Empress Charlotte as ambitious yet unbalanced and Maximilian as compassionate but overly amiable, notes her escape to Guatemala after the emperor’s execution, and recalls life after the collapse of the empire.
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Mexico City
Archduke Maximilan
Senora Marie Othelia Jordan de Degollado
Mariana Degollado
Maximilian
Epress Charlotte
Europe
Mexican Empire
Maximillian
Empire
Napoleon II
Juarez
Senora Degollado
Charlotte
Leopolde
Brussels
Rome
Mexico
Charlotten
Emperor
Guatemala
Maxims Man
Queretaro
Vienna
Porfirio Diaz
Norfolk
Misa Marie Jordan
Washington
Race on Island Fast Dying
Honolulu reports drastic Marquesas population decline due to disease and new customs. Dr. G B Handy of Bishop Museum spent nine months studying Polynesian origins and native culture. Fifty years ago Marquesas natives numbered 60,000 to 100,000. now about 2,800 remain amid outbreaks of smallpox and pokoko tuberculosis.
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Honolulu
T. H
Marquesan Islands
Hawaiian Archipelago
G. 8. Handy
Bishop Museum
Marquesas
Wrong Man in Prigga Nashville Inmate Cleared After 8 Years
After eight years in prison for the murder of George Wehman a recluse of Yolon City Frank Dietzel is paroled. Governa Taylor said he had received sarin exidepeasant Diet not guilty.
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Prigga
Nashville
Tenn
George Wehman
Yolon City
Frank Dietzel van Par
Governa
Taylor
Jaffa Harbor Plan Aims to Modernize Old City Trade
Jaffa Palestine plans a modern harbor near the old city, backed by an Italian banking syndicate. The project envisions a $7 million investment, a three-section port for freight, ships, shipbuilding, and fishing, with the aim to boost commerce and lower living costs. Independent plans to develop four miles of waterfront for stores, hotels, and tourism accompany the harbor scheme.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Joush
Joppa
Jonah
Old City
Bible Times
Pregent Custom House
Evea
Sarnd
Wild Ducks Block Steamers at Port Deposit Flats
Reports from the Susquehanna mouth speak of abundant waterfowl with fowl for every blade of grass on the flats. Steamers note disputes over channel rights with cannyas backs. A Northbound flock includes a 26 pound pair of wild geese. Swans, protected by law until 1922, dig up wild celery as white beauties blanket the flats for miles.
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Port Deposit
Susquehanna
Cannyas
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Old Witness Fee Found in Nebraska Trial
John Sawyer returned to Pawnee City after a trip to Kansas and was notified by the district court clerk of due witness fees from a trial twenty years past. He collected four dollars and twenty cents, astonished by the long-delayed payment.
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Smith Centre
Kan
John Sawyer
Pawnee City
Neb
Sawyer
Prehistoric Mastodon Rib Unearthed in Sioux Falls
In West Sioux Falls, Philip M. Hull unearthed what is thought to be a mastodon rib. The fragment is believed to have been buried for between 20,000 and 80,000 years, according to local reports.
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Sioux Falls
Philip M. Hull
Bad Luck Comes From Horseshoes
Mrs. Cecelia Bernal renowned horsewoman files a divorce against Elmer Bernal at their Livermoyg ranch. She says while shoeing a horse she was summoned away and later Elmer scolded her for neglecting the animal.
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San Francisco
Cecelia Bernal
Elmer Bernal
Gige
Bernalavers
Detroit Windsor bridge to have world’s longest span
Plans reveal an international suspension bridge between Detroit and Windsor with an 1802 foot single span, taller towers, and double deck design for streetcar, auto, pedestrian use on top and rail traffic below. Construction to begin next spring, upper deck due in four years, lower in two more. total cost around 45 million with bonds of 30 million.
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Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Quebec
Canada
United States
Detroit River
Michigan Central Tunnel
American Transit Company
Charles #. Fowler
New York
George TL. Pegram
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
William H. Burr
Col. OG
M. Mongerrat
Montreal
O. R. Young
University of Toronto
H. H. Riggs
University of Michigan
Controversy Over Common Towels In Harrisburg Inn
A hotel proprietor in a small town disputes a state law banning the use of a common towel in public places. He claims his wife will buy linen towels in Philadelphia. State health officials disagree with his interpretation and demand discontinuation of the common towel even if linen.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Iinen
Rockefeller Jr Borrows Coat For Tokyo Garden Party
John D. Rockefeller Jr. recounted borrowing a frock coat from the American ambassador to attend an imperial garden party in Tokyo. He noted that royalty wore European dress while citizens wore native attire, and foreigners in frock coats.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tokio
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Record deer stalking season ends in Scotland with 6000 stags
One of Scotland’s best deer stalking seasons ends with an estimated 6000 stags shot north of the Grampians in the last two months. Among the monarchs of the glen were 18 stags weighing over 230 rounds each.
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Scotchmen Bay
London
Scotland
Grampians
the Glen
Model Homes for U and Men in Coblenz Officers and Families
Coblenz opens 82 two room apartments built by the city with German support to house American officer families and their children. The new dwellings aim to ease severe crowding under Allied requisition and will add quarters for noncommissioned officers.
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United States Army
Coblenz
Austrican Forces
Germany
Rhine
Waa
Forged Stamp Ring Found in Argentina Post Office
In Buenos Aires the Argentine post office uncovered a large fake stamp scam. The counterfeit stamps closely resembled authentic issues and circulated for years before withdrawal was ordered. Officials could not trace the source of the questionable supply.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine Post Office Department
Post Office Department
Mother Saves Soh Eye From Snowstorm Rescue
Mrs. W. Fisk drove all night from Elkton to Cripple Creek district to reach eight year old Leo Visk after an eye injury. She stayed at the wheel for 12 hours through a blizzard to ensure hospital arrival and preserve his sight.
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Soh
Canon City
Leo Visk
W. 4. Fisk
Elkton
Cripple Cragk
Working Hours Of Women Vary Across States
A National Industrial Conference Board report notes wide variation in women's legal working hours. Daily limits range from eight to twelve hours across states, with several states imposing no daily limit. Weekly limits also differ, from 48 to 66 hours, or more, depending on state law. Night work restrictions apply in several states, with varying occupations and hours. Mandatory minimum wages exist in a subset of states, while others lack such mandates.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
District of Columbia
Colorado
California
Washington
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
North Dakota
Maassachusetts
Maine
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texos
Idaho
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Wyoming
Tennessee
Vermont
North Carolina
South Carolina
Iowa
Indiana
West Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Massachusetts
Inds
Delaware
New Hampshire
Texas
Monument to U S War Dogs At Hartsdale Cemetery
A monument to memorialize messenger dogs that served in France and Belgium will be erected in the Hartsdale dog cemetery near White Plains New York. The $2500 memorial designed by a known sculptor features a bronze war dog in heroic size with helmet and canteen, overlooking a highway.
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New York
France
Belgium
Hartsdale
White Plains
N. C
United States
Paris
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