King George the Fifth Foretold in 1913 Astrology
Miss Evangeline Adams, a New York astrologer, foresees a troubled reign for King George Fifth with treachery and a rising republican movement. She predicts a royal scandal in 1913 that could shake the royal family and affect foreign governments, including the United States, and notes the queen’s influence and Cabinet tensions.
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Women in London Society Urge Cooperation and Education
Mrs. R Noyes Fairbanks opens the Society of American Women in London elev enth anniversary luncheon with three aims: friendship between English and American women, aid to poor American women and children, and Rhodes scholarships for Oxford. Duchess of Marlborough urges cooperation, supports wider education and suffrage, praising suffragettes while noting militant methods.
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Consuelo Vanderbilt
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Ajloat
Spain Mourns for Royal Infant Dead
Madrid May 23 Queen Victoria of Spain endured a tragic accouchment Saturday with the child born dead. The king rushes to Madrid from London in a special train. The queen wed Alfonso on May 31 1906 and had three children Crown Prince Alphonso Jaime and Princess Beatrice aged 3 2 and 1 years respectively.
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Béatricé
How a Woman Bank Rupts Her Husband by Extravagance
In a serialized chapter, a husband’s fixation on finance and a note for $30,000 push the couple toward ruin. Frances Ward visits her Aunt Gretchen Jansin at a shabby Lexington Avenue house, only to face harsh scrutiny and a tense scene about money, status, and family ties.
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Aunt Gretchen Wealth and Wary Love in New York
In a tense scene a hardhearted aunt, Gretchen Jans, refuses a thousand dollar loan to her guilted niece Frances, warning that Frances’ extravagance endangers a good man. Gretchen, a moneyed matriarch, scrutinizes security and coldly notes Frances’ ruinous influence on her husband.
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Wealth and Dreams Entangle in New York Society
Aunt Gretchen tries to guide her nieces Frances and Clarice toward happiness and thrift in early 20th century New York. Frances pursues lavish living and status, while Clarice seeks her sister's steadier path. Richard Warn, a handsome Wall Street broker from a noble Southern family, rises in the exchange as society eye him for marriage.
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Wives Bought for $28 After Nose Cutting tale
Dr Theodore L Pennell recalls frontier customs where jealous husbands mutilate wives to guard honor. A Bannu case led to an artificial nose costing $10. the cobra of price was a new wife for about £28. An African chief beheaded a wife for speaking to another man, then threw her head to the confidant. A patient wounded by his uncle survived after lung injury, boasting he would settle the score with more shots.
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Murillo Picture Worth Fifty Thousand Told By Swiss Expert
In Geneva on May 23 Professor Gustave Klitacher, a renowned Swiss art expert, states the Madonna painting in the Alpine Aoletta church at 4236 feet elevation in Grisons is a genuine Murillo. The well preserved work has attracted tourists and experts, with a foreign museum offering six thousand francs prompting authorities to seek top advice. Estimated value ranges between forty and fifty thousand francs.
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