Baltimore Girl Dehed Royalty to Wed Prince
The 1936 feature recounts Betsy Patterson of Baltimore who wed Jerome Napoleon and sparked a royal romance. Betsy, the daughter of merchant William Patterson, left home for a marriage that ended in tragedy and then drew parallels to Mrs. Wallis Simpson’s story, highlighting social triumphs and risks of union with European royalty.
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Wallis Simpson
Marsland
Walted Press
Baltimore
Elizabeth Patterson
Wailis Simpson
Price
Betsy Patterson
Maryland
William Patterson
Seven Seas
Betsy
Jerome Napoleon
Corporal
Americas
John Carrol
Fasteeth Offered for All Day Comfort on Breakfast Plates
Uprooted ad promising Fasteeth prevents teeth from dropping or slipping with morning sprinkling on plates. Claims all day tooth hold, deodorizing effect, no humbling or pasty taste. Available from your druggist in three sizes.
How Long Can a Three Quarter Wife Hold Her Husband
An advertisement urges wives to work at marriage and avoid taking out frustrations on husbands. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for discomforts from functional disorders during the transition from girlhood to mature womanhood to middle age, encouraging readers to “smiling through.”
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkhan
Wally
Baldwin
Hyde Park
Jovery Wort
Polecal
Betsy Bonaparte and Jerome: a Maryland legend unfolds
A vivid Baltimore account traces Betsy Bonaparte, daughter of wealth, and Jerome Bonaparte through a volatile marriage. Jerome abandons Betsy to pursue power, becoming King of Westphalia while Betsy endures exile, modeling resilience and social leadership. She returns to Baltimore in 1834 with her son, never seeing her husband again, amassing wealth and influence until her death at 94.
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Heath
Jerome
Napoleon
New York
Betsy
Lisbon
Portugal
Betsy Jone
Paris
Amsterdam
Dover
Eng
Mrs. Simpson
Jerome Napoleon
Irnance
Pius VII
Maryland
Teantime
Napoleon Bonaparte
Madame Bonaparte
Conlinent
England
Duke of Wellington
Tallyrand
Baltimore
Flashes of Life and Odd City Rules
A collection of AP brief items from multiple cities reports quirky illegal acts and odd events. Highlights include illegal rabbit shooting from moving streetcars, selling snakes on city streets, testing turkey tenderness by poking it, and driving many livestock together. Other items recount a horse charging a car near Potosi, church merger funding in York, streamlined Chicago streetcar bath features, a man using railroad tracks as a shortcut causing train delays, and a corn husking record by Carl Carlson.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Dec
Mrs Simpson on the lips of Londoners amid crisis
In London crowds discuss King Edward and Mrs. Wallis Simpson as a constitutional crisis unfolds. Hyde Park speakers criticize the king while others urge sympathy for the crown. The public debates reflect a nation torn between romance and duty as Broadway opens Hamlet in dual Broadway productions.
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Neville Chamberlain
Downing
Stanley Baldwin
King Edward
Wallis Simpson
Chamberlain
Baldwin
London
Dev. T
United States
Erin Rel
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