Romance of a Duke and the Danube Castle Plot
The article recounts the tragic romance of Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt, and the danseuse Fanny Essler, detailing how a plan to win his affection with a staged ballet led to his downfall and death in Schonbrunn. It notes Essler’s fortune after leaving the stage and mentions other unrelated items on the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beldom
Napoleon 1
L'Aiglon
Rome
Reichstadt
Napoleon II
France
Napoleon I
Waterloo
Marie Louise
Duchy of
Parma
Italy
Napoleon
Francis
Atatrid
Rotchstadt
Bohemian
Prince Fale
Schonbrunn
Francia
Ier
Fanny Rissler
Europe
Fanny Wiksler
Imperial Household
Ranyay
Fanny
Baron von Blumenstock
Danube
Fangy
Thim
Lattar
Jefhia Beaks
Tie
Finny
Faevat
Ion
Daneuse
Fanny Blaaler
Schonbrunn Castle
Fanny Eissler
Hamburg
Morality in Manila Compared Favorably With Other Cities
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Manila’s relative civility and moral progress amid American rule. It cites native control of minor offices, native judges, and improving governance as signs of Self-determination, while contrasting Manila with Havana and New York in appearance, morality, and social evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Asia
Manila
Americas
Cuba
Havana
Reservation open to settlement sparks military move
Secretary Root plans sending cavalry from Fort Sill into the Kiowa Comanche and Apache territories in Indian Territory to clear lawless entrants as the lands near opening for homesteads. More than 1000 soonds have already staked 160 acre claims and protests arise from Duncan Oklahoma and Texas over grazing lands and boundary access. Kiowa representatives urge delaying opening until treaty review in Congress.
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Hitchcork
Oklahoma
Southwest
Duncan
Okla
Military Forest Reserve
Pew
Texas
Root
Fort Sill
Washington
Congress
Carnegie's Castle Curse and Carnegie Gifts to Education
A skeptical note on Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy in education and a staple of folklore about Skibo Castle. The piece recalls his $100,000 Glasgow library plan and large $10,000,000 endowment for Scottish universities, while recounting legends that the castle’s curse might lift, linking historic tales to modern American generosity. It also mentions arbitration for China and the potential use of The Hague tribunal for indemnity disputes.
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Andrew Carnegis
United States
Branch Nbreries
Glasgow
New York
Atelantic
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Highlands
Tweed
Lord Byron
Newstead Abbey
Colonel Webb
London
Rayting
Skibo
China
the Hague
Pekin
The Telegrap hone Concept by Poulaen of Denmark
Describes the telegraphone invention by Mr. Poulaen of Denmark as a combined telephone and phonograph. Explains how magnetic variations reproduce sounds via a rotating wire, magnet coils, and a movable carrier, transferring audio to distant receivers through a magnetic linkage and distributor system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Poulaen
Ponhageny
Denmark
Two Sides in Direct Senate Vote Debate
The piece notes two sides to the question of electing senators by direct popular vote, referencing a National Civic Federation referendum. It then shifts to several unrelated items including a New York woman suing for damages after an accident involving a skylight, asking $150,000, and mentions of various persons with scattered details about education and military service in a fragmented fashion.
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National Civic Federation
Mra
Havna Omeger
New York City
Ste
Making Iron Nails at Williamport Iron Works
A detailed tour of the Williamport Nail Works in Centre Pennsylvania on the South Side describes the production flow from pig iron to finished nails. The piece covers puddling furnaces, gas-fired heat, power generation from gas, ladling to molds, muck bars, rolling to plate, cutting, heating for ease of cutting, and final blueing in a rotating drain. It highlights worker endurance, strength, and the absence of eyesight damage amid intense labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Wohan Te Garde
Cae Wik Mamapart
Williameport Nail Works
German chemist Dr Ludwig Mond and wealth from cheap gas
The fragment notes Dr Ludwig Mond, credited with discovering a cheap gas that could revolutionize production. It mentions a Cassel native with lingering German accent who traveled to England forty years ago, and an array of inventions that made him wealthy enough to indulge in Italian art. It claims he maintains a Rome palace, a country home in England, and joins five London clubs.
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New Orleans
Rome
Phyaician
Uriah Heap
Ludwig Mond
Cassel
England
India
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Napoleon L
Jounal
Naval Observatory
Ington
Andypendulum
Rockies
Pines
Maine
Naval Obearvatorss
National
Pacific
Mexico
Canada
Fiesta
Ene
Carnegie’s Castle
Doul
Mackays
Gordons
Dempstera
Chirnaides
Minek
Chins
Aegean
Seilo Castle
Andrew Carnegies
Scottiss
Sens Telephonic Distributor
Prince Edward
Saxe-Weimar
George F. Jowett
Youngstown
Penra
Take Ag
Raven High School
Thas
Puddiers
Twek Moelle
Wellingkent
Winby Atolla
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