Prince Paleologue Seeks Work in New York Ads
Prince Constantine Paleologue of Greece, related to many European royal families, seeks employment in New York. Through his agent Peter Geancas, he offers services as a secretary or tutor or any position that provides an honest living, noting pride prevents accepting aid from countrymen.
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New York
Constantine Paleologue
Greece
Prince Paleologue
Peter Geancas
Mr. Geancas
Prince in New York Seeks Legitimate Work and Fame
An unnamed imperial prince, presenting as Charles DeKnox, seeks American friends and independent income. He claims Greek nobles aid but rejects loans, saying he aims to build a fortune and reputation in the United States. He says Greece rejects imperial princes and claims a noble Venetian reception under titles Velus and Vorondeus.
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Ter
Charles “DeKnox
Fast
Fourteenth Street
Charles DeKnox
Geancas
Prince Paleologue
United States
Athens
New York
Greece
Venice
Velus
Vorondeus
Bishop Potter Too Ill To Preach Easter Service
The Diocese reports Bishop Henry C. Potter ill and unable to preach at the Easter service in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church as Rev. Dr. George Alexander Strong leads. Potter’s condition described as indiction illness, not serious, with some services missed at Christchurch Downcast. A young woman at Coney Island, Wilhelmina Gall, 20, survived a jump from Surf Avenue claiming homelessness and rheumatic illness. Mrs. Frank Gould and her mother plan Atlantic City visit to reconcile with Frank Gould amid separation suit. Coney Island prepares for open season with new scenic railways and Bowery extension plans to improve amusements while excluding saloons.
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Potter
Henry C. Potter
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Broadway
Seventy-first Street
George Alexander Strong
Riverside Drive
Eighty-nonth Street
Christchurch
Coney Island
Wilhelmina Gall
Surf Avenue
Goulds
Frank Gould
Kelly
Atlantic City
Gould
Frank
Hot Springs
Coney
Bowery
Coney’s Bowery
Bromosquinine Ad Promises World of Relief in One Day
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine with the claim Look a E W Grove used the world to in One Day. The price shown is 85 cents. The line reads as a medicinal promotion from a bygone era.
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E.W. Grove
Paris
West
St. Paul
Kansas City
Walnut Street
Grand Avenue
Theaters This Week Show Big Talent At Multiple Venues
A week long bill at the Orpheum features a boy acrobat with Willie Pantzer & Co and Della Fox singing songs from Wang. Gilliss presents Bunco the English heiress in Arizona with Dick Gold and Lillian Mortimer in the cast. The Century hosts The Summer Time musical comedy with Joe Barton and a vaudeville lineup including George Davis and Shad Link wrestler.
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Willie Pantzer & Co
Orpheum
Deine
Della Fox
de Wolf Hopper
Wang
Bootblack
Nellie Fiorede
Miss Florede
Derin
Elldrood
Yonkers
Macart
Gillias
Bunce
Arizona
the Gilliss
Jim Blunt
Bunco
Dick Gold
Alice Heathercourt
Century
Tom Miner
Joe
Sam” Barton
George T. Davis
Marie Revere
Bessie York
Gertie Hays
Mabel Carew
Charles H. Makee
Theater Openings Tonight At Willis Wood Grand Majestic
The Witching Hour opens at Willis Wood. Buster Brown debuts at the Grand. The Trans Atlantic Burlesquers perform at the Majestic in tonight’s theater lineup.
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Willis Wood
the Grand
State Police Poisoning Tied to Chester Strike
About forty members of the Pennsylvania state police stationed in Chester report illness diagnosed as ptomaine poisoning. Troops A C and D are affected but none seriously. Canned food blamed. Strike conditions ease as company takes control, trains run with police protection, and ten workers rehired. Saloons reopen after mayoral order.
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Chester
Chester Traction Company
Wilmington
Del
State Line
Claymont
Johnson
Not Ashamed of Housework Ad Vice for Husbands
A dated plea urging husbands to help with house chores and dismiss social scorn. It argues men should share tasks, noting personal examples and stressing that aiding wives is not a weakness. The piece cites the New York Sun and includes a brief exchange about gossip.
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Wuo
Parlor Exchange Over Ice Cream Riffed With Customer
A brief scene shows a bemused parlor worker reply Shine to a polite customer asking for a bowl of ice cream. The exchange displays dry humor as the customer delivers a line with sarcasm while the worker remains unflustered.
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Beotblack
Son Demia
Harvard Student Charged After Fatal Car Crash
Frederick Oliver Thompson, a first year Harvard law student from Des Moines, was arrested on manslaughter charges after a car struck an unidentified woman in Cambridge, who died at a hospital. Thompson posted $5,000 bond.
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Watertown
Mass
Frederick Oliver Thompson
Des Moines
Harvard University
Thompson
Harvard
Cambridge Hospital
Boston
William Gallagher
Malden
Joseph Shine
William Flynn
Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton
Gallagher
Corwin Nichols
Wilmington
Princeton
Nichols
Voyage of Maeldune thrills Chicago audience at Orchestra Hall
An audience of 2 500 Irish music lovers witnessed the initial U S. presentation of The Voyage of Maeldune a dramatic cantata by the Irish Choral Society. A sixty voice chorus and forty Chicago Orchestra players performed under conductor Thomas Taylor Drill with soloists Mme Guthrie Moyer Maud Earl Burdette Holmes Cowper and Gustaf Holmquist. Alfred Tennyson translated the legend nickel.
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Cnicaco
Orchestra Hall
United States
Irish Choral Society
Emerald Isle
Chicago
Alfred Tennyson
Sir Charles Illiers Stanford
Mme. Guthrie Moyer
Maud Earl Burdette
Holmes Cowper
Gustaf Holmquist
Thomas Taylor Drill
Troops Disarm Moros on Basilan and Mindanao Islands
Detachments of the Twenty third and Twenty fifth Infantry with the constabulary and armed launches under Major Finley are disarming Moros on Basilan island. Troops survey coastlines in closing movements and seize arms amid unrest including a feared armed band of eighty. A parallel drive runs at Lake Lanao Mindanao and telegraph service is interrupted.
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Mana
Finley
Basilan Island
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Daughters Meet in Capital for DAR Session
The seventeenth continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution opens in Memorial Continental Hall Washington with six days of sessions. Key business includes selecting ten vice presidents general and debating constitutional amendments.
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Washington
Seventeenth Continental Congress
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Continental Hall
Congress
Drayton W. Bushnell
Ira H. Evans
Texas
Roosevelt
White House
Donald McLean
Charles G. Terry
New York
Henry S. Bowron
District of Columbia
Church Gift Boosts Evangelical Lutheran Frontier Fund
Mrs. Anna E Prentice of Brooklyn gave $17 000 to the General Synod board of church extension as an Easter offering. The board seeks 100 000 for building new churches in western towns and suburbs, aided by 20 000 in promises from eighty donors and schools. More than 1 100 Sunday schools used the Easter service, raising about 25 000.
War on Big Hats Hits Burlington Churches
Burlington New Jersey April 20 local churches plan a ban on Merry Widow hats in services. Pastors say large hats reduce male attendance and risk backsliding. Ushers struggle to seat Easter crowds as hats crowd pews. Women may be asked to wear big hats outside or check them at the cloak room.
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Burlington
N. J
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Madras
Mlade
Alaska
By Rex Beach
Harper & Brothers
Grauny
Soin
Canny & Olmster Jewelry Company
Walnut St
K. C. Mo
Ieee
Eee
Lesa
New York Dental Co
N. B. Corner
Main End
East 11Th
Devlin & Ellwood Neliie Florede Beraler
Stella Willie Pantser & Co
Boothinck Quartet
Macert's Monkeys
Kinochrome
R. F. Owtoauli
Buster Brown
Buster
Cherry Blossoms
Will Wood
MR. Mantell
Mats Sun
Tues
Thurs
Woodward Stock Company
Gilliss
Matness San
Mon
Lillian Pu Orider
Great Castattle Beene
Majestic
Miller Bros
Ranch
15Th
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Grounds
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Main St
Convention Hall
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