Orleans on Deck Royalists Plot in French Crisis
A European rumor mill portrays French royalists maneuvering amid a political crisis. The young Duke of Orleans is described as bold, restless, and financially backed to influence France, with alliances through Princess Helene and Bonaparte ties. A forthcoming marriage to the Dowager Duchess could stabilize affairs and revive Parisian splendor.
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France
Teel
Duke of
Orleane
Jie
Fife
Willem
Germany
Orleans Duke of Orleans Eyes French Throne in London
The banished Bourbons heir Louis Philippe Robert, Duke of Orleans, entertains plans to regain the French throne. He seeks royal backing from aristocrats and peasantry alike, with the Count of Paris's earlier democratic stance contrasted against the Orleans lineage. He lives in London now, surrounded by impecunious nobles and maintaining an aristocratic courtly show. The press notes repeated marriage rumors and a rumored betrothal to the widowed Duchess of Aosta amid royal tensions.
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Orleans
France
Lhe
French Senate
Trench Cabinet
Republic
Louis Phillipe Robert
Count
Fanger
Paris
Bourbois
Napoleon II
London
Uow
Mme. Melba
Ginger
Aosta
Duke
Pedicure fad spreads among fashionable women in town
A New York Press writer notes a rising trend of home pedicures among fashionable women with unhappy homes and no children. It claims New York women have beautiful feet with minimal care, citing court ladies of Dom Pedro who went barefoot at home. The piece suggests barefoot living cures ills of life.
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Lin Earl
New York
Dom Pedro
Chinese go bicylce rider in Richmond shocks locals
The Richmond Times describes Charlie Jung, a Chinese laundryman at 802 East Broad Street, who rides a bicycle, reads his Bible, attends services, speaks English well, and avoids hobos. His presence as an Americanized Chinese man drawing attention is noted as a curiosity.
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Richmond
Charlie Jung
East Broad Street
Broad Street
English Estimate of the Boer
A London Tit Bits anecdote recalls a British man owing a Boer £500. Paying £300, the Boer counted with a ready reckoner and found £200 short, then returned to explain. The Briton snatched the book and called it last year’s calculation, leaving the matter settled.
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Hugiishman
Nayig
Howe
London
Comet Talk: Lectures Spark Astronomical Fever in Manchester
Makes Good Housekeepers, Manchester, argues for women’s domestic training but a lecture series on cosmic threats from Perrine’s comet expands to a global science debate. Noted astronomers like S W Burnham and E E Barnard are highlighted amid theories of a vast, dustlike comet racing through space at colossal speeds, with experts refining ideas about its composition and impact.
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Manchester
England
Manaxera
Jenah
Professor Perrine
Lick University
Perrine
S. W. Burnham
Lick Observatory
E. E. Barnard
Jupiter
J. ©. Keeler
Coming Comet May Hit Earth On Saturday March 14
A 19th century report discusses a mysterious comet Perrine discovered by Jick Observatory. It weighs heavy fear of Earth impact and solar disruption, with observers debating likelihood and potential consequences.
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C. A.young
Princeton
Exposition idea debated by Washington board of trade
Washington board of trade discussed a proposed interstate and international exposition to mark the new century. The committee urged national government sponsorship, with permanent state exhibits in the capital and hopes that sister republics in the western hemisphere join. Critics warned of a $2,000,000 cost and limited state backing.
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Washington Board of Trade
Builders’ Exchange
Thirteenth Street
W. S. Knox
Washington
United States
B. H. Warner
Board of Trade
Lancaster
City Welfare Contentions Highlighted In Star Editorial
Washington Evening Star quotes a statement on the material welfare of the city as a central concern. The piece frames public improvements and fiscal prudence as essential to urban prosperity and residents’ well being.
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Washington Evening Star
Trollope’s prolific career and earnings noted in brief
A brief retrospective cites Anthony Trollope’s thirty five year career producing fifty novels and earning 359000 dollars from their sales. It also notes Premier Badent of Austria as the son of a cook who was made a count by a Polish king.
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Anthony Trollope
Badent
Austria
Poland
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Denmark
Sweden
Duke of Orleans
Clairvaux
ANG
Professor Young
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Jick Observatory
Tis
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Rome
Mother
Crookes Tate
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