Thirteen titled marriages that were failures
The Duchess of Marlborough seeks separation from the Duke, adding to a list of American heiresses who married European nobles and faced misery. Anna Gould, Miss Morton, and others saw separations or divorces after lavish unions that failed to deliver lasting happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Anna Gould
Count Castellane
Gould-Castellane
Henry Woodruff
Castellane
Newport
30Oni Castellane
Countess Rosslyn
Anna Robinson
Lord Rosslyn
Monte Carlo
London
Rosslyn
Paris
Talleyrand-Perigord
Bessie Beers Curtis
Boston
Marquis de Talleyrand-Perigord
Due de Dino
New York
Richard Stevens
France
Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Miss Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
England
America
Foretold Cyclones by Belen Priests Earn Cuban Praise
Havana reports credit Father Laurent Gangoiti and the Belen Observatory for delivering early hurricane warnings that allowed timely shelter and evacuation. The Cuban press notes their half century of accurate forecasts guiding inhabitants before West Indian storms struck, with extensive impacts on ships, villages, and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Observatory
Belen
Tilayana
Spain
United States
Cuba
Laurent Gangoiti
Belen Observatory
Colegio DE Belen
Wening
Father Gangoidtt
President Grant's Granddaughter Weds Quietly in New York
Miss Rosemary Sartoris second daughter of Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris married George H Woolston of Hibernia Fla in Calvary Episcopal church on Fourth Avenue and Twenty first Street. Only four guests attended including Woolston friends. The ceremony followed unannounced arrival from Southampton via the Hamburg American Line. The couple honeymooned at Burlington hotel and planned a Florida estate visit in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Special
Rosemary Sartoris
Nellie Grant Sartoris
George H. Woolston
Hibernia
Fla
Calvary Jepiscopal Church
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Thornton L. Turner
Sartoris
Toasts on Manifest Destiny at Paris Dinner
A Civil War era tale recounts a Paris dinner of American expatriates who toasted the future glory of the United States with expanding boundaries. The speakers invoked polar seas, the rising sun, the Aurora Borealis, and even primeval chaos as they envisioned an ever-widening nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
British America
Gulf of Mexico
Atlante
Pacific Ocean
North Pole
South Pole
Phil May’s fall from fame ends in a modest meal
In a small Australian town a once notable painter Phil May, famed for black and white works in London, is recognized while working as a waiter in a dingy eating house. The encounter sparks mutual humiliation as May refuses the label of having sunk so low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thil May
Australia
London
May
Phil May
German Surgeon Czerny Resigns To Lead Cancer Research
From the Sioux City Tribune: Prof V Czerny head of Heidelberg University resigns to direct the Institute of Cancer Research in Heidelberg. He seeks a cure for cancer as he enters this latter phase of a storied career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Czerny
Sioux City Tribune
Heidelberg University
Tie
Institute of Cancer Research
City
Heidelberg
Sioux City
Fatherland
Dr. S. Stands
Jacksoan Street
Germany
German Empire
Czerny
Empire
United States
Old University
Reforestation Progress Across Eastern States Noted
Appleton's Magazine surveys state efforts led by New York and Pennsylvania as they expand forest preserves. It details Adirondack and Catskill park areas, private nurseries, and seedling work, with other states forming preserves and forestry boards while overall knowledge grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton's Magazine
New York State
Catskills
Adirondacks
Adirondack Preserve
Adirondack Park
Catskill Preserve
North Woods
Pennsylvania
Mtehjigun
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Maryland
West Virginia
Alabama
Texas
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Helen Morton
Levi J*. Morton
Due de Valencay
Grand State
Duchess de Valencay
Count Divonne
Miorence Audenreid
Washington
Blaine
Theodore Roustan
I’reneh
Archbishop Corrigan
Divonne
Lady Bagot
William Bagot
Wagot
Lillian May
Baltimore
Bin
Bagot
Eva Julia Sryant Mack
Prince Colonna
Isabel Bunce
Bronsart von Schellendorf
Isabeli Bunce
Europe
Eelat
East Africa
Baroness von Schellendorf
Duchess of Manchester
Thelenia Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duke of Manchester
Marring
Gurke’s Perrage
Wneland
Count Penaloza
Countess Penal
May Yohe
Lord Francis Houe
Fortune
Florence Drouillard
Elizabeth Curtiss
Frederick Stevens
Sabel Tucker Tere
Edith van Buren
Lillian May Ttnces
Julia B. Mackay
Marie Reine Fusz
Anna Goul Een Eee
Pewee Eeeny Rosslyn
Duc de Valency
Bernard de Pourtales
Duc de Dino
Ese Vane
Duc de Dino Ee
Baron von Schwenllendorf
Linsay Eitle
Ite
Iount Castelmanardo
Gount de
Vines
Gangosti
Indies
Mother Gangoti
Epather
Laurent Gangotti
Grant
Rosemary Sartort
Dr. Stands
Brilliant Man
Eny Knife
Socom
Jie
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