Americans with Titles and Near Titles in Global Nobility
A Boston speaker riffs on American women marrying foreigners, tracing the craze through English dukedoms, French duchesses, Russian princes, and Italian counts. The piece catalogs notable unions, heraldry quirks, and the social maneuvering of American heiresses amid European courts, concluding with a sweeping note on the enduring allure and costs of noble titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
London
Ariatocracy
America
Isage
Singer
Goldisait Duc de Camposulice
Paul Sohege
Duchesse Bevaxes
Duchesse de Gluecksbure
Dean Rk
Aloe
Vlaughter
Tennessie Claflin Cool
Visvoutuss
Montserratin
Porigilt
Whistler's Cock Fight Tale From Century Magazine
A tale recounts Whistler telling of American sailors who transformed an American eagle into a cock to fight in a London seaport. The improvised match ends with the eagle defeated and the crowd cheering as the punchline lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
England
Champio
Majes- Henry
Toom
Century Magazine
Wood Fetled by Gladstone's Axe and a Farmer's Gift
A Manchester Guardian item recounts Mr. Gladstone enjoying a trip to Chateau de Chorone with Lord Rendel and a photo of them in deep discussion. Farmer John Jones of Montgomeryshire, an amateur woodcarver and Gladstone admirer, once requested wood felled by the statesman. He received wood regularly and crafted walking stick handles and keepsakes, beloved by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Gladstone Post
Chateau de Chorone
Lord Rendel
TJ Canta
Montgomeryshire
John Jones
Vichir
W. E. Glad
John Joes
Old Rendel
Mr. Gladstone
Manchester Guardian
Delicately Put and a House Fire Footman Tale
Stuyvesant Fish in Philadelphia discusses the March pause with a delicately phrased remark that indirectly blames a source. A footman telephones his master with a fire warning but shifts to question whether to waken the mother in law, revealing a distant, comic misdirection about family safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant Fish
Philadelphia
Theo
State Supreme Court Orders Record Returned for Amendment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered the Schultz Milwaukee case record returned to the Milwaukee municipal court for amendment. DA McGovern sought to include more testimony, opposing counsel argued, and the court adjourned to June 19 for further action and a forthcoming opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Madison—Hy
Milwaukee County
Supreme Court
University Law School
Dietz Leaves His Fort to Shopping and Defies Officials
Chippewa Falls reports John Dietz the Cameron dam outlaw and his son Clarence return to Winter after two years, claiming they are unarmed and came to shop. Dietz declares he is unafraid of sheriffs or marshals and will defend himself with rifles. They stay two hours, promise further activity, and chat with residents and a sheriff’s posse. Dietz asserts sanity and ample ammunition at home, having previously held Cameron Dam in the Thornapple River area against lumber interests and state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Duc de Dino
Elizabeth Curtis
New York
la Belle
Paris
Chippewa Falls
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Clarence
Dieta
Gheriff
United States
Dietz
Cameron Dee
Thornapple River
Variely
Busting Music to the Work in a Boston House
A Boston household humorously complains of a housemaid’s distress at vulgar ragtime during chores. Joseph apologizes for whistling as a servant, noting a Liszt-like rhapsody will come later with polishing silverware, in a lively glimpse of domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Near-Dead Farmer Seeks Wood for Meal Misunderstanding
In a rural exchange, Wears Wille requests wood for a square meal, Helena Hauskcoep retorts with disbelief, and Wille declines the wood offer, claiming never to have eaten wood, while politely greeting the lady. The oddly literal dialogue hints at a linguistic miscue or humorous misunderstanding in a rustic setting.
Fire Chief Isermann Injured in Horse Incident
Kenosha fire chief Kenosha Henry Isermann sustained serious injuries after being struck by a horse. His nose bone broken, head bruised, and arms and legs bruised in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fira Chiat
Kenosha
Henry Isermann
Devatiment
Hhorsd
Tega
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pesuliavitien
Pearages
Akon
Poutonis Famison
Mary ‘Wistar Wheeler
Philadphybrit
Maximilian Pappentiero
Havin
Miss Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Manchester
Constantinople
Osmaalah
Pehim
Etreus
Gotha
Michael Cantacuzene
Kropotkine
Dolgoruki
Galatzin
Russia
Galutsin
Kragotkine
Germany
House of
Hatzfeldt
Prince Alfred
Prince Francis
Collis P. Huntington
Count Hatzfeldt
Helen Moulton
Albany
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Duchesse de Dino
Talleyrand-Perigord
Valeheay
Sagan
Italy
Vatican
Price Ferdinand Colonna
Eva Bryant Mackay
Don
Donna
Rospignos
Ruspolia
John
Stilth
Don Francesco Rospigno
Giuseppe Francesco Maria Filippo di’ Rospigiosi-Gioeil
Duca di Zagarlo
Principe di Castiglione
Marchese di Gia- Hana
Conte di Chiaga
Barone di ‘Vale Corrente
Barone Della Miraglia
Signor
Mise
Virginia Lowerr
Washington
Prince
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Alice Heine
New Orleans
Reched
Bey Cenykowsti
Edith Collins
Seme
Countess of Eda
Portugal
Ferdinand
Elsie Hensler
Edna
Playfair
Gilbert Garter
Bovernor
Barbados
Gertrude Parker
Baron Willoughby d’Eresby
Elroise Hreese
Ian
Earl of
Ancaster
Duchess of Marlborough
Marquis of
Blanford
Gertrude Violet Twining
Halifax
Marquis of Donegall
Marquis
Great Britain
Scotland
House of Lords
Ireland
Lords
Commons
di Durgio
di Contessa
Pistoia
Venice
Genoa
Spain
Charles
Srandezza
Duke de Arcou
Washingtonne
Rome
Duke of Fife
Princersea
Bigal
Maglend
India
Quckess
Marlborough
Yankee Bailera
News OF Wisconsin
Schultz Gase
Charles ‘Bender
Marion Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Washburn
Ida
Olivia Carlson
Lake Superior
Wastern
Booth Packing Company
Harriet Bal
Willow
Edward Bain
Francis
Delavan
Adelbert O. Wilkins
Phoenix Nursery Company
Wilkins
Elape
Sheboygan
Thomas Paylor
William Brookshire
Waldo
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