Curious Paris Salon Scene Sparks a Romantic Misread
In Paris May crowds surge around a famed sea drama at the Paris Salon, where Enid Anstruther, a poised English beauty, attracts attention. American Barnes, a visiting observer, misreads her by a bustling display and becomes involuntarily smitten as he dodges a flamboyant cattle magnate seeking the infamous Belle Blackwood.
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Egypt
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Goliath
Sampson
Barnes
United States
Europe
Sally Spotts
Ohio
Nations
Black Wood
Poliste
Maesterni
Enid
la Belle Blackwood
Ruggles
Faust
Miss Anstruther
Enid Anstruther
Edwin
England
Monsieur
Mrs. Vavasseur
Duel on the Beach at Ajaccio Reveals a Fatal Morning
The scene follows Dennes guiding a girl through a gallery as she seeks a curious painting. He spots a life like depiction of the Ajaccio duel from a year earlier and stands frozen, fearing the girl will notice.
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Dennes
Ajaccio
Murdered Portrait Sparks Corsican Duel Scene
The painting reproduces the Corsican duel between Paoli and English officers with eerie accuracy and dramatic distortion. Barnes perceives a hidden danger as a wary art dealer watches him, while Marina and Enid Anstruther enter, and strangers linger with intent.
Selecting Her Burial Spot on the Train to Boston
A woman records cemeteries as they pass from New York to Boston noting graveyard numbers. Her husband explains she calculates where she would be buried, counting 261st cemetery so far, while a curious fellow passenger questions the grim habit.
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Boston
New York
Kansas
Tey
Usband
Mortuary
Kingcraft and the flour mill how a king protected homeland
A king to the people in public praise the army's efficiency and replaces the heavy millstone with a modern flour mill. The crowd cheers and weeps with joy, praising divine safeguard of the fatherland.
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Puck
Morgan Jr to Spend Winter in New York Home
J Pierpont Morgan Jr leases a New York house for four months and plans to manage J P Morgan Co details at year start as his father retires from active business. Wall Street expects the shift after a long retirement schedule.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Melrose Dynamite Blasting Kills Six in Car Crash
A Boston electric car bound for the outskirts was shattered by a dynamite box near Wyoming and Main streets in Melrose. Six dead on impact, four dying soon after, many injured. Motorman Winfield Brown among the victims as bodies lay in the wreckage.
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Melrose
Mass
Boston
Wyoming
Main Streets
Winfield Brown
Russian Protest Sparks China Ratification Question
A Russian protest against the Anglo Tibetan treaty was presented in Pekin. Minister Lessar reportedly pressed China’s foreign board about abandoning suzerainty over Tibet if the treaty is ratified, potentially creating a British protectorate. A Pekin dispatch to the Morning Post notes China’s reluctance to ratify, linked to Russia’s protest.
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St. Petersburg
Pekin
Lessar
Chinese Foreign Board
China
Thibet
Foreign Office
M. Lessar
Morning Post
London
Russia
Emigrants Block Streets to Seek $10 Baltic Passage
Thousands of emigrants clogged Liverpool streets leading to steerage offices on Thursday seeking passage to America for ten dollars. The White Star Line Baltic sailed with over two thousand at the ten dollar rate, leaving many travelers behind due to lack of room as reports claimed the rate war was over.
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Liverpool
Trans- Atlantic Steamship Companies
America
White Star Line
Baltic
Duty on Radium Draws Fire From Manufacturers
Paris Cable reports New York custom house imposes a twenty five percent duty on radium. Manufacturers and professionals criticize the levy, arguing the radium’s usefulness in treating diseases warrants encouragement of its production and importation.
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Paris
New York
Kaiser Decorates Harper and Judson in Berlin ceremony
Emperor William confers honors on President Harper of Chicago University with the Order of the Rising Eagle second class and on Vice President Judson with the Crown Order of the second class in Berlin.
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Kaiser
Harper
Berlin
Davie
Emperor William
Chicago University
Judson
Jailer Claims Royal Romance Shifts in Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Mail reports Dr Pierson the jailer of Princess Louise saying Lieutenant Mettasich has shifted affections to Mme Stoeger, a companion of the princess.
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Louise
London
Daily Mail
Vienna
Dr. Pierson
Mettasich
Mme. Stoeger
Plant of Anderson Herald Burned in Fire
The Anderson Herald plant in Anderson Indiana was nearly destroyed by a fire Tuesday between 1 and 2 pm. Loss is estimated at 25090 to 30000 dollars. The Madison County Republican organ faced extensive damage to its facilities and equipment.
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Anderson Herald
Anderson, Ind
Madison County
Republican
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Detaille
Meissonier
Kingcraft
J. P. Morgan
Galley
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Chicago
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