Isadora Duncan Disputes Maud Allan and Heads for New York
Isadora Duncan admits her dances are not truly Greek but hopes New York audiences will accept them. She sails to America on the Lorraine to begin a season August 20 at the Criterion Theatre under Charles Frohman, saying she fears the trip but wants the reception to differ from imitators.
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New York
Paris
Aus
Isa‘lora “Duncan
America
Lorraine
Rom Havie
Charles Froh
Vomelli Engaged for Ocean Grove Concert in August
Paris dispatch says Jeanne Vomelli a former Hammerstein protégé has been engaged by cable to sing at Ocean Grove's big concert on August 25 and will sail on August 19. She has appeared at both New York Opera Houses and plans only concert work next season. A new tenor Quarte has been engaged in Milan by Gatti Casazza and is described as handsome with a fine voice.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Jeanne Vomelli
Milan
Gatti- Casazza
Calabash pipes drive demand for South African gourds
A London report notes a boom in calabash gourds used for pipes, with large exports to the United States Europe and England. Caterpillar pests reduce supply but Riversdale Montagu and Ladysmith farmers hope for plentiful crops next year, turning poor land into profit as demand may wane soon.
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NEW York Times
London
South Africa
Caye of
Riversdale
Montagu
Ladysmith
Cape Colony
Tetrazzini in Paris Looks to American English Speech
Luisa Tetrazzini, fresh from London, arrives at Hotel Meurice Paris and buys gowns while plotting a 32‑city season in America. She forecasts leading roles in Etoile du Nord and La Sonnambula among new parts, enjoys Paris hotels, and plans a return to Philadelphia and Milan after England.
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Paris
Luisa ’ Tetrazzini
London
Hotel Meurice
Landolff's
New York
Tel
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Meyerbeer
New
Caruso
Yvette Guilbert Rea
James's
Princess of Wales
Melba
Mme
Tetrazzini
Covent Garden
Gi Imine
Mme. Melba
Mme. Tetrazzini
Milan
England
America
Stammerstein
Chamber of Commerce of
Jack
General William Booth Sails for Africa Tour
London reports General William Booth Commander in Chief of the Salvation Army sailed this afternoon for Capetown on a three months tour of South Africa. The aged Salvationist aged about 80 plans to reach distant outposts by long drives in pioneer bullock wagons.
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London
William Booth
Salvation Army
England
Capetown
South Africa
Pioneer Times
German United States teacher exchange planned by Prussian Ministry
The Prussian Ministry of Education and the Carnegie Institute arrange an exchange sending a principal and six teachers to the United States for assignments in New York Boston Chicago New Haven Worcester and Exeter. Twelve American teachers will go to Germany with posts yet to be assigned.
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Borlin
Ministry of Education
Carnegie Institute
United States
New York
Boston
Chicago
New Haven
Worcester
Exeter
Germany
Germans to War on Street Noises Campaign Grows
German reformers embrace Dr Theodor Lessings plan for an anti noise society. Mrs Isaac L Rice leads New York effort to curb disturbances. The piece notes youth involvement and outlines proposed dues, journals, local groups and methods to publish complaints while stressing peaceful requests first.
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NEW York Times
Hanover
Theodor Lessing
Lessing
New York
Paris hears of New York Plaza Hotel plan
Paris observers discuss the proposed New York Plaza style hotel in Paris led by H W Searls representing Fred Sterry. Opinions vary on demand with some saying central location and American run standards will attract Americans abroad, others noting depressed trade and small hotels thriving near city center.
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New York
Paris
NEW York Times
H. W. Searls
Fred Sterry
London
Plaza
America
Paris Plaza
Count Tolstoy Suffering After River Bath Incident
St Peters burg August 8 Count Leo Tolstoy is indisposed from ignoring health rules after a country walk he bathed in a river causing vein enlargement in a foot. He endures pain but sits up again as physician orders bed rest and ice packing for the foot.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy
Fie
Hollanders Ready to Fight Venezuela
Dutch press denounces Castro and the Venezuela incident as a prelude to possible war. The Hague and Amsterdam papers report expulsion of the Dutch minister as a breach of diplomacy. War talk centers on de Reus letters, Venezuelan claims, and Dutch naval readiness with 4000 men aboard ships for possible action.
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NEW York Times
the Hague
Staats Courant
M. de Reus
Caracas
Venezuela
Heckwater
de Ruyter
Evertsen
Hertog Hendrik
Holland
Friesland
Amsterdam
Castro
Hou’ En Trouw Society
de Reus
Hague
de Telegraaf
Netherlands
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Boldy
Curacao
Courant
Paul
van Swinderen
Jonkheer de Reus
Gelderland
de Jacob van Heenskerck
Shell la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Mixed Claims Commission
Germany
Italy
England
United States
France
Belgium
Spain
Mexico
Sweden
Norway
Hoboken
Paterson
New York
Netherlands Club
Court House
Madison
East Twenty-fifth Street
Sefer Paul
Castro's Vindictive Policy Draws Dutch Trade Obstruction
Willemstad Curacao July 20 Nine years mark Castro and the Venezuelan government as intertwined in policy as the Netherlands faced trade impediments. The article analyzes justice and the impact of quarantine measures on plague control and Dutch commerce.
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NEW York Times
Willemstad
Curacao
Castro
Netherlands
Royalist Ad Campaign Sparks US Monarchy Talk
London reports Louis A. Gourdain advertised in The Morning Post to recruit royalists for Helen of New York as Queen. He claimed a Chicago council and seven delegates abroad, promising overthrow of the republic within three years, then vanished from the Savoy Hotel prompting questions about his identity and past.
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NEW York Times
London
United States
Helen
New York
Helen of
Morning Post
Louis A. Gourdain
Savoy Hotel
Mr. Gourdain
Mr. Gourdais
Helen of Troy
Taft
Gourdain
Europe
United States of America
Supreme Council
Chicago
Lusitania
St. Peterburg
Berlin
Madrid
Paris
Rome
Tokio
Monsieur Jourdain
Voltaire
Monsieur Gourdain
A Conorter
Washington
Barcelona Executes Anarchist Leader Rull For Bomb Plots
Jean Ruil, found guilty on April 14 of complicity in bomb explosions and anarchist outrages, was executed today in a secret ceremony. Trials tied him and associates to attempts on King Alfonso in Madrid and Paris and to fatal blasts that killed multiple people. A retaliatory harbor bombing injured three as authorities announced pardons for his mother and brother.
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Barcelona
Jean Ruil
Rull
Alfonso
Madrid
Paris
Spain
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