American captures Shakespeare prizes in rare quarto sale
Speculation says two Americans, H C Folger and Marsden J Perry of Providence, R I, secured Earl Howe’s collection of Shakespeare quartos at Sotheby’s private terms. The sale left other bidders stunned as fourteen rare volumes went to private buyers, with Quaritch and Sotheran prominent in the purchasing.
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New York Times
Folger
Perry
Messrs. Sotheran
Jackson
London
Earl Howe
America
Sotheby’s
Rotary
Richard
Howe
Sotheran
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
King John
Pericles
Morgan a Bogey in Italy and the Strozzi Palace
Florence residents fear foreign ownership of the Strozzi Palace amid a wave of Morgan name mentions. The talk questions whether J Pierpont Morgan will buy Italian art and whether the palace should remain in Florentine hands or pass to a foreign purchaser.
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J. _Pierpont Morgan
Italy
Strozzi
Mr. Morgan
Florence
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Giotto
Signor Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Strozzi Palace
Busy New Year’s in Rome
Marcon reports in Rome during the holidays the Eternal City is alive with church feasts and state ceremonies. New Year’s Day will be busiest at the Quirinal and Vatican with royal family greetings and papal mass followed by informal gatherings with Cardinals and dignitaries in Rome.
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Marcon
New York Times
Rome
Clifden
Ireland
Italy
Quirinal
Vatican
Royal Palace
Aosta
Egypt
Tiber
Curia
Pius X
Japanese Jockeys Train on Hungarian Track for Europe
Six Japanese youths arrive in Europe to train as jockeys under Baron von Szemero at an Austro-Hungarian racecourse. The plan is to have them ride his horses on European tracks next summer, signaling possible broader Japanese economic and sporting integration. The venture draws attention from German stable owners considering Japanese riders.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Count Okuma
Orient
Europe
Baron von Szemero
London Play Begun at 4 O Clock A I
Court Theatre presents Gloriel's new drama. Charles Klein discusses his next piece Will Be a Problem Play with strong love interest.
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London
A. I
Stuart
Charles Klein
Nile
Mr. Klein
New York Times
Klein
Lusitania
Drury Lane
Arthur Collins
Night Theatre After Midnight At Court Theatre
London observers report a first night at the Court Theatre of George Globel’s two act play The House with a midnight curtain. The event sparked debate on a permanent midnight theatre and drew a large audience, followed by a petit déjeuner after the show.
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Court Theatre
Otho Stuart
Kennedy to be made bishop at American College ceremony
The American College community greets Mgr. Thomas F. Kennedy's elevation to Titular Bishop of Adrianopolis with joy. Cardinal Gotti will consecrate, with Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco aiding, in an event marked by praise from faculty and students for Kennedy’s six years as rector and for strengthening the college.
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Rome
Clifden
Ireland
Mgr
Thomas F. Kennedy
Adrian
Cardinal Gotti
Propaganda
Vatican
America
Roe
Mer. Riordan
San Francisco
Gotti
Mer. Kennedy
St. Charles’s Seminary
Overbrook
Penn
Mgr. Kennedy
Bernhardt Presents Sleeping Beauty Variant In Paris
Paris December 28 Mme Bernhardt offers a holiday diversion with a French version of La Belle au Bois Dormant The Sleeping Beauty. She plays Prince Landry in a gracefully staged production with a verse booklet by Richepin Cain and music by Franc is Thomé praised as a near Christmas pantomime style entertainment.
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Paris
England
Mme. Bernhardt
Prince Landry
Jean Richepin
Henri Cain
Francis Thomé
King Victor Sends Photographs to U S Ambassador
Lloyd Griscom the American Ambassador in Ireland received two keepsakes from King Victor of Italy. While visiting Castel Porziano they rode in a motorcar and shot pictures together. The envelopes holding royal snapshots arrived later as holiday mementos. Bronson Winthrop and Frederic Bronson arrived in Rome to spend holidays with the ambassador’s family.
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Marconi
New York Times
Rome
Clifden
Ireland
Lloyd Griscom
Victor
Castel Porziano
King Victor
Mr. Griscom
Bronson Winthrop
New York
Griscom
Frederic Bro
Auto Smash At Crossing Traps Guests In England
The Hon Ivor and Mrs Guest narrowly escaped death near Chester on Christmas Eve while en route to Eaton Hall for a house party. Their car struck danger gates closed for an Express train, destroying the gates and leaving the vehicle a heap of scrap iron. The train stopped with its engine near the wrecked car and gate remnants. the couple then continued in another car.
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NEW York Times
London
Ivor
Mrs. Guest
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall
Chester
Mr. Guest
French senators propose tax on noble titles and particles
Paris December 28 Senators and Deputies seek ways to close the government deficit. Senator Giréau proposes a new tax on titles and the aristocratic particle, with rates from 10 to 80 dollars. The plan would grant legal status to titles, real or fictitious, and gain wide appeal among aristocracy and bourgeoisie alike.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Giréau
Prince
Duke
de la
Quieting Vienna Scandal
A Vienna diplomatic scandal targeted the wife of the Bulgarian minister with anonymous letters. Secrecy shrouds the affair, generating conflicting versions as the envelope of gossip tightens around the court. The accuser is said to be a diplomat absent from Vienna who may face the minister’s wrath upon return.
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NEW York Times
Vienna
Bequests Of Canned Music Sealed In Paris Opéra Vault
In Clifden Ireland a copper chest full of gramophone records by renowned singers such as Patti Melba Calvé Milo Lindsay Caruso Tamagno and Bernaud is sealed for one hundred years in the Paris Opéra vaults. The set includes Verdi Mozart Gounod Meyerbeer Rossini Wagner Massenet Saint Saëns and more with a phonograph and usage instructions sealed alongside.
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Paris
Clifden
Ireland
Paris Opéra
Opéra
Patti
Melba
Calvé
Milo
Lindsay
Caruso
Tamagno
Bernaudnot
Verdi
Mozart
Gounod
Meyerbeer
Rossini
Wagner
Massenet
Saint-Saéns
Kubelik
Americans in Berlin enjoy Christmas at embassy and clubs
Embassy hosted American and German friends for Christmas tree festivities as Mr Tower plans to depart Berlin by mid June. Naval Attaché Howard bids farewell to Prince Henry of Prussia in Kiel with royal attendees. Lectures and academic guests noted as Harvard and Oberlin figures visit Berlin. The American Woman's Club housed many daughters in pensions around a flag and carols, expanding its dormitory and boarding facilities for students.
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Daugh
United States
Kiel
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Prince Henry’s Castle
Princess Henry
Prince
Princess Joseph
Harvard
Berlin
Von Skal book praised by German critics
Berlin reports German reviewers praise The American People by George von Skal, noting his authority from twenty years in the United States and ranking him with James Bryce as a graphic portrayer of modern America. They cite Americans and the Mechanical World as masterly and criticize his praise of the American press.
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George von Skal
City of
New York
United States
Germany
James Bryce
America
von Skal
Staats Zeitung
Horace McKinley Recaptured in Manchuria
Horace McKinley, pursued for Oregon land fraud, was recaptured at Harbin after escaping on November 11 from Mukden where he was held awaiting an officer from America. The arrest marks a swift return of the fugitive to pending charges.
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Peking
Horace McKinley
Oregon
Harbin
Mukden
América
Great Jewel Robbery at Cholmondeley Castle A Yuletide Prank
A Duke of Westminster Christmas party at Eat Hall staged a mock burglary at Cholmondeley Castle. Detectives from Scotland Yard and local police investigated a staged break in that featured a missing two handed racing cup and other trinkets. The prank was confessed by guests from Eaton Hall who agreed to return the cup in exchange for keeping the event discreet.
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Cheshire
Duke of Westmingster
Eat Hall
Cholmondeley Castle
Marquess of Cholmondeley
England
Marquess of
Chester
Duke of Wesminster
Eaton Hall
Duke Westminster
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Col. Grenfell
Muriel Grenfell
Ivor
M Guest
Edward
Constan Stewart-Richardson
Wyn
Guy Brooke
Stewart-Richardson
Guy
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