Gowns and Sandals Parade at Auteuil Grand National
Paris fashion note reports an Auteuil Grand National crowd showcasing extreme summer gowns and Victorian influences. Women wore sheer mousseline skirts and thin bodices with eclectic coats while American and European attendees display varied silk, satin, and lace outfits amid dense crowds and heavy betting.
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Directoire
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Gainsborough
Germany Divided Over Ban Play Sparks Global Sympathy
A Nobel Prize winner author receives widespread sympathetic greetings as Germany faces a split stance on banning a play. Public opinion splits between supporters and opponents, with international voices backing dialogue and artistic freedom.
Maori girls kiss Prince during New Zealand visit
A Maori tribe in Russell, North Island, greeted Capt. Halsey and officers of the New Zealand with an enthusiastic welcome. Sub-Lieut. Prince George of Battenberg was kissed by several Maori girls, causing his embarrassment before he recovered.
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New York Times
London
Daily Mail
Christchurch
N. Z
New Zealand
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North Island
Halsey
Prince George of Battenberg
Riots Rise in Barcelona as unrest spreads
Advices from Barcelona report renewed fighting linked to unrest in Morocco sparking violent clashes in the city. A stormy anti war meeting led to police confrontations with agitators, firearms fired on both sides, and several people shot. Troops are confined to barracks as authorities brace for further trouble.
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Barcelona
Morocsco
Spa
British Committee Appeals for Sulgrave Manor Fund
The British Committee asks the public to subscribe 250000 dollars to purchase Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire the Washington ancestral home and to support events marking a century of peace between England and the United States.
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British Peace Committee
Washington
London
Sulgrave Manor
Northamptonshire
England
United States
Bigger Garden for Pope May Be Bought by Holy See
In Rome on June 22 reports say negotiations between the Holy See and Prince Torlonia are underway to buy his pine wood near the Vatican gardens. The tract, accessible by underground passage or archway, would enlarge the Pope's walking area and offers a view of the Campagna toward the Mediterranean.
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Holy See
Rome
Vatican Gardens
Mediterranean
Unseasonal Cold Grips Italian Alps
Turin reports a sudden plunge in temperatures with unprecedented cold for the season. Snow is reported in the Alps and thermometers register below zero.
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Alps
Turin
Devonport Memorial Windows For Scott Expedition
The Bishop of Crediton dedicated four stained glass windows and two panels in memory of Capt. Scott and South Polar expedition members. The memorial was funded by officers and men at the Royal Naval Barracks Devonport and ships based there, birthplace of Capt. Scott.
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London
Crediton
Royal Naval Barracks
Devonport
Scott
Twenty Die for Chefket Case in Constantinople Court Martial
Twenty men were today sentenced to death after a court martial in Constantinople for complicity in the serious incident involving Grand Vizier Mahout Chefket Pasha. The verdict follows rapid trials and underscores the political tension surrounding the affair.
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Chefket
Constantinople
Mahout Chefket Pasha
Admiral Mahan Advocates Caution On Japanese Immigration
Admiral Mahan replies to Sir Valentine Chirol arguing immigration and naturalization hinge on popular will, assimilation challenges, and national welfare. He cites Japan, the Boers, and Canada to illustrate racial and social limits on immigration policies, noting America’s war aims and the color question are not the sole factors. The Times suggests his views have shifted over a decade.
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the Times
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Canada
South Africa
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Germany
Poland
Austria
United States
Poincare to Visit England for First State Tour
President Poincare arrives in London for an official visit marking Franco British friendship. He will meet King George and Prince of Wales at Portsmouth and Buckingham Palace. The three day program includes dinners at Buckingham Palace, a Guildhall luncheon, and a ball at the palace before sailing from Dover.
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Appeal to aid Pressburg Rabbinical School fire victims
The Rabbinical High School of Pressburg Hungary, destroyed in the May 17 conflagration, appeals through Dr Philip Klein for funds to rebuild its libraries lecture halls dormitories and facilities. Lazar Gessetner signs the appeal urging American aid and brotherhood with donors directed to Arnold Kohn in New York or Rabbi Schreiber in Pressburg.
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New York
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Party Honors Faithful German Maid at Jacobson Home
A social gathering at 340 West 47th Street celebrated Helena Schwartz completing twenty years as Mrs. Benjamin B. Jacobson's housemaid. Guests enjoyed cakes, salads, music, and performances by Charles H. Hughes, John Dobbins, and Schwartz herself.
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West Fortyseventh Street
Helena Schwartz
Woman Turns Auto Bandit In Chicago Robbery
Mrs Irene Brunner 25 was arrested on charges of being an automobile bandit after a Saturday night hold up at a Chicago store. She reportedly entered bought a handkerchief drew a revolver and escaped with 100 in cash before fleeing in a car traced to her husband Joseph Bruner who owns a garage. A Bruner chauffeur admitted driving her to the store.
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Chicago
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Elizabeth Foley
Brunner
Expenses Bill Rules For Emancipation Anniversary Commission
Ferdinand I Morton, member of Gov. Sulzer’s Emancipation anniversary commission, asked the Attorney General if commissioners can be indemnified for actual pecuniary loss while away from work to attend meetings or perform duties. The Attorney General answered that the law covers only actual expenses incurred and not other losses.
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New York Times
Albany
Ferdinand I. Morton
Sulzer
Carmody
Woman Takes Poison by Mistake in Midtown Incident
Mrs Juliana Riso aged 23 of 236 West Twenty seventh Street was driven by her husband to Bellevue Hospital after swallowing two tablets in what authorities say was mistaken ingestion of bichloride of mercury instead of headache pills.
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Bessi Riso
Woman Accidental Mercury Poisoning Sparks Hospital Rush
A woman mistook bichloride of mercury for headache tablets and ingested it. She arrived at the hospital in acute distress and was given emetics and antidotes. Doctors warned it may take ten hours to know if she can be saved.
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Blum &Koch
China
Reward Offered for Missing Bronx Woman 69
A $100 reward is posted for the discovery of Mrs Beth Walsh age 69 who left her daughter Elizabeth Glenns home at 681 Street in the Bronx on a Wednesday night. The next morning a son learned she was at the Municipal Lodging House, but checks showed she had gone to the Department of Charities at Twenty Sixth Street and the River. The search continues and the family criticizes Charities and the police for alleged negligence in her disappearance.
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Elizabeth Glenn
Bronx
Thomas Walsh
Department of Charities
Twenty-sixth Street
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