Posthumous Memoirs Challenge Duchess of Berry Secret Marriage Tale
The Countess de Boigne reveals in volume IV that the birth of Rosalie in 1833 did not involve a secret marriage to her chamberlain. She asserts the couple never met until after the birth and that the child’s real paternity lay with Baron de father of General de Chargeote.
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Privy Councillor Paviow Faces Russian Fraud Charges
Privy Councillor Paviow, former Russian Envoy to Corea, is accused of vast embezzlement and gross dishonesty. A special commission found evidence of frauds amounting to millions of rubles, prompting the Emperor to consider trial in St Petersburg and recall of the ex envoy from Peking.
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Peking
Governor Carmichael and the Gibson Carmichael Lineage
The article traces Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael’s ascent as Governor of Wiesrna and his ties to Gladstone. It details the Gibson lineage from Sir Alexander Gibson, touching on baronetcies, the Earls of Hyndford, and claims to titles long dormant. It also notes a parliamentary dispute over whether Carmichael could sit in the Commons while heir to a Scottish peerage.
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Serd Durie
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Henri Menier
Scotland
Victoria
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Carmichael
Andrew
Tichee
Earl
Hyndford
L. Stevenson
Barbara Grant
Étriona
Henéford
Esridum
Anstruthers
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
House Commons
Statesman Henry Fowler, a popular novelist’s father
Sir Henry Fowler, newly created viscount and Duchess of Lancaster cabinet member, is famed as Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler’s father. A storied British politician, he championed Nonconformists, led India policy flights, and once rivaled Gladstone in influence, though age now dims public visibility. He favors back-to-front carriage seating, dislikes drafts, and remains based at Woodthorne near Wolverhampton.
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Isabel Carnaby
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Great Britain
Gladstone
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South Africa
Order of the Star of India
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Marquise DE Fontenoy
Plague Fears Rise in Caracas as Measures Move In
The steamer Philadelphia brings reports of two bubonic plague cases at Caracas and many Venezuelans awaiting ships at Porto Cabello. President Castro asks the Academy of Medicine to plan sanitation, orders rat destruction, street washing, and anti plague measures including serum usage and new hospital huts. Sanitary commissions are appointed in affected wards.
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Castro
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Dog Die in Auto Crash Near Uniontown
A New York auto in a country run burst a tire near Uniontown and skidded into a roadside gulley. A dog in the car was thrown out and killed while passenger F. E. Goodsell of Newark was badly shaken. The party was traveling from Litchfield to Waterbury and New York. Martin F. Payne of Litchfield was arranging a summer home.
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Mrs. Ladenburg Plans Return After Dinner Event
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg of New York is in good health despite foreign reports. She hosted a dinner for thirty guests Friday and expects to stay in Rome until the end of March.
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King Manuel Plans Province Tour After May 6 Oath
Reports say King Manuel will tour the provinces after taking the oath of office before the Cortes on May 6. The move follows his swearing in and aims to showcase royal leadership across Portugal.
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Prince Hélie de Sagan and Anna Gould Visit Vesuvius Ruins
Prince Hélie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould with her children traveled by car to Bosco Trecase near Mount Vesuvius. They walked the lava-rimmed ruins of Ottaviano and later played tennis at a hotel garden. A Rome Paris Florence itinerary follows.
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Hélie de Sagan
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Gompers Demand Praised By Few and Opposed by Many
A letter to the editor debates Mr Gompers demand for union privileges, condemns strikes in restraint of trade, and warns that the Supreme Court and press influence threaten constitutional order. The writer cites Civic Federation, Charity Organization Society, muckrakers, and religious papers as backing for broader changes and monitors the attack on property rights. New York City April 19, 1908. Juntiub
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Supreme Court
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Tariff Revision Debate Endangers Dingley Protections
Ezra C. Williams of Orange New Jersey argues against tariff reductions. He cites the 1907 Dingley framework, urging duties on cotton goods linen woollen silk leather and glass to safeguard American industry and revenue. He warns against agitating for repeal to aid Canadian producers and calls to leave the Dingley law intact.
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Ezra C. Williams
Orange
N. J
Tornado Toll and Relief Across Deep South
New Orleans reports death toll about 350 and thousands left homeless after Friday’s tornadoes across Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Alabama. The disaster struck in three main arcs with Amite La Purvis Miss worst hit and widespread destruction shown in photographs. Relief efforts include aid from spectators, improvised shelters, and more than a dozen local relief funds organized to distribute help.
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Georgia
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Amite
Purvis
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Hamilton Warner
Claude Bennett
Obituary notices from a New York area newspaper fragment
A fragmentary obituary column lists multiple deaths with brief funeral details. Entries include William in the first year, COOPER Samuel aged 9% from Stapleton Staten Island, Jamee Cox in Central Valley Orange County, Elizabeth Dana in Morristown, Harriet Elliott of Lakewood N J, Jennie Bovian in East Orange, and Jennie Mostyn among others. Funeral schedules mention various residence addresses, dates, and times with private interment notes.
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Morristown
E Elizabeth Dana
West Lad St
New York
Elliot
Madison Ave
Lakewood
N. J
Harriet Eliiot
Major Elliott
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Benjamin
Helen A. Elliot
Harriet Brown
Julia Morgan
Jennie B. Chrystie
Mabel G. Mostyn
Bekkeley
Coffin
William H. Munsell
Eugene. Cooper
Samuel. Smith
Bramal
Cox
James Ten Exsck
Rev
W. H. Dana
E. Elizabeth
New York Tribune Publishes Applicant File at Uptown Office
Special notices inform employers to consult the newly installed file of applications for various positions at the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune. Office hours run from 9 a m to 6 p m.
Talking Canary From West Philadelphia Please The Editor
Mrs. Z. C. Holcombe of West Chestnut street West Philadelphia owns a talking canary named Beautie learned to talk after about a year. The bird was purchased in Market street on September 27 1897 and began with phrases like Pretty Pretty Sweet sweet pretty bee and Wake up there sweet pretty bee. It later learned a short song and responds to Household voices. Now feeble the bird requires noise to prompt speech. Roselle New Jersey April 20 1908.
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A Plea for Good English Letter Verse
A reader quotes and endorses Lord Houghton’s defense of English usage. The letter argues against a “new language” craze and urges preserving the language’s strength and adaptability in civic life, letters, and commerce. Dated Yonkers April 22, 1968.
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Berkeley Mostyn Obituary Acknowledges Astor Estate Ties
Berkeley Mostyn dies at 63 at his Lexington Avenue home after pneumonia. Born in County Sligo Ireland, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1867 and joined mercantile work linked to the Astor estate. He married Mary Louise Porter in 1878 and, after her death, Helen Chanler Stevens in 1898, who survives him. He served as vice president of the St George Society the British Schools and the University Club and belonged to the University and Rockaway Hunting clubs.
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Alexander H. Stevens
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Native and Foreign Women Letter on Suffrage
Alice Stone Blackwell writes from Boston rebutting claims that immigrant and foreign women would worsen governance if enfranchised. She cites Colorado experience, notes native born women outnumber foreign residents, and points to higher female graduation rates and limited prisoner representation. The letter discusses municipal betterment, education, and public perception of equal suffrage.
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William H Coffin Dies at 71 Real Estate Leader in Chestnut Hill
William Henry Coffin, prominent Massachusetts real estate developer and head of Coffin & Tabor, died of pneumonia at his Chestnut Hill home at age seventy one. Born in New York, he built up Chestnut Hill Brookline, accumulating wealth through land development. Survived by wife, two sons, two daughters. daughter May Coffin resides in New York.
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New York
Death of Wood & Selick president in Lakewood
Charles H. Selick, president of Wood & Selick importers of bakers and confectioners supplies, died of heart disease after four weeks illness at Lakewood New Jersey. Born in Germany fifty two years ago he began as an office boy at fourteen. He leaves a wife six daughters and two sons.
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Chancellor MacCracken to Speak at Pedagogy Dinner
Chancellor Henry M. MacCracken of New York University will headline the annual Doctors of Pedagogy dinner at the Hotel St. Regis at 1 o clock Saturday. He will discuss his visit to Stockholm and Christiania, with other speakers including Rev. Charles H Parkhurst and Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh.
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Philadelphia
Podunk Located in East Hartford on Connecticut River
In response to the Tribune Sunday query Where is Podunk the writer notes Podunk is a northern section of East Hartford opposite Hartford on the Connecticut River's east bank. Named for the Podunk tribe the area once belonged to ancestors of the writer and is described as a place with historical education and courage.
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Miss Elizabeth Dana Honored Morristown Educator Dies
Morristown New Jersey April 26 Miss Elizabeth Dana owner of Miss Dans School Morristown died after a ten day illness She was daughter of Rev J Jay Dana longtime Massachusetts Congregational pastor She previously ran a Dobbs Ferry school and moved to Morristown in 1876 to lead Hazeltine School becoming a premier preparatory and finishing school
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Louis Klaw Dies at 60 Brother of Marc Klaw
Louis Klaw aged sixty died at his home 32 Manhattan avenue after a lifelong illness from an accident in childhood. Born in Paducah Kentucky he lived with his sister and was brother of the theatrical man Marc Klaw.
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Tornado Strikes East Mississippi Timber Lands
A Meridian dispatch reports a tornado hitting a sparsely settled area south of Meridian, Mississippi, devastating timber lands. The same storm brought wind hail and rain, causing crop and shrubbery damage across Southern Mississippi and nearby Alabama.
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Weather Forecast and Official Record for Washington April 24
The Weather Bureau reports a large-area cooling trend east of the Rockies with snows in the Dakotas and rains across Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and the Great Lakes region. Showers in the northeast and south Atlantic states, with warmer readings in New England and the middle Atlantic. Local District forecasts call for showers cooler conditions and northwest winds, with fair conditions in the central and western states by Tuesday.
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WANTS A COLUMBUS HOLIDAY
A reader urges The Tribune to support bills in Congress to make October 12 a holiday. The writer argues Columbus's discovery warrants a national observance and urges public sentiment in favor of the measure.
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Obituary notes on two Massachusetts figures
Thomas L. Davis former 17th District representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives died at Salem Massachusetts aged fifty six. William W Nichols longtime Charlestown Navy Yard foundry superintendent died at Brookline Massachusetts aged eighty eight. during the Civil War he fitted out the vessel later known as the Monitor and served in the 1868 Massachusetts Legislature.
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Prominent Arrivals at Hotels List Names Guests
A hotel arrival list shows L Emory of New Orleans and Robert Vance of Belport Ga at the Belmont Grand. J Barrames of Cambridge checks into Holland. Robert and Bonar at Imperial. Edwin Thompson of Cincinnati at Majestic. Arthur S Hyde of Boston at Manhattan. E E Fisher of Philadelphia at St Regis.
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Funeral of the Duc de Chaulnes
Paris reports the Duc de Chaulnes will receive a requiem mass at St. Philippe du Roule then be moved to Dampierre for a second service on Tuesday. Family and close friends attend before the body rests in the mortuary chapel of the historic château.
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Premier Clemenceau to Represent France in Campbell-Bannerman Funeral
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau departed for London to represent the French government at the funeral of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
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Cheek Pickslay Marriage at St Mark's Church
Helen Louise Pickslay, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Darling Pickslay, wed Robert Stanley Cheek of Nashville at St Mark's Church West Orange New Jersey on Saturday April 25 officiated by Rev F R Reazer D D. Notices of marriages and deaths must be indorsed with full name and address.
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N. J
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Robert Stanley Cheek
Nashville, Tenn
Death notices appear in The Tribune republication
Death notices list Benjamin Helen Aldrich and Harriet Brown alongside several names. Funeral services for Helen Aldrich, wife of the late Moses Benjamin, are held at her late Riverhead Long Island residence Tuesday after noon.
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Boon
Tribune Subscription Rates and Mail Terms
The Tribune lists domestic and foreign mail rates for daily weekly and Sunday editions, with various period subscriptions and placement in offices worldwide. It details schedules, office addresses, foreign postings, and hotel reading room arrangements for access and subscriptions.
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