Umbrella man and other curious notes from a bygone page
A rambling collection of anecdotes and observations mentions Prince Helie de Sagan and American heiresses, speculative finance, and political graft. It notes a big Jersey City clock, Yale’s historic room, and Whitelaw Reid at Basque Fetes, plus a sobering account of a Telugu village ritual with impaled animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Sare
France
Edward
Piarritz
Congress Urged to Pass Temporary Financial Measures
The president urged swift congressional action on new financial and labor reforms. He cited recent employer liability gains, hopes for recompensing public service employees, a DC child labor law, and continued funding for the waterways commission to boost tariff condition investigations. The message arrived amid House rules and Senate debates on naval appropriations, receiving limited attention.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
District of Columbia
Waterways Commission
House of Representatives
Financial legislation aims and injunction limits
The speaker urges temporary financial measures for the next year or two and a commission of experts to study and recommend permanent reforms, including postal savings banks. He doubts two proposals, strengthens anti trust law for better federal control over interstate business, and calls for limiting injunctions to protect labor rights.
Dechaulnes Widow After Honeymoon Death Shock
Dechaulnes, widow of Shonts, endures tragedy as her daughter dies on their honeymoon leaving the young widow to cope with sudden loss in the family. The incident shocks local residents and prompts inquiries into the events surrounding the couple’s travel.
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Shonts
Duke Clautnes Dies in Paris at Hotel Dangham
The Duc de Clautnes, newly wed to Miss Theodora Shonts in New York last February, was found dead in his Paris hotel room from an embolism. His widow alerted his father in New York, and Theodore P. Shonts and Mrs. Shonts prepared to travel to Paris. Relatives in Chicago were notified of the death.
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Paris
Youn Duc de Clautnes
New York City
Theodora Shonts
Clover Leaf Railroad
Dangham
Boceador
Theodore P. Shonts
New York
Mrs. Shonts
Gelett Burgess
Family Ties Highlight Shonts and Drake Relatives
A fragment notes ties among the Shonts family and Mrs. Drake with Rae and Toi mentioned as connected relations. It suggests Mrs. Drake is linked through her father to Rae and Toi, framing a family network among the households.
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Aressed
Toi
Avert
Rae
Mrs. Drake
Shonts
Folk Opens Senate Campaign At St Joseph Opera House
Gov Joseph Folk launched his United States senatorial bid at the Tootlie opera house to a large audience in St Joseph Missouri delivering a long review of his record. He listed measures to curb lobbying road, police reform and direct election of senators among his priorities and announced his candidacy for the Senate. He urged a clean fight and argued for tariff revision waterways improvements and constitutional amendment for direct voting.
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St. Joseph
Joseph W. Folk
United States
Tootlée Opera House
Cyclone Sweeps Islands in Comora Archipelago
A devastating cyclone hit the Comora archipelago in the Mozambique channel with thousands dead and widespread property loss. The six islands lie about 350 miles northwest of Madagascar and 200 miles east of the Indo-France coast, home to around 100000 people mostly Arabs, negroes and Malagassies.
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Paris
Comora
Mozambique Channel
Madagascar
Indo-France
France
Requiem Mass Held for the Duc de Chaulnes in Paris
A high mass was celebrated Monday at the Church of St. Phillippe du Roule for Duc de Chaulnes who died suddenly Thursday night at the Hotel Langham. The bier was banked high and the canopy bore the family arms.
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Paris
St. Phillippe du Roule
Duc de Chaulnes
Widow Theodora Shonts Remembered in Church Service
Relatives including Marquis Horschely and ATT Drake attended a church service for the widow formerly known as Theodora Shonts of New York, reflecting on her life and associations with prominent families.
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Marquis Horschely
Att Drake
Theodora Shonts
New York
Hankow Hit Again as Typhoon Strikes Shanghai Hankow
Typhoon damage hits Hankow area with hundreds of junks sunk and several steamers ashore. River communities suffer widespread disruption and shortages as rescue efforts begin.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Congress Roundup: Battleship Plan Fails in Senate
The report covers Roosevelt's four battleship program failing in the Senate after House rejection. It notes Senator Piles proposing the plan and Beveridge leading the fight, with 23 votes for the program and 50 in support of the House's two-ship recommendation. It also mentions Kahn Bill delays, pension bills, and other session actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Piles
Beveridge
Senate Naval Committee
Burleston
Commissioner of Corporations
Pacific
Hale
Bankhead
Alabama
Boston
Wilmington
Dean's Kidney Pills and Other Cure Claims
Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio praises Dean's Kidney Pills for curing back pain irregular secretions and low energy. The ad notes the product costs 50 cents a box and is sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also includes Gelett Burgess remark about failed papers and a horse medicine testimonial for Sloan's Liniment and Sure Colic Cure by A D Bruce of Aurelia Iowa.
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Rebecca Mack
B. Rich Street
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Sweeny
Sloan
A. D. Bruce
Aurelia, Ia
Money to Burn and The Dust of Wealth
In a vivid street scene Pat and Mike react to a roaring touring car, debating the expense and tainted money it represents. A classroom vignette follows with Ada nesota BEET POU being sent to wash and return, the pupils laughing at his dirtied face despite the effort.
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Pat
Mike
Adanesota
Fastest Trains Tale From Three Nations
A humor vignette compares train speeds among England Ireland Scotland with Pat claiming Irish rail travel felt like soup as the fields and pond whizzed by, while the English and Scots note telegraph poles and milestones rushing past.
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Pat
Wis. Woman Finds Strength with Grape-Nuts After Long Illness
A Wisconsin woman describes 12 years of dyspepsia and weight loss followed by a marked improvement after using Grape-Nuts with milk and lime water. She credits the cereal with rebuilding her strength, enabling breakfast and supper use, and restoring speech.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkville
Ukes
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Prince Helie de Sagan
Him
Hawaii
Castro
Alexander E. Orr
D. C. Hughes
Brooklyn
Gould
Anna
Prince
South Carolina
China
Baldwin
U. S
St. Is
Kha County
W. Va
Cologne
Vanderbilt
Jersey City
Old South Middle Hall
Yale
New Haven
Nathan Hale
Eli Whitney
John C. Calhoun
Mr. Carnegie
India
Dechaulnes
Chicago
Ill
GOV. Folk
Missouri
Ruef
San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Doolin
White Spoon
Guthrie
Okla
Geary
Blaine County
Lexington
David Johnson
Trudian
Georgetown
Duke
Duchess de Chaulness
New Church
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Schenectady Avenue
Deane Street
Grant
Grant Peace
Metropolitan Temple
Ulysses Grant
Grand Army
Gen. Grant
J. Wesley Hill
Mobile
Ala
Southern Railway
Suggsville
Helie
Boni
Naples
Madame Gould
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Millville
N. J
H. McDonald
William Dowling
McDonald
News OF Congress
House Committee On Labor
Navy
Soldiers’ Home Annex
Andrews
New Mexico
Dona Ana County
Oregon & California Railroad Co
Oregon
Five Civilized Tribes
Philippine Islands
Lordsburg
N. M
Oliver Garrison
George Allen
Garrison
Allen
Camden
Baltimore
Johnson SN
West Virginia
Belvidere
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