Royal Finances Tamped by War Strains in England
King George and Queen Mary aid financially stricken royals as incomes from German securities vanish. Prince Christian and Prince Alexander lose private funds while Windsor keeps Cumberland Lodge with a 2000 dollar salary. Ex king Manuel and Queen Alexandra face near ruin as royal expenditures cut by half. Buckingham palace slashes meals and servants to weather wartime costs.
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England
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Prince Christian
Prince
Princess Christian
Windsor
Cumberland Lodge
Germany
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Cumberland
Alexander of
Teck
Queen Mary
Canada
St. James Palace
Manuel
Straits
Portugal
Victoria
Twickenham
Paris
Dolay
Alexandra
Neverel i
Jesty
Pital
Marlborough House
Sandringham
Prince Arthur Hag
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duke
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Kaiser
Henry of Battenberg
Colonies
Royal Establishment
Buckingham Palace
Battle seven nights of hell from the Aisne to church
London correspondent Geoffrey Young reports wounded from the Aisne describe seven days and nights of shellfire with hourly charges and mass casualties. The war’s toll is echoed by Manchester clerics noting rising church attendance as civilians seek fellowship amid conflict. A 103 year old Crimean veteran in Petrograd volunteers.
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London
Geoffrey Young
Aisne
Manchester
England
Gays
Petrograd
Diary Reveals Perils of Stefansson Arctic Expedition
A diary of the Stefansson Arctic expedition, published by Miss Mary Ainslie, recalls the 1918 to 1926 wanderings from British Columbia to Flaxman Island Alaska. It notes the Karluk loss after the diary’s end and mentions Leffingwell’s trail crossing. The entry records survival details such as Eskimos feeding on raw frozen fish and rancid whale oil.
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San Diego
Cal
Stefansson
Mary Ainslie
Burt McConnell
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
British Columbia
Flaxman’s Island
Alaska
Karluk
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
Pasadena
Arctic
McConnell
Mrs John F H Oz Borne Joins Governor Osbornes In Capital
Mrs John F H Oz Borne wife of the first assistant secretary of state has joined Governor Osborne in Washington for duties. The report notes Oz Borne recently traveled to the capital to assist in official activities alongside the governor.
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Secretary of State
Washington
John FH. Ozborne
Osborne
John E. Osborne
Joan Curtis Os‘borne
Boy goes fishing and hooks girl from window
Freddie Goshorn aged three put a meat baited line from his third floor flat window. The line caught a girl, four year old Mary Hall on the first floor as neighbors freed the hook. Mary was taken to City hospital in auto patrol 3 for treatment.
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Cincinnati
Freddie Goshorn
Freddie
Mary Hall
City Hospital
Snakes Duel Near Spring. King Snake Overpowers Moccasin
A reported deadly snake fight near a spring in Fuquay North Carolina drew a crowd with a king snake grappling a moccasin. The king held the moccasin's head while the venomous snake curled its tail around a root near the water. Witnesses described the dramatic scene as the two reptiles battled to the end.
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Fuquay
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