London Planning for Coronation and Royal Guests
The piece notes London homes like Lincoln's Inn offering visitors quiet, historic comforts during the coronation season. It highlights Manuel's settled life in Richmond, his golf interest, and his courteous, nonpolitical demeanor while greeting English surroundings. It also mentions Bank of England lights for coronation illumination and the use of police dogs to aid officers.
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Phillip Everett
ONDON
London
Lincoln's Inn
Sir J
Sir John
Manuel
Richmond
Mid-Surrey
Portugal
Richmond Bridge
Teddington Lock
Banl
Bank of
Vallombrosa
Siich
Spith
Edward
Carnival of giants and Kaiser visit loom over London
A July 6 carnival in Hyde Park will feature thirty huge cars each drawn by six horses, with hundreds of masqueraders and twelve bands as oversea dominions are represented. The Kaiser will attend the Victoria memorial unveiling near Buckingham Palace and enjoy a gala Drury Lane performance of Money amid Dresden china style decor.
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Nice
Hyde Park
London
Crystal Palace
Kaiser
Victoria Memorial
Buckingham Palace
William
Corfu
Drury Lane
Rulwer Lytton
Old Drury Lane
Dresden
China
Use More Convict Labor on Siberian Railroad
A CABLE report states Russia will increase convict labor on the Amur railroad project after last summer's desertions. Selected prisoners from Irkutsk and Transbaikalia will work unshackled though guarded, earning about one rouble daily with portions saved or spent as pocket money.
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Siberia
Tomsk
Siberian
Amur
Russia
Irkutsk
Alexandrovski
Chita
Transbaikalia
Robbers Kill Steward in Italian Woodlands Heist
In the Alban hills near Rome a steward named Campagnoni traveling with 3000 dollars to pay woodmen for the Duchess of Sforza was killed as highwaymen demanded the cash. The attackers fled. the steward was shot dead while fleeing and the assailants remain at large.
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Rome
Dick Turpin
Roca di Papa
Arriceta
Alban Hills
Campagnoni
Duchess of Sforza
Archduke's Mysterious End and The Lost Ship Saga
Vienna reports the declared deaths of Archduke Johann Salvatore of Austria and Milly Stuhl after the St Margarete vanished off Cape Horn in 1890. Letters from La Plata hint at unfinished business while the villa of Milly Stuhl in Heiligenstadt remains marked by ill fate and a foreboding sale sign.
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Vienna
Archduke Johann Salvatore
Johann Orth
Austria
South America
Cape Horn
Archduke
la Plata
St. Margarete
Australia
French Riviera
Milly Stub
Tomaso Jelenic
Valparaiso
Heiligenstadt
Grinzingerstrasse
Milly
Lory Stuhl
Wren
New Ship Steering Gear Speeds Rudder Response
London officials describe a new electrical steering system for ships using a direct motor driven high speed variable stroke pump. The gear eliminates engine start delays, moving the rudder essentially with the steering wheel and delivering immediate response.
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London
Institution of Naval Architects
Society of Arts
John Dunston
Navy
Canvased for husband in British election triumph
Mrs Waldorf Astor formerly Nannie Langhorn Shaw, famed Virginian beauty, ran a political campaign for her expatriated husband that helped him win a seat in Parliament. Her father in law William Waldorf Astor plans a large entertainment to honor her and praise her political efforts.
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Waldorf Astor
Nannie Langhorn Shaw
Virginia
William Waldorf Astor
Exhumation of Dutch Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau
Berlin April 29 remains of Pauline of Orange Nassau a six year old princess buried in German soil for over a century were exhumed with solemnity. The body was sent to Delft to join the royal mausoleum of the House of Orange Nassau after a Dutch mission arranged by Queen Wilhelmina.
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Berlin
Holland
Wilhelmina
Pauline
Orange-Nassau
William the First of
Freienwalde
Walter Rathenau
Rathenau
Delft
House of Orange-Nassau
Paris to Test Semaphore Traffic Control System
Paris officials plan to replace standard officers with a semaphore system at Montmartre square. An iron structure with four signal arms will guide drivers abandoning chaos at crossings and reduce reliance on policemen in white bars. At night red and green lights will substitute discs.
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Paris
Montmartre
Money Buried With Him Relic Promissory Note Found
In Pau a widow sought the grave to uncover a promissory note he hid in his night clothing. Police exhumed the coffin and recovered the note along with a bundle of bank notes worth $2000.
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Paris
Pau
Diver’s Narrow Escape From Sunken Malaga
London April 29 A diver named John Thomas employed by the Port of London authorities had a remarkable escape from death while working on the sunken steamer Malaga off Gravesend The air pipe of his diving apparatus was severed over fifty feet underwater He cut the pipe and hose to the surface to avoid suffocation.
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London
John Thomas
Port of London
Malaga
Gravesend
Victory of Vatican Affects German Politics in 19th Century Debate
In Berlin debates of the Prussian Herrenhaus voices argue Alsace Lorraine remains French culturally and linguistically. The Vatican victory over Italy dents German clerical power, while calls grow for reintroducing whipping posts or harsh punishments to curb crime as public debate widens across media and politics.
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Berlin
Herrenhaus
House of Lords
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Vosges Mountains
France
Federal Council
Portugal
Spain
Vatican
Free Kingdom of
Italy
Teople
Prussia
Berliner Boersenzeitung
Miss Muriel Wilson Receives Teck Bequest Over Hundred Thousand
Miss Muriel Wilson once renowned as England’s handsomest woman received a bequest exceeding $100,000 from the late Prince Francis of Teck. The two were longtime friends who met in London and Venice where Wilson hosted lavish gatherings. German papers praised the generous remarks while Deutsche Tageszeitung hailed liberal circles as dawn approaching.
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Muriel Wilson
England
Prince Francis of
Teck
Miss Wilson
Prince
London
Venice
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Mawson outlines vast southern continent at Royal Geographical Society
Dr. Douglas Mawson, organizer of the Australian Antarctic expedition, lectured in London to support the project. He described a vast southern continent linking Antarctica with Tasmania New Zealand South America and South Africa, with fossil and geological evidence suggesting past habitable links before a massive ice age and volcanic activity separated the lands.
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London
Douglas Mawson
Royal Geographical Society
Antarctica
New Zealand
Tasmania
South America
South Africa
Australia
Antarctic
Lady Lettice Cholmondeley Receives Many Wedding Gifts
London April 29 Lady Lettice Cholmondeley bride to be of Price Harrison has already received more than 500 presents. Diamonds from her mother amid a long list include a dressing case with gold brushes a silver wine service and numerous silver pieces from dukes duchesses and countesses.
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Lettice Cholmondeley
London
Price Harrison
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Lady Cholmondeley
Vere Cholmondeley
Lord
Valentia
Lady Londonborough
Alice
Ridsell
Duchess of Abercorn
Lord Kenyon
Duke of Westminster
Charles Fitzmaurice
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort
Charlotte Arnold
Lady Ancaster
Lady de Paravincini
Lord Anglesey
Fitzroy Erskine
Helen Grosvenor
Katherine
Duchess of Westminster
Beatrice Pole Carew
Duchess of Sutherland
Alexander Paget
Hat Rack for Church Pews
Reverend F A Adams of Doddinghurst Essex devised a wire clip system under pew seats to hold hats in church. The rack attaches to a carved wooden lath and aims to solve headwear clutter during services.
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London
F. A. Adams
Doddinghurst
Brentwood
Essex
Adams
Sixty Couples Mark Golden Weddings in Rheims
Sixty couples celebrated golden wedding anniversaries in Rheims. After mass at the cathedral they gathered at the town hall for a reception where each couple received a commemorative medal. One pair’s combined ages reached 170 years.
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Rheims
Practical Education and Church Reform in France
Paris report notes Catholics organize diocese congresses to push social reform and education. Critics warn against undemocratic trends while clergy promote practical study reforms and propose university changes to favor professional tracks. An art collection bequest to the Louvre by Count Isaac de Camondo promises extensive works and a dedicated room. An aeroplane test by naval lieutenant Conneau demonstrates controlled ascent and braking methods for potential naval use.
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Paris
St. Martin
France
Revue Des Deux Mondes
M. Emile Faguet
Academy
Sorbonne
M. Faguet
Secon
Beaves
Louvre
Isaac de Camondo
Camondo
M. Durand Knel
Falconnet
Falconnet’s “Troit Graces,’ and the Latour Pastel, Count de Camento
Conneau
United St
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