Cleo de Merode Returns to Stage Amid Years of Luxury
The famed dancer Cleo de Merode, once beloved by King Leopold of Belgium, plans a comeback after years of ease. Once a Paris Opera premier danseuse, she faced aging as she seeks public favor, having earned wealth from royal patronage and Congo shares.
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Leo DE Merode
Cleo de Merode
Leopold
Belgium
Paris Grand Opera
Bandeaux
Botticelli
Brussels
America
Congo
Cleopold
Faleuiere
Cleo
Chulalionghorn
Siam
Europe
Paris
Cleo Coyly
Rodin
Cleo de Merode's Nude Statue Sparks French Debate
The Salon displayed a nude statue with Cleo de Merode’s head prompting denial that it represented her. The piece and her later Parisian dancing life are traced through royal intrigue, shifts in favor, and her failed pivot to sculpture as age affects public appetite.
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France
Cleo de Merode
Bois
Leopold
Cleo
Additional Lodges Siemmering Officers Elected
Siemmering lodge No. 32 Herman Sons held its annual election Friday. President Adolph Uhr, vice president E Fellbaum, secretary Charles Huhdorf, treasurer John Hos, financial secretary Henry Wolffing were chosen along with minor officers. Installation set for January 3 after a well attended meeting and refreshments.
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Siemmering Lodge No
Hermann Sons
Adolph Uhr
E. Fellbaum
Charles Huhdorf
John Hos
Henry Wolffing
Hogan Honored as Fraternal League Elects Officers
At a San Antonio Fraternal League meeting on Tuesday the 1913 term officers were chosen. J F Hogan was elected consul commander and J O Bell clerk Pat Stevens banker N Roberts advisor R E Yates outer sentinel B McClain watchman Ora Baird manager for two years. Two candidates were initiated four applications and one transfer card member were received. A committee was named to arrange officer installation set for early January at the Woodmen hall.
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J. F. Hogan
San Antonio Fraternal League
J. O. Bell
Pat Stevens
N. Roberts
R. E. Yates
Outer Sentinel
B. McClain
Watchman
Ora Baird
Laurel Grove Election Chose Officers for Term
Laurel Grove No 1185 Woodmen circle held a Thursday meeting with officers chosen for the ensuing term. Names include Past guardian Beulah Goldring guardian Sallie White advisor Sarah Dietz clerk Jesse Graham banker Lee A Hall attendant Nie Wolfram chaplain Nellie Lamkin inner sentinel Dollie Stanton outer sentinel Mary White physicians Drs Harry Leat and Mrs L Burnham manager three years Dollie Stanton manager one year Ethel Brown musician Florence Ritchey.
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Laurel Grove
Woodmen Circle
Beulah Goldring
Sallie White
Sarah Dietz
Jesse Graham
Lee A. Hall
Innie Wolfram
Nellie Lamkin
Inner Sentinel
Dollie Stanton
Outer Sentinel
Mary White
Harry Leat
L. Burnham
Resignation Action by Bexar Camp Modern Woodmen
The Bexar Camp No. 12 034 Modern Woodmen of America held a called meeting Monday to act on the resignation of W A Lieber from the office of consul. The notice notes the resignation was occasioned by ill health and outlines the next steps for appointing a replacement.
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Bexar
Woodmen of America
W. A. Lieber
Forehand Becomes Consul as Meeting Hears Planned Event Postponed
W. W. Forehand, advisor, succeeds to the consul role filling the unexpired term. A large attendance heard that the joint Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors entertainment planned for December 16 is postponed indefinitely. date to be decided by the committee and announced at the next regular meeting.
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W. W. Forehand
America
Elks Hold Busy Meeting in San Antonio
San Antonio lodge No 216 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held a Friday meeting transacting routine lodge business. The New Year’s ball set for December 31 with R S Cosby as chairman is ready. A planned minstrel show for January 21 is progressing toward a big fraternal event.
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Unity Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Elks
San Antonio Lodge No. 216
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
R. S. Cosby
The
Pythians Buy Presents for Weatherford Home Children
Knights of Pythias representatives from Lotus Unity and Elk lodges began a Saturday gift drive for 89 children at the Weatherford Texas Widows and Orphans Home. Each widow is to receive 3 dollars as part of a longstanding community tradition.
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Pythians
Knights of Pythias
Weatherford
Tex
Paul Friesen
Lotus Lodge
William Keller
Unity Lodge
Gus Schneider
Elk Lodge
Private Pianist Hired By Mrs White At Eight Thousand A Year
Mrs A C White wife of a New York broker hires Ludwig Schwab former Kubelik accompanist to play exclusively at her home for functions daily earning a princely salary of 8000 dollars yearly creating a sensation in music circles.
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A. C. White
New York
Ludwig Schwab
Luxurious Lexington Avenue Home For Sale In San Antonio
In a prime Lexington Avenue area near the St. Anthony Hotel a modern eight room house with porch, bath, gas, sewers, and electric lights is offered for 8000. The lot is 61 by 112 feet with trees, iron fence, two garages, barn, servant’s room, chicken house, and outbuildings. An adjacent tract at Trenton and Dallas offers three five room cottages bringing 70 dollars monthly, priced at 7000 as a strong close in investment.
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San Antonio
Lexington Avenue
Fourth Street
St. Anthony Hotel
Trenton
Dallas
American Geographical Society Transcontinental Exposition Tour
The 1912 transcontinental excursion by the American Geographical Society gathered 43 European geographers for a 13 000 mile trip across the United States. The tour, begun in New York and ended there, showcased American hospitality and sights with extensive banquets and receptions, highlighting the nation’s geography to foreign visitors.
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Turkestan
Gold Coast
American Geographical Society
W. M. Davis
New York
Washington
Roosevelt Dam
Davis
Europe
Terra Incognita
America
Rockefeller to Sell Kansas Ranch and Cattle Interests
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland announces sale of his 10,000 acre Kiowa county ranch in Kansas and 124 head of Hereford cattle in Wichita. He seeks to shed all business duties after a strenuous round of travel and entertainment.
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Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
Kansas
Ife
Kiowa County
Kan
Wichita
Travelers return from grand tour with European gifts
The group filled intervals of sightseeing with choicest local products like fruit and flowers. Goods were loaded aboard the train and sent to European addresses for await return. The remarkable fact notes Europeans largely remained physically fit except for one case.
First Train Ride Delights 113 Year Old Mrs Keith
Mrs H Keith aged 113 and her 89 year old son rode a passenger train for the first time. They traveled from a home several miles from a southern Arkansas railroad to Joplin Missouri to see the sights. Keith asked a uniform patrolman how to get uptown and said they would return home tomorrow morning.
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Joplin
H. Keith
Arkansas
Charles McManamy
Keith
Eappe
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Ernest D. Sexton
Los Angeles
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