Bonapartist Press Gains Ground in Paris
Paris reports a Bonapartist shift as Prince Victor Napoleon gains leverage through Le Figaro. The piece notes a belief parliamentarism has failed and hints the prince aims to recruit republican statesmen under an imperial banner amid strong police leadership by Lepine and ongoing political maneuvering in France.
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George Dufresne
Paris
Napoleon
le Figaro
France
M. Gaston Calmette
Prince Victor Napoleon
Victor Napoleon
Suez Canal Company
M. Lepine
M. Clemenceau
Chamber
M. Constant
Ministry of the Interior
Police
Lepine
Rich Earl Percy to Wed Lady Helen Gordon Lennox
The engagement of Earl Percy eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland to Lady Helen Gordon Lennox daughter of the Duke of Richmond is confirmed. Percy rose to prominence after the Northumberland Duke died in Paris under mysterious circumstances last Christmas. Fort Percy, aide-de-camp to Earl Grey, is in Canada with his chief. no wedding date yet.
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Earl Percy
Duke of Northumberland
Helen Gordon Lennox
Duke of Richmond
Paris
Fort Percy
Earl Grey
Canada
Union Inquiries Link Rent Hikes To Wages
A workers union, mostly laborers, studied rising rents over five years and found higher wages drive rent increases. The Figaro mocks the study, noting builders price, and rents rise accordingly. The paper says the inquiry confirms a simple truth and urges workers to see agitators’ premises as illusion.
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the Figaro
Journal
Sympathy Grows Over Mrs Proudlock Murder Conviction
In Singapore on July 8 reports spread of public sympathy for Mrs Ethel Mabel Proudlock, convicted of killing mine manager William Crozier Steward in Kusle Lumpur. The jury found her guilty after a ten day trial. the judge sentenced her to death and promised a mercy report to Lord Hardinge. A large petition with prominent signatures aims to seek clemency.
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Singapore
India
Ethel Mabel Proudlock
William Crozier Steward
America
Lord Hardinge
Proudlock
Steward
Kusle Lumpur
Woman Poses As Man in Chertsey Foundry Tale
An English story recounts a married woman who dressed as a man to work at the Her ring foundry in Chertsey. The impostor, dubbed Teddy Magee, lived rough, found lighter work, and was later identified by a fellow worker Rose as Mrs. Smithers Addlestone. She admitted her identity at the police station and promised not to dress as a man again.
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Chertsey
Herring
Teddy Magee
Waim Neily
Rose
Teddy
London
Prince of Wales
Carnarvon Castle
Wales
Prince Edward
Edward
Osborne College
Prince
Perkin Warbeck
Warbeck
England
British School of Archaeology
Egypt
Flinders Petrie
Hawara
Fayum
Nationa
Egyp
Nativ
Si Wilfred Laurier
Dominions
Australi
New Zealand
South Africa
Nefoundland
Ireland
Germany
Elizabeth
God Save
Germany holds Morocco claims as Belgium Netherlands seek alliance
Berlin asserts future claims in Morocco as the defensive bond between the Netherlands and Belgium gains traction. Queen Wilhelmina’s Brussels visit on July 28 is seen as a catalyst for closer security ties. In Russia the duma backs female academic pensions advancing women’s rights.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Morocco
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter
Netherlands
Belgium
Queen Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Brussels
Wilhelmina
Grand Palace
Hotel de Ville
Juliana
Holland
Council of Empire
St. Petersburg
Council
Duma
Russia
Council of the Empire
Friends of
Convict Prison at Witzwyl Seeks Reform Under New Governor
Geneva July 8 The Witzwyl convict prison in Berne Canton names a new governor pushing reforms. He urges prisoners to swap tobacco for chocolate and halts tobacco or chocolate for disobedience, noting improved conduct. Music by wandering Bohemians entertained inmates under escort. Authorities view convicts as lost citizens who can be reclaimed with care and discipline. Several societies assist discharged prisoners.
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Geneva
Witzwyl
Berne
Switzerland
Gladys Deacon Studies English Slums in London
Miss Gladys Deacon the American social figure in the run up to the German crown prince is spending time on slumming expeditions in London. She aims to study English society from top to bottom and may be writing a book on English social problems. She has withdraw n from regular social life to pursue this hobby.
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Gladys Deacon
Miss Deacon
London
United Kingdom
Electricity in air causes rainfall
London July 8 The drought prompts scientists to seek uses for science to bring rain. Sir Oliver Lodge proposes that electricity can coagulate water dust into heavy drops that fall as rain, demonstrated in a fog-filled bell jar, likening thunder shower rain to electric effects on moisture.
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London
Oliver Lodge
England
Australia
America
Prohibition Move Backs Absinthe in France
Paris July 8 reports the French Senate commission approved a proposal to ban absinthe manufacture sale transport and importation with fines from 20 to 400 francs. The abstinence measure follows a surge in absinthe consumption from 150000 gallons to 4 million gallons in recent years.
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Paris
France
Senate
Monks Claim Sole Right to Secret Cordial Name
French monks produced a cordial from monastery herbs and later moved to Spain after dissolutions. The French government kept selling the same named drink, but the Supreme Court ruled only the monks may hold the cordial name in this country.
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France
Spain
Supreme Court
Turks Waging War On Christians In Albania
Berlin reports worsening relief crisis as Albanian insurgents retreat to Montenegro. Turkish forces burn villages and churches, arrest traders, and drive 20 000 refugees into the mountains. Aid is scarce as Misery grows and Europe debates response.
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Berlin
America
Albania
Turkey
Koti
Kastrati
Klementi
Skreli
Montenegro
Korito
Macedonia
Torgut Pasha
Attila
Europe
Scutari
Scartari
Ramazan
Duchess of Westminster Sparks Royal Etiquette Row
Reported breach of court etiquette between the Duchess and Queen Mary over dress code on invitation cards. The duchess shifted from semi court to full court attire requests, provoking royal disapproval and a smoking room snub at the ball. Investigations at Carnarvon Castle aim to determine punishment.
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Royal Hall
Duchess of Westminster
Mary
Carnarvon Castle
Crimean Veteran James Lamb Dies at 82 in Wandsworth
London reports the death of James Lamb aged 82 of Salcott road Wandsworth a survivor of the light brigade he rode at Balaclava in the Crimean war formerly served in the Thirteenth light dragoons His widow aged 88 gave testimony about enduring the war alongside him.
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London
James Lamb
Salcott-road
Wandsworth
Light Brigade
Balaclava
Lamb
Thirteenth Light Dragoons
Sapper and Pilot Escape In Aerial Near-Disaster
In Douai reported tale, sapper Deville and Lieutenant Luhmann faced a failing aircraft over Cambrai at 2500 feet. A snapping wire and faulty magneto threatened doom, yet they landed safely by a val plane. Deville had written in his notebook to shield the pilot from blame if they perished.
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Paris
Douai
Luhmann
Military Aviation Center
Rheims
Catelet
Aisne
Cambrai
Deville
Bride Killed and Husband Fatal Injured in Swiss Accident
A young Alaska couple, Tsachaen, on their Geneva honeymoon, were in a severe motor crash near Geneva. The front wheel flew off on a sharp corner, causing a somersault that pinned the bride against a stone parapet and killed her instantly. The husband suffered a skull fracture and is believed to be dying.
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Geneva
Tsachaen
Switzerland
Aeroplane kills girl during trials at Rakos ground
A flying trial near Rakos airfield ends in tragedy when a crowd panics as an aircraft veers toward spectators. A girl is fatally struck by the propeller and dies in a shocking accident. the pilot escapes unharmed.
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Budapest
Rakos
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