Mme Du Barry and the Fall of an Infamous Favorite
The Kansas City Star recounts how Mme Du Barry, Louis XV's favored mistress, grew rich through lavish spending and court caprice. Her beauty and charm masked a frivolous reign that undermined royal dignity, ending with exile and the ensuing French Revolution's terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. du Barry
Louis XV
France
Kansas City
Louis XIV
Mme. de Pompadour
Barry
Chance
Anne Becu
Sainte Aure
Zamore
Royal Navy
Order of Saint Louis
Luciennes Louis
du Barry
Versailles
Paris
Place de la Revolution
Blood Medicine Without Alcohol boosts germicidal power
An alcohol free extract of roots marketed as Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is claimed to purify blood and improve vitality. Founder Dr R V Pierce touted an alcohol free alt erative extract of roots with testimonials of healing a chronic ear wound and general health improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Pierce
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Wm. F B.C
Pierce
Mrs Roberts Changes Homes To Aid Poor Alien Children
Mrs Theodore Roberts, vice president of the National California club, left her Riverside Drive mansion to live in a mission house in New York's Lower East Side. She has dismissed her servants and now does her own housework to devote time to improving conditions for poor immigrant children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
Lower East Side
Theodore Roberts
National California Club
Roberts
Rubber breakthrough claimed by Professor Perkins sparks global attention
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a synthetical rubber process by Professor Perkins attracting world attention. Five chemists collaborate, with big investors watching nervously as Rio de Janeiro dealers fear market disruption, while a successful low-cost method could aid global utilities despite potential shifts in prices and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rio de Janeiro
Great Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Germay
Electric farming proves fruitful on Evanston farmer's plot
William Stahl of Evanston Illinois reports successful vegetable and grain growth through a farm network of wires eight feet above the surface. A constant electric current charged the air around planted seeds and polarity was alternated to test effects. Samples grown under electric influence outperformed those not exposed, supporting electric farming as practical and commercial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stahl
Evanston
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Ron
Bene
Jeanne
Comte du Barry
Guillame du Barry
Greuze
Voltaire
Duc de Choiseul
Choiseul
Luciennes
China
Seine
Savannah
Chicago
Southern Cotton Oil Co
Broad St
New York
N. Y
New Orleans
San Francisco
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