England Now More Friendly with Germany Amid Balkan Crisis
London May 24 The Balkan crisis eased the Europe war threat and spurred a friendlier tone between Germany and England as critics praise the English role in Montenegro's crisis. British public opinion demands Montenegro receive fair compensation despite Austrian opposition.
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London
Balkan
Germany
England
Montenegro
Scutari
Sir Edward Grey
Austria
Europe
Petticoat Cafe: Villagers Fight Global Trend
In Geneva canton Plona village women opened a cafe to keep men at home after a petition for a local cheap public cafe was refused. Men sought entertainment in other villages triggering a female syndicate to establish their own cafe. The venture, run by wives and daughters at near cost, has drawn crowds and forced rival venues to close.
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Geneva
Plona
Canton of
St. Gall
Think Yourself Into Wealth Says Sect
London May 24 A New Thought writer explains a simple recipe to earn a $100,000 yearly income by daily visualization in the silent room. Visualize a green atmosphere with success scenes and customers, with disciplined minutes of thinking each day.
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London
A. Osborne Eaves
Mr. Eaves
Smuggled saccharine found in funeral cortege approached by customs
A funeral procession traveling from Zurich to Baden was halted by German customs officers who discovered the coffin wreaths and mourners pockets contained smuggled saccharine.
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Berlin
Zurich
Switzerland
Baden
Village Gossip Spreads Fast in English Village Scandal
A Times advertisement seeking a peaceful English village prompts a doctor to describe how gossip travels across a 300-person, two by three mile parish. He notes how a butcher’s injury and a neighbor’s quarrel ignite rapid, nationwide rumor waves within hours.
Hot Summer Foretold by Irish Sea Salt Clues
London May 24 Professor Bassett of University College Reading suggests the summer may be hot again based on the water in the Irish Sea. He notes four observable salt content types over six years that seemingly correspond to four summer types and link sea conditions to Atlantic weather, shaping forecasts.
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London
Bassett
University College, Reading
Irish Sea
Trish Sea
Atlantic
Riverside Restaurant Ad Invites Seafood and Chicken Meals
A Riverside Restaurant listing promotes deep sea seafood including Spanish mackerel pompano trout red fish flounder red snapper plank steak and other items. It highlights famous chicken meals for 25 cents and notes open day and night at 101 East Houston Street.
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K. C
Riverside
East
Houston Street
Ulster Prepares to Block Home Rule in Loyalist Stand
Sir Edward Carson returns to Ulster to organize Orange supporters for a final fight against home rule. Reports say Ulster is armed and ready to oppose Parliament, with signalling and dispatch service established and capable of Morse communication with Londonderry and Enniskillen.
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London
Edward Carson
Ulster
Orangemen
Times
Belfast
Londonderry
Enniskillen
Ulster Signalling and Dispatch-Riding Corps
Doumer Sparks French Political Comeback in Crisis
Paris May 24 M Doumer once seen as Fallieres successor and vanished from politics has issued a stirring speech on urgent national issues. His return shifts French hopes for leadership as the crisis tests the nation.
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Paris
M. Paul Doumer
M. de Blowitz
France
M. de Fallieres
M. Doumer
Earl of Crawford Leaves Jewels to Wife in Will
London May 24. The will of the late Earl of Crawford bequeaths un settled property valued at 2,181,395 dollars to his heir Lord Balcarres. He notes purchases of diamonds and jewelry since his father’s death and directs that these pieces adorn his wife and pass with the estate.
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London
Earl of Crawford
Lord Balcarres
Earl
Sandals Replace Heels In Paris Fashion Surge
In Paris on May 24 fashion shifts away from high heels with society ladies publicly wearing sandals fastened by ankle ribbons. Proponents cite suppleness and flexibility as the era’s defining traits in women’s attire.
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Paris
Old Time Breakfast Pork Sausage Offered in 1 Pound Boxes
Union Meat Company advertises breakfast pork sausage sold in one pound boxes at twenty five cents per pound. Customers are urged to place orders with their butcher or grocer.
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Union Meat Company
Wireless Waltz Heard Inventor Unveils Wireless Telephone
In Geneva on May 24 reports say M. Roberto Galetti, an Italian civil engineer, has developed the wireless telephone after years of experiments. He set stations at Lausanne and demonstrated that placing a phonograph before the wireless receiver yields familiar tunes like the Merry Widow heard across Lake Geneva from St. Maurice to Sion.
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Geneva
Lake Geneva
St. Maurice
Sion
M. Roberto Galetti
Lausanne
Alps
Hood's Sarsa arilia Strength Tonic
Hood's Sarsa arilia is promoted as a nerve and digestive strength tonic. It claims to tone the digestive organs and restore energy for those feeling run down, urging immediate use for improved mental and bodily strength.
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Hood
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