Patricia Burke Succeeds in British Royal Match
Patricia Burke of Los Angeles, heiress to John H Burke, marries Earl of Cottenham at St George's Church Hanover Square London. Her suitor list spanned American and European nobility including Princes Pignatelli and de Bourbon, with the Cottenham match ending a lengthy romance arc.
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Patricia Burke
Los Angeles
Cal
Earl of Cottenham
Patricia Waurke
John Humphrey Burke
California
Ludovico Pignatelli d'Aragon
Spain
Patricia
Ferdinand de Bourbon
Alfonso
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
London
New York
Newport
Roche
Francis
Maurice
Raymond Belmont
Jack Darrah
Texas Railway
Miss Burke
Rea
Burke
de Burg
Normandy
Juan de Ropez de Ayala
Marquis de Fuensania
Seville
England
Earl of
Cottenham
Great Britain
Elvenden Priory
Gering-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
Lady Cottenham
Earl of Abergavenny
John Blundell Leigh
Baron Hides Potatoes in Berlin Methinks
Baron Leo Zalewsky of Schoeneichen, a major Pomeranian landowner, hid four tons of potatoes to profit from rising prices. He refused a search, insulted a police official, and was fined 2500 dollars plus 75 dollars for the insult. The court deemed the fine sufficient without imprisonment.
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Berlin
Leo Ee Zalewsky
Schoeneichen
Pomerania
Food Commission
Bull Threat Fails as Cow’s Kindness Surprises
A young man warns a girl milking a cow in a field as a raging bull charges. She calmly continues, and the bull halts, then bolts away. She explains the animal won’t harm her because the cow is his mother in law.
Crowded Car Sparks Fare Dispute Among Women Passengers
In a U S A city, a crowded streetcar had all seats filled when a group of women entered. The conductor, collecting fares, woke a man he believed was asleep as a passenger questioned the eye closing. The passenger explained the motion was due to the crowded car. The exchange reflects a clash over seating and courtesy.
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Eer
Denver Housemaids Union Emerges From Egg Incident
In Denver a Housemaids Union forms amid disputes over eight hour workdays pay and treatment. Mary the cook sparked the movement by serving two eggs one virgin fresh and one cold storage, prompting discussions on dignity, training, and collective action among mistresses and servants.
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Servant Girls’ Union
Denver
Crawford Hill
Jane Street
Jan Street
Mary
Capital Hill
Housewives’ Assembly
Resting as a vice and virtue in Harte tale
A Bret Harte anecdote in a New York street window centers on a rough companion who mocks a book titled Work Exhaustion. The pair discuss overwork versus idle ease and a speech praising conserved energies plus a doctor’s quip about a four hour workday.
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Bret Harte
New York
Harte
Sir Henry Irving
Henry
Sir Henry
Nighttime water dash reveals odd scene in mining village
A neighbor catches Jack and his wife Kasie dousing their bedroom window with water on a moonlit night in a northern mining village. The pair explain Jim must sleep after two thousand fifty eight splashes, leaving onlookers baffled by the improvised remedy.
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Jack
Kgsie
Hinney
Jim
London
Brazil fibres may supply binder twine for U S farmers
American consul in Brazil reports a Brazilian fibre plant could yield binder twine as strong as Mexican sisal. If tests prove commercial, Brazilian planters may export fibre and import American machinery to produce steady twine supply for farmers, potentially easing dependence on Yucatan sisal.
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Washington, D. C
America
Yucatan
Brasil
South American
A. T. Haeberle
P Buco
Haeberle
Minas Geraes
Theophile
Tourope
Piteira
Unit States Department
United States
Lester H. Dewey
Department of Agriculture
Consul Haeberle
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Noele
Colorado
G. L. McCord
Sume
Jasper Write
H. A. Winter
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Housemaids' Union
Responsibility
Corner Casino
Commerce
Bank and Trust Company
Brazil
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