Kiderlen Waechter Aims Diplomacy Through Bold Wit
A year into his post as state secretary at the German foreign office, Alfred von Kiderlen Waechter is portrayed as Germany’s principal foreign policy actor. His career spans St. Petersburg Paris and Constantinople, with key roles in Bosnia Herzegovina and the Morocco accords. Known for humor yet firm resolve, he shapes balance between Germany and Russia while keeping the Kaiser informed via wireless. He lives in a villa behind the Berlin foreign office and remains a bachelor at sixty next year.
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Kiderlen
Wilhelmstressen
Berlin
Herr von Schoen
Paris
von Eiderlen
Par
Germany
Morocco
Kaiser
von Kiderien
Stuttgart
Holstein
Prince Eulenburg
von Holstein, Eulenburg
von Kiderlen
Kladderadatsch
von Holstein
von Kiderlen-Waecher
Nesses
Wurtemberg
Dr. Polsdorff
Kladderada
Foreign Office
Bucharest
Balkans
Constantinople
New York UN
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Russia
Baron von Schoen
France
Foreign Department
Sleep Remedies Warn of Dangers from Sleepless Nights
Nostalgic health advisory urges attention to rest and brain health. The note warns that persistent insomnia threatens body and mind and recommends natural sleep promotion before considering remedies.
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Nature
Diplomatic Tricks Recall Bismarckian Style at Berlin Court
In the account the figure adopts rough bluff tactics reminiscent of Bismarck, including a large cigar, as he engages with the polished and strategic French ambassador to Berlin, M. Jules Cambon.
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Bismarck
Berlin
M. Jules Cambon
William Herschel a selfmade astronomer biography
The article traces William Herschel born in 1788 in Hanover who, despite limited schooling, studied music and mathematics, built his own telescope, moved to Bath, earned a living, and eventually became royal private astronomer under George III. His persistence, sisterly help, and self made instruments led to discoveries including Uranus and a lifelong dedication to science.
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Thomas Tapper
William Herschel
William
Hanover
Germany
Hanoverian Guard
Herschel
England
Bath
Jupiter
Saturn
Csvoyal Society
the Moon
Learned Society
George the Third
Windsor
Bear sighting interrupts berry picking near Milton
Mr and Mrs A J Clarke and family in Milton report a bear encounter while berry picking in the mountains. Mrs Clarke moved toward camp after hearing a rustle, but the bear fled in the opposite direction as she ran.
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A. J. Clark
Milton
Dispatch
Madero Uses St Louis Made Campaign Buttons
Francisco I. Madero Jr the Mexican revolutionary leader and presidential candidate is boosting his campaign with St Louis made buttons bearing his photo signature and Spanish exhortations. About 250000 buttons are shipped daily toward a million total, with several insurgent generals ordering supplies for Mexico City headquarters.
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Francisco I. Madero Jr
St. Louis
Mexico
Madero
Mexico City
Strange affinity between a darky and a chicken
A humorous exchange quoted by Ladies' Home Journal notes a racial stereotype comparing a darky to a chicken. Jones questions the similarity and Brown responds with a pun about descent from Ham and eggs.
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Jones
Brown
Ladies’ Home Journal
Inexorable Fate Observed by Old Maid in Winter of Life
A social quip from the Ladies' Home Journal recalls a wintry fiftyish spinster who sighs that marriage is an inevitable fate for all, as she learns of a pretty young woman’s engagement. The remark captures Victorian era sentiment on love and aging.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Hall's Texas Wonder promises kidney and bladder cures
An old advertisement claims 60 days of treatment in a one dollar bottle of Hall's Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatic complaints. It invites readers to send for testimonials and lists Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis as the provider, with druggist sales notation.
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Hall
E. W. Hal
Olive St
St. Louis
Rag Rugs From Rags Prove Popular In Country Homes
A New York Sun report describes women sewing rags into colored rug balls, with each ball representing a portion of material for rug weaving. Weavers consider color and fiber, charging by material. colonial rugs require six potmids per yard.
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Salvation Army
New York Sun
Ghostly visitation shakes Coshocton family
Five relatives report seeing Simon Fisher as a spirit after his death last March. He allegedly appeared in the black burial suit, pointing at his widow who had remarried a month later. The couple fled their home and pitched a river camp for the summer.
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Coshocton
Cincinnati Hnquirer
Simon Fisher
Carnes
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