The Story of a Mayor and a Political Boss
Delmas defends Thaw and draws Nero comparisons to San Francisco mayor Schmitz and boss Ruef. The piece traces accusations of extortion, the earthquake relief fund, and Ruef influence, detailing Schmitz as a union leader turned mayor and Ruef as the power behind the throne amid calls for reform and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruef
Schmitz
Golden Gate City
Union Labor
Germany
Langdon
San Francisco
Yiela
United States Secret Service
Min
Riet
Seth
ER. Mackey
Melba the Famous Prima Dona of Scottish Spanish Roots
In Melbourne many recall Ti mile Newie Mitchell and the prophecies of Melba’s future, a child prodigy trained in Paris under Mme Marchest, debuting nearly twenty years ago in Brussels as Gilda and in London as Lucia. Her fame grew singing before royalty, with her stage name reportedly derived from Melbourne. During the London season she stays at Combe Cottage, miles from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Melba
Mmé
Marchest
Brussels
Gilda
London
Lucia
Mme. Melba
Melbourne
Coombe
Cherming
Cnme
English Princesses as Queens of Norway Across Centuries
The piece notes that the Orkney and Shetland islands technically belong to Norway and traces royal unions linking English princesses to the Norwegian throne. It cites Margaret’s dowry pledge, Philippa’s proxy marriage in 1405, Edward VII’s daughter’s 1905 entry, and Caroline Matilda’s fate in 1775, highlighting intertwined royal marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Norway
Orkey
Shetland
Christian
James II
Scotland
Margaret
Quesh Maud
Phillipa
Henry IV
Erik
London
Edward VII
Caroline Matilda
George
Christian Vel
Fact Nuggets From An Era Of Odd Figures
Quicksilver sold in flasks weighing fifty six pounds. Francs yields three million five hundred ninety thousand dollars in ribbons yearly. Ireland has twelve hundred thousand people under cultivation. The baton entered English conduct in 1892 with Sir Michael Casta. Russia opened its first railway in 1887, sixteen miles long. Pigeons and turkeys have a natural temperature of one hundred nine degrees. Harvard erected America’s first printing press in 1632. Grain area equals 290 acres per one hundred population in the U.S. Twins occur once in sixty nine births. Sole leather quality from Argentine pampa hides. The garden snail has fourteen thousand two hundred eighty five teeth in 136 rows. India has twenty three million nine thousand eight hundred eight acres under rice. The average rise of the night in twenty four hours. The Salic law barred women from the crown in the fifteenth century. The Salle Franks originally lived in Helland. Two eyed spectacles invented about 1290. Total stars down to fourteenth magnitude about fifty four hundred million. Before Lister antiseptics thigh amputations death rate 41 percent now about 3 percent. French cavalryman weighs one hundred fifty five pounds. Over four million people cross Waterloo Bridge in a year. Wie-Hezka salt mine is 800 miles of galleries employing nine thousand miners six centuries. More than six thousand editions of the Imitation of Christ issued in 400 years. A canal horse can tow a twenty five ton barge at two and a half miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Harvard
United States
Helland
Lister
Waterloo Bridge
Wie- Hezka
Thomas ‘A Kempis
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Iawn
Egins
The
Sata
HK Sweet
Frank H. Sweet
Claus
Tha ‘Ie
Delphin M. Delmas
Harry Kendall Thaw
Eugene B. Schmitz
Nera
Nero
Vox Populi
Saya
Rome
Maximus
Europe
Idus Achates
Abraham Ruef
Roosevelt
Schule
Ruet
Musicians’ Union
Schmitts
Pacific ‘Coast
Evan
Toler
Ev Erybody
Mer
Abe Ruet
Abe Ruef
Joseph W. Falk
Crook
Edness
Hook
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
Secret Service
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham
Michael Casta
Russia
Pigeon
Turkey
Pampas
India
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