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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
6
A sensational tale portrays Grand Duke, Countess, and American suitor in a web of European diplomacy. A charity of love and political pressure clash as a request to remove a diplomat tests an all consuming romance.
Ming Sara Stewart Van Alen, daughter of James J. Van Alen, and Robert J Caller, son of Peter Collier of New York, wed in Newport last week. Ten ceremonies marked the nuptials, beginning with a family celebration at Wakeburst. The tapestry ballroom hosted the main ceremony, decorated with stately pales and tree ferns, massive pink glory flowers, and feathery, variegated tannes.
Abraham M Rothnehild once president of A M Rothe child & Co. died by suicide in Chicago last week. Insomnia from overwork was noted as indirect cause. He suffered ill health since May and friends fear temporary derangement. Born in Nordstatten Germany in 1803. Married December 1882 to Miss Gusta Morris. One child from the union.
Reginald Vanderbilt and Kathleen Neilson announce their engagement, delayed until he graduates from Yale. Neilson, 20, noted for grace and beauty, is a niece of Frederick Gebhard and sister to Mrs Arthur Kemp. Vanderbilt awaits his inheritance of 13 million from his father. The couple has drawn social attention in Newport and New York for their romance.
An old Topeka physician recalls standing by hundreds of dying people and never seeing overt grief. He notes a strange psychological change at dissolution with pain fading as death nears and the dying person remaining emotionally calm despite bystanders’ sorrow.
The article describes beds equipped with individual electric bulbs at the headboard for reading in bed. It notes a reading desk attached to a bar crossing the head, a high headboard, and an urn light that can be pulled over the bed. It mentions issues with direct glare and contrasts with arrangements in larger hotels and the lighting design aiming to direct light downward.
Royal betrothal announced by cable links Prince Arthur of Connaught to Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. Beatrice, daughter of the late Prince Alfred, and Arthur, son of the Duke of Connaught, are both Victoria’s grandchildren, with a one year age difference between them. Expensive cigars spark a debate on quality and price, including anecdotes about Lord Rothschild and Mr Weingott, contrasted with the view that true tobacco value lies in price versus branding.
A fragmented Wartime poem recalls shifting tides of war and peace. It speaks of kings pulling back, gathering resolve, and dawns of peace near a weary world. The lines mix martial imagery with hopeful vows, evoking a future where hardship yields to a tougher trust.
The article explains why many Lincoln dispatches bear war department dates. Lincoln sought military insight during critical moments and often worked from the war office with General Halleck and Secretary Stanton. He valued military events over other departments, not because of cabinet favoritism.
Civil War era prison on Dry Tortugas near Florida guarded by Capt. W. R. Prentice recounts a thwarted plan by 24 uniforms stolen from the quartermaster. Prisoners hid tools under a floor board in a cemented flagstone cell, then planned to overpower guards and sail away but the scheme was discovered.
Operations start in Kentucky oil belt as Capt. S D Bottom owner of the Perryville battlefield contracts with New York syndicate to bore wells. In 1863 a well reached 500 feet amid Bragg and Buell fighting. 1,000 dead around the hole, 600 buried locally, 500 buried in Bellevue cemetery. Old machinery remains. a small vein of oil was found used by farmers.
Fort Worth hosts a reunion of Mexican War veterans, Texas Independence fighters from the 1840s. About sixty men attend, many aged 72 to 85, with white hair and bent frames yet praised for bravery that helped Texas gain independence.
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