Italy's New Ruler and the Savoy Legacy
Special correspondence outlines Italy's political turmoil after Humbert I's assassination. It profiles the next king Victor Emmanuel III, his health and leadership questions, and the storied House of Savoy from its 11th century origins to modern unification, including wealth and dynastic risks.
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Humbert
Italy
Bresci
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Naples
Sicily
Dreibund
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Africa
Menelik
Abyssinia
House of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmasuel
Crispi
Helene
Montenegro
Europe
Humbert the Whitehanded
Dolph II
Arles
Savoy
Maurienne
Conrad
Salic Chablais
Valais
Amadeus I
Otto
Turin
Aosta
Charles Emmanuel III
Amadeus
Nice
Principality of
Piedmont
Sardinia
Genoa
Carlo Felice
Carlo Alberto
Victor Emmanuel II
Lombardy
Parma
Modena
Romagna
Tuscany
Mantua
Venice
Papal States
London
Margherita
Victor III
G. W. Weippiert
Mean boy refuses game in childhood quarrel
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a grievance where a boy named Tommie Mugier refused to play a game because he was younger, leading to a spat and memory of a simple domestic dispute.
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Tommie
David
Gollar
Mel
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Touches of battle. Capt. Houghton recalls Civil War heroism
Capt. Ruthven W. Houghton of 523 West Fourteenth Avenue has just received a $30 monthly pension for Civil War service. He recounts the Morris Island to Fort Wagner campaign, Col. Jackson, Col. Shaw, and Gen. Strong, detailing wounds and a dramatic night reconnaissance near Fort Wagner.
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Ruthven W. Houghton
West
Fourteenth Avenue
Denver Post
Houghton
Haverhill
Mass
Drury’s Bluff
Deep Run
Virginia
Morris Island
Fort Wagner
Col. Shaw
Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts
Wagner
Moultrie
Sumpter
Secess
Strong
Alvin Libbey
Shaw
Col. Jackson
Jackson
Tains
Leutenant
Corporal Bigsbee
Pleasure before business remembered in a rainbound Civil War tale
A Chicago Inter Ocean reminiscence details Palmer's division during a stormy 1863 Tullahoma campaign. Palmer sits on a porch as engineers debate fording a flooded stream while a cavalryman is greeted by a Southern sweetheart, prompting the general to joke about pleasure before business.
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Chicago
Tullahoma
Palmer
Splendit- Conditton
Murfreesboro
Smallest postal district housed in Monadnock building
The Monadnock building at Jackson Dearborn and Van Buren streets in Chicago is described as a compact postal district with about 6,000 people in a 6 by 40 meter area. The district, established May 1, handles roughly 25,000 mail pieces daily with six daily carrier deliveries and 16 to 20 wagon dispatches, linking to the central office. The article notes efficient urban space use and lists the unique staffing and delivery practices that keep mail accurate.
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Monadnock
Jackson
Dearborn
van Buren Streets
Chicago
Board of Trade Station
Tribune
Central Station
Washington Street
Lake Front
Garrity
Arles Don
Gordon
Central Office
Great Office
Postal Department
Patriotism and pride clash in wartime dialogue
A serialized quotation from Tit-Bits shows a colored regiment soldier dismissing risk to life over reputation. The piece, along with Civil War reflections from Schuyler county court and humorous quotes about marriage, appears as a collage of era snippets from St. Louis Globe-Democrat and Chicago Record.
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Schuyler Count
United States
Lee
Meade
Gettysburg
Lancaster
Athens
Clarke County
Iowa Line
Louis
Globe-Democrat
Quote exchange on kissing during Detroit Free Press era
A dialog from the Detroit Free Press features a man and a woman discussing kissing. He notes he kisses any kind he gets a chance to, reflecting light romantic wit in the era’s column style.
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Detroit Free Press
JOLTED JUVENILE JOKER IN CHICAGO FLAT TALE
A Chicago Chronicle item recounts a Fourth Floor flat mischief where neighbor boys teased newlywed couple. After pranks escalated Mrs Newlywed cried. solution arose when Fauntleroy Simpson forced a prank back via a speaking tube, causing BR to spill and teeth to suffer. Families now avoid the tube.
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The
Chicago Chronicle
Eselite
Chernubh
Faontleroy
Fauntleroy
How to Talk Interesting Ways to engage a listening audience
Text excerpted from Ladies' Home Journal and Ladies' World offers advice on entertaining conversation, showing sincerity and sympathy, reading audience mood, avoiding affectation, and maintaining simplicity. It includes domestic tips from Emma Louise Hauck Rowe on pressing collars, cucumber dish instructions, and a peach foam dessert recipe.
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Burton Kingsland
Ladies’ Home Journal
Emma Louise Hauck Rowe
Agg Fish Poison Rumor Stirred in Coastal Waters
San Juan Capistrano fishermen report odd fish this year with sunfish showing tail-less bodies and luminous skin. Moray eels, pizon sefirsts, and other reef species are discussed as potentially poisonous or unsafe to eat, while common gar and parrot fish receive warnings for cosmetic or misperceived dangers.
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San Juan Capistrano
Cal
New York
Sante Catalina
California
Florida
Floreida
Longe Island
Havana
Florida Reef
New England
Maine
The American Invasion Invasion of Europe by United States Tourists
An American girl writes from London about US tourists arriving by sea and rail in a humorous travel anecdote. She recalls mixed class travel, crowded ships, guided tours that offer little choice, and rapid movement through cities like Liverpool, Southampton, London, Canterbury, and Edinburgh before a quick return to New York. The piece satirizes celebrity tours and mass mobility.
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London
Europe
United States
England
Wall Street
Liverpool
Southampton
St Paul's Cathedral
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Marquis of Dufferin
Canada
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
E. W Sabel
Philadelphia
Java
Far East
Chicago Times-Herald
Manly Cruution
Harry
Riccord
Merv
Leis Republic
Ilix Chelee
Rushmorce
Lothger
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