Prince Arthur of Connaught in Great Favor in Britain and Canada
London reports Prince Arthur of Connaught, aged thirty, has drawn hundreds of congratulatory messages and is popular among military and royal circles. He is expected to succeed his father in Canada with a possible viceroy in India, while finding a suitable royal bride remains an issue. He has traveled widely and impressed in Japanese affairs, and hunts with Yorkshire packs.
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Canada
Duke of Connaught
India
Prince ‘Arthur
Duke of Rutland
Edward
Prince Arthur
Jorge
Japan
Nogi
Yorkshire
Prince Albert Victor
King George
Dartmouth Naval College
Day
Cumberland
Devonport
Canary Islands
West Indies
Protone claims dramatic weight and vigor boost in 60 cent package
An advertisers’ pitch extols Protone as a science based flesh and strength builder. It promises a plump appearance, color to the cheeks, and a bright demeanor, claiming the regular dollar size is sold by all druggists or direct from The Protone Company in Detroit Michigan.
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Protone Co
Protone
Detroit
Mich. Ts
Archduchess Eleonore Renounces Titles For Love
Archduchess Eleonore, eldest daughter of Archduke Stephan, marries Austrian naval officer Lieutenant von Kloss in Vienna. She relinquishes all rank privileges since he lacks royal blood. Emperor Franz Joseph approves after her consent to the stipulations. The couple, ages 26 and 28, reportedly share a secret favorable sanction from the emperor.
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Archduchess Eleonore
Vienna
Lieutenant von Kloss
Royal voyage hints tie to Prince Wales meets Americans
The article notes plans for a New York stop on a six month Cumberland voyage and a future trip for Prince Albert to Heidelberg after a brief vacation. It recalls the royal tutor Hansell and a Paris visit by the Prince of Wales, with Bohemian chatter about surveillance and Gretel contrasts.
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New York
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
America
Cumberland
Heidelberg
Hammerstein Ready to Fight in London Courts
London reports reveal Oscar Hammerstein plans to contest two high damage claims linked to past operatic stars. An application before Justice Coleridge signals a forthcoming airings of behind the scenes disputes at the London opera house under his regime, including Mme Vallandri’s action and the grand opera venture.
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London
London Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein
Coleridge
King’s Bench
Hammerstein
Stargare
Stein
Mme. Vallandri
American duke funds study for savants in need
Paris reports the American Duke, the world’s only American duke, has donated a sixth annuity to aid scholars in straitened circumstances. The Duke de Lubat, a Legion of Honor commander and Institute of France member, supports the Academy of Inscriptions and Belle Lettres and offers a prize for the best book on America’s history and ethnography.
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Paris
Duke de Lubat
Academy of Inscriptions and Belle Lettres
Sin
Legion of
Aste
Institute of France
American Association For the Advancement ’ of Science
Duke
America
Piles Cure Advertisement Seeks Volunteers for Free Trial
A bold request offers ex-piles sufferers a free trial package by mail after sending name and address. It claims a highly effective remedy, then mentions a 50 cent box available at drugstores without surgery.
Free Package Coupon Offered by PYRA RUG CO
A promotion invites readers to fill out blank lines with their name and address and mail the coupon to PYRA RUG CO. The offer promises free shipment in plain wrapper.
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Pyrarug CO
Gauss
Co. E. Gauss
Main Street
Marshall, Mich
Francis Joseph Still A Powerful Figure In Europe
A London dispatch assesses Francis Joseph of Austria as a pacific, aging ruler whose influence keeps Europe in balance. It explores Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s pan Slavic ambitions to redraw borders into a vast Habsburg federation including Hungary Bohemia Poland Serbia Montenegro and more. It notes Sophie Chotek an ambitious duchess pressuring her husband toward a grand throne and a potential Nobel prize.
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London
Europe
Francis Joseph
Austria
Franz Ferdinand
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Germany
Russia
Cieef
Frank Ferdinand
Charles V
Kingdom of
Hungary
Bohemia
Poland
Servia
Montenegro
Delmatia
Herzgovina
Garth
Ferdinand
Near East
German Empire
Hohenberg
Sophie Chotek
Maximillian Charles
Ernest
Carpenters of Biloxi Organize Local Union
At Odd Fellows Hall on West Howard avenue the Biloxi unit of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America held a meeting. O. T. White chaired temporarily and officers were elected, with White as president and J. L. Harkness as vice president.
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Biloxi
Miss
Odd Fellows Hall
West Howard Avenue
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
O. T. White
J. L. Harkness
Les
William
Will American Become Queen of Hungary
Paris reports Hungarian patriots seek financial backing from the Vanderbilt family to back Count Szechenyi for the Hungarian throne amid possible Austrian empire breakup. The plaid of Ladislas as king, and the Vanderbilt fortune as leverage, draws attention to the American Nes from the Vanim family, with cartoons depicting a weakening empire.
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Paris
Vanderbilt
Szechenyi
Hungary
Austrian Empire
Gladys Vanderbilt
Francis Joseph
Paskeevitch
Ladislas
Amretrone
Chotek
Franzerdinand
Kosuth
Fake Cure Claim Promises Catarrh Fix for Money
An advertisement taunts readers with a supposed cure for catarrh and urges immediate payment of name and address to obtain the treatment. It uses bold language to pressure the reader and offers no verifiable medical basis.
Fuad of Egypt Seeks Albanian Independence Support
Paris dispatch outlines Fuad Pasha’s asyndical bid for Albanian independence not autonomy. He rejects revolution, claims loyalty to Albania, and urges independence under great power protection while uniting Muslims and Christians under a common national identity.
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Paris
Albania
Fuad
Egypt
Khedive Ismail
Khedive
Hassan
Humphreys
California
Chika
Bania
Europe
Russia
Austria
Italy
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