Queen Alexandra Somewhat Frail Amid Royal Festivities
England’s Queen Alexandra shows signs of frailty in recent months with difficulties walking at a royal wedding. Her daughter Queen Maude of Norway and King Haakon visit Sandringham over Christmas while King George and Queen Mary debate Christmas plans between Sandringham and Windsor.
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London
Sarah Bernhardt
Alexandra
Queen Mary
Queen Maude
Norway
Haakon
Olaf
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Princess Victoria
George
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Prince of Wales Goes Slumming in London Underworld Tour
The prince of Wales will soon tour London's slum districts incognito with a detective to view the underworld, as done by his father and grandfather. His brother Henry, at Eton, has his weekly allowance raised to 1.25 dollars amid warnings not to trade autograph letters. Henry adapts to school life and helps with boot polishing between Windsor Castle trips.
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International News Service
London
Prince of Wales
Henry
Eton
Windsor Castle
Alabama Good Roads Leader Attends National Meeting
President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association traveled to St. Louis to attend the National Good Roads Association meeting and will be away until next Thursday. He joined state officials in Birmingham Saturday night, including J. A. Roundtree and Senator John H. Bankhead among others.
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
St. Louis
National Good Roads Association
Good Roads
Birmingham
J. A. Roundtree
State Association
United States
John H. Bankhead
Purroy Mitchel New Yorks Fusion Mayor Defeats Tammany
John Purroy Mitchel born in New York City July 19 1879 rose through public service to become commissioner of accounts and act ing mayor after Gaynors wounding. His 1909–1910 reforms and 1910–11 political stance with Wilsons administration strengthened his Fusion bid for mayor defeating Tammany Hall led by Charles F Murphy.
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John Purroy Mitchel
New York City
John Mitchel
Australia
Ireland
Mitchel
St. John’s College
Columbia University
William B. Ellison
Big Tim” Sullivan
McClellan
Ellison
Young Mitchel
George von Skall
Ahearn
Louis Haffen
Bronx
Bermel
Queens
Fire
Water and Police
City Record
Board of Aldermen
Harmony
Gaynor
Wis
Mr. Mitchel
No. 51
Chambers Street
Board of Estimate
Hoboken
Deepwellis
Long Island
Baker
Cropsey
Alice D. Child
Franklin D. Child
No. 7
West Ninety-second Street
Wilson
William Loeb
Washington
Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy
Gerard Diplomatic Social Policy Shapes Berlin Embassy
In Berlin the American colony looks to Ambassador and Mrs. Gerard as social leaders after the ambassador's farewell to Consul Thackara outlined a policy making the embassy the social hub for Americans. The shift boosts American-German diplomatic circle ties and sparks plans for a Count Schwerin dance for embassy youth.
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International News Service
Berlin
Gerard
Thackara
Count Schwerin
Reichstag
Hamburg
Legation
Coolidge
Harvard
Paul Shorey
Chicago
Federal game wardens to be appointed in Alabama
Federal game wardens will be appointed soon in Alabama to enforce the new federal migratory bird law. State wardens are expected to fill the positions, with delay noted but a shorttime expectation. Commissioner Wallace receives praise from W F Bancroft for leading efforts to secure final regulations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Game and Fish
Wallace
W. F. Bancroft
Washington
Biological Survey
Bancroft
Duke of Abruzzi Becomes Popular Hero Amid Katherine Elkins Rumors
Rome reports that Miss Katherine Elkins and Billy Hitt’s marriage boosted the Duke of Abruzzi as a chivalrous figure. A naval associate says no engagement existed and the duke kept private the love matter while supporting Elkins. The duke learned of the wedding through newspapers.
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International News Service
Rome
Katherine Elkins
Billy” Hitt
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Fate of highway to be known at Clanton meeting
Montgomery November 8 The Birmingham Montgomery Good Roads Association will meet in Clanton to decide how much each county will contribute to a Birmingham to Montgomery boulevard project. Officers plan to report county appropriations and to develop a booster automobile trip between Montgomery and Birmingham. State Highway Engineer W S Keller serves as president.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Good Roads Association
Clanton
W. S. Keller
Cat Slaughter Provokes Washington Women Protest
Mrs Henry L West president of the Washington Cat Club announces a special meeting to protest health department cat slaughter under a noise ordinance. The poundmaster traps cats with carbon monoxide, transporting them to a lab where they are killed.
Saved His Foot By Bucklen Arnica Salve
Bantam Ohio resident H D Ely suffered a four year foot ulcer. After doctors urged amputation he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last resort and was soon cured. Advertised as best for burns cuts bruises and eczema. 25 cents a box. Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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H. D. Ely
Bantam, O
Bucklen
H. BE. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Say Seamen's Bill Threatens Great Lakes Traffic
South Haven Michigan November 8 The board of trade passes resolutions opposing the Seamen's Bill as approved by the Senate. It would largely end passenger and lake traffic on the Great Lakes and cost Michigan fruit belt millions and put hundreds out of work. Michigan congressmen urged to oppose the measure.
Journeys In Your Armchair A guide to travel through books
The piece urges readers to travel by imagination through books rather than taking holidays. It highlights Italy with Venice Rome Pompeii and lore, recommends Marion Crawford Maurice Hewlett Brownings Eliot and other authors, and stresses a joyful mind set as the true voyage. It emphasizes reading lists and the idea that mind travel can rival real trips.
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Bookland
Italy
Venice
Rome
Forum
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Marion Crawford
Don Orsino
Marzio Crucifix
Casa Braccia
Maurice Hewlett
George Eliot
Romola
Florence
Michel Angelo
Benvenuto Cellini
Raphael
Dante
Petrarch
More husbands as confidants fade in modern marriage
A reflective line suggests husbands may open up to their wives if given opportunity and space, highlighting communication as a key to closer relationships.
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