Jewels Unearthed Revealed At London Museum Return
The London museum moved from Kensington to Stafford House where a private viewing showcased a case with 150 seventeenth century jewels found by a workman under a London house. The gems include gold pendants rings enamel bottles and various stones. Decayed pearls hint at a long buried fortune. The finder was paid a sum and the crime romance of the discovery remains unsolved.
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London
London Museum
Kensington Palace
Stafford House
Kensington
Mall
Surprises Her Social Set Engagement Then Wedding
Washington society buzzes as Jeannette Allen, noted equestrienne and daughter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen, announces engagement to Lieut. F. M. Andrews of the Second Regiment, followed by a rapid marriage within a day.
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Jeannette Allen
Washington
Mise Jeannette Allen
Henry T. Allen
Lieut. F. M. Andrews
Andrews Family Ties With Fort Ethan Allen Marriage
Mrs Andrews, noted for horsemanship and many prizes at shows, will marry the lieutenant and they plan to reside at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont where his regiment is stationed. The couple are prominent at Washington area fox hunts and society events.
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Andrews
Washington
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Regiment 8
SELL THEIR WIVES FOR BREAD Berlin atrocity tale shocks readers
Berlin reports terrible distress among Silesian peasants near Cracow driven from Galicia to beg for food. Poles and Ruthenians suffer from famine after bad harvests and mobilization costs. Authorities drive hundreds back across the border like cattle with unknown deaths along the way. No coroners exist in Prussia.
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Berlin
Cracow
Galicia
Pruelan
Prussia
Woman Driven From Home in Poughkeepsie Seeks Separation
Mrs. Alice K Pitcher twenty years old declares she was driven from her home because she could not perform as much farm work as a man and seeks a separation in a Poughkeepsie, New York filing.
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Poughkeepsie
Alice K. Pitcher
Tampico the dirty city turning into oil port of Mexico
The piece surveys Tampico as a vibrant, grimy port on the Panuco river once village like, now oil metropolis. It praises its color and markets while noting jails, railways, yo ho bustle, and a dangerous tidal bar. American capital turned a shallow roadstead into a major harbor with two breakwaters.
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New York
Tampico
Panuco
Tacapico
Old Tampico
Mexico
Mexican Gulf
City
Gulf
Man's Ashes Over Racetrack in Lexington
Relatives of George W. B. Clair, famed for guiding many famous horses, agree to fulfill his dying wish by cremating his body and scattering the ashes over the Lexington driving track.
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Racetrack
Lexington
George W. B. Clair
Jailers Attend Banquet For Sheriff Zimmer
Jailers and guards at the county jail honored Sheriff Michael Zimmer with a banquet at the Congress Hotel after locking cells and turning out the lights to mark the event.
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Chicago
Michael Zimmer
Congress Hotel
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Standard Oil Company
Washington, D.C
New Jersey
Charlotte N.C
Norfolk
Baltimore
Charleste
W.V
Richmond
Chartestan, 5
Holloway Bros
Monroe, N
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Life Insurance Company
Gordon Si Investment CO
Farmers @ Merchants’ Bank
Jewels OF London Museum
Stratford House
F. M. Andrews
Ampico
Dirty City
R. B. Redwine
Blair
H. B. Clark
English Drug CO
Monroe, N,c
THE
W. J. Rudge CO
Crew Brothers Cash Store
Oxford Shoes
Leboe
Han
Grow Bros. Gash
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