Medieval German Baron Leads Feudal Estate as King
A Milwaukee Sentinel correspondent profiles Baron von Stellencron of Oberweiler Germany, a onetime German Army officer who rules a 500 acre estate with a feudal army of retainers. He carries out killings and imprisonments with impunity, disciplines servants harshly, and conducts Sunday reviews like a monarch, with military drills and trials at his own court.
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Baron von Steltencron
Oberweller
Germany
Lorraine
Urville
Europe
Milwaukee Sentinel
Baron von Stellencron
Oberweiler
Moat in the Arctic Circle Camp With Mrs Le Blond
Mrs Aubrey Le Blond known to climbers as Mrs Main camps near Jae gersound by Ulfefjord in Lapland. In early August the thermometer ranged from 55 to 83 degrees. Nearby a vast lake yields clouds of mosquitoes while glacier clad peaks rise beyond.
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Arctic Circle
Aubrey le Blond
London Standard
Dry Counties and Liquor Points in Kentucky
The report shows Kentucky's alcohol status with 48 dry counties and 21 with a single sale point. Seventeen counties allow liquor at two points, and only seven counties are fully wet. It also notes France’s 1899 inheritance tax totaling 198,000,000 francs (38,387,700).
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Kentucky
France
Palace of Yildiz: a fortress of fear and constant rebuilds
A vivid sketch contrasts Abdul Hamid’s palace as a fortress against assassination and revolution with tales of guards that obey only the third command. It notes constant rebuilding, secret retreats, and rulers’ anxiety about threats, alongside a cautionary anecdote about guards and vanished walls. Also included is a block on why urban plants sleep poorly due to noise, light, and city life.
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Uni
Pathem
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Yildiz
Everybody's Magazine
Monsieur Vamberg
Abdul
Samos
Royal Park
Planteau
Chicago Chronicle
A Hairdresser Hunt in Halifax Tales From Nova Scotia
A Nova Scotia summer experience is recounted by a woman who traveled from Halifax sharing tales of Blue Nose life. She recalls asking a hotel clerk for a hairdressing parlor and being directed to a corner shop, only to find a fur store with a New York Mail and Express sign.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
New York Mail and Xpress
The Poor Excuse Philosophic Hobo Dialogue
A philosophic hobo jokes that a poor excuse is better than none and prefers it to a good one. His companion adds it’s more gentlemanly and notes it won’t likely work. The brief exchange reflects streetwise humor and casual vernacular.
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Dan
Miscellany of stray notices and oddities from a historic paper
A collection of fragmented items includes odd hotel fire escape instructions, a note on Spain’s silver coinage, Alaska reindeer counts, cable vision plans, patent medicine pitches, a pigeon message from Besançon, and various brief news flits. It mentions an elderly claim of over 120 years, calendar day trivia, smallpox at Winnebago, shoe aids, and Cuba politics with Maso.
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Norway
Chamber of Deputies
Alaska
Philippines
Hostetter
Besancon
Paris
Elijah Biedage
Volored
Burgin
Ay, Ie
America
Bio
Winnebago Indian
Nebraska
Agency
Allen
Allen S. Olimnted
LeRoy, N
Victor Emmanuel
Khazil
Great Britain
Guiana Frontier
Putnam
Bartolome Maso
Cuba
Havana
Brooklyn
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Atractive
Robert Atchison
Fort Keag
Montana
Liverpool
Piperheidsieck
Nobby Spun
Old Peachhoney
E. Rice
Greenville
Brandywine
Jolly Tar
Standard Navy
Planet
Continental Tobacco Company
C. Hy. Brown
Folsom Ave
St. Louis, Mo
Ei Farr
Sesner, A
Tate, Ar
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