Princess de Chimay Clara Ward and the Cleopatra Role
The article profiles Clara Ward aka Princess de Chimay, once an American heiress and socialite. It describes her Cleopatra persona in London after a Nile era and notes her divorce from Prince de Chimay, allegations of spendthrift, and a Chicago Probate Court conservatorship with $100,000 bond. It cites her claim that many photos under her name were not of her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess de Chimay
Miss Ward
de Wrolt
Mich
Cleopatra
Tye
Princesa de Chimay
Nile
London
England
Prince de Chimay
Rigo
Clara Ward
Parle
Lkely
Chicago
Princesa
Thomas R. Lyons
Princess Reveals Secrets Behind Belgian Court Scandal
An interview with the Princess chronicles her rise from child of wealth to maid of honor and eight-time mother, her banishment from the Belgian court after a party incident, and her claim that recent photographs were suppressed by police. She defends her character and laments the scandal that damaged her husband’s name while stressing love for her children and respect for the King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Paris
The Value of the Cold Bath in Health and Safety
The article cautions against daily cold plunges arguing most people lack the vigor to benefit. It notes cold baths offer little cleansing value and waste vital energy, while hot baths provide similar stimulation. Medical supervision is advised for fever cases and vigorous individuals should beware excessive exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste Benet
Sole Props
Boston
Texas Treasurer Finds Counterfeit Funds in Treasury
Treasurer Robbins of Texas sent 124 dollars in apparent good money to Chief Wilkie at Washington for destruction. Officials examined 1774 dollars of counterfeit notes tied to long accumulation, with old Brockway counterfeits among them. Moran confirmed genuine Canadian 5 dollar notes among the bundle. Robbins to receive 124 dollars in new bills to replace the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yensurer Robbing
Texas
Robbins
Secret Service
Wilkie
Washington
Robbing
Texas Treasury
Moran
Brockway
Horseshoe Found In Oak Log At Ravenna Sawmill
A horseshoe discovered inside a large oak log at Work & Yeend's sawmill Ravenna Pennsylvania. The shoe is hand turned, likely rusted little since coverage over fifty years, with 58 grain rings between it and the bark. The shoe may have been nailed to the tree for hitching and later grew over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work & Yeend
Ravenna
Enormous Barr's Mammoth Asparagus Sells For Five
A produce dealer A Powell on North Front street sold a gigantic 59 stalk bunch of Barr's Mammoth asparagus for five dollars to James Harwood a restaurateur. The 22 inch stalks ranged 1 to 2 inches in diameter grown by William B Powell on Marlton pike near Camden.
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A. Powell
North Front Street
James Harwood
William BR. Powell
Marlton Pike
Camden
Powell
Hile
Philadelphia
Vaccination debate underscores smallpox control gains
An article citing a Toronto Globe view argues vaccination prevents severe smallpox, cites historic death patterns in Geneva, Kilmarnock, London and Prussia, and notes lower child mortality where vaccination is enforced. It reviews Royal Commission findings and cites Scotland England and Bavaria during epidemics, urging continued compulsory vaccination for public safety.
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Saya
Toronto Globe
Ontario
Geneva
Kilmarnock
Edinburg
Manchester
Warrington
Chester
The
Hague
London
Prussia
Nfe
Austria
Italy
Scotland
England
Sweden
Bavaria
Holland
Vienna
Berlin
Council of the
British Medical Association
Royal Commission On
Dewsbury
Leicester
Gloucester
Homerton Hospital
Britain
Capt Dame Compares Cuban and Philippine Conditions
Capt Dame, ex Rough Rider and former New Mexico legislator, says tobacco is best in the Cacaygan valley near Aparri, Philippines, and praises Filipinos for industry and potential self government. He notes Cuban labor, Cuban dislike of work, and suggests extending U S land laws to the Philippines to spur development and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame
Dimas
Fipines
Lucan
W. J. Dame
Santa Fe
N. M
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Butte
Rognevelt
Cacaygan Valley
Cacaygan
Cacuygun
Ihs
Aparri
Philippines
United States
Capt
New Mexico
Scouts Plucky Fighting in Northern Luzon Action
Army and Navy Journal notes Macabebe Scouts and Fourth Cavalry troops A and G clashing with General Lacuna's forces in the Baltic Mountains North Central Luzon. Four hours of fierce combat with three KIA eleven WIA two MIA. Renegade Nelson called troops to attack. a Macabebe fighter lost an eye yet kept fighting. Nearby Emerson hall Beloit college hosted a masqued garments dance with male residents in varied outfits and water-slea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larop
Phillippines
Mall
Army and Navy
Lacuna
Baltic Mountains
Luzon
Laruns
Fagan
Nelson
Sven Miles
Allis
Neson
Emerson Hall
Beloit College
George Washington
Cycling as a Pad and the Rise of Cyclists Mortality
An older thought that automobiles would end bicycle use proved short sighted as a gathering of 15 automobilists found most are cyclists. The article notes Dr John T Dufield of Princeton University a mathematics teacher for 56 years died at his Princeton home in his 79th year and reports a large sale of carriage horses averaging over 41000 each in New York.
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Taucht Mathematioa
John T. Dufield
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
New York
The Great Northwest's First White Child
A remarkable note highlights that the Northwest region has grown since a white girl child born to a regular army officer about eighty years ago. The girl, still living, grew up among soldiers and savages, with a full life to be recounted in an upcoming issue of The Ladies' Home Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest
The
Northwest
Ladies’ Home Journal
Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease as a powder to ease swollen feet and corns. It claims quick relief for burning and sweating feet and bunions, offering 26 cents price and free sample via mail to Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
LeRoy
Sweetmeats for Wives at the Fishmongers Dinner
At the London stag dinner of the Fishmongers Company each man receives a casket of sweetmeats to take home to his wife. The outer boxes are fashioned into handy workbaskets.
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Fishmongers’ Company
London
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Fire at Chester Point
Fire at Chester Point Arkansas destroyed twenty buildings with losses estimated at 400000 dollars. An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with internal use and a testimonial from J W OBues of Minneapolis. Also notes seven hundred Italian emigrants sailed for Honolulu last week.
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Chester Point
Ark
Pito
J. W. Obues
Teish Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Honolulu
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George Foster Peabody
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Columbus
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Hall
Price
Sozopont
Ruckel
Department of Interior
W. V. Benmott
Omaha
Gordon Arentet
Eiseleny Bisch
Betore
Gripper
Plaven
ForSafety Western Newspaper
UNION
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Ait Lake
Hummus
Mitchells
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