Leader of Coal Miners Strike Guided by UMWA Official
Fred Dilcher of Nelsonville Ohio serves on the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America and directs his district spanning eastern Ohio and anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. He is the strike organizer known as "the baby." Meanwhile the dowager empress of Russia now travels with eight Russian detectives, a change from prior practice, under the czar's orders, despite the empress's reluctance.
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Fred Dilcher
Nelsonville
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Milcher
The
Baby
Russia
Heme
Smuch
Baltimore Returns Home After Manila Battle
The U S cruiser Baltimore flagship of Rear Admiral Watson returns to home waters from Manila via Greenock Scotland. Health Officer Doty quarantines the ship over concerns of bubonic plague in Glasgow and restricts access to the vessel and shore leave until clearance.
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United States
Baltimore
Manila
Admiral Watson
Mediterranean
Greenock
Scotland
Watson
Glasgow
Doty
New York
How the Shah Drinks and a Memoir Delay
The Shah carries a silver teapot filled with iced mineral water on travels. An Ostend sketch and humorous caption accompany the note. Lord Rowton, Beaconsfield's literary executor, visits the queen amid rumors she delays publishing the memoirs until her death.
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Ostend
Victoria
Lord Rowton
Earl of Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield
Idol of the Miners Queen Mary Jones of Wilkes-Barre
The piece lauds Mary Jones known as the idol of the miners and Queen of the Mines. A 56 year old philanthropist, her silver hair and gentle voice earned sympathy for coal workers in anthracite regions, and her word is treated as law by rough laborers. She resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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Mary Jones
Rich New Port Heiress Marries English Groom
Miss Harriet Ives Gammell of New Port R I is among the world’s wealthiest young women with a $20 million fortune. At her wedding last week 200 newsboys and messenger boys attended as guests, earning less than $300 a year each, an amount that would take 332 years and eight months to total her wealth at that rate.
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Harriet Ives Gammell
Newport
R. J
Thomas Shaw
Miss Gammell
News and Messenger Boys
Island Park
Argyle's Daughters and Marital Titles
The late Duke of Argyle had several daughters with varied marriages. Only Lady Edith, now Duchess of Northumberland, married a titled man. Four wed plain country gentlemen, one became wife to the Bishop of Peterborough, and Lady Victoria remains unmarried.
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Edith
Duchess of Northumberland
Bishop of
Peterborough
Victoria
American Steel on the Clyde Drives Shipyard Price War
The London Financial Times reports American steel plate makers offer ships sheathing at £6 15s per ton versus British £8 2s 5d, with orders for 40 000 tons. Clyde workers seek a 53 hour week while employers resist. Lower US prices attributed to cheaper coal and iron. Ex President Harrison says lawyers must study lifelong.
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Clyde
Great Britain
London Financial Times
The
Andrew Lang critiques Omar Khayyam as cheap culture shibboleth
TheWeekly Panorama notes Andrew Lang labels Omar Khayyam a shibboleth of cheap culture while praising the poet's verse in Fitzgerald’s translation. Lang, England’s leading critic and scholar at St Andrews, has long admired Omar yet contrasts modern readers with Browning clubs.
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Andrew Lang
England
Omar Khayyam
Mr. Lang
Tentmaker
Fitzgerald
Omar
Lang
Paris grand dame vows France will not be depopulated
Viscomtesse De Rochemaillle, aged 22, has been married five years and is mother to eleven boys. Her marriage yielded four pairs of twins and now she has triplets, all healthy. Also noted is James M. Sherwin of Grafton Vermont who has voted in every election since 1832 and may cast his eighteenth presidential vote if he lives to November.
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Paris
France
Viscomtesse de Rochemaillle
de Rochemaille
James M. Sherwin
Grafton
Portugal King Carlos I and 1000 Portuguese troops in South Africa
The article notes a Britain Portugal alignment with Dom Carlos I sending 1000 Portuguese soldiers to South Africa. It hints at a secret Anglo Portuguese treaty over Delagoa Bay, suggesting Boer republic annexation and possible refuge denial for Kruger. Carlos is 37, wife Princess Amelie daughter of the late Comte de Paris.
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Britain
Dom Carlos I
Portugal
South Africa
Spanish
Carlos
Delagoa Bay
Foreign Office
London
England
Kruger
Portuguese Africa
Great Britain
Amelie
Comte de Paris
Paris Exposition Honors 41 Women and New Nominee
A Palais des Femmes chart shows 41 women awarded the Legion of Honor at the Paris exposition, with Sarah Bernhardt the latest nominee, marking the first actress considered. Rosa Bonheur received the honor in 1853, finally becoming an officer in 1894, and Juliet Dodu was noted for wartime heroism.
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Palais Des Femmes
Women's Palace
Legion of Honor
Sarah Bernhardt
The
Commercial Tribune
Rosa Bonheur
Juliet Dodu
Prince Frederick Charles
Egyptic inspired cut steel millinery jewelry trend
The article notes a shift in millinery jewelry toward cut steel pieces that may overshadow rhinestones. It highlights Egyptian revival motifs from Sakarra and Philae tombs, featuring sphinx and lotus designs in dull yellow old gold settings, plus long buckles across hats and various brooches and pins.
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Sakkara
Philae
White Muslin and Lace Fashion Description
Soft folds of pink mousseline de soie drape under the arms and fichu, knot on the left side with long ends, detailing a delicate lace and fabric arrangement in a period style.
Fruit Fritters From Oranges
Peel and section ripe oranges then sugar and rest. Dip the pieces in thick batter and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper and serve on a dolly with powdered sugar.
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YTHER
Haren
Ives Gammell
Argyle
Duke of Argyle
Lady Edith
Harrison
T Weekly Panorama
St. Andrew’s University
Balliol College
China
Dom Carlos
Baltimore Herald
London Society
Philadelphia
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