Luxury on the Ocean: Golf Course and More on White Star Ships
The article notes growing sea comfort trends with the Olympic and Titanic featuring an eighteen hole golf course, squash court, and other luxury amenities. It contrasts rivals like the Rotterdam and Adriatic with baths, pools, theaters, and onboard shops as ships embrace ashore comforts.
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White Star Line
Olympic
Titanic
Rotterdam
White Star
Lloyd
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Royal Mail
Lapland
Red Star
Venezia
Fabre
Chicago Municipal Congress to Address Exposition Topics
The Chicago congress plans a September municipal exposition with U S and international visitors. Experts will discuss health sanitation taxation and public utilities. Sessions aim to compare city systems and spur civic progress through education on franchises street lighting water docks and housing.
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Chicago
United States
Former San Francisco mayor Schmitz penniless in Mexico
Ex mayor Eugene Schmitz, once freed on graft charges, is reportedly stranded in Mexico with about no funds. He lost $500,000 in a Santa Cruz cement factory venture funded by Oakland capitalist William J. Dingee and a gold ore mine in Oroville failed. He travels toward Sinaloa where his brother is involved in a mine, but a friend says that venture is worthless and Schmitz has only his wife’s San Francisco home left.
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Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Mexico
Schmitz
William J. Dingee
Oakland
Dingee
Santa Cruz
California
Oroville
Butte County
Sinaloa
The Military Spy and Secrets of Espionage
The article explains how military spies operate across nations, their training and methods, and the risks. It recounts historical incidents including missing code books and how diplomats handle such breaches. It notes governments often deny or limit support for arrested officers and stresses the spy’s technical skill and secrecy.
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Army
Navy
United States
State Department
War Office
Bucharest
Elihu Root
Root
Smith
St. Petersburg
Berlin
New York Sun
Lost Civil War watch finally reaches General Burnett
General Henry L. Burnett of Goshen New York received by registered mail from Chicago a key winder silver watch sent during the Civil War. The watch, inscribed Presented to Major Henry L. Burnett by Hon. A. N. Hoffman, was located by a Burnett relative in a Chicago jewelry store and delivered to him.
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Burnett
Henry L. Burnett
Goshen
N. Y
Chicago
Second Ohio Regiment
A. N. Hoffman
Hotel Bedrooms House One In Twelve Telephones
A fact notes that 7,500,000 telephones are installed in the United States and 500,000 are located in hotel bedrooms.
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United States
Too swift, O June thy feet cry in longing verse
A Frances farewell to June by Richard Le Gallienne quoted from Columbian describes the rushing of summer and the clash of spring and intense passion. The speaker laments the rapid passing of summer days as flowers bloom and lovers share quick, hot moments before the season fades. A wistful meditation on time and beauty contrasts youth with the brevity of summer.
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Richard le Gallienne
Columbian
Clara Diamond Seeks Divorce After Alleged Whipping
Clara Diamond aged 61 last Friday filed divorce proceedings accusing her husband John W. Diamond aged 80 of horsewhipping her. They wed at 16 and lived as a couple in Logansport Indiana for 19 years with four children, eldest 18.
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Clara Diamond
John W. Diamond
Logansport
Ind
Riday
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Boston Journal
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Thomas Brothers
Walter Johnston
Warren
Kingdom of the
Air
Burton
Campbells
DARE
Devils OF
High Wire
THE
Four Olivers
Kruma
Japan
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