British Christmas puddings face imperial competition
In London and Paris news items discuss how Australian fruit growers promote all British puddings amid calls to replace California and Levant ingredients. Paris reports a French expeditionary force plan, Moroccan war lessons, and shifts in military policy. It notes fashion trends with longer Paris skirts and New York buyers backing winter collections.
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London
Old England
Austr.iana
California
Australian Dried Fruit Board
Commonwealth Government
Levant
Paris
Divorce Case Reveals Name Change Attempt and Tearing Papers
Mrs. Catherine Elephant told Baron Bateson in a London divorce court she disliked the surname Eleph ant and asked her husband to adopt Elefand at marriage. He agreed, they lived happily for years, then he tore up documents bearing Elefand and declared they were Mr. and Mrs. Elephant, prompting her request for separation.
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Catherine Elephant
London
Justice Bateson
Elephant
Elefand
Mr. Elephant
Mrs. Elephant
Donkey christened Herriot in Libel Trial at Blois
A peasant owner faces defamation charges after naming his donkey Herriot in Blois. He says the act mocks no one and the beast is a faithful worker, while authorities view it as a wry dig at the former premier and current chamber of deputies leader. Conservative critics hail the glee this stirs among rivals.
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Herriot
Blois
Chamber of Deputies
Suburban cafe offers quiet jazzless dining appeal
A cafe owner tests a jazz free concept drawing steady customers after posting a sign promising welcome and quiet. Patrons favor old fashioned songs and dances, while a dish of corn on the cob in wine with husks and silks is noted as an amusing Parisian restaurant routine.
Hindenburg Opens Fall Hunting Season at Werderlin Lodge
Berlin dispatch reports President von Hindenburg hunting at Werberlin in Brandenburg, 40 miles north of Berlin, with a reputation for a steady deer take each week. His neighbor is Otto Braun the Prussian premier, who uses a state owned lodge nearby.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Werberlin
Brandenburg
Ebert
Prussia
Otto Braun
Bertin
German Fashion Diets and English Theatre Flourish in Berlin
The foreign office sends diplomatic notes ahead of Von Hindenburg and Braun as they depart Werbeliin. German women seek slender ideals from American fashion and doctors warn against dangerous weight loss methods. In prison lectures Countess Renate Von Dohnau notes the stars captivate convicts more than other topics. Berlin starts a second English language season with Sutro's The Laughing Lady, praised for native actors maintaining foreign nuances.
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Foreign Office
von Hindenburg
Braun
Werbeliin
Countess Renate von Dohnau
Society of Star Lovers
Countess von Dohnau
Berlin
Alfred Sutro
Philip Manning
University of Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Europe
Gadski Returns to Concert Stage in Berlin
Johanna Gadski a 23 year Metropolitan Opera prima donna returns to public performance in Berlin this autumn. Critics note her voice still bright with former brilliance. Her Wagnerian program includes Elsa’s Dream and Dich Teure Halle with selections from Tristan and Isolde. The Berlin Symphony Orchestra accompanies with LohengrinPrelude and Die Meistersinger preludes. Her second concert features solely German songs.
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Johanna Gadski
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Berlin
Metropolitan
Elsa
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Protect "Last of Grizzlies" in California Mountains
Visalia Cal Oct 31 The bear known as the last of the Grizzlies roaming Tulsi county mountains is spared by cattlemen as the American Academy of Science offers to pay for any depredations the bear may inflict on livestock.
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Visalia
Cal
Tulsie County
American Academy of Science
California Mountains
Foreign Wheat a Necessity
Dublin reports warn that if Ireland's foreign wheat supplies fail the people would face bread shortages for most days. The Farmers Conference chairmen note wheat acreage has fallen from 500000 to 250000 since 1851 as growers say wheat farming does not pay.
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Dublin
Free State
Wise Observation on the Jimpossible From Hon Cute Sells
A brief note argues that attempting the jimpossible is always inadvisable and impractical. The address attributed to the Hon Cute Sells frames the caution as a personal observation rather than a formal decree.
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Hon Cute Sells
Begum of Bhowil in London Shocks with Short Skirts
London reports from Oct 10 describe Begum of Bhowil the ruler of a large Indian state visiting England with her heir and entourage. She rejects widening girls education to universities preferring domestic training for granddaughters while noting modern fashion shocks her orthodox sensibilities. Her household in Mayfair reflects a blend of Indian and English customs as she tours western civilization. The heir accompanies her as they observe London life and shopfronts.
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London
Bhowil
India
Q Esum
Lendon
Begum
Mayfair
Axminster
Nurdah
Illiterate Mayors in Paris Region Villages
Government offices in Paris report local mayors in small remote villages unable to write their signatures. Officials note many mayors sign with a cross and the phrase States he cannot write as they struggle with local administrative duties.
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Paris
General Felix Agnus Soldier of Two Wars Dies in Baltimore
General Felix Agnus 87 veteran of two wars and former Baltimore American publisher died at his home in Baltimore Md He served in the Zouaves under Napoleon III Garibaldi and the Union Army earning a brigadier brevet He became publisher of the Baltimore American and Baltimore Star wife Annie Fulton survived by two daughters and relatives in Maryland
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Baltimore
Felix Agnus
Dewnpaper
Lyons
France
Napoleon III
Austria
Montebello
Garibaldi
America
Curyea
New York
Charles C
Folington Fulton
Baltimore American
Mise Annie KE. Fulton
Charles Fulton
Business Department
The
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Ile
Baltimere Star
Frank A. Munvey
Baltimore Star
Napoleon
Duryea
Napoleon IL Bean
Flying Corps
United States
New York Zouaves
Kilpatrick
Dig Bethel
Ashland Ridge
Hanover Courthouse
Wille
Richmond
Gainesvill
Port Hudson
Sabine Pass
Department of the South
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Gaines Mills
Balttimore
Charles C Fulton
Patimore American
Corng of Peace
Cereral Aenna
Me Fulton
Associated Press
eOveral
Moderate daily liquor fee urged by Lady Selborne
In Birmingham on October 12 Lady Selborne told the National Council of Women that a shilling a day for liquor is a moderate allowance for a man. She argued drunkenness is the evil and that moderate consumption is a gift from God for our benefit.
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Ene
Paris cinema audience spends one third of 1924 box office
Paris cinema patrons spent about one third of the year’s total 100,500.00 francs at more than 100 theaters in the capital and suburbs. The tally reflects the Seventh Art’s strong popularity in the city during 1924.
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Paris
Paria
Hong Kong Names New Governor Clementi Arrives
Announcement that Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs will sail for England October 21 marks a transition in Hong Kong. The new governor Ceil Clementi, C.M.G., already known from China and serving as colonial secretary for Ceylon since 1922, begins his tenure.
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Hoockog Choences
Hongkong
Edward Stubbs
Honckong
England
Ceil Clementi
C.M. G
China
Ceylon
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