Brazil Linked to German Warships Rumor Swirls
An English rumor claims Brazil acted as Berlin's agent in a deal to have three Dreadnoughts launched from British yards and handed to Germany next fall for 30 million dollars. The ships, San Pablo Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, would outclass British contemporaries and trigger a political storm.
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Germany
Peviak
Washington Post
London
Origan
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England
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San Pago
Minas Geras
Rio de Janeiro
Armstrong Witworth & Co
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Vikers Sons & Maxim
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Joan
Admiralty
Puble Proverty
Cule
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Great Britain
Gerwan
Wag
Uinhase
English
Great
Swallowed His Invention in The Washingto Pose Pans
An elderly clockmaker dies at Passy and an autopsy uncovers a hidden blade-like instrument in his stomach. He had shown signs of mental change and claimed to be an inventor concealing a wonderful device, perhaps a razor, fearing theft of the secret.
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Passy
Clarkmaker
Ariel
Priests Out To See Italy On Rail Tour With Cardinal Gibbons
Father Thomas Lee of St Matthew's Washington with Father Louis O'Donnovan Captain Dillups and Dr Gumball Baltimore party visit Italy. They travel by train after cardinals introduction to the Pope and tours to Orvida Assisi Peru gia and other places. Their aim is to see heat of Italy while saving time and money on travel.
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Washington Post
Rome
Thomas 8. Lee
St Matthew's
Washington
Louis O'Donnovan
Cardinal Gibbons
Dillups
Gumball
Baltimore
Italy
Orvida
Assisi
Perugia
French Marriage Law Sparks Surge in Marriages
Paris reports show 344 902 marriages in 1907 as reforms ease civil hurdles. Abbe Lemire pushes to extend simplifications to all adults, removing parental consent and aligning marriage with common law.
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Washington Post
Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Lemire
Paris taxi tariffs seek unification across 1506 cabs
Paris faces a patchwork of fares as 1506 taxis use varied tariffs with three or four rates depending on company, distance, and waiting time. Three large firms control most cabs, eight smaller ones add to confusion, while attempts to standardize fail. Passengers, especially Americans, complain of inconsistent meters and confusing pricing.
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Paris
Contar
Dr Hill Lecture Success at Historians Congress
Ambassador Hull hosted opening remarks as historians' congress heard Dr Hill praise and celebrate liberty. An August reception honored him with British envoys and European royals, including Princes Christian and Adolph. Berlin arrivals include Jesse Benedict Carter who will speak on Romulus or Remus on August 10.
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Washington Post Horn
Hull
Hustorians' Congress
Liberty
Munday
Christian
Schleswig-Holstein
Adolph
Ambassador Hill
Germany
Berlin
Jesse Benedict Carter
American School of Classical Studies
Rome
Romulus
Remus
Congress
Jupiter's Temple
Calls for Marseillaise in Paris revue incident
A Paris revue provoked fury when a scene mocked the betrothal of Mile Fastierea, daughter of the president. After a rehearsal, the audience demanded the Marseillaise. When the orchestra hesitated, objects were thrown at the conductor until the national anthem was played, and the scene was removed before the public premiere.
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Washington
Paris
Mile
Fastierea
French Republic
Banquet of the Silent Honors Deaf Mutes in London
A curious Aug evening banquet at the Holbein restaurant for English deaf mutes celebrated the Venitian Chamber and silent toasts. About 100 covers attended as speeches used two hand signs or one hand in French. toastmaster Lord Pairbalen welcomed with a translated quip.
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London
Holbein
Witticieme
Lord Pairbalen
Mme. Bernhardt
M. Duquelin
Grande-Bretagne
Butterflies Stop Machines In Wide Swarm Observed
English naturalists report large swarms of insects this year in Florence and New York. Locusts appear in Algeria, Bohemia reports butterfly invasions damaging cabbage crops. In an embroidery factory at Oelstita, butterflies blocked machines and disrupted work.
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Washington Post
London
Florence
Italy
York
France
England
Algeria
Bohemia
Cabibage
Jas
Oelstita
Scholars Praise Dr Hill at International Historical Congress
Special Cable reports Bertin Aug 8 David Jayne Hill American ambassador delivered the inaugural lecture before a distinguished assembly of scholars from many countries. Hill spoke on The Ethical Functions of the Historian in German for publication by Neue Revue. Newspapers praise him as a gentleman and scholar with significant personality. He will host American colleagues and German guests at a dinner.
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Washington
Fos - Bertin
David Jayne Hill
International Historical Congress
Neue Revue
Tiel
Bij
Right to Labor Sparks Debate on Women and Work
The piece reports a heated discussion sparked by plans to prohibit women from city tramcars in South London and a reader’s insult on women entering the labor market. Cicely Hamilton argues women work to eat not for pleasure, and if allowed to develop their brains they will excel. the stance suggests men must support all women, not just those married.
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London
Daly Mai
Cicely Hamilton
Arswe
Vanishing Tooth Mystery at Guy's Hospital
A coroner's jury in London investigates Mrs Mary S. Dakin's death after two teeth were extracted at Guy's Hospital. She died of a mysterious fever three days later, with the decayed tooth allegedly lodged in the bronchial tube. The surgeon blamed for not reporting the tooth’s loss faces inquiry.
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London
Mary
Dakin
Guy’s Hospital
Zasyphe
Rich Americans scarce dim travel season abroad
An Austrian correspondent reports fewer wealthy American travelers in Europe this season. Hotels in Vienna and resorts such as Tyrol and Bohemia see thinner crowds at luxury establishments while German and English visitors rise modestly, yet do not compensate for American declines.
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Speing Cale
London
Austria
Armerican
Srepttekorn
Vienna
Tyrol
Béhémia
War on Words: Germanize Alsace Menu Demands Replacements
Paris reports a cultural clash as German influence expands in Alsace and Lorraine while Paris enforces a language purge. French terms such as coiffeur and restaurant yield to fri garder and restaurateur, and menus shift to Germanized names like schwi madrepilz, with examples of overcoat and tortue soup replaced by foreign terms.
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Lorraine
Durand
Dupont
Martin
Petit Journal
Martinbrau
Ckstome
Laotrathe
Madiste
Porifer
Kongert
Kdfee
Strasburg
Champighon
Parisians Feel Summer Dull as Americans Return Home
U.S. visitors and British aristocrats depart Paris as summer wanes with many staying at hotels like the Ritz and Majestic. Consuelo Duchess of Manchester arrives from London. Mr. and Mrs. Panfield have left Paris after 7500 miles across Europe. Vanderbilt and other social figures head to London or Carlsbad. weddings and society moves punctuate the week as Paris cools.
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Duchess of Manchester
Artives
Paris
London
Mrs. Vanderbilt
England
Washington Pont
Ba Deauville
Trouville
Ritz
Ward
Switzerland
Meu- Tice
L. M. Richardson
Senator Richardson
Delaware
Wiley Taylor
New York
Berlin
Brockholat Cutting
Ramsay
William Cutting
New-York
Hotel Vendome
Hamburg
Theodore, Payne
San Franseco
Véndome
Chateau District
Frederic Courtland Panfield
Anril
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Winthrop Sands
E. R. de Groves
Baden-Baden
Elysee Palace Hotel
Jamey B. Forgan and Family
Chicago
Majestic
Calabash pipes boost Cape growers amid global demand
London reports a surge in calabash gourd pipes among smokers with large orders expected for the United States Europe and England. Cape Colony farmers in Riversdale Montagu and Ladysmith hope for abundant supply next year despite pest damage, turning poor land into profit as the fad may exhaust by year end.
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Washington Post
London
South Africa
Cape of Good, Hope
United States
Europe
England
Riversdale
Montagu
Ladysmith
Cape Colony
Interborough Chief Bryan Quits Role Reportedly
Special Cable reports H P Bryan president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company has received papers terminating his connection with the firm. He denies resigning and says he remains president, notes eight years in New York for subway work and a three month vacation, then intends health rest and a continental tour. Bryan leaves London tomorrow.
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Pomt
London
H. P. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
United States
Bryan
New York
St. Louis
Brodkiya Hnts
Interborough
Tolstol Iil Disposed By Health Rules Violations
The Washington Post reports Count Tolstot is indisposed due to habitual disregard of health rules. After a late walk, he bathed in a fountain causing venous enlargement in a leg. He endures pain and rests in bed as his physician orders ice for the foot.
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Washington Pos
Petersburg
Aug
Tolstot
Clock of King Oscar Afloat From Spitzbergen Ice
Special Cable report from Stockholm describes a clock once King Oscar’s pride. A polar find unearthed a treasure believed to be one of Augsburg’s fifteenth century clocks. Monks ordered the piece for Archangel, it was shipped, wrecked, and recovered among polar ice.
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Washington Post
Stockholm
Nordenskiold
Polar Sea
Oscar
Augsburk
Augsburg
Ciic
Spitzbergen
Archangel
Paris Not Yet Puritan in Parisian Revues
Paris continues to push the edge of decency in its theater revues despite court fines on exhibitors. Managers swap naked elements for suggestive deshabille and daring costumes at La Cigale, Le Moulin Rouge, and other venues, with directoire styles used to provoke and shock.
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Wagnington Fos
Paris
Anarchist Put to Death in Barcelona Execution
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Jean Rull was executed in Barcelona after being found guilty on April 14 of complicity in a series of bombings and anarchist outrages. The trial linked him to attempts to assassinate King Alfonso in Madrid and Paris, plus other bombings, with victims including several blinded by bombs he engineered.
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Washington Post
Barcelona
Jean Rull
Rut
Alfonso
Madrid
Paris
Spain
Bull
Catholic Mission Aims to Add 200 Million English Speakers in Ten Years
Special cable from Rome reports Father A P Doyle of the Catholic University in Washington predicts the U S Catholic population could reach 60 to 76 million and America become essentially a Catholic country within a decade. Cardinal Merry del Val endorses organized mission work using question boxes and expository teaching to reach non Catholics, with English speaking peoples key to expansion.
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Washington Pass
Rome
A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Catholic University
Washington
Vatican
Mission House
United States
America
Archbishop Bourne
Westminster
Herbert Vaughan
Eithilar
England
Father Doyle
Cardinal Merry del Val
Sacred College
Mer
Merry del Val
Hte
Trasher Doyle
Holy Father
Nored
Veteran Captain James M Snowden Recalls Reunion on 90th Birthday
Well known Civil War veteran Captain James M Snowden of the Fighting Nineteenth at 625 Washington Ave New Haven Conn says he is hale and vigorous at ninety thanks to Duffy s Pure Malt Whiskey He notes a gunshot wound limits him but credits the whiskey for health and vigor.
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James M. Snowden
Washington Ave
New Haven
Conn
Duffy
Snowden
Nineteenth
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey touted with testimonials
Unsolicited testimonials claim thousands cured and restored to health by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. The ad extols a malted grain distillation as a pure medicinal whiskey, urging purchase in sealed bottles and warning buyers to seek the correct label and a medical booklet from the company in Rochester.
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Duffy
Duty Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
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