Royalty at Newmarket and London Opera Night Trends
Royalty visited Newmarket with a motor-brougham arrival and social gathering in the paddock. The Queen attended the Royal Opera House with a large party to hear Caruso and others in Madama Butterfly. High society figures filled boxes, with Princess Victoria and Prince Leopold present. The King to decorate Higgins and Forsyth at Buckingham Palace. Royal Gallery visits and a Graves Galleries outing followed by Miss Kathleen Parlow’s violin recital. American notes highlight Mrs Astor and US embassy guests, while Mayfair restaurants show busy crowds despite shifting travel.
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His Majesty
Newmarket
Majesty
Mr. Sassoon
Hall Walker
Miss Cooper
Sir Daniel
Lady Cooper
Earl of Durham
May Baird
Exning
Goldschmidt
Cavenham
Sir Edward Vincent
Earl of Leyton
Scotti
Destina
Madama Butterfly
Duchess of Sparta
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Prince Léopold of Battenberg
Duchess of Bparta
Henry of Battenberg
Sparta
Teopold de Rothschild
Duchess of Connaught
Princesa Victoria Patricia
Tugly
Prince
Princess Batthyany
Duchess of Marlborough
Duke
Duchess of Roxburghe
Earl of Clarendon
Countess of Derby
Duchess of Portland
Countess of Lonsdale
Harry Higgins
Neil Forsyth
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
Roumania
Graves
Mesars
Yokoyama Talkan
Hishida Shuinso
Kathleen Parlow
London
Misa Parlow
Duke and Duchess of Fife
Duff House
Mar Lodge
Princess Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Louise
Duke of Argyll
Kensington Palace
Kent House
Tsle
Wight
Scotland
Millionaires and Education in Britain and America
The piece argues national efficiency requires vast growth of higher education funded publicly rather than by private wealth. It warns millionaire endowments may steer curricula toward donor interests, threatening intellectual liberty, with risks of biased appointments and politicized studies, urging public support to preserve democratic education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the London News
Wne
Carnegie
Great Britain
America
East
Middle States
Great Oil Trust
Higher Education of
Lady Blount Flat Earth Crusade Reaches New York and Chicago
From the New York Press comes a portrait of Lady Blount of the Universal Zetetic Society who advocates a flat earth. She travels with Dr Evans to tour the Union debunking astronomy while insisting the world is flat. The piece notes herBritish and American tour plans and mockingly questions the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Blount
New York
London
Universal Zetetic Society
Walter Blount
Bart
Ladyshin
Welther
Pelf
Mberal
de Lacy Evans
Columbus
Chicago
Dr. Evans
Goldfield’s Modern Turn and Bullfrog legends
A fragmentary portrait contrasts Goldfield’s shift from Bret Harte frontier lore to a publicity heavy boom town with a press agent, a possible railroad, and guarded mines. It then shifts to Bullfrog Nevada describing tents, burros, dust, a stage line, cryptic Bryfogel mine lore, and a tale of vanished memory surrounding the fabled ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Harry B. Carr
Concern
Nevada
Amargosa
Shorty Harris
Shorty
Beatty
Eivery
Oregon
Bryfogel
Austin
Nev
Stump Springs
Don Cossacks Plan New Cavalry Force for Asia
Scribner’s Gen Skobeleff urges further aggression in Central Asia, depicting a renewed pool of Asiatic cavalry that could be trained to invade India and Afghanistan. The piece traces the lineage of the horses to Tamerlane and ancient campaigns, noting their endurance, Arab and Turkoman blood, and prized status among owners. Russia aims to transform loyal auxiliaries into a formidable, large-scale force, overcoming religious and racial prejudice to match Cossack numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner
Skobeleff
Central Asia
Russia
India
Tims
Tamer- Jane
Samarcand
Nile
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Moscow
jAdd
Afghanistan
Szandria's Splendid Railway and Steamship Facilities
Szandria describes a network of lines including Southern Pennsylvania Bald ore and Ohio Seaboard Air Line Washington tathern Atlantic Coast Line Chesapeake and Ohio Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co Rand all Line Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway Co formerly the old Wesms Line with connections at Norfolk to the great Oreanle Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szandria
Splendid
Southern
Pennsylvania
Baldore
Ohio
Seaboard Air Line
Ashington Tathern
Atlantic Coast Line
Chesapeake and Ohio
Washington
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co
Randall Line
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Co
Old Wesms
Norfolk
Great Oreanle
Structure Declared a Menace at Old Braddock House, Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau reports Mayor Piff plans a consultation with Health Officer Gorman City Engineer Dunn and Corporation Attorney Boothe to compel closure or renovation of the decayed Braddock House on North Fairfax Street. Fire chief belts fire risk and city hall are endangered. an ordinance to force sanitary conditions and sewer tapping is under discussion.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Piff
Gorman
Dunn
Boothe
Old Braddock House
North
Fairfax Street
Belt
Washington Fire Department
Pettey
Patt
John G. Beckham
Berryman Green
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Robert N. Crook
South
Washington Street
Wiliam M. Smith
Arthur Snowden
J. T Burke
L. Stabler
Thomas W. Robinson
Douglass Stuart
Ivy Hill
Richmond
Joseph A. Stewart
Wilkes Street
Stewart
Carroll H. I
Seventieth Virginia
Basic City
Prince and Lee Streets
New Cumberland
W. Va
Mack Manufacturing Company
Agnew Roberts
Officer Roberts
New York
Charles Strong
City of
L Eisenstein
Color in Brains at London Baptist Congress
A black American delegate at the Baptist World Conference in Exeter Hall drew 3000 spectators who laughed with him not at his race but his humor. Rev A H Parrish, an ex-slave and educator, spoke in English about color in brains as the crowd cheered. The piece notes a later negro meeting at Spurgeon’s Tabernacle and mentions England's review debates and upcoming Chase’s openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Expresa
Exeter Hall
Exeter Hill
A H Parrish
Mr Parrish
Clifford
San Francisco
Japan
Baptista of All Nations
Amelia
Spurgeon’s Tabernacle
Spurgeon
Alexandria Merchants Aid Local Advertising Push
Alexandria merchants urge placing business announcements in a dedicated Post section. The ad spread touts The Post as widely read and profitable, detailing various local suppliers from lumber to coal, jewelry, and millwork, with addresses and contact points, plus academic and social notes from Alexandria.
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Alexandria
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Mary Moore
Arthur Pearson
Wernher
Anstey Guthrie
Frank Dicksee
R. A
Charles Wyndham
Mayfair
Claridge's
Harl
Chesterfield
Earl
Duchess of Somerset
Admiral Jenkins
Degiuli
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Wingerworth
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Cheaterfield
Lord Tenterden
Alfred Turner
Miss Turner
William Bailey
Cecil Allen
Miss Allen
Coronel Allen
Millionaires and Education
England
Bret Harte Flavor
DON Cossack
Alexandria News
Braddock House
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Chase’s
Smoot & CO
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Union Street
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Beminary Hill
St. Asaph Street
Queen Street
Bell 77
J. R. Zimmerman
George Ayers
Colonial Beach
First National Bank
United States
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J. F. Muir
G. L. Boothe
M. B. Harrow
B. Baer, Jr
Europe
Carlos R. Hooff
Thomas W. White
Carhier
Rena Kaufmann
Atlantic City
Laurence Mill Co
York
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Bell
Capital City
Union At
Queen
Henry Strauss
Hortense Leterman
Acton’s
Fannie Smith
Anna Kearney
Charlottesville
Mutual Ice Ca
Cameron and Unionsis
R. T. Grimes
Mae Grimes
Boston
Halifax, N
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W. A. Smoot & Co
Ajity
J. Matthews
Loudoun County
Paff Shoe Company
Washington St
Miss Mary
Elizabeth Bergen
Shuman’s
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Ldtwalton
Lancaster County
R. M. Green
Virginia Beach
Lyons Bros
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May Simpson
Front Royal
Modern Protective Association
Order
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia Lea
Seventh
United States Cavalry
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Franklin Street
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Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
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Lily
Katharine Grillbortzer
William Talbot
Belvoir Farm
R. B. Knight
Messrs
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Frontenac
Benjamin P. Wheatley
This City
George F. Keegan
Rocky Mount
N. C
William B. Smoot
Thomas L Beach
Officer Jefferson Beach
Excille Beach
Henry KH
Field & Co
Henry K. Fieti& Co
North Union Street
I. Hichberg
Bedford Springs
Fas
Bromllaw Brick Co
Park Agnew
Prop
South Pitt St
Rev
W. J. Morton
Spottsylvania County
Taylor's Prescription Pharmacy
King St
Myrtle Goods
Strasburg
May Starwell
Mercantile Bathway, Building and Loan Association
Prince and
Fairfax Streets
Nansie Whiting
Barnesville
M.B. Harlow & Co
South Fairfax Street
Bilsie Edwards
North Patrick Street
Delaware
New Jersey
Lexandria
Alexandria National Bank
Citizens' National Bank
Burke & Herbert
Moore Or Fees
Edgar Carpenter
Mgr
Talbot McCuen
Myra Lee Civalier
Bluemont
E. A. Gorman
Ortolan
Dearborn & Son
Lulu Quillin
Severn River
Old Dominion Glass Works
Worcester
Baltimore
Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Calvert
J. B. Watkins Feed
Hotel Rammel
Alexandria Steam Laundry Company
Alexandria County
Board of Supervisors
Electric Railway Company
North Washington Street
Industrial Parade Association
James Washington
Tsaiah Parker
Gibson & Timberman
Margaret Page
Nelson Page Dame
Ossining
W. G. Rogers
Unison
Joseph F. Rodgers
Episcopal High School
Jessamine
Jones Point Light
James F. Curlin's Sons & Co
Harge
Wagon Builders
Sta Hines
Ferra
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