Duke and Duchess of Westminster Seek Legal Aid
Dec 6 report says Duke of Westminster plans to seek court relief with top English counsel. King George and Queen Mary reportedly failed to reconcile with the Duchess, sources say marriage tensions spurred legal action. King Alfonso’s recent Cowes social week is noted in connection with the duchess and party events.
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Westminster
London
George
Mary
Spain
Cowes
Alfonso
Bavarian Royal Estate Sparks Quarrel Over Endowment
The Bavarian king and his brother Prince Leopold clash over a 1769 endowment valued around 7.5 million dollars. The will funds are to compensate the heir who did not inherit the throne, with King Louis backing his son Prince Charles and Leopold asserting the money benefits the nonascendant son. The affair traces to Duke Clement’s donation and the transition from Electorate to Kingdom in 1866.
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Berlin
Dec
Bavaria
France
Leopold
Vesa‘sche’ Zeitung
Clement of
Electorate of Bavaria
Otto
Louis
Prince Charles
Reward for Lost Anchor from Rhode Island Battleship
The Navy Department offers 250 dollars for the return of a large anchor lost from the battleship Rhode Island on August 8 2013 off Montauk Point. Bearings to the anchor are given as 215 degrees true Montauk Point Light and Black Point Light. The position is 6 miles 9 degrees true from Montauk Point Light and the depth is reported as 1 1/2 fathoms.
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Navy Department
Newport, Naval Station
Rhode Island
Montauk Point Rt
Montauk Point
Revenue Cutters Patrol Atlantic Waters In Proclamation
A public notice describes Revenue Cutter Service orders to guard American waters during peril at sea. President Wilson directs readiness to aid ships and monitor drifting dangers as cutters patrol between Atlantic coasts with vessels including Gresham, Moe, Onondaes, Apache, 28ce, and Jemacraw named.
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Areil
la Geore
Doe
Opha
Wilson
Atlantic
Droscoren
Gresham
Berlin Counterfeiter Imitated Imperial Bank Notes
Berlin police arrested a painter and decorator turned counterfeiter after he produced perfect 2-mark notes using the Imperial Bank’s printing methods. He studied a bank circular detailing faults, then expanded to thirteen twenty marks, printing presses and plates to mimic genuine bills. Four of the initial notes remain in circulation.
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Berlin
Imperial Bank
Civics students to visit Washington for government study
Sixteen female and twelve male senior civics students from Wilmington High School will spend Thursday through Saturday in Washington as guests of Alfred I. du Pont studying the Federal government. Guided by Miss Elizabeth Carlisle, the trip is funded by Mr. and Mrs. du Pont. students will lodge at Hotel Gordon.
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Civica
Wilmington, del
Washington
Ndora
Alfred I. du Pont
Elizabeth Carlisle
Mra. du Pont
Hotel Gorion
Missea Bila Searles Bradbury
Elizabeth Newberry Carswell
Verla Marguerite Collier
Rosalind Ephraim
Reba Finger
Jean Elizabeth Fulton
Mary Leah Garrett
Agnes Veronica Grant
Sarah Handelman
Mildred Sample Hoopes
Alice Jefferis
Irene Albertina Johnson
Anna Ozella Saville
Eleanor Gause Spear
Alice Marion Speer
Reba Thompson
Messrs
Dean Collyer Gibney
Willard Richardson Heald
Linnaeve Lamborn Hoopes
William Greenlagh Hutton
Joseph Irwin Jefferis
Joseph Holton Jones
George Millard Lang
John Stanford Mullin
Frenk Saylor
Leon Busxick Stayton
Robert Bayne Wheeler 2d
Medford Harper White
Navy Penal Plan Promotes Reform and Training
The annual report by Judge Advocate General Russell U S N lauds the detention system for sailors and marines as firm and consistent. It says many detention ers are reclaimed as good men and the country benefits as they gain moral and industrial skills. Classes to train them as radio operators electricians mechanics yeomen bakers or cooks are to begin.
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Russell
Fire ruined her finery Mrs Hooker sues railroad
Mrs Katherine Hooker of Los Angeles sues the Boston and Maine in the Supreme Court seeking $3,000 for lost finery after a baggage fire. The railroad argues baggage charges based on value with a $100 limit under Hepburn law, while Hooker maintains baggage is not covered by ticket sales and that state law governs recovery. Massachusetts law previously allowed $2,000 recovery against the $100 limit.
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Katherine Hooker
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Boston
Maine
Hooker
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A 19th to early 20th century style advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for stuffed head and nostrils. It claims three doses taken every two hours will clear nasal passages, relieve headache and feverish symptoms, and costs 25 cents at any drug store.
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Fomensi& Misses’ Coats
Astrakhan
Cheviots, &c
Ural
S & Misses
Copenhagen
Iinner
Eels
China
Munsey Tras Company
Christin Savings ‘Fund
Checka
Chinchilla
Hex
Hecht
Santa Claus
Santa
Daisy
ALMB
Brock Todon
Kg “McHanical Trains
Mtrack
Tale Nep Eee
Gow
Lee
Drinne
Ted
Peart
Quee
Aed
Pat
Inc
Shaw
Fanny Alales
Boudoir
Navy
Revenue “Cutters
Civics
Wilmington
Judge Advocate
Railroad
Pape
Grippe
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