Fraud Goy Gayly On Big Business In Corots
Marquis de Castellane reports widespread manufacture of fake Corot paintings in France with 1,000 forgeries and 60,000 counterfeit pictures, many shipped to America. Montmartre hosts main fake studio, with others in Ville-d’Adray and provincial towns. He traces American ties and notes police politeness while examining fraud and cultural impact.
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Marquis DE Castellane
Washington Post
Paris
France
America
Fractured ad fragment sparks confusion in text
A jumbled OCR snippet promotes a product with odd phrasing and stray lines about trying everything, a trial, and a coupon. The readable bits hint at an advertisement style, but the fragment lacks clear names, places, or dates to anchor a fuller report.
New Mamma Is Chaperon Over Young Bride and Aviator
London reports Mrs Cecil Bingham titled Mrs Chauncey faces stepmother duties as her new stepdaughter, a young heiress, is to be brought out this season. Viscountess Torrington, once Miss Eleanor Sonray, pursues aviation, after racing fame, while her husband the Viscount resists change. The pair’s contrasting passions strain their marriage as she flies Salisbury Plain with M Tetard, threatening to sell her stables.
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Washington Post
London
Cecil Bingham
Chauncey
Mra Chauncey
Mr Bingham
Mra Bingham
Riviera
Canterbury
Charles Street
Berkeley Square
Torrington
Eleanor Sonray
Edwarda
H E
Epsom
Darrars
Abelard
Salisbury Plain
M. Tetard
Irish party seeks funds for faltering campaign
London Feb 25 The Irish party faces a serious funds shortfall as delegates led by John Redmond report gifts and promises totaling 5 200 000 from an American tour are only partly fulfilled Nearly all funds will be exhausted by March and appeals will go to United Irish League in America to honor promises Some leaders argue over accepting government payments for MPs Meanwhile a new Union of Four Provinces in London aims to centralize Irish activity with a headquarters in Bloomsbury and plans for a club and benevolent fund.
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Washington Post
London
John Redmond
America
United Irish League In America
Union of Four Provinces
Bloomsbury
Berlin
Russia
Mongolia
Europe
Asia
China
Axel von Boustedt
Herr Davis
Treitsch
St. Petersburg
Ulanchuria
Japan
Tokyo
St Petersburg
Scotland Yard
Paris
le Gaulois
France
Measles Fashion Grips London As Princes Lead
London authorities report a measles epidemic intensifying as Prince of Wales and Prince Albert popularize its fashion. In four weeks 366 deaths are recorded, with many adults infected and prior measles offering no immunity. Both princes had measles previously.
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Washington Post
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Royal coach a torture on royal procession
Special Cable reports the royal coach ride during a procession is grueling for Queen Victoria and likely for Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra. The long feather straps, motion, and nervous strain frighten observers. Footmen fear the scarlet horses may begin biting one another.
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Washington
London
Queen Victoria
King George
Queen Mary
Hayward
Alexandra
Aristophacy Scratched from Diplomatic Guest Lists
Paris February reports reveal foreign ambassadors halted all diplomatic receptions. The reason given by authorities remains unclear. An influential Paris paper claims the French government scrapped names of top aristocrats deemed reactionary, insisting only republican nobility be invited. Ambassadors of Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria and others reportedly consented.
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Washington Post
Paris
France
Bacon
United States
Remedy for Sore Feet TIZ Claims Instant Relief
An old advertisement touts TIZ as a unique foot remedy that draws out toxins and cleanses pores to relieve sore feet instantly. It promises lasting relief after a week and claims superiority over powders and similar products. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co in Chicago for 3 cents a box.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Grippens Will Reveals Prisoner's Last Testament
The Crippen case returns to probate as Hawley Harvey Crippen, executed for his wife’s murder, leaves a short will from Pentonville naming Ethel Clara Le Neve as sole executrix. The document, typed on tools cap, disposes of estate valued around £268 6s 9d and notes probate granted February 8, 1911.
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Washington Pont
London
Hawley Harvey Crippen
His Majesty's
Pentonville
Ethel Clara le Neve
Ethel Clara le Neva
Ethel Clara, le Neve
Charles B Geake
Arthur Devereux
Kensal Rise
Richard Brinkley
Wandsworth
Iwi
Train Women Plea in Berlin Advocates Compulsory Service
Fraulein Pauline Werner, a leading German feminist, argues in Die Deutsche Frau for compulsory domestic service for women as the equivalent of male universal military service. She says training would aid development, be fiscally neutral, and produce skilled wives, noting benefits to manhood through experienced housewives.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Fraulein Pauline Werner
Die Deutsche Frau
Fraulein Werner
Crow Decoy Robber Tricks Shop with Crow
Paris February twenty five Auguste Boschet an eighteen year old enters a Villemain avenue shop asking for a cent's worth of chocolate. While the clerk wraps the goods a large crow frightens him and boxes are knocked over. Boschet then steals the cashbox confessing the crow was used to distract clerks and that he robbed other shops likewise.
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Paris
Auguste Boschet
Avenue Villemain
Bhoschet
Heritage Habit Life Marked by Romance in Paris
Paris gossip page details former Miss Minnie Gibb of Brooklyn now Countess De May inheriting large fortunes from three Gibb relatives. Her penniless marriage to the French nobleman contrasts with lavish entertainments at the Chateau de la Livandiere. Other marriages and fortune hunts include the Duke of Alba and Miss Ward engagement, plus Gardner’s $40 a day legal battle with Carrie Swayne Whister.
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Minnie Gibb
Brooklyn
Paris
Duke d’Alba
Vance Thompson
Waatington Post
Emile Janet
College de France
Countess de May
N. Y
Count de May
T ‘Camme Ip
Joffroy
Raphael Cherub
Valcois
Miss Ward
Herbert Ward
Eric C. K. Phipps
Francia Bertie
Stanley
Miss Schermerhorn
Philadelpha
Bionde
Buenos Ayres
Francis
Feodorowna Bertle
Duke de Morny
Napoleon the
Carrie Swayne Whister
Gardner
Australia
Carrie Swayne
Seventy Seven Grippy Cold Remedy Adclaims Quick Relief
Practically everybody has a grippy cold. Seventy seven taken early shortens and moderates the attack. Don t wait for grip to set in with pains in head and chest cough sore throat fever and general malaise. Available at all drug stores for 25 cents or by mail from Stumphreys Homeo Medicine Co New York Woolworth era ad copy.
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Stumphreys’ Homeo, Medicine Co
Coy
William and Ann Streats
New York
Harvest of Gold for Delhi Durbar
Calcutta reports the Delhi coronation durbar hinges on forthcoming monsoons and harvests. If rains fail, plans will be curtailed. landlords profit as a two room house rents high while the whole estate tops 31,000. Wealthy tourists and American millionaires eye camps with furniture supplies, and goods like ice fish eggs and poultry will be shipped from Bombay and Calcutta. Telegraph and postal networks will be expanded to handle the influx.
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Washington Post
Calcutta
Delhi
India
Bombay
Russia and Mongolia Clash in New Berlin Book
Berlin reports a Berlin book argues Russia aims to annex Mongolia using lavish money and prestige to sway Mongolian princes, while surveying railway routes and building projects that shorten Europe to Peking travel. The piece links the move to German rapprochement and a future clash with Britain in India.
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St. Petersburg
Buddhist Church
Mongolia
Beox
Peking
Klachta
Kelgan
Russia
Europe
Portrait sells for six figures to American ambassador
Paris reporting notes Ambassador David Jayne Hill paid 196 500 to Swedish artist Zorn for a portrait that will debut at the Paris salon and later join the Hill library in Berlin. Zorn, a sculptor and painter, also crafted Engelbert, the Swedish hero statue.
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Speela
Washington Post
Paris
David Jayne Hill
M. Zorn
Zorn
Engelbert
Engelbert, Which Caught the Fancy of Ambassador Hill
Scarfs and Heirs Clash Over Fitzwilliam Christenings
London reports a new son and heir to Earl Fitzwilliam with fevered talk of the Fitzwilliam scarf used at christenings. Experts dispute the tale tracing the scarf to William the Conqueror and Hastings, citing dubious pedigrees and medieval lace dating.
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William the Conqueror
Hastings
Washington Post
London
Earl Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam
Wiliam Fitz Godrie
Edward the Confessor
Bayeux
German cruiser Von der Tann sails for South America tour
Berlin reports Germany’s 18 700 ton armored cruiser Von der Tann left Kiel for a 212 month tour in South American waters. The ship, freshly in dry dock, will visit key ports to showcase German shipbuilding and spur Latin orders. It boasts eight 11 inch guns and turbine propulsion, with a top speed claimed at 21.2 knots.
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Washington
Berlin
Germany
von der Tann
Kiel
South American
South America
Ciaima
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