London social gossip on Ava Astor and Grace aviator fate
London society whispers center on Mrs Ava Astor's marital prospects with Burdett Coutts while Cecil Grace, the aviator, is mourned as missing by family and Aero Club members. Duchess of Westminster appears in charity vaudeville. Waldorf Astor and Shirley Benn celebrate Plymouth victory. American wives in English politics noted. new peerages expected early 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Greville
Duchess of Westminster
Chester D. Overton
Washington Post
London
Ava Wiling Astor
Burdett Coutts
William Ashmead Bartlett
Mia Astor
Tuondon
England
Mrs. Astor
John Grace
Aero Club
Admiralty
North Sea
Grace
New York
Michael Grace
Battle Abbey
Hastings
Belgrave Square
John
Greville
Carlton House Terrace
Waldorf Astor
Shirley Benn
Plymouth
Plyymouth
Waldorf Astors
Randolph Churchill
Forbes-Robertson
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Marquis of Flandford
Ivor Spencer Churchill
France
Mia Spender-Clay
Pau- Une Astor
Ancaster
Eloise Hreese
Cholomondely
Harl
Carrington
Edward
Duke of Athol
Grimsthorpe Castle
Lincolnshire
Drummond Castle
Mayfair
Alastair Innes-Kerr
Ernest Cassell
Charles McLaren
Alfred Thomas
Cameron Opbett
Eugene Weston
John Dewar
Charles Schwann
T. Courtenay Warner
Therat
TL Carlow Martn
We Wuke
Mansarea
Princess del Drago
Mrn
Josephine Schmid
Duke de Bianceres van
Maria Christina
Prince del Drage
Ameri Jean
Kleben
Isabelis
Isabella
Order of the Golden Fleece
Duke de Rianssares
Anatole France
John Lane
Boston
John Jacob Hoff
Paris
Detroit
Miss Bigelow
Ridgway Knight
Divergent Estimates Spark Debate on Argentine Wheat Crop
Special Cable reports sharp disagreements among experts in Britain and the United States over Argentina's current wheat harvest. Liverpool grain expert George Broomhall raised the Buenos Aires surplus from 12 million to 24 million quarters after district inspections, while Liverpool and Chicago estimators push for 9 to 12 million quarters. The clash invites close scrutiny to determine who is closest to the final outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Dec &T
Argentina
George Broomhall
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Minneapoli Northwestern
Internatonal Harvester Company
Chicago
RECORDS INVISIBLE STARS Observatories map vast star census
London reports F A Bellamy of Oxford University Observatory estimates about one thousand millions of stars in the universe. Twenty five observatories photograph and count them, Greenwich leading by completing its mapped sections. Many stars are invisible to naked eye yet appear on photographic plates, aided by long exposures and astrographic telescopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
F. A. Bellamy
Oxford University Observatory
Greenwich
Royal Observatory
J. Franken-Adama
St. A. S
Lloyda's
Mervel Hit
Franklin- Adams
Indefatigable Proves Cheaper per Ton than Invincible
London reports the new cruiser battleship Indefatigable, fastest cruiser yet, costs over twenty pounds per ton less than the contract-built Invincible of the same design. A dockyard build shows lower cost and similar speed, with motor engine plans for battleships in England, totaling 26,000 horsepower and a projected speed of about 21 knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
St Vincent
Collingwood
Admiralty
England
Call King a coward version of William Stead
Special cable from The Washington Poet reports English Tory disloyalty to the throne. Government dissolution halted Tory plan to force 500 new peers, risking constitutional crisis and monarch’s safety, with King George V under intense pressure from party factions. The piece warns such moves could destroy the Tory party and the monarchy’s balance of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Stead
London
England
House of Lorda
Asquith
Balfour
iPlan
George J
Lang
Banquo
Duncan
Queen Victoria
British Empire
Lord Lansdown
Age limit for doctors special cabis to The Washington Post
Paris court ruling sparks questions on physician retirement age after 66 year old Dr. Eugene Chevrlot's auto accident. Plaintiff sought 2 400 for care and stay, 12 000 for loss of practice, 30 000 for diminished clientele and future work limits. Court awarded 12 000, indicating doctors may be considered too old at 66 to continue practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Chevrlot
DUKES TIFF AND DUNCAN SCHOOL IN PARIS NEWS
Paris dispatch recounts the Duc de Choiseul and Duc de Praslin feud over title rights with a potential duel discussed by experts. Isidora Duncan's dancing school is gone amid political interference and German influence. Also covered are Prince von Hohenlohe’s death and Leon Tolstoy's son writing a revolutionary drama in Paris with Tolstoy kin continuing disputes and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidora Duncan
Count Tol ' Stoi
Vance Thompson
Cabre
Washington Pont
Paris
Duc de Choizeul
Miss Coudert
Duc de Praslin
Lucy Hamilton Paine
Boston
Choiseul
Duncan
Gluck
Isidora
Berlin
Holland
England
Germany
France
Neuilly
Elizabeth Duncan
Orlando Miller
Mendel
London
Monte Carlo
Tolstoi
Leon Jolstoi
Count Tolstoi
Academy Jullien
Salle Derlioz
Russia
Leon
Tolstul
Alexandra
Tcher
Coronation Claims Heard By Medieval Privy Council Court
London reports a private court in the privy council office examining coronation claims. Lords and lawyers wear levee dress as they hear rights for ceremonial services such as silken gloves for the king’s right hand and canopy carriers from Cinque Ports. The scene recalls a distant, ceremonial era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Privy Council
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Lord Spencer
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
England
Lord Halsbury
Lord Morley
Duke of Newcastle
Cinque Ports
Westminster
Ancient wines spark debate on age versus drinkability
London reports on experiments with very old wines from famed merchants. A Sercial Madeira bottled in 1793 and a claret from 1643 were unearthed, suggesting ages of 265 and more years. Experts doubt any century-old wine remains truly drinkable unless fortified, noting bottled spirits stay unchanged but very old wines lose value or quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Philiphaugh
Monttrose
TIZ For Sore Feet Ad Claims Instant Foot Relief
A vintage advertise claims TIZ as a unique remedy for sore feet, promising instant relief, lasting effects, and cleansing of pores. It touts no more tired or swollen feet, with a 25 cent price and distribution from Water Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Dodge & Co
Preferred death to divorce in Iowa case ends in suicide
Lisbon Iowa December 31 Lewis Cole enraged after his wife filed for divorce beat her unconscious with a heavy object then shot himself dying instantly The woman survived. In Warsaw a terrorist band entered the flat of a banker named Bembon shot the banker to death while he ate supper mortally wounding his wife Police arrested eighty suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Bembon
French Feminist Advance Signals Admission to Académie Française
Dec 31 Paris reports a sequence of milestones for women in professions and learned institutes. Marie Curie candidate and Judith Gautier elected, Genevieve Alocque named archiviste palaeographer, and Mie Trelat noted among pioneering women in architecture and public service alongside rising theater and science recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy Francaise
Washington Post
Paris
America
Russia
Mie
Trelat
Institute
College de France
Fbut
Genevieve Aclocque
Mile
Marie Leneru
Odeon
Judith Gautier
Academie Goncourt
Mme
Pierre Curie
Academy of Sciences
Academie Francaise
Ancient Statuette Found In Cairo May Be Hittite Work
From Cairo comes news of a bronze statue possibly dating to the era of Joseph and Egypt. It portrays a goddess standing on a lion, with protruding tongue and upturned tail, wearing a Cappadocian tiara and holding an infant. If confirmed, it would support Old Testament references to Hittites in southern Palestine and suggest the Hyksos were allied with Hittites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Cairo
Joseph
Egypt
Syria
Boghaz
Kenol
Palestine
Dreams Influenced Passenger To Leave Waratah Before Loss
A London inquiry heard Claude Sawyer describe dreams warning him to quit the Melbourne to Cape Town steamer Waratah. He left at Durban, a later dream of a sea wreck and the ship’s disappearance with 92 passengers and 119 crew remains unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Board of Trade
Durban
Cape Town
Melbourne
Gince
Claude Sawyer
Waratah
Capt Town
Miss Hay
Marine Hotel
Fiance of Vivien Gould Linked to Ennobled Clergyman
London reports Lord Decies engagement to Miss Vivien Gould, noting the lineage of a peerage founder through a clergyman. The article recalls bishops who became aristocrats, including Dr. William Beresford, bishop of Dromore and Ossory, later archbishop of Tuam, raised to the peerage in 1812, and comments on historical bishop wealth through lease renewals and family fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivien Gould
Washington Post
London
Lord Decies
William Beresford
Waterford
Dromore
Ossory
Tuam
Ireland
Agar
Earl of
Normanton
Tucks Bestow Relics Once Owned by Josephine
Marquis de Castellane reports Edmun and Mrs. Tuck have donated Napoleonic relics to Malmaison Museum. The gifts include sunshades fans scent bottles and slippers once owned by Empress Josephine. Eugenie also offers the cradle of the Prince Imperial to the Paris city collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Empire
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Marie
Marquis DE Castellane
Washington Pont
Paris
Edmun Tuck
Malmaisdn
Tucks
Tuck
M & Co
Scribe
Randolf
Cairo
Maimatada
Josephine
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Museum
Carnavale
Napoleon II
Battard
Parle
l'Aiglon
Rome
Napoleon I
French Republic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cavern Parhye
Lady Bountiful
Co A
Countess Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
National Society For the Protection of Children
Httlé
Budapest
de Choiseul
de Praslin
Frederick Carl von
Castle Mendel
Europe
Robin
Mueller
Duke of Manchester
Orlando E. Miller
George
Bishops Peerage Founders
Napoleonic Museum
Romance of the
Texas
Old Henry
Richmond
Virginia
House of Quality
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!