Lord Rosebery Seeks Hand of France's Cecile Sorel
The article notes Lord Rosebery desires Mlle Cecile Sorel and recounts his rise from editor to prime minister, detailing his fine houses in Britain including Dalmeny Park Mentmore and the Durdans, and his marriage to Miss de Rothschild before politics and eventual retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Rosebery
England
France
Mlle
Cecile
Sorel
Paris
Earl
Pitt
London
Jewelers and Coins Defaced by Law to Guard Currency
Jewelers report coins in jewelry decline in popularity yet still appear as watch charms and brooches. Federal law prohibits defacing coins and any punctured or engraved coin may lead to arrest for wearer and jeweler. Secret Service chief notes enforcement in Maiden Lane, with no new Washington directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Washington
Wise
United States
Treasury Building
Sam
Richard H. Taylor
Maiden Lane
Lord Rosebery's New Courtship and Jewelry Coin Spoofs
A New York era piece notes Lord Rosebery pursuing Mile. Sorel amid aging talks of coins used in jewelry. It describes jewelers melting coins for brooches and rings, law questions, and a locket made from a trade dollar. The essay quotes a jeweler and recounts past opinions on coin alteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Colin
New York Sun
Lower Manhattan
Nassau’ Street
Edward
Ladas
Sir Visto
Cicero
Alexander the Great
Mile
Sorel
Lord Rosebery
Inner Conflict Drives Star toward Buenos Aires’ Bright Exile
An unnamed theater figure wrestles with a powerful choice between marriage to a British nobleman and continuing fame. He contemplates leaving the stage for three months in Buenos Aires, sacrificing stardom to pursue a life of luxury aboard a yacht and exotic settings, yet fears losing artistic joy and public acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Indies
Mile
Sorel
The Scarfs Pins and Fashioned Ties Through Time
A long feature discusses scarf pins and their changing role from functional knot holders to decorative accents. It covers how styles evolved with tie shapes from bow knots to V necks, notes practical variations, and includes insights from a men’s furnishing goods dealer on current wearing practices and pin usage. The piece also profiles playwright Louis N. Parker, detailing his career shift to drama and his English adaptations of French and German works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. Parker
Royal Academy of Music
Sherborne School
Dorset
Sardou
Rostand
Sudermann
Chantecler
Year 1910 reshaped world politics and disasters
The article recalls 1910 as a pivotal year marked by the Ballinger Pinchot clash in the United States, the ousting of Speaker Cannon, and shifting party power in Congress. It notes revolutions in Portugal and Mexico, monarch changes in Montenegro, a great Seine flood in Paris, and major expositions. It also lists notable deaths including Supreme Court justices Fuller and Brewer and public figures, forecasting a year of lasting impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Farim
Portugal
Mexico
Alaska
Cannon
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
Uncle Joe
Senate
Congress
John A. Dix
New York
Woodrow Ison
New Jersey
Judge Baldwin
Connecticut
Arizona
New Mexico
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Edward VII
Edward
Europe
Spain
Vatican
Jose Canalejas Y Mendes
Don Carlos
Manuel
Nicholas
Seine
France
Paris
Venice
Austria
Francis Joseph
Diaz
Lves
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Madriz
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Mayor Gaynor
Judge Gaynor
Los Angeles Times
Philadelphia
Brussels
Shepherd's Bush
London
Buenos Aires
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Supreme Court of the United States
Melville W. Fuller
David J. Brewer
Tribunal of Life
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Clay
Georgia
Daniel
Virginia
Senator McEnery
Mississippi
George Newnes
Rolls
England
C. Henry
Prince
Robert W. Patterson
The
Chicago Tribune
Robert Koch
Charlies H. Treat
Darius ©. Mills
Ambassador Nabuco
Thomas B. Walsh
David HL ‘Rucker
Frederic Remington
N. M. Curtis
Leo Tolstot
Lloyd W. Bowers
Digging for Jewelry in Central America
A customs officer notes a smuggling case in which a Spaniard tried to bring in大量 old fashioned jewelry from Central America. He describes vast Costa Rican cemeteries where ancient gold ornaments were taken after graves were opened, with over 1.9 million dollars worth reportedly looted, leaving many graves still unopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Central America
Costa Rica
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She
Fortuna
Maurice D. O'Co
Sorells
Duchesse de Longueville
Marquise de Montespan
L’aventuriere
Comedie Francaise
Shell
Misan
Treasury
George
Wan 4
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