Lola Montez revolt plot letter revealed in California history
Unpublished 1854 letter found with Lola Montez in an old sampler describes a revolt plan for an independent California with Montez as empress. Curator Barron at the Gold Glimmer Memorial Museum notes the document evidences secession schemes and mentions wealthy backers and a $1000 transfer to a pastor. The find ties Montez’s famous life to 1850s California frontier lore.
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Lola Montez
San Francisco
George E. Barron
Goldglitrate Work Memorial Museum
Washington, D .C
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Barron
Cafornia
Amanda
Grass Valley
FF Loumeree
Chiss Valles
Tori Muntaz
Steuntree
Ronntres
Thousands Enjoy Skating On River Above Aqueduct Pond
Report describes crowds of Washingtonians skating on a river near the Aqueduct and Cheyahase area. Observers note large crowds at the tidal basin and lake, with excitement and occasional mishaps amid the ice sport.
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Cheyahase
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Elvas
Omarrow
Buried Countess in Belgium After Brua Hospital Death
The Countess de BasgerrQ died last Wednesday in a Brussels hospital. Burial will occur in Belgium as no body will be brought home due to the war. The Count de Ruissevet Belman minister to Petrograd reportedly reached Brua to assist operations. The Countess survived seven or six children, including Emanuel, the eldest, who remains in Washington.
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Siors
Europe
Becaues
Belalum
Bruanes Bospitt
Count de Ruissevet Belman
Petrograd
Jummanuel
Agat Preaeot
Washington
Australian troop ships sail on second expeditionary force
About 25,000 Australians sail as the Oceanic Liser Sentara arrives at Sydney with troop ships for the second expeditionary force. The voyage is timed between December 14 and 22, with preparations for Paglani and Ved ferre 1 230190 noted as part of the redeployment. Captured German crews are reported used as transports.
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Jiu
Sentara
Sydney
Omer
Paglani
Revolution Plot Letter to Lola Montez Revealed
A discovered 1864 letter to Lola Montez outlines a California revolution plan. The writer seeks aid from Southern elites and envisions Spanish Californians supporting the cause in San Francisco Los Angeles and Stockton. He proposes Lola as empress, notes a large shipment by steamer, and urges secrecy and leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Lola
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Stockton
J. C
Lola Montez
Gress Valley
Cal
Beaten Marriage Ends In Alimony Decision
Frank Doudern, a former policeman now running a painting and decorating business, seeks dissolution of marriage from Mrs Florence Doudera. In a New York Supreme Court ruling Justice Clark ordered alimony of 10 a week plus $1 counsel fees. Doudera testified to threats and violence by his wife including tearing shirts and brandishing a revolver. He claimed annual income around $10,000, she said he earned $10 weekly.
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Frank Doudera
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Supreme, Court
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New Milady Forecast At Auto Show In New York
A 1920s style feature highlights fashion for car travel at the auto show. Descriptions cover a large checked military cape, a Dunstan raglan coat, silk and wool sweaters, hampster fur coats, a diagonal tweed coat, leather pillow cases, and novel car mascots including a Russian bear.
High-Bred Boston Terriers Praised By Noted Fancier
Mrs. Alice Sz. Simpson, longtime breeder, praises the Boston terrier breed and traces its lineage through a lineage of well-known dogs and fanciers. She highlights Cracksman and his progeny, cites early contributors like Barnard, Kelly, and O'Connell, and urges owners that top bloodlines do not guarantee a champion outcome.
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Timothy Kelly
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Tony Bay
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Lecture on Germany at Belasco Theater prompts travel interest
Arthur K Veck presented a lecture with Rhine country ruins and Berlin images drawing a large Washington audience. He described feudal castles and modern Berlin scenes, with rare close views of German people and the goose step footage as highlights. Next Sunday he will discuss Paris.
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Arthur K Veck
Washington
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Berlin
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Pathe
Boldest Tom Boy Dying Named Nellie Elsing
Nellie Elsing known as Americas boldest tom boy is dying from bichloride of mercury poisoning in Los Angeles. She ran away from Chicago to Australia as a girl to visit a wealthy aunt and capture a baby kangaroo. On a San Francisco bound voyage she climbed the liner rigging to wave to friends ashore before collapsing in her room. She had worked as an actress with a moving picture company.
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Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Nellie Elsing
America
Milas Elsing
Chicago
Australia
San Francisco
Child Labor Theme At 84 Divorces Bride Noted Workers Will Talk
Dr. Felix Adler will compare European war and American industry, examining effects on juvenile welfare as part of the 11th annual conference on child labor in New York. About 100 to 200 workers from across the country are expected. an illustrated address by Hine will be given. A later session will discuss the Palmer Owen bill and a proposed children charter with speakers from education and social reform circles.
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P.P Creaton
United States
Commissioner of Education
Hernard Flexner
Chicago
Julia Lathcer
The
Children A Bureau
Samuel McCune Land Ga
Columbia University
Ward
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Representative Murdock
Kansas
Everest Granger
Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church
Washington
Granger
Granmer
England's youths learn to knit while aid pours in
In a whimsical scene set in London, youths knit and joke as they support Belgian relief. Algie credits Evelyn Bernice Patricia Pauncefote with teaching him to knit while Archie quips about virtue and gender roles, highlighting wartime morale and oddball chatter on charity and social duties.
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Algie
Archie
Wendy
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Algia
Women delegation to press White House on suffrage amendment
A Democratic women’s delegation from the District and nearby states plans to call on the President Wednesday to urge support for a Federal constitutional amendment granting women the ballot. Led by Mrs George A Armes, the group includes wives of Congress members and other regional women, with a mass meeting at the Public Library at 2 PM before the White House call. The President already opposes federalizing suffrage, favoring state decisions.
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Summons of Nordica's Husband in Estate Probe
George W. Young, husband of the late Mme Nordica, was ordered by Surrogate Fowler to appear January 15 for examination about assets of her estate. He must surrender cash, stocks, and bonds in his possession to Leslie Jay Tompkins, temporary administrator. Young contests the probate document, arguing Mme Nordica was not of sound mind when it was executed.
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Cal
Albert Walker
Oakland
Walter
W Ho Waste
Myra
New York
George W. Youn
Mme
Nordica
Fowler
Young
Leslie Jay Tompkins
Mme. Nordlea
New York Health Report Sets City Death Rate Record
New York City closed the year with a death rate of 12.40 per thousand, the lowest ever, while births reached 149,647, the highest in the municipality’s history, an increase of 6,513 from 1913. The health department released the figures, placing Gotham among the world’s healthiest cities.
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New York
Department of Health
Gotham
Hay
Woman to State Senate in Oregon Appointment
Governor Oswald West announces the appointment of Miss Kathryn Clarke of Glendale to fill a senate vacancy. If seated she becomes the first woman in the Oregon Senate though the attorney general has ruled the governor lacked constitutional authority to make the appointment.
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Salem
Qoreg
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Oswald West
Kathryn Clark
Glendale
All Am
Oregon Senate
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Rowne
Douglas County
War Benefit A Success Pledges For Humanity
Washington Amateur Talent concert at Poil's Theater drew over 600 attendees under Hebrew organizations for relief of Jews in wartime Europe. The program featured vocal and instrumental music, dances, vaudeville, sketches, and a minstrel show with listed performers, chorus, and an all-star organizing committee and officers.
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Washington
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Relief Committee
Rose Krick
Mr. Smallwood
Ruth Schwarts
Florence Reynolis
Anna Sandsberg
Maurice Lyons
D. Gold
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Howard Schwartz
Jacob Fnedman
Sol Glueck
L. Glushak
Mitford Brotman
Green
Sires
Daniel Schiller
Otto E. Woerner
Percy Siherberg
Myron Oppenheimer
Abe Marcus
Eddie Rosenblur
Percy Schwartz
Dora Weinberg
Elizabeth Root
Lena Wolf
Cecelia Wolf
Minnie Hershowitz
Jennia Weeer
Belle Tarshes
Milla Hershowitz
Jennie Favorson
Cecelia Shefferman
Rose Wolf
Jallian Goldstein
Messrs
Maurice Bernstein
Milford Schifler
A Sheffermann
Melvin H. Nafman
Dave Gold
Louis Luber
Leon A. Weinberg
Michael Warris
Joseph Levinsohn
Laula Rosenfeld
Jack Small
A. Mayer
Otto Li
Woerner
Joseph L Tapper
Marcus Horman
Julius L. Peyser
Bernard Goldstein
Rose Hornstein
Bertha Clepatch
David Wiener
Joseph Stern
Leon Weinberg
Dr. L. Grushak
Railway Men Greet Chief At Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrizon president of the Southern Railway received a formal expression of best wishes for the New Year from the accounting department committee Saturday. The greeting replied to a Christmas telegram sent to each employee. EF Martin presented the message. Harrison lauded the loyalty and cooperation. The committee included M. F Martin A. Atcheson Vincent Smith William Luckett G Lewin Edward Turner Frank Pollard Charles Burrougha and W H Burton.
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William Luckett
G. Lewin
Edward Turner
Frank Pollard
Charles Burrougha
W. H. Burton
Belle Wears $500,000 Gems at New Year's Ball
Four policemen trailed Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocker through the St Francis Hotel during the New Year's ball as the daughter of the late Lucky Baldwin appeared amid popping corks and revelers wearing diamonds valued at $500,000.
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Clara Baldwin Stocker
St. Francis Hotel
Lucky” Baldwin
Auto Kills Two Women in Riverside Accident
In Los Angeles on January 3, Mrs Joseph Beal a 60 year old rancher spouse and Mrs Mary Hoover a 61 year old widow died after a big touring car struck their bumpy carriage and fled the scene as their horse spooked and dumped them on the road Police seek the driver amid the fatal incident.
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Cal
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Mary Hoover
Riverside
Mrs. Ethel Machen Dies in Washington at 84
Mrs. Ethel Machen aged 84 of Buena Vista Maryland died after collapse in Washington. She was found near Highth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and transported to Emergency Hospital then Columbia Hospital before passing away yesterday morning. Coroner Nevil may hold an inquest. Her husband Henry Machen and their baby accompanied her to Washington for shopping before the illness. The body will be returned to Buena Vista for burial today.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Columbia Hospital
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Washington
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