Vienna Society Glittering Reception for Penfield Delegation
Ambassador Frederic Courtland Penfield and Mrs. Penfield were formally presented to Austria-Hungary’s official society at the Austrian court reception called the recevimento. Prince Montenuovo extended good wishes, while princes and princesses led the procession through decorated halls, soldiers guarded entrances, and aristocracy and diplomats mingled in lavish ceremonial rooms.
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Vienna
Frederic Courtland Penfield
Penfield
Austria-Hungary
Nomi
Ministry For Foreign Affairs
Pringe
Princess Traut- Mannsdhorff
Palace of Industry
Pxunfield
Industry
Austrian Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Prince Montenuovo
Francis Joseph
Uniiform
Europe
Duke of Rutland’s Belvoir Castle Party Sparks Gossip
London cable reports a Christmas house party at Belvoir Castle hosted by the Duke of Rutland. The spread featured theatrical guests, led by the Marquis of Granby and Miss Sarah Wiborg of New York, with Maxine Elliott as a central figure. Sir Herbert Tree, Lady Tree, their family, Lady Diana Manners, and Alan Parsons attended. The Trees organized nightly theatrical performances followed by late-night tango revels.
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Washington Post
London
Duke of Rutlands Place
Belvoir Castle
Marquis of Granby
Sarah Wiborg
New York
Belvoir
Maxine Eliott
Sir Herbert
Lady Tree
Alan Parsons
Diana Manners
Marquis of
Granby
Recommendations for old war records publication debate
Dr J Franken Jameson and Frederick Barnett of the American Historical Society urged the Secretaries of War and Navy to support a photographic project to compile and publish key Revolutionary War records for genealogical use. Congress has allocated 32000 dollars for the work, modeled after Civil War record efforts that cost about 3 million and took 37 years. The material is dispersed across the original thirteen states.
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Secretaries of War and Navy
J Franken Jameson
Frederick Barnett
American Historial Society
Congress
Hike Gains One Victory In New York Suffrage Effort
Suffragette hikers reach AWanvy New York as Senator Foley introduces a bill in the State legislature to grant women watchers at elections. The measure would take effect after the proposed suffrage amendment votes, likely in 1915. Suffragettes lobby at the session with allies promising passage.
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New York
Albany
Foley
Wagner
Sweet
Harriet Blatch
Wagner copyrights expire boosting cheap editions
London reports Parsifal Goetterdaemmerung and Siegfried copyrights have expired. Publishers rush to print cheap vocal and piano scores. The Waener family is estimated to have benefited by nearly $7,000,000 from these copyrights.
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London
Siegfried
Waener
Vanity of the Centuries in Hair and Fashion
The piece examines how hair and head fashion reflect social reality from Kipling to Cleopatra. It traces changes in hairstyles, wigs, and head shapes across eras, noting modern trends like dyed auburn and even purple to green hair, with a nod to contemporary portraiture.
Love Race to San Francisco Delays Couple’s Marriage
A 16 year old girl Miss Schidbert and her fiancé Edward Wilhelmsen faced immigration delays after arriving from Stockholm aboard the Coronia. Officials held them for two days to verify their romance before marriage in New York, while an aunt in San Francisco offered a bond to prevent public charge. The girl left Ellis Island for her aunt. the man stayed two days longer, intent on joining her in San Francisco to wed if the aunt agrees.
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Fritzie Schidbert
Edward Wilhelmsen
New York
Frisco
Stockholm
Mise Schidbert
Wilhelmsen
Gir
San Francisco
Misa Schidbert
Ellis Island
Edward
Mothers Congress Weeps At Plea To Save Children From Courts
Rabbi Abram Simon addressed the Issérint Congress of Mothers urging protection for children from the Big Brother and Big Sister movement. He praised motherhood as divine and urged a strong follow up to sustain the movement beyond sentiment, stressing lasting impact on both young and older siblings.
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Mothers’ Congress
Abram Simon
New York
Eishth Street Temple
Issérint Congress of Mothers
Simon
Milady’s Fancies From A New York Dentist And Miscellany
A New York dentist warns of a mean in the city who recovers gold and platinum from dental operations by cutting and burning remnants in a device that collects precious metals. The piece mentions foreign eggs and tariff imports, then shifts to community work by mothers and Big Brothers Sisters, plus kitchen tips and a simple sponge cake recipe.
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New York
Chine
Pacific
Bertha Byrne
Natonal Mothers’ Congress
Big Brothers and Slatera
District Association
J. Wilmer Latimer
Walter 8. Ufford
Associated Charities
Mra
Fred F Dubois
Washington
Thesehildren
Trial and execution of Lincoln conspirators revealed
A historic account outlines the Lincoln assassination aftermath including Booth’s escape, the Barn at Garrett, and the transfer of his body. It details the May 10 1865 commission sessions, the uniformed court, and the execution of Herold Payne Atzerodt and Mrs Surratt on July 7 after a 53 day trial with 300 to 400 witnesses.
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John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Booth
Virginia
Richard Henry Garrett
Port Royal
David C Herold
Montauk
Old Penitentiary
Eureprient Johnson
Edwin Booth
Baltimore
Washington
David Hunter
Lew Wallace
August W Kautz
Alvin P Howe
T. M. Harris
Joseph Holt
Robert S. Foster
James A. Ekin
C. H. Tompkins
David KR. Clendténin
Henry L. Buffett
John A. Bingham
John F. Hartranfi
Pennsylvania
David C. Herold
George W. Atzerodt
Louis Payne
Howard Spangler
Samuel B. Arnold
Michael O'Loughlin
Samuel Mudd
Surratt
Ats
Payne
Atzerodta
Spandgler
Herold
Atzerodt
O’ Loughlin
Arnold
Mudd
Mrs. Surratt
Rhar
Afaed
Ata Assietdd
Art
Mra
At Herodt
Dr. Mudd
Ameli
Spangler
O'Loughlin
Ife
Johnson
Cloughlin
John H. Surratt
Italy
Burratt
Wisconsin Eugenic Law Declared Unconstitutional
Milwaukee January 2 Wisconsin circuit judge chrtz F C Ssthweller ruled the Wisconsin eugenic marriage law unconstitutional for unreasonable medical fee limits and impinging on the right to marry He suggested the state must weed out the unfit itself and not burden citizens with tests Alfred Peterson and Hattie Schmidt sought licenses on the law’s start date and were affected by the ruling enabling marriage without medical exams
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. C. Ssthweller
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Exsthweller
Sis
Oaid
Alfred Peterson
Hattie Schmidt
Glerk Widel
Peterson
Buchweiler
Expurgated Tango Rules From Castle House
A dated verse lays out strict dance guidelines issued by Miss Anne Morgan at Castle House. It warns anxious dancers to avoid hip shaking and flamboyant moves, urging light, graceful steps, no panting or wrestling grips, and to glide rather than jiggle. The piece ends noting freedom to dance but with limited range.
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Anne Morgan
Castle ‘House
San Francisco
Durango
Extradition Set for American Painter to France
Christiania Norway January 2 The department of justice confirms a Christiania court ruling that Ferdinand Pinney Earle an American painter and Miss Charlotte Herman face extradition to France for kidnapping Earle s 8 year old son from a French school Harle will be sent to France within four weeks Miss Herman to be held until her mother arrives in Christiania
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France
Christiania
Norway
Department of Justice
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Charlotte Herman
Earle
Harle
Miss Herman
Half His Estate To Fiancée In Brooklyn Fatal Gas Death
Richard D. Lankford vice president of the Southern Railway left nearly half his estate to his betrothed Miss Nelle B. Patterson of Brooklyn. The May 17 1913 will filed for probate splits the property with Lankford’s mother and leaves a $1000 to his brother Columbus. Patterson also gets books and photos from the apartment where he died.
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New York
Richard D. Lankford
The
Southern Railway
Brooklyn
Misa Nelle B. Patterson
Bartholdt Questions Bryan on Hague Peace Conference
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri asked Secretary Bryan what steps the United States has taken to fulfill the tacit 1915 Hague conference pact. He noted a committee to prepare a program was to be appointed two years before the next conference, but the panel has not yet been formed.
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Bartholdt
Bryan
Missouri
Secretary of State
House
United States
Weaving Wilton Carpet: Aged Gentlewoman Honors Wilson
Mrs Clara Dike, 92, of Lee Mass, claims to be the last of New England’s old gentle folk. She begins a rag carpet for President Wilson not for his office but for his policies. She hopes to craft a carpet for his successor but will spare it if he opposes her views.
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Lee
Mass
Jane
Clara Dikeman
New England
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Epiphany Ball At Grand Hotel Draws Rome Social Set
In Rome on Epiphany Day the Grand Hotel ball attracted over 500 guests, including Ambassador and Mrs Page and Mrs Stanford White and son Grant. The Rome social scene grows with many American visitors as the stork brings a daughter to Mrs Theodori, formerly Miss Beatrice Thaw of Pittsburgh.
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Italy
Avormier
Thaw
Rome
United States
Grand Hotel
Page
Stanford White
Grant
Theodori
Beatrice Thaw
Pittsburgh
Sweet pea tints and dog fashion set summer trends
Paris reports summer fashion will feature sweet pea tints with nacrine pearlescent shades. A pale blue fabric Chutedo evokes falling water movement. Robert Catteau headlines a Leon Theatre lecture on dogs and style showing pets as fashion items with literary recitales enhances the theme.
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Paris
Robert Catteau
Leon
M. Catteau
Masterlinck
Anatole France
Avoid cracking shoes by olive oil treatment and burqa
To prevent leather cracking rub shoes with olive oil before polishing. Let the oil absorb for a few minutes to keep leather in good condition. Mrs Philip Snowden sets a record addressing 1500 meetings on women’s suffrage with over 1.5 million attendees. A borax solution poured down drains banishes offensive smells.
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Philip Snowden
Simple Weddings The Rule London Shifts From Smart Ceremonies
London society eyes quieter weddings as the rich grow tired of public glamor. At a recent large house the queue to the bride stretched hours as guests in a fashion toward theater-like access. The trend cuts invitations from 800 to 60–100, replacing crowds with close friends and relatives and hosting a simple breakfast after the ceremony.
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London
Washington Post
Mayfair
Grand Prix at Nice Draws Large Crowd in Dreary Weather
The Grand Prix at Nice attracted a huge, mixed crowd despite dull weather. Notables in attendance included Mrs Frank J Gould and her husband, Mrs John W Mackay, Princess Colonna, former New York Mayor Van Wyck, Mrs Arthur Cohen, actor Fred Terry, and boxer Georges Carpentier who teased Kid McCoy's challenge for a sizeable purse.
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Gould
Nice
Washington Post
Frank J. Gould
John W. Mackay
Winter Palace
Princess Colonna
Mayor van Wyck
New York
Arthur Cohen
Fred Terry
Georges Carpentier
Kid McCoy
Princess Marie Bevine Tours Panama Canal
Princess Marie Bevine of Schleswig Holstein, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, traveled by steam launch from Pedro Miguel to Culebra through the canal. She toured with Col. George W. Goethals and was greeted by Sir Claire C. Mallet before continuing to Kingston Jamaica.
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Panama
Marie Bevine
Schleswig-Holstein
Queen Victoria
Pedro Miguel
Culebra
Col
George W. Goethals
Claire C. Mallet
Marie Louise
Kingston
Jamaica
May Van Alen Thompson Faces U S Citizenship Ruling
New Yorker Jane Van Alen Thompson, now Mrs Griswold Thompson, tested at the Boston customs board over whether she is a American citizen after marrying an American in London. The case hinges on her long residence abroad and possible duty on her gowns as she stays in the United States. The board will receive briefs next week as proceedings continue.
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Griswold Thompson
London
New York
Jane
May van Alen
Newport
General Board of Appraisers
van Alen Thompson
Thompson
James F. Curtis
Navy
Boston
Waite
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