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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1911
Page
2
The article draws parallels between current Balkan tensions and the 1870s Young Turk upheaval. It describes Albanian unrest, Turkish cruelty in counterinsurgency, refugee flows into Montenegro, and international diplomacy failing to curb massacres. It notes Russia's weakened stance and possible European intervention to avert a larger crisis.
Miss Emilie Grigsby ward of the late Charles T. Yerkes, the sought after guest at Buckingham Palace, plans to attend the Delhi durbar with a Lords party. She will sell her New York Park Avenue home and settle abroad, possibly becoming a English peeress. She attends royal events, hosts gatherings, and supports London charity guilds led by Queen Mary and Princess Mary.
The article argues the United States has little stake in Turkey's crisis while European powers feud. It warns US officials, including Secretary Knox, to monitor events as Asia Minor teeters toward a potential catastrophe. Missionaries fear being caught in riots if Europe fails to act.
British society notes that American women at coronation season balls wore historically accurate, costly costumes and dazzling jewels. The trend may move to New York this winter with similarly styled events inspired by Shakespearian and Savoy fashion, showcasing figures such as Miss May Goelet and Miss Cornelia Bradley-Martin among others.
Paris report details the rehabilitation of Marguerite Cassini through her marriage to Alexandre Lojowski connected with the Russian embassy. Once famed in Washington society, she faced debts, sold her Paris apartment, and sang in a minor music hall before meeting her husband who cleared her liabilities and restored her status.
Felix Mottl former Metropolitan Opera conductor died in Munich after heart disease and a June 21 collapse while directing Tristan und Isolde. He had recently divorced his first wife and planned to wed Fraulein Fassbender, who cared for him during his illness. The death followed a brief improvement and a final relapse after his wife stayed by his bedside. In a separate note, a fire destroyed John Taylor's store in Hallwood, Virginia, causing substantial loss.
London observers report a new skirt style showing a cross over fringe effect inspired by a butcher's apron. A Rue de la Paix dressmaker sought novelty, watching a butcher's apron during casual shopping, and adopted its drape to create a fresh, fringed silhouette that blends Parisian elegance with practical influence.
Denver ads in Paris hail a Bertin collection given to France including works by Humphreys Johnston of New York and Walter Gay of Massachusetts now in Luxembourg and soon Louvre. John Calvin Browne of Denver boosts Magic City on the Seine with annual rent around 80,000 dollars, drawing Parisian attention to American entertainers, artists, and social scenes amid concerts by Minnie Tracey and a cosmopolitan set of European nobility.
In Paris a clash erupts as Chief Lupin faces pressure from royalists and revolutionists over his dual role as Suez Canal director and police prefect. Supporters argue his loyalty to a republican order while Bonapartists push for monarchist aims. Princess Clementine Victor Napoleon intensifies Bonapartist meddling in Paris.
Princess Murat hosts a Bona Parte dinner in honor of the Belgian princess who is said to have the imperial bee in her bonnet. Her so-called future majesty is indulging in day dreams as the hospitable board of guests enjoys the event.
London July 8 underwriters at Lloyds in the fancy risk sector reportedly profited from the coronation. Estimated total exposure runs around 50 million dollars with premiums commonly between 2 and 210 percent. The scene near the Royal Exchange shows widespread rejoicing.
An old advertisement touts Calocide for bunions and sore feet. It instructs soaking in hot water with two tablespoons Calocide for fifteen minutes nightly, claiming instant soreness relief, peeling callouses, shrinking bunions, and permanent cure after several treatments. It alleges easy access via druggists and wholesalers at 25 cents a package.
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Duke de Talleyrand, husband of Anna Gould, and Duchess Anna await a Christmas heir at Chateau de Marais. Doctors advised bed rest with no operation, while flowered rooms and public attention mark the duchess’s condition as a busy stork period extends to reports of Depew family in Compiegne.
Senator and Mrs Chauncey Depew plan to visit their nephew at a chateau next week. Death reported yesterday of Capt L N Rollins, Union naval veteran of the Civil War, at his home 1981 Weer North Avenue aged 81. Native of Virginia he supported the Union and served as an officer on the Freeborn, flagship of the Potomac squadron.
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