Parisian gossip links Calve opera amid Rome nuptials
Paris dispatch reports Mia Grant of Rome engaged to Count Louie Serra, with her mother a Clymer descendant. Frank Jay Gould leases a large training quarter at Maisons Lafitte for horse interests. Mme Calve plans an American opera based on Jeanne d Arc, with her to sing the title role.
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Vange Thompson
Waaninaton Post
Paris
Mia Guglielmo Grant
Misa Grant
Rome
Miss Grant
Count Louie Serra
Caslano
Miss Grant de Tongs
Helster Clymer
Lancaster
H P. Clymer
Clymer
Pomerania
Calve
Mme’ Calve
United States
Jeanne d'Arc
Cale
Mark Twain
Mme Calve
Cabriere
Australia
Krussels
Frank Jay Gould
Ely
Massony Lafitte
Gould
Maisons Lafitte
Normandy
Fred Calhoun
Combourg
Atakes
Baden
Jarretiere
Vichy
Excommunication of Prince Oscar’s Wife Discussed
Rome July 2 Cardinal Agiiardi replies on whether the church has excommunicated the wife of Prince Oscar of Prussia. The article notes the defense of the church policy amid questions raised by the wife’s action and its potential implications for royal ties with Prussia.
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Prince Oscar of
Prussia
Rome
Agiiardi
Plains
Spain like a volcano reformers for Canalejas
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports mass protests across Spain on July 23 in Madrid Barcelona Bilbao Seville and fifty towns against Rome while supporting Canalejas reform program separation of church and state and his cabinet. Estimates suggest over 223000 marchers in listed cities and over 1 million nationwide, with no disorder recorded.
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Washington Peat Leon
Spain
Canalejas
Pablo Iglesias
Madrd
Santa Fe
Madrid
Prado
Recoletos
Castelliana
Barcelona
Bilbao
Seville
Santander
San Sebastian
Alfonso
Mirgmar
Gijou
Elche
Viga
Malaga
Valladolid
Toledo
Tagus
Owedo
Castellan
Alicante
la Coruna
Legrons
Granada
Badajoy
Linares
Huelva
Washington Post
London
Carlsbad
Ostend
Brussels
Scotland
Smart Set at Poker Wins From Trust Magnates
London society reports a remarkable game led by Lady Paget where big trust magnates joined in a stiff $250 limit poker match. She won pot after pot with a busted flush, drawing eager requests to host more American parties as poker becomes a social craze. Protests in Paris against social trust bring no concrete plan, while Pavlova headlines a lavish London dance costing about $500 per number. Miss Clara Frewen’s October engagement links British royalty with American social circles, aided by Mrs. Jack Leslie and family.
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A. J. Lambert
Washington Point
London
Paget
Pating
Graham Miller
California
E. H Gary
Frank Munsey
James B. Duke
Mre
Lady Paget
Paris
Social Trust of
George Munro
W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr
O. K
Vanderbut
Munro
Pavlova
Clara Frewen
Richard Sheridan
Misa Drexel
Maidstone
Mildred Carter
Lady Acheson
Nellie Post
Mra Eliot
Miss Frewen
Sweden
Princess Patricia of
Connaught
Stockholm
Order of Innocence
Jack Leslie
Leslie
Duchess of Connaught
George Cornwalls West
Liice
Shane Leslie
Sheridan
Motley
Dorsetshire
Frampton Court
Fort Monroe Gun Explosion Victims Recover Slowly
Fort Monroe Virginia July 28 All the men injured in the big gun explosion during recent target practice and the eleven killed are reported doing well Lieut Van Deusen with a broken leg is recovering rapidly Col C H Townsley denied giving survivors certificates of commendation though the board of inquiry will submit a full report
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Fort Monroe
Lieut van Deusen
C. H. Townsley
War Department
Board of Inquiry
Spain Faces Parades and Shifting Liberal Momentum
The article notes attempted parades and legal limits on crowd movement, describing Heluenese demonstrations proving liberal opinion’s force within lawful bounds. It cites El Liberal declaring July 3 as a landmark date in Spain’s political history, heralding a new generation’s view of progress and renewal.
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Aeolus
Imparcial
Spain
Senor Canateja
el Liberal
Liberal Party
Madrid
Sevilla
Bilbao
Murcia
Barcelona
London art price frenzy at Christies noted in cable
Special cable from London reports extravagant bids at Christie's as eleven major collections sold. The Meinertz hagen engravings raised 47500 dollars and Ward's unlettered proof of Hoppner's portrait fetched 5750, part of a series driving total sales for eleven collections to 2,763,380 dollars. Notables and social figures travel between London hotels as U S figures attend.
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Washington Post
London
C. Purdon Clarke
Christie's
Meinertzhagen
Ward
Hoppner
Frankland
Esse
Christie’s
Baron Bchroder
Young
Waller
American chess champion Marshall defeats Berlin expert Jacob
London July 23 Americans dominate social season with hotel gatherings at Claridge's and the Ritz. Frank J. Marshall, the American chess champion, defeats Jacob in the sixth round of the international tournament as Schlechter maintains the lead.
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Marshall
Berlin
Hamburg
Frank J. Marshall
Jacob
Schlechter
Duras
Niemzowitch
Alekhine
Salwe
Tartakower
Forgacz
Spielman
Chotimirsk
TIZ for Tender Feet promises cure of foot ailments
A druggist remedy claims to cure inflammation and soreness of feet including bunions corns and ingrowing nails. It advertises as superior to powders plasters or salves and allows smokers to wear shoes by maintaining foot condition. Sold for 25 cents per box from Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago with local endorsement.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
O'Donnell
Paris Holds Its Own American Women In Line
Paris fluently hosts a late season with American hostesses prominent in society circles as Princess Mathilde Murat stages an Olympia style fete in her palace gardens. Amid floods and royal guests, debate over the Dauphin’s fate continues, while Henry M. Cannon retires to a monkish life after a Paris visit.
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Mathilde Murat
Europe
America
Faris
Countess da Tallyrand
Miss Carter
New York
Prince Paul
Russia
Odin de Loubersac
France
Ernest Daudet
Senate
Dauphin
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Samson
Bossy d'Anglas
Waundorfs
Louis XVII
Naundorfs
Prince Charles
Prince Louis de Bourbon
Treasury
Wagner
Cannon
Stormy Oath Bill Sessions Loom in Parliament
Asquith seeks to push through a royal declaration oath bill with no amendments amid a storm over its Protestant terms. Conferees probe a federal home rule settlement as lobby rumors swirl about emergency Lords reform. Bryce and Grey hint arbitration ties with the United States depend on Ireland.
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Washington Post
London
House of Comemons
England
Asquith
Commons
Walter Long
Balfours
Birrell
Ireland
House , of Lords
Balfour
United States
Irish tour funds tied to John Redmond hopes
Thomas P. O Connor cites Roosevelt in urging Irish nationalist fundraising while doubt remains on a conference’s settlement meeting mass Tory approval. In Berlin on July 23 Captain Wahlkampf of the fifth infantry received two years imprisonment and dismissal for systematic cruelty after 755 acts and many more alleged cases. He brutalized soldiers with sword, fists, and feet, kicking men in the head until they bled.
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Thomas P. O'Connor
M. P
Col Roosevelt
O'Connor
John Redmond
United States
Washington Post
Berlin
Wahlkampf
Fifth Infantry
Vahikampf
Prison Reform Plans Sweeping Churchill Drive
Special cable from London reports Home Secretary Churchill pressing radical changes to Britain’s penitentiary system. The reforms target solitary confinement, youth offenders, and political prisoners including suffragists, with aims to reduce prison use by 5,000 youths, end certain prison practices, expand freedoms, and aid reentry after release.
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Washington Post
London
Winston Churchill
Home Office
Churchill
John Galsworthy
Duke of York
Home Secretary
Charles Reade
Galsworthy
Berlin forms cooperative bank for independent women
Berlin reports the creation of a cooperative bank for independent women to finance those who wish to start their own businesses. The bank aims to provide credit denied by ordinary banks to women seeking self employment.
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Washingt
Berlin
Cotton Fraud Row Sparks Bankers’ Insurance Plan
London reports on New York bankers resisting European demands to guarantee bills of lading for cotton. European insurers could cover genuineness of bills, enabling banks to safely guarantee exports, while several analysts urge more competition and reduced commitments from a few big New York banks. The Statist urges rapid talks and endorses an insurance certificate solution to ease settlement and relieve European risk.
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Washington Post
London
New York
America
European Committee
Europe
Union
United States
Durops
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Marshall Field
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William J. Park
Ira Nelson Morris
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