Elsie Janis as a Manager and Star of London
The Washington Post reports Elsie Janis sees her greatest success as a manager after winning audience favor at the Palace Theater in London. She arrived with Valentine Harris, a ragtime singer she mentored, and he soon sang before royalty including Grand Duke Michael and Lord Lonsdale, among others.
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Royalty Social Center at Cowes Regatta Ends Season
London reports Cowes Regatta signals the finish of London's social season with King George and Queen Mary likely to attend, German royalty to be represented by Prince Henry of Prussia, and a grand gathering of yachts off the Isle of Wight. American hostesses Mrs. Leeds and Lady Paget to entertain aboard Weds, with prominent guests including Lady Cunard and Mrs. Vanderbilt. The week features Goodwood races, royal attendance, and a flurry of society events across ships and quays.
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Archduke Leopold in Love After Two Divorces
Geneva reports Archduke Leopold of Austria, under the alias Leopold Wolffing, has fallen for an American art student in Munich and intends to marry. The prince, famed for two prior marriages, lived near Zurich with a former servant who sues for divorce in Munich claiming desertion and $201 monthly alimony.
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Vienna
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Furies Gone Too Far In A Question Of Compromise
Special Cable to The Washington Port reports militant suffragettes vow war not compromise in England. A 25 year old prisoner earned half a million yearly for the cause, funding militants through hunger strikes and incendiary actions. Leaders and recruits grow as authorities fear continued disruption at venues like Royal Albert Hall grazing the organ with water sabotage after Mme Clara Butt concert.
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Snow Contests in July in Swiss Alps Skiing
Alpine tourists enjoy a summer skiing novelty on the Jungfraujoch at 11,400 feet as the Barnszeotion of the Atping Club stages the first summer ski contest on the Jungfrau. Many Americans witness the event this July.
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Women to be honored with titles for service across empire
The Women's Freedom League lists notable women in imperial service across fields A to B, urging King’s birthday honors. Names include Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard, Miss Agnes Weston, Ellen Perry, Hertha Ayrton, Olive Schreiner, Maud Rayden, Eva Gore-Booth, and many others in social, war, education, science, art, and hospital work.
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Joses
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Earth Durhas
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Linyd Still
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Guy's
E Cc. E Lukes
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St. George's
Misa Young
Westminster
M McEvoy
A. M. Bird
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I. C. Bennett
Metropolitan
B. Sherratt
Garrett
Lock Hospital
German Juries Vie With French in Susceptibility to Charms
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports German juries becoming as susceptible as French ones to extenuating circumstances in murder trials. The Brunhilde Wilden case in Elberfeld drew unanimous newspaper support, amid doubts over Nettlabeck’s gun possession and the judge’s dramatic, prejudicial conduct.
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Assensor
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Mire
Wife Denied Divorce Over Husband’s Drunken Work Travel
Paris July 25 report that a French court refused divorce to a wife who cited her husband’s drinking. The husband, a traveler for a champagne firm, argued he drank to aid business and to entertain clients. He claimed his late, merry state proved hard work for her benefit, and the court approved his reasoning.
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Sam
Women factory toil sparks alarm over long shifts in mills
A blue book notes factory life harshness with inspectors detailing daily routines of women and girls who walk miles to work and labor from dawn to late at night. Cases include a jute spinner working until her baby’s birth and laundries running from 5 am to midnight. The report highlights heavy weights, fatigue, and low wages as thousands suffer under long days.
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Ull
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Mrs Seth Barton French Attends Roosevelt Wedding in Madrid
Mrs. Seth Barton French and her daughter traveled from Madrid to attend Kermit Roosevelt's wedding. Wiss French underwent an appendicitis operation during the trip and is recovering thereafter.
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Seth Barton French
Madrid
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White slavery myth debunked by Berlin official
Berlin testimony in the Lubelski case rejects the idea of a general white slavery system in Germany. Dr. Kopp, an official of the Berlin police, states there has been no proven case of women forced into houses of ill repute, only isolated agents who earned commissions by placing women in resorts. He argues public impression skews reality and the goal of anti slavery groups has not yielded concrete cases.
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Deauville
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Wall
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T Leammx Srmith
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Philadelphia
Society at Deauville Season Draws American Elite
Paris hotels overflow with American tourists as society followers head to Deauville for the season. Reginald Vanderbilt opens a villa. Mrs Otto Kahn, Mrs Joseph Widener, and Mrs A S Graves entertain. Paris stays busy. other notables travel to Vallambrose Italy and Ajieres-Borne.
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Joseph Widener
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Michael ; Weinburg
New York
Spencer Holdy
Chicago
Frederick Vanderbilt
Julian Story
Vallambrose
Italy
W. BH. Carter
Miss Carter
Philadelphia
Alps
Charles Barnes
Page Takes Country House In Surrey For Summer Visit
Ambassador Page and his family occupy a Surrey country house for the summer while remaining in touch with the embassy. He will attend a British chambers of commerce conference in Glasgow from August 5 to 7 as a guest of Mr and Mrs Montague Byrd at Cardrosa House.
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PUSHES WORLD FLIGHT PLAN TO CONTROL STATIONS
Arnold Kruckman, aero manager, travels from Washington to Paris to set up a control station for a world flight project tied to the Baname exposition. He will then visit Iceland, Denmark, Berlin, and St Petersburg to arrange similar stations. The mission is reported as entirely successful.
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Paintings Worth a Fortune Traded For Drinks and Scrubbing Cloths
In Paris at the Washington Fest, Dr. Billard, once wealthy, gave away or traded away canvases from Toulouse-Lautrec era for drinks or to maid service. The frames were used as floor cloths, and years later the paintings surged in value, leaving him rueful as the last piece sold for nine dollars and sixty cents.
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Bulgaria Seeks Loans to Stabilize Balkans Crisis
A report from Soha says King Ferdinand of Bulgaria will tour European capitals this year to interview heads of French and English banks. Affairs in the Balkan peninsula remain precarious, and European financial houses are doubtful to finance Balkan enterprises.
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Octogenarians Do Maxixe at Montlucon Banquet
Ancient Montlucon residents banquet to honor their oldest citizens. The assembled group reportedly totals over 40 centuries in combined ages with Mr Louis Louier praised as the famed eldest worker. Celebrants dance the Bourée of Bourbon to bagpipes and lutes, marking a festive town custom.
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King and Queen Visit Scotland Coal and Iron Centers
The king and queen toured Scotland’s iron and coal hubs, staying long at Perk head forges before visiting Hamilton and Motherwell. A reception awaited them at Motherwell, after which they proceeded to Wishaw and Tea with the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton.Crowds greeted the royal progress with evident enthusiasm at each industrial stop.
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