Sledding Season Draws Swiss Resorts Into Spotlight
Report outlines Swiss Alps winter scene with Davos St Moritz and Interlaken as focus. Describes gondola and rail connections, famed bobsleigh runs at Grindelwald and Mürren, grand balls, and a season ahead amid cautious travelers seeking rest after strenuous winter. Notable visitors include Countess Metternich and Baroness de Wimpffen. modes of transport shift from diligences to rail.
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Toy Ul Brron
Baroness de Vmoom Varthen
Leddy Wirth
Fort Count Longay
Tay
Switzerland
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Lauls
Orf
Itty
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Davos
Voutresina
Kronenhof
Oy Sande
German Army Seeks Bigger Air Arm For War Readiness
Fifty thousand more recruits would be drafted annually and service length raised to 30 months to keep the German army at full strength, with von Bernhardt warning that even the July army increase may fall short. Aerial advances include records in distance and duration, a 65 mph Zeppelin trial, and an unsinkable gondola being tested for sea landings. American observers and officers pursue German aviation developments and an Anglo German Holland expedition plans to explore New Guinea.
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Berlin
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U. S
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Australia
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Diamond Prices Stated to Hold Back Output at Meeting
Gustav Imroth presided at the Pioneer Mining Company annual meeting and claimed no year would spend more than 27.5 million on rough diamonds while government data showed 1912 production above 50 million. He warned expansion could risk price stability and supported regulated production among major producers to maintain prices.
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Pioneer Mining Company
Ashington
Joanesburg
Seid
Union
Africa
Argentina-Germany Trade Move Signals Armament Push
Berlin reports Prince Henry to visit Buenos Aires as Germany eyes Argentine markets. The move hints at armament orders to Germany and aims to curb Roosevelt era influence. The Reichstag's credits for military attaches suggest Berlin preparing for a future grab in South America.
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Germany
Prince Henry of
Prussia
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Reichstag
Death Fight on Submarine Ends in Tragic Loss
Eyewitnesses say crew of the submarine A-7 remained aboard as it sank off Devonport in January. They lived about an hour, attempting to surface and restore buoyancy before air exhausted. The wreck lies 27 fathoms deep with nosedive at 80 degrees, making rescue unlikely. The Pigmy crew observed cone shaped water upheavals signaling efforts to lift the buoyancy.
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Washington Post
London
Plemy
Devonport
Gank
Court bans slit skirts at Belgian court balls
A Belgian court ruling enforces modest attire with a ban on dresses deemed too tight or low cut. King Albert previously faced protests as women wore extremely high hemlines and corsages, prompting royal and court scrutiny of dress standards.
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Washington Post
Brussels
Albert
Prince of Wales to Remain Unmarried for Several Years
The Washington Post reports, citing King George and Queen Mary, that the Prince of Wales will not marry soon. He will not reach age 20 until next year and has three brothers, reducing urgency for nuptials. A projected empire tour is postponed to autumn next year after Oxford studies. Prince Albert will accompany him on the hinted journey.
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Naval spending cut likely on deck for peers Monday
A Washington Post dispatch from Tokyo reports the naval estimate to be up in the house of peers for approval on Monday may be cut by 35 million dollars. The government favors a reduction due to high taxes and the burdens of recent disasters, earthquakes and famine draining the treasury.
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Washington Post
Tokyo
House of Peers
Hypnotic Death and Riviera Price Shock Stories
A Newport widow Mia Hizebeth Bolt 6 years old dies after hypnotizing herself by a crystal at St Gothard York Place while a London cable report notes a poor Riviera season with record high prices. Two American women paid 72 67 for a high supper including champagne followed by similar overcharges in other meals.
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London
Mia
Hizebeth
Ann Bolt
Shertin
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York Place
Newport
Andtvan
Nice
Riviera
Legacy seeds Vienna animal asylum from reclusive donor
Vienna reports Herr Irrans Bizony died at Mickeles leaving 64 000 dollars to Vienna for an asylum to care for horses and other animals. He maintained a large menagerie including horses donkeys cats dogs and birds and never saw a human for twelve years aside from his valet. He preferred animals to people and wished the city to build care for them.
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Mickeles
Herr Bizony
Queen Mary to Attend Paris Visit Amid Court Fashion Shifts
Royal plans show King George and Queen Mary traveling to Paris in about a month with the Prince of Wales. Queen Mary, noted for dislike of evening dress, will face Parisian scrutiny beside Mme Poincare as the court shifts toward Victorian drawing rooms to cut expenses.
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Consort
Mme. Poincare
Paris
Quedta
Queen Mary
New Cerebrist Movement Debuts in France Art
A Paris based group announces cerebrist theory arguing art should lift the brain over sentiment. They claim Whistler Fantin Latour Geta ne Rodin and other modernists cerebralized their works, shifting emotion from heart to intellect.
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Washington Post
Paria
Stia
France
Whistler
Fantin
Latour
Getane
Rodin
Mrs Gerard to Entertalyze in Berlin Social Center
Mrs Gerard plans closer American contact in Berlin Embassy hosting receptions every two months on Thursdays for Americans passing through and permanent residents. The embassy will become a social center and rallying point for American interests in Berlin.
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Washington Berlin
Gerard
Berlin
All Clogged Up Quick Relief for Constipation
Ancient remedy pitch promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for all ages. Claims include permanent results, broad family use, and free samples via mail. bottle price 50 cents to one dollar with guaranteed results or refund. Name checks: H. W. Fenstermaher cited as user.
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H. W. Finstermaker
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Lifera
H. W. Fenstermaher
W. B. Caldwell
Washington
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