Drawing Room Campaign roils Ulster politics in Ireland
A long fragmented report ties the Drawing Room Campaign to Ulster politics with leaders including an American Marchioness of Dufferin. It claims influence on officers resigning rather than fight Orangemen to secure Home Rule in Ireland, naming figures and social circles in New York and London.
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Marchioness of Dufferin
Hase
Ireland
Versal
Ine WanSington
New York
Witten OM
Los York
Telay
Rena Olin
Dad Ceierne
Dufferin
Feerard
Lorton
Shaftesbury Arms
Monogamy Debate Prompts Secular League Discussion
A report outlines a meeting where Powble and the Secular League of Women discuss future marriage norms and monogamy. The dialogue touches on tradition, social expectations, and potential reforms affecting family structure.
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Powble
League of Woman's Future
Tora
tOlree
Mira
Meola
Maltage
Women Challenge Yale in Antisuffrage Debate
In a heated exchange the antisuffrage team from Yale challenged Yale to debate women’s suffrage, drawing reactions from New York suffrage circles. The disputed sessions featured Yale figures and rival scholars arguing over real versus hypothetical suffrage outcomes.
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Winrtor
York Merk i
Lele Flarvard
Jiu
York
Dances of Uncle Sam's Aborigines Inspire Novel Steps
In Washington a foreign scientist notes America’s vibrant material for dances since Virginia’s first charter. He cites American dances from Virginia reel to ragtime, notes rich portico and Porto Rican customs, and suggests native dances inspire new stage pieces. He mentions ceremonies, Sun Dances, and guest etiquette in Porto Rico as sources for entertaining ideas.
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London
Virginia
Washington
America
Scotland
Spain
Russia
France
Virginia Reef
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Sam
Wolf River
Praston Gibson
Nemin
Pertner
National Museum
Gibson
Richest Boy in the World Court Ruling Ties Up Brown Estate
John Nicholas Brown, great grandson of Nicholas Brown, is named the richest boy in the world by a New York supreme court decision. The ruling validates bequests tied to the $25,000,000 John Carter Brown estate, splitting assets between Brown and Mrs. William Walls Sherman. The case clarifies trust funds under Rhode Island law and confirms Mrs Sherman’s share while directing the remainder to her nephew John Nicholas Brown. Secretary Daniels praises eighteen Navy officer cadets at Columbia University as the academy supplies training plans and ship handling instruction.
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New York
John ‘Nicholas Brown
Ibyearpole Voy
Nicholas Brown
Brown University
Supreme Court
John Carter Brown
Rhode Island
New York State
Frank W .Mattason
Justice Weeks
William Walls Sherman
Igiz
John Nicholas Brown
Maine
Will Appeal in Gem Case Before London Courts
John W. De Kay of New York and London intends to appeal a $1142 judgment in favor of Carson & Sons London jewelers. The appeal questions the referee’s power to collect evidence taken by commissions and whether American procedure applies. The London hearing follows court records and a noted test of cross juristic authority.
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U S
London
de Kay
W. de Kay
New York
London Wall
Carson & Sons
London Jewelers
I Gelderel
Las Power
Red hair in Washington society girls noted in census
Washington society pages recount a dance prompted informal census of auburn Titian and red hair among prominent young women. Names include Marcia Murdock daughter of Victor Murdock and Margaret Britton chums often mistaken for each other, Carrie Chamberlain daughter of Senator Chamberlain, and several daughters of New York lawmakers.
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Washington
United States
Marcia Murdock
Margaret Britton
Murdock
Victor Murdock
Miss Britton
Carrie Lee Chamberlain
Senator
Mrs. Chamberlain
O'Gorman
Senator O'Gorman
New York
Biles Agnes
Georgetown
Anna
Alice
Frances Dunn
Representative Dunn
Frances Miller
Ben @ M Miller
Nancy McClelland
L McClelland
Fmne Pennebaker
Elbert Joanson
C D Pennebaker
Miles Gertrude Kibler
James L Kibler
Calgary
Princeton NJ
Miss Hall
Eleanor Wsen
Horace Westcott
Trenting Newhold
Batty Thompson
Dorothy Georgen
Dorothy Smallwood
Constance Gray
Clara Francis
Price of husbands climbs at suffrage fete in New York
A Washington Post report from New York details a suffrage fundraiser where Mrs Frederick Gillette offered to lease a man for the next dance at 3 cents, sparking a market rise. By morning the advance reached 12 1 2 points with higher quotes for tangoing and other specialized dances.
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New York
Washington Post
Severty-first Regiment
Frederick Gillette
Gillette
Ginette
Women to Use Hyde Park Demonstration Parallel to Ulster Rally
London militants claim equal rights to Hyde Park meetings after Ulster supporters obtain permission for an April 4 gathering. The Women’s Social and Political Union announces a simultaneous demonstration with Ulster Orangemen backers, arguing no objection should be cited.
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Miltants
Ulster
London
Militant
Hyde Park
Women's Social and Political Union
Commissioner of Works
Militant Society
Ulster Orangemen
Roosevelt wedding date expected in mid May
United States Ambassador to Spain Joseph E Willard reports from Manaus Brazil that news is awaited on the Roosevelt party. A wedding between Kermit Roosevelt and his daughter is anticipated to occur around the middle of May, with details to be confirmed.
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Madrid
Spain
Joseph E. Willard
United States
Para
Brazil
Roosevelt
Manaus
George H Pickerell
Kermit Roosevelt
French Modiste Marie Jolie Says Men Are Awful in New York
Special to The Weekington For New York Marie Jolie the Paris fashion figure sails for Paris aboard the Olympic. She remarks New York women dress well while men are described as unable to grow mustaches and their conduct mocked by observers at Fifth Avenue gatherings.
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Mme. Jolie
New York
Marie Jolie
Paria
Mina
Jolie
Fifth Avenue
Lmdy
Miss Fitz-George Visits New York As Royal Descendant
Daphne Fitz-George a great granddaughter of George III visits New York before returning home April 7. She praises American society but says business and social life clash, and she remains sympathetic to English partners over American suitors.
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Miss Fitz-George
George II
Washington Post
New York
Daphne Fitz-George
Maryland
George III
England
George William Adolphus Fitz-George
Duke of Cambridge
Fitztseorge
Mras Itta- George
George 11
Fitz-George
Tel-el-Kebir
Duke of
Cambridge
Louia Farebrother
Daucee
Dublin
Eaward
Iris
R A Balfour
Ness Fitz-George
Sculptor Counts on 1914 Nude Symbol in Marble
Countess Tendora von Glemhen, famed for the Windsor Ron Edward XII memorial, works on a statue entitled 914. The figure shows a slim, modern woman with a vanity bag, a straight pose and a poised, confident gaze, intended to embody the present era’s feminine activity and insouciance.
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Washington Fee
London
Tendora von Glemhen
Ron Edward XII
Windsor
Sam
Ill of Poison She Receives Aid from Charitable Friends
Mrs Burke, who swallowed mercuric chloride after her husband’s imprisonment for nonsupport, was found destitute on 100% Sixth Street Southwest and brought to Casualty Hospital. A visiting-room group offered financial help, and medical staff provided focused care though doctors warned she had little chance of recovery.
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Katheriné Burke
Casualty Hospital
Burke
Atsic
Sixth Street
Mrs Oliphant Attacks Suffrage and Feminism in Lecture
In Trenton a Mrs O J Oliphant denounced suffrage and feminism as threats to the American home and Christianity. She urged women to engage in moral uplift without becoming politicians, arguing motherhood and female influence are vital yet should not be state exploited.
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O J. Oliphant
Trenton
Antisuffrage
Oliphant
Gen Drum
Democratic Progressive
Socialist
Bride-to-be loses jewels as man vanishes from bank
Mrs Mary E Sloane, 30, widow, claims she was wooed by a handsome Chicago man calling himself Howard L Hanson. He secured a check for 270 dollars by promising a wedding and urged depositing her jewelry as security before fleeing the German American Bank with jewelry worth 140 dollars and cashing the check. Detectives search for the smooth stranger who disappeared with the jewels and funds.
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Woser
Danang
Washington
New York
Wito
Mary E Sfoane
Majestic
Broad, Street
Sloane
Howard L Hanson
Chicago
Siloane
Hls
Sne
Ile
Hanson
King Alfonso Plays Prank on Polo Players at Alcazar
King Alfonso hosted British polo players at the Alcazar retreat in Madrid. He led them through the royal gardens to expose hidden water tubes and douse the group with a surprise shower as Alphonse revealed a concealed mechanism in the gravel path.
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Alfonso
Ruzal
Alcazar
Jardin Escantado
Alphonse
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