Kaiser on Corfu Vacation Inspires Archaeology and Botany Tour
Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser enjoying a quiet Corfu holiday after years of travel. He walks with aides and entertains the Greek royal couple, studying Greek, and viewing excavations and German sculpture at Villa Achillion. The visit highlights Corfu’s landscape and ancient art, reflecting imperial taste and a restrained daily routine.
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Paris Sees Kaiser Never Officially From Paris
Washington Post reports that while King George and Queen Mary visit Paris, Emperor William I of Germany remains the sole crowned head never officially received there. He visited Paris twice as a child and later incognito with a tutor, touring Versailles, Napoleon’s tomb, and cultural venues.
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Ballston Club Formidable in Local Baseball Push
Ballston Athletic club from Ballston, Virginia, seeks a stronger season for 19th century readers with a lineup expected to challenge Alexandria county rivals. Managerial notes from Ballston address improving the club’s winning form and team cohesion.
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Baby giraffe Anna Louise frolics with cub and dog at circus
Anna Louise, a baby giraffe born March 4 194, interacts with Jack the month-old cub and Beauty the year-old dog in Barnum & Bailey’s enclosure. Keepers report the trio were inseparable and played eagerly yesterday afternoon.
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Three Navies Go Dry Temperance Wave Grows
London May 3 The Washington Post reports that the United States Russia and Japan navies have adopted teetotal policies with abstainers dominating ship crews. Britain may follow as temperance gains spread. subsidies for abstainers are being debated in Parliament.
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New Collection of Mail In City Delayed Sunday Routes
Postmaster Praeger announced a new mail collection schedule for Sunday with two rounds at 4 o'clock and 10 o'clock instead of the single 7 o'clock round. The 4 o'clock collection yesterday yielded 42,664 pieces. a night collection was estimated at 0,000 pieces.
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Twin Auctioneers Set Big District Sale at Fairlawn
A major auction sale by Twin Auctioneers the Penny brothers of Greensboro N C will feature 175 residence lots at Fairlawn with two sessions at 10 30 a m and 3 30 p m tomorrow. The twins famed for speaking in unison will be joined by a tango band and a male quartet as the property belonging to Oscar erg ity owner goes under the hammer.
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Barnum and Bailey Circus Parade Through Washington
Promptly at 10 o clock this morning Barnum and Bailey's big circus parade leaves the show grounds at Fifteenth Street Northeast and Florida Avenue for a city tour. The procession passes along Florida Avenue Northeast to K Street then Seventh Street Northwest to Mount Vernon Square and Ninth Street to Twenty second Street around Washington Circle and east on Pennsylvania Avenue to Fifteenth Street and through to New Jersey and E Streets toward the Maryland Avenue. Hundreds of boys crowd the grounds as tents are pitched and water, hay, and feed are hauled for elephants and giraffes. Ninety cars transport performers, animals, and property, while the show boasts 800 horses and a vast collection of wild beasts from around the world. The cook wagon and its 90 feet of Tangey supply meals for the hungry crew. New features include the mikado troupe of royal Japanese athletes, an elephant baseball team, Signor Bagonghi Italy's comic rider, and the massive production of The Wizard Prince of Arabia with over 1,260 participants. Principal trainer Andras Czlngraher clowned with a baby giraffe and a yearling dog yesterday. The circus leaves the city tomorrow night after four performances at 2 and 8 o'clock today and tomorrow.
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Dobbin Disastrous To Fruit At Street Intersection
A stubborn horse named Dobbin, owned by an unnamed colored caretaker, caused a crowd disturbance at New York avenue Thirteenth and H streets northwest. It balked, pulled into a fruit stand, wrecking over 15 dollars of fruit and drinks, before being freed from the mud. Authorities and bystanders failed to move it, and the hostler could not identify the owner. The animal remained unwilling to move late last night.
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Young Boy a Real Hero Wheels Siblings from Bush
Ten year old William Henry Baccom of New South Wales acted to save his mother, placing her on a pillow and wetting rags, then guiding his infant sister and brother in a wheeled box to Eda Vale Station 12 miles away. He arrived exhausted as authorities discovered his mother was dead.
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Washington Post
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Police News Notes from Circus to Canal Death
Police notes report 12 year old Samuel Wineberg injured by a stake while watching circus unloading and tent pitching at the grounds. 16 year old Thomas Berry struck by a streetcar while bicycling and refused hospital care. 2%3 1/2 street northwest resident Millard Lord reports a burglary of $27.20. Coroner’s inquest set for the drowning of 6 year old Fred Beach near the Aqueduct bridge. Dr B M Randolph’s auto damaged when another car fled. At Langdon, Robert Stindle injured by falling ice at Corby’s yeast factory and sent to Casualty Hospital.
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Durealy
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Chesapeake and Ohio ‘Canal
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Greenvale
D.C
Corby's Yeast Factory
Langdon
Casumtty Hospital
Pastor H. Rockwell Preaches At Washington Temple
Brooklyn pastor H. Rockwell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle preached at New Masonic Temple before the Washington Temple congregation on What Are We Here For. Debating council member M Manning Marcus of Milwaukee was unanimously elected to George Washington University’s debating council representing the Columbian Debating Society.
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Fire record notes address on Fourteenth Street Northwest
Day's fire record lists 5 56 p m with details noting the residence at 2308 Fourteenth Street Northwest, home of Mrs D. E. Street. The northwest property is described as occupied by John HM.
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Mt Pleasant action early 20th century building firm note
Known until 1912 as the Mt Pleasant action. The building committee chaired by Rev. George M. Clayton includes Ballard treasurer Hawood B. Myers reel Bowden J. T. W. Miller Julian P. Dodge and William B. Marche. Architects Spieden Spiden of the city. contractor Melton Construction Company of Washington.
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New York Woman Aims for Supreme Court Tax Ruling
Miss Elsie De Wolfe of New York declares she will fly with aviator Claude Grahame-White tomorrow from Hendon after securing a promise against wireless reporting. She fights the federal income tax sliding scale before the U S Supreme Court, arguing it unfair to her $50,000 earnings. She criticizes militant suffragists while praising certain women in England for their influence.
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Washington Post
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England
Prince Troubatzkoy Exhibit Opens at Corcoran Gallery
Commemorative statues in Washington draw critique from Prince Paul Troubatzkoy who prefers original expression over copied classics. His exhibit of sculptures, postponed Camera Club show, runs tomorrow through May 17 at the Corcoran Gallery. He denounces foreign study, academies, and utilitarian art, arguing art must spring from inner vision and direct contact with nature.
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Prince laments war draining art and mocks futurists
He argues national focus on warfare blocks true art as statues become uniform and beauty fades. He condemns futurists as insincere and demagogic seeking mass appeal. In music he sees hope for a modern but artificial school preferring lively colored performers over contrived works.
Goethals to Test Canal With 10660 Ton Steamer
Washington officials welcomed word from Panama that Col Goethals with War Secretary Garrison’s approval plans to pass a 10000 ton freight steamer through the canal within ten days. The move signals that the Atlantic fleet could be weeks rather than months from the Pacific if needed and notes the total excavated to date.
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Bergonie urges new meal hours deferring dinner to 8 30 or 9
Parla May 3 Prof Bergonie of Bordeaux a dietetics expert argues current lunch and dinner hours clash with rational hygiene. He prescribes three daily meals with a 7 30 a m main meal a light midday snack and a late 8 30 9 p m supper. He notes a family adopting this regime has seen health benefits after six years.
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Electric bed touted to aid digestion and weight loss
An inventor claims his electric bed applies electricity to the body to trigger organic combustion like exercise, reducing weight. He asserts it matches the benefits of rowing and riding machines on ships without patient exertion.
Lipton's Shamrock TV Ch merits as “most wonderful” yacht
London May 3 Sir Thomas Lipton’s new America's Cup challenger Shamrock TV, described by observers as the most wonderful boat of her kind ever built, is to be launched May 2. Trial races begin in June and run to mid July on the Solent, with the vessel said to be entirely original in design and featuring many novel elements.
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New Orleans Pelicans Lead Southern Association
New Orleans held first place in the Southern Association at week’s end with thirteen wins and eleven losses. The Pelicans led Chattanooga by two games, as the circuit resumed in Atlanta, Georgia on May 3 with New Orleans ahead in the standings.
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