Paris Tourists In Paris as Morgan Heads to Geneva
Paris dispatch notes Pierpont Morgan plans departure for Geneva and that several American parties in Paris plan moves to Geneva or other European stops. It lists travelers including John MacCoy and Brutus Clay party visits, yachts of Pulser and Bennett, and various New York and Philadelphia residents touring Italy and France.
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John
MacCoy
Clay
Capt. Wheeler
Paris
Pierpont Morgan
Paria
Geneva
Genma
Brutus Clay
Montreux
Charle
Maurice du Pont
Delaware
Italy
Canada
MarCioy
St. Cloug
Charles
Glidden
Irving Brokaw
New York
Avenue d'Antin
Americans at Court in London Debutantes Presented
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid hosted a Friday court scene showcasing five American debutantes including Miss Crocker and Miss Byrd. Attendees from the American diplomatic circle and Westover Virginia figures attended. gowns featured Paris embroidery and silk trains. The event followed by a gaiety-filled ball room night with new entrances and mirrored panels.
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Mer
Wartiington
London
Miss Crocker
Ramsey
Westover
New York
Miss Byrd
Byrds
Virginia
Paris
Directoire
Kaiser’s Saber Rattling Warns of Limits to Patience
A Washington Post London cable outlines German policy amid Moroccan and Macedonian tensions. A Cologne Gazette piece argues patience has limits, urging stronger defences and readiness to draw the sword if trust in peaceful arbitration breaks down. The article influences Berlin stock moves and Britain's view on Anglo German peace and arbitration.
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Washington Post
London
Kruger
Tangier
Cologne
Germany
Prussia
Hat
Gazette
Berlin
William
France
England
Arbitration
United States
Spectator
The
Britain
Alice
Gannat Bequest Tests French Village Finances
The French village of Gannat, once debt free, inherits 9000 from the late deputy Pere Delarue. The funds fund a planned monument a museum and a public library, but harsh conditions and a global financial crisis shrinkage have left the town amid unpopularity and only partial bond subscriptions to finish the project.
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Epeviqt Cabre
Washington Post
Gannat
M. Delarue
Imade
Pere Delarue
Mate
Delarue
Corputien P
Filipings for Taft in Europe as Taft gains in Philippines
George Sellner proprietor of the Manila Times left Berlin for London after visiting German relatives and plans to sail to America soon spending the summer there. He notes the intelligent Filipino population shows strong interest in the American presidential race and largely backs Taft despite local party splits.
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Washington Post
Berlin
George Sellner
Manila Times
Philippine Islands
London
England
America
United States
Schiner
Taft
Retaliates For Quarantine In Atlantic Ports
Willemstad Curacao May 18 President Castro of Venezuela decreed mandatory transshipment of all goods from and to Maracaibo and other Western Venezuela ports at Porto Cabello than here. The move follows Willemstad denying admittance to a Venezuelan schooner from an infected port. Budapest May 16 report on Hungary agriculture ministry village formation repopulation schemes shows 32,874 acres for sixteen settlements with 1,590 families moved in. Two villages Igazfalva Szilaey formed. thirteen centers revived. Model villages aim for cheaper land and shared faith, with seeds cattle fruit trees supplied, road funds set. Land terms long, interest 3-4 percent. over 2,250,000 crowns repaid, 150,000 crowns remain.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Porto Cabello
Budapest
Ministry of Agriculture
Hungary
Igazfalva
Szilaey
Transylvania
Germany to raise 250 million for deficits and reforms
Berlin reports that within five years Germany must raise about 250 million in addition to ordinary revenue to cover a deficit and imperial expenditures. Plans include a new military bill, naval program, widows and orphans insurance, civil servant salaries, and higher taxes on rail, cigars, and luxury goods amid Reichstag dissension.
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Berlin
Germany
Herr Sydow
Treasury
Strelta
Reichstag
Reichstag Budget Commission
Vanderbilt Ambition for Berlin Post Sparks Rome Gossip
Rome reports that Cornelius Vanderbilt and Lewis Iddings are potential successors if Dr. David Hill leaves the Berlin ambassadorship. Vanderbilt’s social prominence in Rome and Berlin is noted, with Iddings having prior embassy experience and ties to Mrs. Iddings in Rome. Berlin social circles recall the Vanderbilt-Kaiser friendship and Iddings’ diplomatic links.
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Rome
Cornelius
Berlin
Washington Post
David Jayne Hill
Lloyd Grissom
Nostres
Corneilus Vanderbilt
Lewis Iddings
Vanderbi
Kateer
Hill
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Vanderbilt
Kaiser
Iddings
George Meyer
Cairo
Eoldings
Italy
Discovery of Rouen Prison Tower Roots in Joan of Arc Legend
Vestiges found at Rouen suggest the foundations of the Tour de la Pucelle, the medieval prison where Joan of Arc was held before her execution. The circular tower base, circular well, and prison chamber align with historic plans, dating the site to December 1430 custody and later memorialized in Rouen records.
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Rouen
Paris
Joan of Arc
Fouen
Louis Mouchard
Annnals
Iistoria
May Succed Dead Bishop May Succeed Bishop Farrelly Speculated
Rome May 16 Mgr John Farrelly spiritual director American College here spoken of at the Vatican as most probable successor to the late Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland Ohio Farrelly comes from Nashville Tennessee in the same ecclesiastical Province as Cleveland Archbishop Mersmer of Milwaukee visited the Congregation of the Propaganda today presenting jubilee greetings from his archdiocese
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Rome
Mgr
John Farrelly
American College
Vatican
Horstmann
Cleveland
Ohio
Farrelly
Nashville
Tenn
Mersmer
Milwaukee
Congregation of the Propaganda
Berlin publishers plan German edition of Hill diplomacy history
Berlin publishers consider releasing a German edition of Dr. David Jayne Hill s history of European diplomacy as he visits Berlin next month. The Kaiser s objections boost his publicity and his books are expected to draw high attention in the capital. Meanwhile London reports note a wealth measure for East and West London Union with property values rising to record levels.
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Berlin
Washington
David Jayne Hilla
Dr. Hill
Pres
Notable Expedition Restores Ancient Towns Evidence in Agia Minor
In Rome on May 16 Prof Richard Norton of Boston and Prof D G Hogarth of the British Museum returned from a expedition into Agia Minor. They traced route from Sefrat to Aleppo along the Euphrates bank visiting Aintab home to a large American Methodist college. With Dr Sheppard they camped for a month and corrected maps while bringing back inscriptions and bas relief carvings indicating ancient towns including B.S.
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Rome
Richard Norton
Boston
Charles Eliot Norton
American School of Classical Studies
Agia Minor
D. G. Hogarth
British Museum
Sefrat
Aleppo
Euphrates
Aintab
American Methodist College
Sheppard
Norton
Hogarth
B.S
Bee stings touted as rheumatism cure in Nature
London May 1 The Washington Post reports in Nature that a Suffolk doctor recounts a schoolmaster who treated severe rheumatism by exposing his arms to bee stings. After several stings his arms healed and the rheumatism disappeared, with no recurrence to date. The patient is about fifty.
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Washington Post
London
Newton Friend
Suffolk
Nature
Americans Rush To Berlin For Yankee Season
Americans flood Berlin as ships arrive at Hamburg and Bremen bringing visitors and supplies to major spa towns. Notables include Nathan Strauss opening a free milk dispensary in Baden, novelist Kate Douglas Wiggin, and German consul general Karl Bunz tied to Portugal. A list of prominent arrivals at leading Berlin hotels follows.
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Kate Douglas Wigrin
George Christopher Rinzs
Bristol
Karl Bunz
New York
Herr Bunz
Eurape
Portugal
Max Baumfeld
Max Wilner
Edward Kalbert
Lawrence Ottinger
Jerome B. Schonfeld
Francis Hein
Jessie Hein
Mre
F. W. Kaufman
Ignatz Roth
Raymond Hlinear
Joseph Wiener
David Hirsh
Lorine Teller
Philadelphia
John F. Gilchrist
Eri
J. D. Southard
Fort Smith, Ark
Helie and Anna in Paris a discreet escape
Prince Helis de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould fled Monte Carlo and reached Paris by train and motor car arriving at Laroche and Chateau Marais before moving to their respective Paris residences. The party traveled with twenty eight pieces of baggage and avoided public notice.
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Prince Helis de Sagan
Mme
Anna
Gould
Monte Carlo
Laroche
Chateau Marais
Mme. Gould
Rtation
Chateau
Mre. Gould
Avenue Malakoff
Prince de Sagan
Penguin eggs spark London breakfast fad import
London May 15 the penguin egg, imported from South Africa, is touted as a brain enhancing food for the London breakfast. Rolled cold in salad with shrimp or anchovy it pleases the palate and is already on menus at top hotels and restaurants. A commission firm cites a medical opinion noting high phosphorus content.
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London
South Africa
Unrest in Asia Sparks British Alarm and Warlike Sentiment
A London report surveys rising Asian tensions from the Bosphorus to Indo-China, noting Japan's ascent and fears of a yellow peril. It cites upheavals in India and Afghanistan’s clans, with fears of large insurrections and a shift in global power balance affecting Europe.
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Soaphorus
Pacific
India
Japan
China
Indo-China
Washington Post
London
Asia
Europe
Bosphorus
Feking
Spectator
Hav
Russia
Far Cathay
Pushkin Onge
Afghanistan
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Praised By Mrs Southard
In a recent interview Mrs Southard praised Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as greatly beneficial. She described weakness nervousness insomnia and poor appetite improving after use. She said friends recommended it and she now feels stronger sleeps well and appetite returns.
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Mrs. Southard
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