Diplomatist Urges Action on Jewish Petition
A historical note recounts how a petition for better Jewish treatment reached Count Lamsdorf via Ambassador McCormick in St Petersburg. McCormick urged candid talk to the czar, leading to limited reforms and a shift in public opinion. The tale highlights diplomacy and pressure influencing policy.
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State Department
McCormick
St. Petersburg
Science versus Charlatanium sparks chemist outrage
The piece cites Prof Gill of MIT debunking a claimed ash burning formula as useless for combustion. It notes researchers’ anger at charlatanism flooding the market and questions why fake discoveries gain attention while genuine scientific advances in the last 25 years fail to match their claimed impact.
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Gill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Menah
New York Post
Duke of Fife
Dlood
England
Geramilos
Fragmented Musings on Royal Titles and Mail Innovations
The piece riffs on the grandiose titles of Spanish royalty and the notion of a permanent fame for a royal infant. It notes sea Post offices improving mail on ships, processed by the Postmaster General, with plans for more vessels. A German critic warns against a Kaiser's son touring America. A Montana resident predicts the world’s end in ten days and questions the use of his funds.
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France
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Mane
Ehe
Elizabeth Curtis
New York
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la Belle
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Americans with Titles and Near Titles in Europe
A historical survey of American marriages into foreign nobility, tracing duchesses and countesses across England France Italy and Spain. It notes the profit and peril of titles, campaigns for peerages, and the wide spread of American women into European aristocracy, with examples from Boston and beyond.
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London
America
Isaac M. Sfezer
Duc de
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France
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Spain
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Utah Pioneer Recalls Health Turnaround After Kidney Pills
An elderly Utah pioneer recounts crossing plains years ago and credits Foster-Milburn Co's Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving his diabetes symptoms, improving health for over a year. The ad promotes the medicine at 50 cents a bottle and notes availability through dealers. The piece also includes miscellaneous quotes about motive and ironing day solutions.
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Utah
Pionecer
Plains
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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