Word: ferdinands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tsar Boris III is 29 and popular and is loved by the peasants as much as his father, Tsar Ferdinand, was hated by them. He is a good sportsman and particularly fond of riding and hunting. He believes that to rule he must hold his crown by deeds and not only by heredity. There have been frequent rumors of an " American visit" during the past two years. Generally he has shaken his head, laughed a denial, or said he was too busy, when questioned about marrying an American bride. The late Premier Stambuliski was very keen for him to make...
...Ferdinand Tuohy, Paris correspondent of The New York World, composed a song about the Fourth Assembly of the League of Nations: THE SONG OF THE COUNCIL...
Died. Count Charles de Lesseps, 82, son of Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal (opened in 1869), in Paris...
...Ferdinand Francois Philippe Marie Laurent d'Orléans, Duc de Montpensier, is brother of Duc d'Orléans, pretender to the throne of France. Nevertheless, the French Republic last week promoted Ferdinand from a chevalier to an officier of the Legion of Honor...
Died. Major Count Ferdinand Esterhazy, alias Comte de Voilement, at Harpenden, England. His death revives memories of the famous Dreyfus case (1894-1906) in France; for it was Esterhazy who confessed to his part in preparing false evidence against the then Captain Alfred Dreyfus. He subsequently fled to England where he has lived ever since in a state of penury. He was referred to once by one of his followers as "that gladly forgotten Esterhazy, the wolf," so odious was his name in France...