Social whirl at Madison Square Garden horse show
MABEL reports Alfred Vanderbilt revives the Madison Square equine show with lavish decorations and English rider gowns. She notes major social figures including Mrs. George Gould and Miss Marjorie Gould, the fashion for short skirts and long coats, dramatic furs, and the New theater spectacle alongside opera week.
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Alfred Vanderbilt
Madison Square Garden
Derbilt
Garrick
Goldsmith
London
New York
Augustin Daly
Rehan
Aunt Mary
Seventh Regiment
George Gould
Marjorie
Miss Gould
Angels
Ministers of Grace
Mabel
Japanese Floral Arrangement Showcases Artificial Cherry Blossoms
A charming display titled In Japanese Effect features a floral arrangement using artificial cherry blossoms. The foundation is a raffia vase or basket with a half hoop element shaping the composition.
When You Build a Home
A list of desired house features outlines rooms and spaces for comfort and function. It emphasizes abundant closets, workable wall space, and generous verandas to suit a rented home.
Call for a Code of Airship Laws
Yale Chief Justice Simeon E Baldwin urged in New Haven that airship navigation requires new laws. He argued the state may grant rights to fly under franchises or licenses, with accountability for damages and public safety concerns. An international congress could craft global aerial navigation rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon E. Baldwin
Yale Law School
Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
Yale Peabody Museum
New Haven
Conn
High Seas
Europe
Professor Baldwin
Baldwin
Road repairer enjoined physician who fixed Witmer road
Dr. Donald McCaskey of Witmer Pennsylvania faced an injunction after repairing a half mile of yellow clay Witmer road by himself using a split log drag. He hired local horses and even had a boy ride on the drag to ballast. After weeks of effort the road improved but officials claim the work injures the road and disrupts travel. The case remains in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McCaskey
Witmer
East Lampeter
King Road
Great Dutch Exposition Plans for 1913 at The Hague
Plans are under consideration for a grand international exposition in The Hague in 1913 to celebrate the opening of the Palace of Peace. Officials weigh prospects for exhibits and ceremonial events marking the event.
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The
Hague
Palace of Peace
Good Roads as Memorials Proposed by W W Mitchell
Cadillac magnate W W Mitchell offers a bonus up to 300 dollars for every mile of new good road built in Wexford county over the next three years. The resulting county highway system will memorialize him for future road users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Mitchell
Cadillac
Mich
Wexford County
Mitchell
Rhode Island Road Fund Grows With Auto Registrations
Rhode Island has collected about $43,000 this year from automobile registrations. The funds go to a dedicated road repair and maintenance fund to support highways and streets statewide.
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Rhode Island
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Gayettes
Old Gotham
Elsa
Mary Garden
Atlantic
Paris
Manhattan Opera House
Metropolitan
New Theater
William K. van
Yale
Burnett
Dan Bowes
G Street
Hayes & Hayes
BANK
Hart Schaffner
Marx
the Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
East Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co. Co. E. Murray
Brain and
Brown
Aberdeen
Grand Theatre
Primrose’s Minstrels
Evans Drug CO
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