Surrender to camera by Mrs Reggie Vanderbilt at Newport
Mrs Reghald G Vanderbilt known as Mrs Reggie Vanderbilt, feared the camera but posed strikingly when a photographer approached during Newport tennis events. Once Mrs Vanderbilt, née Cathreen Nethyon before her 1905 marriage, is a leading figure in the Newport New York society. A recent Newport reception she hosted was hailed as the most successful society event of the season with informal, elaborate preparations.
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Reggie Vanderbilt
Reghald G. Vanderbilt
Newport
Vanderbilt
Cathreen Neth
Youngest minister to represent United States in Portugal capital
Colonel Thomas H Birch of Buckington New Jersey has been appointed by President Wilson as minister to Portugal. A long time political operative and supporter since 1898 he served as a personal aide to Wilson when governor of New Jersey and later as a Wilson elector. His appointment marks a notable entry into a European capital role for a productive party figure.
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Thomas H. Birch
Wilson
Mla H. Birch
Buckington
Republi
Portugl
Beng
Bryan
Siave
Birch Bret
Hig Burlington
New Jersey
Colonel Birch
Wilson Delagate
Bia
Durie
Liston
Provident
Didn't Stop The parlor floor rooms and fees in a rural hotel tale
A traveler with motor tourists visits a mountain inn and quibbles over rates. He asks for a parlor floor room, fireplace, and bath, each adding a dollar. He speculates on leaving the hotel as he is. The scene blends in with quotes from Pulltiner Magazine and scattered reflections on greeting and aspiration.
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Pulltner Magazine
The King and His Speech Drafting Process
A London Gentlewoman article explains the monarch personally tailors his speeches. The king drafts his own remarks, then a private secretary’s office refines them into formal form. He revises through two or three drafts until fully satisfied, though he can deliver strong impromptu utterances.
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England
Amyre
Avery Teaing
Ito Majesty
London
Defendants Attorneys Question Sanity After Fair Trial
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows a judge asking why the performer should be deemed sane. The attorney replies that the defendant admits a fair trial. The exchange highlights courtroom doubt about mental fitness and due process in the proceedings.
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Pefewmer
Philadephe Ledger
Made in cakes what You can't eat
Fragmented OCR text discusses soap taste and a man writing to a future wife in early correspondence. It also includes a section on Japanese fashion costs, noting outfits, obi, footwear, pins, and a total of about $900 for a season compared to New York and Paris standards. The tone mimics a period newspaper item with mixed subjects.
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Dowatrod
Ufa
Denteli
Bo Miedes
Fasbion
New York
New York Sun
Lesson In Spelling From A Courtroom Mockery
A humorous exchange unfolds as a Scotch lawyer and an English judge spar over pronunciation in a water rights case. The judge challenges the lawyer’s spelling of water with two t's, prompting a rapid, garbled retort that hints at language barriers and courtroom wit.
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Bo-andgo
Roy Lord
Cocaine and Crime in Period Attitudes and Remedies
A compilation of early twentieth century opinions links cocaine to crime and vice, contrasting moral views of cocaine users with morphine and alcohol dependencies. It notes alleged stimulative effects on evil passions, and includes digressions on dental clove remedies and light editorial humor about employment and debt collection.
Impertinent Quip In Bankside Exchange
An unclear New Orleans Cartoon snippet shows dialogue about money in a bank. A speaker questions another’s statements, ending with a remark about prior deposits and present trust. The fragmentary text hints at a humorous or satirical exchange from a period source.
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New Orleans
Deduction on ULS Sphere in Step Circle
Analyzing the roundabout reference to ula acquaintances suggests the line hints at a social circle or sphere. The fragment implies informal reasoning about a defined group and its influence in a procedural step. Further context would clarify the intended concept.
Notice items from a small-city classifieds page
An eclectic jumble of ads offers barber trade training with quick placement payments and a Moler System prospectus. a McCalve and Victor Oil Company posting seeks an agent for Hardin county. a property sale notice for a house in Ackley lists Mrs. M Betels as contact. rental ad for two rooms in a modern city center. a domestic help request seeks a woman for washing and mending at the World office.
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A. B. Moler
Moler
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Hardin
Victor Oil Company
Clave
Rotain
Ackley
Wm. Martens
World Office
Sensitive plants and floral clocks in the arctic woods
The New York Sun reports on plant sensitivity to Weather and light. Plants such as clover chickweed purslane scarlet Pimpernel wood sorrel and four o clock open and close with sun and rain. Linnaeus used such behavior to imagine a floral clock.
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Arctic
New York
Eggs That Croak Crocodile Hatchlings Heard in Eggs
A West African study by Dr W A Lamborn reports unhatched crocodile embryos making audible croaking sounds from about eighteen inches underground. Similar observations in 1899 noted Madagascar crocodiles crying when threatened, prompting maternal aid. An Ackley druggist advertises Adler-i-ka as a quick bowel cleanser.
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W. A. Lamborn
Lagos
Woolizkow
Madagascar
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Iowa
Theodore Zolkoske
Gov. Post Ofice
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W. L. Leonard
Iowa Falls
H. N. Schultz
Tion
Frodden Lumber Company
K. DE Berg
Krene DeBerg
Kesley
Y. Bogert
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Fred Eggert
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First National Bank
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