First White House Auto for Mrs Taft in Washington
In Washington Mrs Taft’s new $7,000 limousine style automobile becomes the White House’s first mistress’s vehicle. The car, personal property bought with private funds, features royal blue upholstery, mirrors for safety, electric dome light, speaking tube, and a coat of arms insignia on the doors identifying the presidential carriage.
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Ashington
National Capital
William H. Taft
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
New Building on Site of Historic Van Ness Mansion
The Bureau of American Republics plans a new white marble building on the Van Ness estate south of the Corcoran Gallery. Andrew Carnegie donated 750000 for the project. The Van Ness mansion, built by Latrobe for Gen. John P. Van Ness and Marcia Burns, was a Washington landmark with a famed tomb at Oak Hill and legends of ghostly white horses on anniversary nights. The fate of the site and whether the ghostly horses remain near the new building is uncertain.
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Bureau of American Republics
Americas
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Corcoran
van Ness Place
Andrew Carnegie
van Ness
Latrobe
John P. van Ness
Marcia Burns
Davie Burns
Crusty
Marcela
Washington
Burns
Custis
Gen. van Ness
New Yorker
Gilbert. Stuart
Oak Hill
Washington society embraces walking as fashionable sedestrianism
Sedestrianism has hundreds of society devotees in Washington including Mrs. Knox wife of the secretary of state and Mrs. George von L. Meyer wife of the secretary of the navy. Miss Elsie Jarvis McLean daughter of Capt. Walter McLean is noted for long 30 mile walks and recent return from the Philippines, Yokohama and a British court presentation.
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Washington
Knox
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
John B. Hen
Ry ‘ Io
Boundary Castle
Sixteenth Street
Mayor Des Planches
Navy Circle
Elsie Jarvis Mclean
Walter Mclean
Navy Yard
McLean
Philippines
Yokohama
Mrs Taft Names Alich Blech Social Secretary
Mrs Taft selects Alich Blech, a clerk in the bureau of American republics, as her secretary. Miss Hagner moves to the bureau of trade relations. Tours of France and Spain are noted as useful experience for the new post.
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Mrs. Taft
Alich Blech
Bureau of American Republics
Taft
Hagner
Roosevelt
Huyeau of
Dihay State Tours
Misa Blech
Bureau
Robinsons Detective Work
A man recalls a frantic phone call overheard by Randall about a woman in danger. He rushes to locate the caller, tracing a line to a Millsworth suburb, then learns the would be rescuer misidentifies the source before discovering the eerie echo of the same plea from a reader in a novel.
German Shipbuilding Slumps in 1908 Output
German shipyards built 39 seagoing steam ships in 1908, down from 435 in 1907, totaling 147,270 gross register tons. At year end, 67 ships remained in progress or incomplete.
Warpath at Hickory Ground in Creek Indian clash
Oklahoma City reports a Creek Indian tiff at Hickory Ground where five officers tried to arrest Chief Harjo. Two officers died, one fatally wounded, Swift and others fled with bodies. armed men and militia race to scene. Separately creditors seize the Calkins syndicate holdings in California and a Wisconsin hotel guest dies of heart failure after a premonition.
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Oklahoma City
Hickory Ground
Sey- Places
Harjo
Hickory Grownd
Herman Odom
Checktoh
McIntosh County
Edw
Daum
Frank Swift
Muskogee
Frank Jones
Willam Carry
Bang
Swift
Pierce
Odom
Dauim
Jones
Carr
Cheekteh
Mimitowoc
Wis
Wisconsin
Two Rivers
Julius Goergenson
Gaergenson
Roller Skating Hits Saloons in Wausau
Chief of Police Thomas Malone says roller skating curbs intemperance as a social movement. The sport draws more young men away from saloons, turning former barroom visitors toward rinks in Wausau, Wisconsin.
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Wausau
Wis
Thomas Malone
Ita
Rockefeller Honors a Teller at Tarrytown Funeral
Michael J. Murphy, a Rockefeller estate blacksmith, buried Thursday as Mr Rockefeller ordered work halt and employees attend in a body. At the same time, a tower collapse in San Diego killed none but injured two, while a Cisco fire destroyed multiple buildings and caused $100000 in losses. In Missouri a man named Martin Rumsell was convicted of first degree murder for killing his brother as he slept. In Pittsburgh a woman named Anna McDermott admitted her identity and linked her father to Chicago.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
Michael J. Murphy
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Amily
Tower Falls
San Diego
Cal
Henry Timken
Cilo and
St. Louis
Marken
Doniphan
Martin Rumsell
Pittsburg
Mer. Ger. Pa
Boyle
Anna McDermott
William McDermott
Chicago
The Careless Matron and the Honest Farmer Tale
Aged widow Mrs. Elfreda Yager hid her savings in an oven then moved them to a cracked teapot. A Southside grocer heckled a farmer delivering apples, noting the fruit, yet the barrel revealed inconsistency in size.
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Elfreda Yager
Oak Park
Johnson
Jones
Worth
A Puzzle To Her From A Chicago Tribune Style Dialogue
A short humorous exchange features Mrs Dense and Mrs Sense debating fashion during Lent. Mrs Dense remarks on a fearsome woman’s attire while Mrs Sense notes Lent restrictions, and they question whether the woman borrows dresses.
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Mrs. Dense
Mrs. Sense
Wealthy Dives clings to discretion over aid
Discretionary yet wealthy Dives opposes neighbors who grow poor and gather at his gate begging for bread. He refuses to make paupers and proposes a plan to give a stone only after others obtain one elsewhere, earning public applause for his prudence.
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Dives
Puck
Insomnia Sparks Witty Banter Between Briggs and Wiggs
In a playful exchange Briggs asks what helps sleep as he jokes about sleeplessness. Wiggs replies with a quip that a boxing match could be the cure, recalling a past bout when his eyes stayed shut for a long time.
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Briggs
Never let your shoes pinch you Chicago quips
A witty line from the Chicago Tribune notes that the speaker avoids tight shoes but jokes his family’s shoes pinch him, claiming he buys about 18 pairs a year. The remark highlights retail habits and humorous family banter in a urban-paper voice.
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Chicago Tribune
Girl Sits Between Two Travelers On Paris Nice Express
A fragment from Royal Magazine recounts a scene aboard the Paris to Nice express where two travelers discuss destinations. One speaker reveals a peculiar routine claiming to play the violin to explain his steady success at Monte Carlo.
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Paris
Nica
Monte Carlo
Royal Magazine
Not that way the waiter’s room lies, crack team plans
In a Roy al Magazine excerpt, a novice urges a route to the proprietor while the expert cracksman directs them toward the head Waiter’s room after breaking into a hotel. The exchange shows tension and a planned target in a criminal scene.
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Elar
Ady
Royal Magazine
A Girl in Every Port and a Sailor’s Double Life
A poem or verse fragment notes a sailor named Jack leading a double life aboard a battleship. It suggests he has a sweetheart with the fleet and jokes he promised to die for many different girls as the ships visited various countries. The lines mix flirtation with wartime gallows humor.
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Jack
Sweetheart
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