Tea Revival Returns to Washington Social Scene
After a seven year lull during the Roosevelt era the capital sees a revival of afternoon teas. Capt Sherwood A Cheney hosted Miss Roosevelt while diplomats and military officers plan more events at Fort Myer and Marine Barracks. Taft's backing, Lent timing, and economy are driving the trend toward popular, informal social gatherings amid lawn parties and club teas.
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PPA Siangton
Roosevelt
Taft
Eeven
United States Army
Sherwood A. Cheney
Miss Roosevelt
Fort Myer
Marine Barracks
Capt. Cheney
William
Marquis de Villalobor
Washington
Lisbon
Chevy Chase Club
Country Club
Mr. Taft
Unwritten Uncle Joe Tale Tells Of Capitol Walkout
Rep James M Cox recalls an uncited McMillin story about Gov. McMillin and Cox in Congress. In a memorable moment known as Uncle Joe, Cox asked a question only if the pistol gesture with his hand was kept in the pocket. Cannon then violated the agreement, forcing Cox to rise and end the scene.
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Joe
Benton McMillin
Ternnessee
James M. Cox
Dayton
Washington
Gov. McMillin
McMillin
Sunset’ Cox
Ohio
Cox
Carliste
Kentucky
Ilfingis
Hinds
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Alphonse
Leguminotherapy Diet Seeks Moral Benefit From Vegetables
Washington agriculture briefs tout a leguminotherapy doctrine claiming vegetables can shape temperament and curb high living costs. Boiled carrots curb bad tempers while green peas curb flirtatious girls, beans aid intellects, and cauliflower supposedly fuels nourishment without meat. The theory links diet to virtue and self control, promoting vegetarian meals for energy and steadiness.
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Rex
Fido
Towser
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Disraeli
Carlyle
Daudet
Ibsen
Press Club of Des Moines Expands to Modern Quarters
Des Moines newspaper workers league grows past 200 members since 1909, moving to Seventh and Locust streets in a new Press Club building. The club, serving active and non resident members with a library dining and gym, plans social events and congresses while highlighting the state’s journalism community. The 1910 officers are President James M. Pieres and Vice Presidents including Harvey Ingham.
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Iowa
Press Club of
Des Moines
Press Club
Aveerapa Town
Mas
Prises
Deg Moines
Seventh
Locust Streets
Ingersoll Park
Cumming and Dolliver
Hull
Clup Rooms
Iowa Editorial Association
Army
James M. Pieres
Harvey Ingham
Nye
W. G. Hale
Harold Young
Meredith
H. E. Stout
W. H. Wiseman
Vice President Sherman Guides Misses Around Capitol
Vice President Sherman, seeking work aside from prior efforts, casually guides Helen and two friends through the Capitol in Washington. They tour statues hall and echo chambers, visiting the House where Sherman once served, while Captain Kennedy, famed as the Capitol guide, is noted as a capable alternative.
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Sherman
Kennedy
Capitol
Washington
Helen
Senate
Statuary Hall
Bunny Jim
House of Representatives
Att
The
Prize horse Dolly dies on Betts farm near Highland Park
Dolly a 40 year old prize horse that won at two state fairs died on the Betts family farm one mile north of Highland Park. The Betts have owned her since birth. The report also notes vaccination orders at Drake University and a pearl found in oyster stew at a police picnic.
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Dolly
Betts Farm
Highland Park
G. W. Betts
Union Station to Add Third Floor in Des Moines
FP M Hubbell Son Co plans remodeling of the Des Moines Union Railway station next summer adding a third floor. Improvements estimated near 45,000 dollars. A highway project aims to run river to river through ten county seats and sixty market towns in Iowa. In Clarigsville, 18 year old Chas Miller fractured his hip and broke his arm while loading baled hay into a car.
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Union Station
FP. M. Hubbell Son & Co
Des Moines Union Railway Company
Union
Iowa
Pell County Goods Roada Association
Clarigsville
Chas, Miller
Desert Melody Toucan Duet Spreads Cheer
A playful exchange features two toucans boasting about singing ability. One toucan claims I can sing while another agrees I too can. They declare together they can sing and perform a duet, delighting those who hear them.
Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food inquiry from West Coast buyer
A 1910 letter from Los Angeles asks Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food Co for pricing on cases of 1 or 2 dozen packages, by freight, FOB Omaha or Los Angeles, reflecting early national distribution inquiries. The note includes a certification of truth by U.S. BF. F. co. and a separate anecdote about a child missing her sister.
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Los Angeles
Cal
West 28Th St
Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food Co
Omaha
Neb
California
Pacific Coast
Homeseeker
South Spring Street
Peck-Judah Information Bureau
Not Yet Proposal Rumors Cloud Family Dinner Scene
A lively family moment unfolds as a young doctor seeks consent to propose. The father interrupts, asking the physician to examine the narrator’s throat, shifting the mood from romance to a tense, humorous interruption. The scene hints at anticipated marriage and parental interference.
Two Women Slip in Slushy Crossing Scene
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a storm episode where two handsome young women slipped together in a slushy crossing pool. They stood, wet and angry, as observers muttered crude comments about appearances and dress, provoking condemnation from bystanders.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Change the Vibration It Makes for Health
A man abandons meat potatoes coffee and adopts a breakfast of fruit Grape Nuts with cream crisp toast and Postum. Health improves as the body receives highly digestible nutrients and essential minerals. Grape Nute provides natural phosphate of potash from grains transforming albumen into brain and nerve tissue. A few days’ use offers improved nervous strength, promoted by the Road to Wellville book and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellvilla
Luan
What He Was After
A Georgia youth, George Washington Henry Clay Lincoln Carter, is questioned at 1 a.m. for being in a white neighbor’s henhouse. He denies theft and explains he was seeking local color and writing a dialect story, insisting no theft occurred.
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George Washington
Henry Clay
Lincoln Carter
Georgia
Darkey
George W.H. C. S. G
Mars
George
Garden Time and the Parable of Quiet Growth
A meditation on farming wisdom contrasts two figures: the man who doubles grass where one grew before and the man who can prune weeds from many to yield one. The dialogue hints at patient labor, focus, and durable results over grand slogans.
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Bacon
Robert
Piles Cured in 6 to 24 Days by PAZO Ointment
An old advertisement-style item touts PAZO Ointment promising relief for itching burning and bleeding piles within six to twenty four days. It claims money back if not cured and hints at other dubious claims while mentioning various unrelated phrases and products.
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Tahoe
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Teddy
James M. Pierce
Des Moines Presa Club
Stout
Drake University
Losh
Frank Mason
McCarthy
Desert Melody
J. L. Wor Ason
U. S
BF. F. Co
Tempus
Siam
Dodds
Carter
Martin
E. Martin CO
Nox
Cruegists
Hay Spec, Co
Newark
Forbes
Anc
den Ellin
Abcliniment
Drugaists
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