Washington to Miss Fairbanks as term ends
Washington notes that Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks will be greatly missed when they leave the capital as Mr Fairbanks term expires. He hosts open office hours and social events, plans a potential world trip, and may write a history of McKinley with possible lectures on Chautauqua circuits.
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National Capital
Fairbanks
Washington
Wairbanks
Senate Chamber
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Ethel Roosevelt Betrothal Rumor Divides Washington
Rumor places Ethel Roosevelt, debutante daughter of ex President Roosevelt, in talks of engagement to William Phillips third assistant secretary of state. report says a cordial understanding exists but age may delay marriage until 1914, with social and political speculation wrapping the tie to potential White House hopes. Phillips is from an old Massachusetts family named Bond grata with the Roosevelts.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Miss Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Phillips
Massachusetts
Washington
Hey
Africa
Mr. Tall
Bellamy Storer couple to resume Washington society life
Storers plan to return to Washington society after renovating their Rhode Island Avenue home. Mrs Bellamy Storer, formerly Maria Longworth, is an aunt of Rep. Nicholas Longworth and has long been connected with prominent families including the Tafts Deweys and Longworths. The pair recall a noted quarrel with President Roosevelt over Archbishop Ireland’s cardinal prospects, then lived in Cincinnati.
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Rhode Island Avenue
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Austria
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Cincinnati
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Congress
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Storey
White House
Storers
United States
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Nicholas Longworth
Tafts
Longworths
Deweys
Love Brings Evelyn Walsh McLean To Catholic Faith
Evelyn Walsh McLean and Edward McLean quietly wed in a restrained ceremony as social interest across Washington and other U S cities focused on their conversion to Roman Catholicism. The couple, heirs to vast fortunes, sidestepped lavish plans, revealed little, and kept intimate rites with a chauffeur and a small retinue amid family forgiveness and public curiosity.
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United States
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Thomas Walsh
Edward 2. McLean
John R. McLean
Cincinnati Enquirer
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MaLean
Walsh-McLean
Walsh
Shen
Tom” Walsh
Yaguey
Glawwity
Taft Cabinet Leaders Named in 1911 Roll Call
Franklin MacVeagh heads the Treasury and Philander Knox serves as Secretary of State while James Wilson remains Agriculture Secretary. Jacob M. Dickinson is named War Secretary with Hitchcock and Nagel among key appointees. Meyer becomes Navy Secretary and Wickersham Attorney General as Taft assembles his cabinet.
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Chicago
Treasury
Jacob M. Dickinson
Agricultural Department
James Wilson
Philander Chase Knox
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Taft
Btownsville
Mant Union College
Ohio
United States
James H. Reed
Carnegie Company
Mr. Knox
McKinley
Wilson
Roosevelt
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Agricultural Experiment Station
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Columbia Law School
New York City
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Dickinson
Tennessee
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashville
Cytu the Poliy
J W Blythe Dead After Sudden Illness at Lodge
Joseph W Blythe longtime Burlington route general counsel died of heart failure at a hunting lodge near Wapello Louisa county He was born 1846 in Mercer NJ Princeton graduate Came to Burlington 1874 joined firm of ex Congressman Thomas Hedge Became general counsel in 1876 Leader of the stand put division of the Republican party Survived by widow and son He shaped Iowa politics for decades as a key Republican organizer and ally of Senator Gear.
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Joseph We. Blythe
Wapella
Louisa County
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Rand
N. C. Weaples
Blythe
Mercer County
N. J
Princeton College
Thomas Hedge
Thigh
Joseph W. Blythe
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Tie
Senator Gear
Republican Party
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Smuggling Ring Uncovered in Port Suron Yard
Special Officer George Mann found tampered box car seals in the tunnel yards at Port Huron. The car contained Buffalo bound barrels of paint with two Chinese men concealed behind the barrels. they will be taken to Detroit for examination.
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Port Suron
Mich
United States
Detroit
George Mann
Grand Trunk
Buffalo
Black man burned at stake in Rockwell Texas
A Black man identified by Mrs. Arthur MelKinney as the suspect in a criminal incident was taken from Rockwell County Jail and burned at an iron stake before about a thousand spectators. Earlier, Will Clarke, another Black man, was struck and fatally hurt.
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Tex
Arthur MelKinney
Anderson Fllis
Rockwell County
Will Clarke
Boy Hunter Blamed in Atchison Shooting Death
Authorities assert a 17-year-old boy, Carl Hata, accidentally fired the fatal shot while hunting near Atchison Kansas, striking Mrs. Jerome Hoover. The body was found under mysterious circumstances and the youth is in custody.
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Atchison, Kan
Jerome Hoover
Carl Hata
Earthquake Shocks Hit Guayaquil Coast near Venador
A strong earthquake lasting about thirty seconds was felt in Guayaquil and along the coast near Venador. No damage was reported, but the tremor caused widespread panic among residents.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Venador
Murdered Man Found Near Alexandria In Snow
A well dressed male body was found near Alexandria Virginia shortly from Washington with a ragged neck wound and partially snow covered. In his pockets were a 300 dollar travelers check from Wells Fargo Los Angeles payable to Walter Schultz and a second card bearing the name Walter Schultz with an address listed as 1914 Douglas Street Sioux City Iowa.
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Washington
D. C
Alexandria
Ells Fargo Express Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter
Schultz
Douglas Street
Sioux City
A Nurse's Praise for Dann's Kidney Pills
Mrs Minnie Turner a nurse from Anadarko Oklahoma credits Dann's Kidney Pills with improving her run down condition backache and kidney pains. She reports rapid health improvement after five boxes and urges others to use the remedy. Sold by Wesler Milburn Co Buffalo New York at 60 cents a box.
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Okta
Troubles of Jungle Dentist in Morse household tale
A humorous snippet from Youth's Companion features Bridget the Morse household cook torn between devotion and duty. Mrs Morse questions missing red apples while Bridget jokes about a hidden gingerbread loaf, revealing family dynamics with a playful regional accent.
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Bridget
Morse
Kaiser subject in pupil’s school composition
A Berlin school teacher published a pupil’s composition on The Kaiser full of quirky remarks about Prince Wilhelm and the Kaiser’s birthday. The piece mentions shots from a dome and a boy named Wrar, ending with a reference to a Hohenzollern lineage and a formal bow. A second item reports a New York doctor’s patient worsening during vacation, then a hotel chambermaid rumor.
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Kaiser
Prince Wilhelm
Cas
Ed Wrar
Schloss
New York
Shure
Maggie
Congenial Work And Strength From Grape-Nuts Breakfast
A Washington girl recounts improved energy and mood after switching to Grape-Nuts and milk for breakfast. She links morning vitality to the cereal, noting easier commutes and better work performance after weeks of the regimen. The ad text promotes Postum Co. and the product’s claimed benefits.
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Postum Co
Batlo Creek
Mich
Wellville
Miver
Rhove Jeter
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