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Algona Courier in Algona, Iowa

28 Nov 1913

Page 12

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Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1913

Page

12

Wedding of Jessie Wilson and Francis Sayre at White House

Washington Nov 25 Jessie Woodrow Wilson second daughter of the president married Francis Bowes Sayre at 4 30 pm in the White House east room. The ceremony was simple with few guests and notable attendees including maid of honor Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson and bridesmaids led by Miss Eleanor Wilson. The bride wore ivory satin and the event featured a 125 pound wedding cake, chrysanthemums everywhere, and plans to honeymoon before settling in Williamsport and New York.

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Washington Jessia Woodrow Wilson Wilson Francia Bowes Sayre White House Sylvester Beach Princeton Margaret Woodrow Wilson Eleanor Randolph Wilson Adeline Mitchell Scott William 4. Scott Marjorie Brown Atlanta Mr. Sayre Wilfred T. Grenfell Thermen Labrador Coast Dr. Grenfell Charles H. Hughes, Jr Justice Hughes Supreme Court Harvard Law School Gilbert Horax Montclary N. J Williams College Johnd Hapkins University Benjamin Burton New York City Scoville Clark Salem, Maes Sayre Labrador Newfoundland New York Senate House Genevieve Clark House of Representatives Champ Clark Clark Marjory Teadher Underwood Underwood Mann Tessie Wilson Gainsville Women's College At Baltimore Phi Geta Kappa Kensington National Young Woman's Christian Association Axsons Francis Bowes Sayre South Bethlehem Robert Heysham Sayre Lehigh Valley Railroad Bethlehem Iron Works Bethlehem Steel Worke Lehigh University Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville Cuin Lane Sigma Phi Fraternity Gargoyle Society Phi Beta Kappa Williams Whitman New York State Martha Finlay Sayre William Nevin Franklin and Marshal College Lancaster Hugh Williamson North Carolina United States Robert Nevin Rome Ethelbert Nevin Jessie Wilson Francis Sayre Anna Todd Delly Madison John G. Jackson Madison Lucy Judge Todd Kentucky Maria Monroe Monroe Samuer Lawrence Gouverneur Jon John Quincy Adams Mary Hellen General Jackson Delia Lewis Alphonse Joseph Wyer Pageot Legation Mary Eaton Lucien K. Polk Emily Martin Louis Randolph Nellie General Grant Algernon C. F. Sartoris Emily Platt Hayes Gen. Russell Hastings Cleveland Frances Folsom Roosevelt Alice Nicholas Longworth
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E A C O Plans Hair Care Bargain Prank

Frank P. Morse and Ralph A. Graves meet in New York and visit a barber in a comic scene. The barber describes a costly but useless hair treatment while Morse jokes about thinning hair and the barber’s baldness, highlighting a practical joke on stage folks.

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Greatly Desired Lady and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Gossip from the era suggests Miss Burdett-Coutts avoided marriage offers, links her name to the Prince of Adventurers and the duke of Wellington, and notes she was England’s glittering heiress prize until she finally wed an American. A London wit quipped about Ashmead Dartlett proposing to the baroness as a duty to his family.

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Ashmead Dartlett Meroira
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Blind peddler’s clever touch seizes five pennies

A passerby stops at a blind peddler and buys a pencil for five pennies. The peddler, asked how he knew there were cents, replies that he can distinguish the touch of cents by his sense of touch.

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Grape-Nuts praised as perfectly balanced food for all ages

A letter extols Grape-Nuts and milk as a balanced breakfast and noon meal aid, claiming improved nerve and brain power, appetite control, and nourishment for a wide age range. The note cites a sixty year old user, family uptake, and a traveling son who eats only Grape-Nuts with milk, with a nod to a Battle Creek origin and a tease of The Road to Wellville.

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Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville
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Fragmented comedy notes and stray ad lines in wartime OCR

Fragmentary OCR text shows drunken banter about married life and a few garbled product mentions. Names, phrases, and a stray price hint appear, including a syrup for children claim and odd quotes. Core event unclear but reflects miscellaneous newspaper bits.

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Too Successful. Old man worries over hush money

Quinzer questions Sizzer about paying hush money to a ninth trace of pedigrees. Slazere and Slinceretyl argue, while Den's Men use Cough Drops at the druggist.

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Quinzer Old Man Sizzer
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Dying Ad Man Refuses to Renounce Devil

A dying ad man in a small town tests a preacher’s resolve as his wife summons a nearby minister. The preacher urges him to renounce the devil, but the dying man jokes that he cannot confess sins while in no position to make amends.

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Jamon
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Poor Charities Attack Exposed By Denver Expert

Richard March, charity expert from Denver, condemns charity societies that keep most subscriptions for salaries and expenses. He notes a wife asking her husband about a fashionable coat being donated to the Alpha incorporated Charities, arguing it will be worn out long before reaching the poor.

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Richard March Denver Colo George Alpha Incorporated
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Miss Jessie Wilson Francis B. Sayre Mrs. Sayre East Room House of Representacive Jessie Woodrow Wilson E-A-Co Father Knickerbocker O Dramatic Barber Frank P. Morse Dramatic Ralph A. Graves Graves Morse Gravee Frank Popular Foley Kislney Minnesota Fredd. Sherman Dept. E St. Paul Minn Delgica Carneaux Western Squad Company Versailles Brehelor Walter Baker & Co. Ltd Dorchester Mass Spohn Spohn Medical CO Goshen Ind. U Rayo Jabie
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