Oyster Bay as Summer White House Holds Historic Allure
Washington reports describe Oyster Bay as the summer capital where Roosevelt hosts leaders and staff at Sagamore Hill. The piece recalls Tyler era hospitality, Civil War era charm, and Abigail Adams notes on the presidential home, its unfinished rooms, and early White House life.
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Washington
the Standard
Post Building
Oyster Bay
United States
Roosevelt
Long Island
Sagamore Hill
Republic
Oyster
White House
Cleveland
Buzzard's Bay
Abigail Adams
Baltimore
Frederick Road
Beirs
Boston man Rumrill ruled Marquesas cannibals long a Yankee king
A Portland reported tale recounts J H Rumrill born in Boston who for decades led the Marquesas people after being shipwrecked. He survived a cannibal feast, taught natives, helped curb cannibalism, and died at 79 with family nearby. He asked a sister in Roxbury be told of his condition.
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Portland
Ore
Marquesas
Southern Pacific
J. H. Rumrill
Boston
Rumrill
New England
New Bedford
Cape Horn
United States
Roxbury
The World’s Most Curious Post Offices Abroad
A New York Herald note describes Beebe Plain split by the US Canada line with a two nation post office run by parent and child. It recalls Argyllshire Scotland rock slit delivery and Drimnin Barr routes, plus a Burra Scotland tin canister with ten letters and a finder’s urgent missives.
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America
New York Herald
Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
Canada
United States
Argyllishire
England
Drimnin
Barr
Drimnain
Burra
Scotland
Drowning Out a Light in Pensions Office Tale
The New York World recalls Commissioner Ware hiring an elderly country man to help in the pensions office. The man tried to extinguish an electric bulb by pouring water on it saying he would drown it out after failing to blow it out.
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President's House
White House
New York
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Brister
Shaw
Mre Roosevelt
Rooskvee
Pickwick
Cubs
ST. Paul
GEO. Benz & Sons
Minneapolis
Eminence, KY
Baltimore, MD
Agar Montana
Ele Butte, Mont
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