Washington society gears up for the Roosevelts season
The capital and fashionable circles anticipate a bright social season as President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt arrive. Officials plan openings at the White House and Congress, with receptions for diplomats, and Miss Ethel Roosevelt’s official house duties. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth to chaperon events assisted by Admiral Cowles.
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Mor Tlarbor
Newport
Virginia
Aunier
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Walt Shington
Hoddy
Gew
Witte Hower
Congress
Mika Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Admiral Willand. Cowles
Longworth
Tragic Coincidence Marks Deaths of Envoys Hauge and Sternberg
Washington society reels as two leading diplomats Minister Hauge of Norway and Ambassador von Sternberg of Germany die in the homeland while on temporary visits with their American wives. Baroness von Sternberg returns home with widow’s salary rights, Mina Langham of Louisville also widowed, and memories linger of the couple’s lavish hospitality at the German embassy. The bereaved widows face solitary journeys home, as the diplomatic circle reflects on the shared fate and public display surrounding the late envoy and his wife.
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Hauge
Norway
Speck von Sternberg
Gerany
Louisville
Sud
Cirele
Washington
Baroness Bpeck von Bternberg
Mina Langham
Baron von Sternberg
Kentucky
White House
Roosevelt plans African safari party with specialists
President Roosevelt will travel with his son Kermit a taxidermist and a National Museum naturalist to Africa. The party will be the only Americans present with guides from outside the United States as plans remain fluid and expenses loom over the expedition.
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Hanny
Roosevelt
Kermit
National Museum
Washington
Government Service
United States
Insane Hospital Opens New Home for Male Nurses
The Government Hospital for the Insane has opened a three story remodeled building formerly used for female patients to house male nurses and attendants. The facility includes electricity, bathrooms, and marble lined baths with space for about 60 men, offering a separate quarters away from patient wards.
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Government Hospital For
Ap & Billiard Room
The Blue Light on the Mountain
Fargo witnesses a secret mountain logging experiment turned catastrophe. He trails a pair of engineers as a wind powered device drills into the mountain and malfunctions, blowing the pair to atoms and sealing the hole with debris. He never reveals the full events.
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van Hotu
Haare
Taliek
Farge
Jatick
Fargo
Iguck
Maggery
Magyary
Brother
Iglick
Teilek
Megyary
Rand
Fim
Wigantic Atrangers
Fragmented Dialogue on Syllabub at Dining Table
A garbled anecdote features Old Maguire Hines with a unique speech pattern at a meal. The hostess urges him to try dessert syllabub while he quips that it looks as pretty as a white satin balloon but admits he could never come wind.
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Ermertil
Falkoelo
Wener
Fargo
Stuyvesant
Ewing
Kirke
Uitok
Parke
Maggard
Maguire Hines
Mr. Hines
Millinery details for a sheer muslin dress with lace yoke
A historical fashion description outlines a frock with a sheer muslin yoke, daisies embroidery, and curved lace around the neck. It explains pattern tracing, cutting, and stitching steps including insertion, hemming, and finishing touches on the yoke and lower edge.
A Delicate Cologne Recipe and Domestic Fashion Notes
A recipe for making cologne with lemon pedals bergamot lavender and thyme blends with guidance on skirts belts and garments. It covers plaited and gored skirts the rise of certain belts and tips on choosing or altering cloth suits plus home remedies for mildew hair preservation patent leather care and shoe polish.
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Anne Rittenhouse
Philadelphia Ledger
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