Alice Roosevelt to wed Nicholas Longworth in White House romance
The engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Hon. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio is announced as a mid February wedding prospects loom. Longworth, Harvard alumnus and Ohio politician, is described as the President's future son in law with a strong outdoor temperament and social prominence. The couple is expected to travel Europe after marriage and receive broad social attention in Washington and beyond.
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White House
Ise
Capidy
Nicholas Longworth
Alice
Gworth
Miss I
Miss Roosevelt
Great East Room
St. Louis
Catlin
Ess Roosevelt
West
Mr. Longworth
Rsfty
Senator Mitchell Death Shrouded in Senate Precedent
The U S Senate quietly ignored standard funeral and recognition rites after Senator John H Mitchell of Oregon faced conviction. Oregon’s two indicted representatives linger in court as Mitchell’s death ends a troubled career, with few eulogies or formal respects offered.
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United States Senate
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Mitchell
Oregon
Burton
Kansas
Senate
Portland
Ore
Fulton
Congress
Chamberlain
Washington
Pacific Slope
Messrs
Binger Hermann
John Newton Williamson
Williamson
Senator Mitchell
Mr. Hermann
Napoleon
St. Helena
John H. Mitchell
Broderick
California
Terry
Foster
Connecticut
What Became of the Change Tale From General Chaffee
A soldier asks General Chaffee for a quarter and explains his month’s pay. He lists expenses from a ferry, dinner, cigars, theatre, and Bowery visits totaling 15.00, then admits spending the remaining fifty cents foolishly.
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Bowery
Problem and Solution with Seventeen Horses
A farmer's will leaves half his horses to the eldest, a third to the second, and a ninth to the youngest. With seventeen horses the division fails, until a neighbor lends one horse making eighteen. The executor then distributes nine, six, and two horses respectively, after which the neighbor takes back his loan and is labeled “Problem” by morning and “Solution” by afternoon.
Peace Reigns After Long Wars Between Washoe and Piute
After centuries of warnings and heavy losses for both tribes, peace is declared between the Washoe and Piute. Capt. Pete and Capt. Dave, their chiefs, met in Reno to finalize terms with Johnny Kay, and plan a six day peace dance in Sparks. The Piutes once formed a major Northwest group, with the Washoe a close second.
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Washoe
Capt
Pete
Dave
Reno
Nevada
Johnny Kay
Sparks
Northwest
Dodge City Forestry Station Gives Away 500000 Trees
The forestry station at Dodge City Kansas distributes trees at five hundred thousand annually. Since large scale tree planting began there have been notable changes in Kansas climatic conditions.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Ghost Points to Gold Lode Mystery Near Seattle
Two Seattle businessmen, W. E. Bartlett and M. C. Black, report a perilous near‑by mine find in the Cascades. Bartlett cites guidance from his deceased grandfather, a 1850s miner murdered in the hills, via a Portland medium. They claim a gray quartz ledge rich with gold and plan to return in spring to develop it, carrying a bottle of gold dust as evidence.
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Seattle
W. E. Bartlett
M. C. Black
Cascades
Bartlett
D. E. Ingels
Portland
Hitchcock and Interior Department Under Fire and Reform
The piece extols Secretary Hitchcock as a strong reformer who exposed land frauds, indicted lawmakers, and protected public lands. It praises irrigation progress under his tenure, notes cabinet rumors of retirement, and highlights grazing land management as a key commission finding with calls for vigilant control and open-range reform.
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Interior Department
McKinley
Interior
United States Commissioners
General Land Office
National House of Representatives
United States Senate
United States
Congress
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Oregon
Hewis
President
Public Lands Commission
Anid
Litchcock
Low wages for shirt workers despite long sewing machine use
For nearly fifty years the sewing machine has been common, yet the workwomen producing shirts receive only sixty to eighty cents per dozen. Authors argue the labor value and gendered wage gap reflect systemic economic injustice.
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Frances Benjamin Johnston
Alice Roosevelt
Richard H. Byrd
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Dent McKinley
Geological Survey
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Nebraska
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