Children of Officials and Their Private Secretaries
The article discusses the influence of officials' families in Washington noting many sons serve as private secretaries to top leaders. It cites examples like a son of Vice-President Fairbanks with the Senate president and Jasper Wilson, son of the Secretary of Agriculture, in such roles. It also mentions Senator Foraker and other legislators employing their sons as confidential assistants.
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Fairbanks
United States Senate
Jasper Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Foraker
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Harvard
Kermit
Alice
Ethel
Archibald
Quent
Presid I‘al
Washington
Root
Edith
Alice Roosevelt
Taft
Ethel Roosevelt
Philippines
Cortelyou
Garfield
Wilson
Flora
McKinley
Paris
Misses Shaw
Limits on Hugs Draw From White House Social Scene
Mrs S M Cory endorses Dr T S Hanrahan rules for courtship citing the Roosevelt White House circle. She argues a 10 o clock hug limit, no chaperons, and active courting as husband material tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Cory
Society For Political Study
T. S. Hanrahan
Sacred Heart Church
West Fitchburg
Mass
Riis Attacks Rich Banker In Workingmen's Club Address
Sociologist Jacob Riis praises generosity and tells of a banker who rewards loyalty with a single photograph. A fifty year worker, kept in poverty, receives no raise as the banker’s heart is cold. Riis contrasts wealth with absence of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Riis
George
Cou Y Nothi
Spain's Alfonso XIII to Wed Princess Ena of Battenberg
The future Spanish king Alfonso XIII will marry Princess Ena of Battenberg, heiress to Empress Eugenie, after a Europe wide search. Ena, eighteen, is England's royal beauty and is famed for sailing, driving, drama, singing, and dancing. Her debut at Buckingham Palace last February sparked a royal frenzy.
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She
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Princess Ena
Royal Beauty
England
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso
Ena of
Battenberg
Henry
Edward
Ena
Europe
Prince Alexander
Buckingham Palace
Eugenie
Isle of Wight
Kensington Palace
Miss Olga Nethersole Opposes Divorce Through The Labyrinth
English actress Miss Olga Nethersole advocates against divorce in cases of children born within marriage. She argues marriage centers on parentage and calls for unified divorce laws, favoring separation rather than dissolution to preserve both parents for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Nethersole
Miss Nethersole
United States
England
America
France
Forestry a Necessity Urges Irrigation Legislation
The American Lumberman reprints George H. Maxwell’s January 1905 speech before the American Forest Congress urging nationwide forestry and irrigation laws. It condemns past land use, warns private ownership weakened forests, and calls for public demand to secure a just administration of public land laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lumberman
George H. Maxwell
Chirman
National Irrigation Association
American Forest Congress
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States
Maxwell
Forests Should Be Protected Says National Leader at Congress
George H. Maxwell, executive chairman of the National Irrigation Association, urges nationwide forestry action as essential as military needs. He recalls the Mississippi flood near New Orleans and emphasizes a unified national approach to forest conservation.
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George H. Maxwell
The
National Irrigation Association
American Lumberman
American Forest Congress
Washington, D. C
Congress
Maxwell
Mississippi River
New Orleana
New Orleans
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President Garfield
Questio
Heer
J. FE. Defebaugh
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