Gettysburg Prepares for 250000 Celebrants Crowd Fears
Gettysburg Pennsylvania reports arrival of the vanguard for the semi centennial Battle of Gettysburg celebration. With a town of 4000 residents hotels filled within ten miles reservations abound and fears of famine grow. Sons of Veterans encamped on the outskirts as Pennsylvania Veterans of the G A R plan to arrive and forty five thousand veterans will be on canvas.
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Gettysburg
Sons of Veterans
Pennsylvania Veterans of the
State Provides for All Veterans Attending Gettysburg Event
Harrisburg, June 24. Provision by the State Senate ensures care for all veterans who may attend the semi centennial of the battle of Gettysburg, in excess of support already arranged.
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Harrisburg
State Senate
Gettysburg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Dances At Hippodrome Stir London
London crowds amid debate over Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Jack Clifford as her Bacchanalian performance captivates and unsettles the city. Reactions range from praise of beauty and skill to shock at wild abandon and primitive emotion. Thaw defends her motives and future stage plans citing support for herself and baby.
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London
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Hippodrome
Jack Clifford
Thaw
Ragtime Artists Pit Fingers Against Player Piano Again
Atlanta will host a second ragtime contest at Weatherholt Hall 72 North Broad Street this afternoon. Expert pianists will challenge a Weatherholt player piano across ragtime varieties with Frank Hammond as judge. A large crowd is expected. the first contestant starts at 3 o'clock. admission is free.
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Atlanta
Weatherholt Hall
North Broad Street
Frank Hammond
Woodward
Met Opera Ballet Head Blames Easy Life For Girls Laziness
Mme Malvina Cavallazai, former head of the Metropolitan Opera ballet school, says American girls are graceful and intelligent but lack perseverance. She believes ease of life makes them lazy and temperamental as she returns to Italy after retirement.
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New York
Mme. Malvina Cavallazai
Metropolitan Opera House Ballet School
Italy
Militia Camp Features Mock Battle at St Simons Island
Camp Brown Georgia reports a spectacular sham battle as the main event of the annual militia encampment. Adjutant General Nash may visit soon and Lt. E. R. W. McCabe inspected the camp. A model tent earned high praise and Lt. A. McD. Wilson prepared pistol targets for tomorrow's practice.
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Brown
ST. Simons Island
Joseph van Holt Nash
E. R. W. McCabe
Cavalry
National Guard
W. J. Nolan
Albert Jones
William Rhodes
G. E. Govan
Frank Hunt
A. McD. Wilson
Atlanta
Trousers for Women Their Only Salvation
Chicago news report on a national convention where Dr. Albert E. Sterne and Dr. H C R Norriss argued that women should wear trousers to avoid hindering their success in business and professional fields, claiming pretty clothes can hinder a woman's progress.
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Chicago
Albert E. Sterne
Indianapolis
H. C. R. Norriss
Enderson
N. Dak
Southern Business College Boosts Summer Placements
The Popular Business School reports a strong season with many pupils placed in good positions. Miss Mae Garner lands a stone bookkeeper role with Collier & Co. in Barnesville, Ga, and other graduates Miss Davis Mr. Parkinson Mr. Stripling Mr. Mackey Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Meredith are also placed. The school emphasizes ease of securing work for graduates.
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Southern Shorthand and Business University
Mae Garner
Southern
Messrs. Collier & Co
Barnesville
Miss Garner
The
Parkinson
Miss Davis
Stripling
Mackey
Hollingsworth
Meredith
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