Washington Society Awaits Anew Era Of Homes And Hosts
As inaugurations near, Washington takes stock of luxury residences for the season. New winter mansions open for high society including Perry Belmont, Edson Bradley, Clarence Moore, and diplomatic homes on upper Sixteenth Street. Senator Henry A. Du Pont buys Beriah Wilkins mansion near Seventeenth Street, redecorates, and plans lavish interiors. Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna and Mrs. Arthur Pue Gorman’s widowed ranks add to the refined circles around Sheridan Circle.
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Ashington
Washington
Perry Belmonts
Edson Bradleys
Clarence Moores
Upper
Sixteenth Street
Sweden
Denmark
J. B. Henderson
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Norway
Marcus A. Hanna
Ohio
Senator du Pont
du Pont
Sarah Stewart Wyeth
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Avenue
Sheridan Circle
Vegetarian Dinners Shock Washington Society Figures
In Washington a meatless dining trend at Mrs. John Brooks Henderson’s Sixteenth Street home draws attention. Guests, including society women, endure vegetarian banquets as dyspepsia rumors swirl about her husband former senator from Missouri and Henderson’s own health notes.
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Washington
Washington Society
John Brooks Henderson
Missouri
Sixteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Henderson
United States
Taft’s sprawling spoils plan routes many federal jobs
An advance guard of Taft supporters catalogs the vast federal patronage likely under his presidency. The post office dominates with thousands of offices, while cabinet posts, ambassadors, and commissions follow in total dozens to over a thousand roles. Expected totals include 6,851 post office, 1,071 judiciary, 365 treasury, 342 interior, 192 customs, 20 commerce and labor, 52 state, 3 agriculture, 2 navy, and 14 other scattered positions.
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William H. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
The
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Panama Commission
Fuller
Supreme Bench
Post
Judiciary
Treasury
Interior
Customs
Commerce and Labor
State
Agriculture
Navy
New Postage Stamps Near Ready From Government Bureau
Designs suggested by Postmaster General Meyer outline a new US postage stamp series with denominations from one to 100 cents and a few dollars. The two and five dollar stamps will not be reprinted, Franklin heads on the one cent stamp, Washington on others, minimal lettering, bold red and blue colors, and bas relief profiles.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Meyer
United States
Franklin
Washington
Houdon
Ralph
The Wireless Exit From a Broken Romance
Mona Wayland sails outward while her fiancé Graham Temple has wed another woman linked to mining wealth. A telegram exposes the scheme of a quick London ceremony to avoid scandal. Mona writes back to join him abroad, and the wireless connection shortens their suspense.
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Mona Wayland
Goodby
Graham Temple
Graham
Temple
New Mexico
Senora Mendez
Harry Wieland
Mona
Europe
London
Staten Island
Long Island
Wieland
Press Association
Volume on Divorce and Marriage Trends 1887 to 1906
The U S census bureau provides a 20 year overview showing 12 832 044 marriages from 1887 to 1906 and 945 625 divorces. Divorce rates rose faster than population with desertion as the leading ground, and most couples married in the same state.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
United States
Legal to Pick Hubby’s Pockets
Washington case holds it legal for a wife to take money from her husband’s pockets while he sleeps. Judge Mulloway of the police court told George Ridgway that such conduct shows love and concern, as Ridgway’s wife had complained he might harm her. Ridgway was released on bond to keep the peace.
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Washington
Mulloway
Washington Police Court
George Ridgway
Ridgway
Aero plane pioneer Frank Barnett recalls his early flight model
Kansas City pioneer Frank Barnett, recalling his 1870 Iowa State Fair entry for a “machine for mechanical flight,” notes his lifelong aeronautics interest and claims his early model foreshadowed heavier-than-air flight. He cites experiments with box kites and planes, and credits the Wright brothers for advancing the same principles Barnett described decades earlier.
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Kansas City
Frank Barnett
Keokuk
Mr. Barnett
Wright Brothers
Barnett
Wrights
Bomb in Philadelphia Church Cellar Sparks Panic
Patrick Morris, janitor at Immaculate Conception Church, rushed with a box to the Tenth district station crying bomb. Police hesitated before opening the box, then found a pocket electric light inside, dropped by a worker repairing pipes in the cellar.
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Philadelphia
Patrick Morris
Tenth District
Master
Sergt. Lins
Morris
Sergi
Lins
Immacuate Conception
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Mary N. Foote
ONL
Mrs. Shenders
Wire and Wireless
Mfémett Bladlo
Chicags
William Wallace Garr
Richmond
Ind
Associated Clubs of Domestic Science
Garr
Census Bureau
Aeroplane
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