Keeper of Lid During Summer in Doubt
Washington officials dodge the summer lid duty as President rests at Oyster Bay. Secretary Straus occupies the post, with others scattered: Metcalf to California, Garfield in Hawaii, Cortelyou on Long Island, Wilson in Washington or Iowa, and Bacon as acting lid sitter at the State Department. Bonaparte and Wright plan travel, while Taft’s successor eyes the war department duties in the capital.
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Ashington
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Root
Bacon
State Department
Bonaparte
Washington
Baltimore
Lenox
Mass
Metcalf
California
Meyer
St. Lawrence
Garfield
Hawaii
Cortelyou
Wilson
Iowa
Wright
Taft
War Department
Straus
Picturesque Princess Invades Capital at the Willard
The Hungarian born princess Paraghy arrives in Washington from Hot Springs with a large suite and a quirky menagerie including a bear tiger cub and alligators. She travels with maids, attache and staff, stays on the southeast wing’s second floor with a balcony demanded, and causes hotel bustle amid a summer crowd.
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Rincess Vilma Lwoff Para& Ghy
Willard
Hot Springs
Her Highness
Nice
Washington
White House
Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs in Washington Society
Miss Harriet Richardson, a Smithsonian isopod expert and socialite, lives a double life between scientific work from ten to one daily and society circles the remaining hours. Born wealthy from her father E F Richardson, she balances research on North American isopods with globe trotting, bridge whist, and fashionable society. Her scientific path began when her brother took her to the Smithsonian, where she pursued fossil collections and authored a monograph on isopods. She works on specimens from the Harriman Alaska expedition and has prepared multiple papers for a Paris scientific journal, while continuing collaborations with noted scientists abroad ISS.
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Washington
Harriet Richardson
Miss Richardson
Smithsonian Institution
North America
American Man of Science
Miss Harriet Richardson
Wyoming Avenue
N.W
E. F. Richardson
Vassar
C. W. Richardson
Harriman
Alaska
Paris
Thomas Scott
Aberdeen
A. M. Norman
London
Giard
Wimereux
France
Uncle Sam launches fly census to fight typhoid
The U S Department of Agriculture leads a Washington and Pittsburgh fly census to link flies with typhoid fever. Dr L O Howard supervises sticky fly-papers, tallying captures and dead time, with a high count of 2600 at a Potomac arsenal site. Results from Pittsburgh expected to reveal potential links and inform public health data.
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NCLB
Sam
Agricultural Department
Health Department
Washington
Pittsburg
L. O. Howard
Department of Agriculure
United States Arsenal
Potomac River
Betsy Ross Fake Sparked Historic Controversy in Philadelphia
Philadelphia historians declare Betsy Ross a fake, denying the Betsy Ross house as the birthplace of Old Glory. The government and local committees reject the legend, while supporters defend Betsy Ross as a symbol of national heritage amid attacks on schoolbooks and patriotic lore.
Ambergris Found Aboard British Bark Antiope Near Sidney
Sailors aboard the British bark Antiope recovered ambergris valued at about 400 dollars per pound, totaling around 20000 dollars, after finding a floating mass while sailing from Newcastle Australia. Master John Mathieson learns the material was valuable as ambergris. a Oakland druggist identified a small saved sample. The crew used portions to grease masts and oilskins and boats. The ship encountered the find near latitude 26 degrees south during calm seas.
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San Francisco
John Mathieson
Oakland
Newcastle
Australia
Muskegon Man Hooks 80-Pound Sturgeon With Hammer
Ferdinand Dratz of Muskegon Michigan hauled an eighty pound sturgeon sixty eight inches long from Muskegon lake using a carpenter's hammer from his toolbox as the fish lay just beneath the surface. He secured the creature after stunning it and brought it aboard his sixteen foot launch.
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Muskegon
Mich
Ferdinand Dratz
Peck Street
Muskegon Lake
Dratz
Road Makes Unusual Charge Over Flying Horses
In New Orleans a railroad billed eight dollars for one meal for a carload of flying horses from Jennings to Mobile. Murdy, the local agent, pressed the charge as cost of transportation. Murphy mocked the bill and warned of ICC intervention. A subsequent mislabeling and correction shifted the joke, the eight dollars returned, and Murdy’s verdict on Murphy’s humor.
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New Orleans
Michael Murphy
Southern
Jennings
Mobile
Ala
James F. Murdy
Murphy
Murdy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana
Algiers
Bashful Dan Matthews Marries Mary Fraser in Jerseyville
In Jerseyville at Pastor Jones parsonage at 8:30 am Daniel Matthews wed Mary Fraser. They plan a quick honeymoon to Roadhouse, he quips it may be the last time and the pastor jokes about balking at future nuptials as onlookers react with amusement.
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Jerseyville
Vic
Daniel Matthews
Mary Fraser
Jones
Roadhouse
Pastor Jones
Dan
Daniel
Actress Leslie Carter Payne Faces Suit Over Dog Bathtub
A contractor sues Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne over a Seventeenth Street home repairs and a custom dog bathtub. The case, rooted in a Mechanic's Lien, also names the house owner and Izza Prentice, the receiver appointed during Payne's bankruptcy proceedings.
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New York
Sult
Leslie Carter Payne
Seventeenth Street
Carter Payne
Izza Prentice
Professional cards: real estate and probate law firm
A professional card from Atlantic Iowa lists specialties in abstracts, opinions of titles, real estate and probate law. It notes the corner location at 4th and Chestnut Streets in Atlantic.
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4Th & Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Office contact details for a former intern at the University of Iowa are listed with a campus address and phone numbers in Atlanta guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantia
T B Swan Wills Drawn and Probated
T B Swan reports on probate work including wills drawn and probated, duties for administrators and guardians, appointments secured, and general law practice with Atlantic connections.
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Atlantic
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Uncle Sam
William H. Taft
Underwood& Underwood
N.Y
Betsy Ross
Philadelphian
Philadelphia
Betsy
Barbara Frietchie
Frederick
George Washington
Valley Forge
Arch Street
Historical Sites Committee
House
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Mr. Campbell
America
Adam H. Fetterolf
Girard College
Flaghouse Association
Shakespeare
Key
Prayer
William Teil
Damon
Pythias
Moses
Betsy Ross House
Ambergris
Carpenter
Jonathan Hulls
Gloucestershire
England
Road
Claus Haliway
Chas. A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
G, R, Miller
Sulte
Gillespie Building
Musson
Atlanta
C, G. Clark
DR. R. A, Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House Black
Phone
Towa
T. B. Swan
Dr, C. L, Campbell
Ben A. Wood
Atty-at
Savery Abstracter
U. S. Mullins
Chas. D. Finley
D. O
Josephine Cook Tinley
Finley & Finley
The
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy
Free
Bell
Chestnut St
Nels Brown
Butler
M. H. Butler
C. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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