Tag Day in Capital Hurts Hats and Hands in Washington
Round the Capital reports a June 18 tag day in Washington where passersby wore plain cardboard tags from five-dollar to one-dollar values. People, including President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte, paid to avoid “holdups” while youths like Quentin Roosevelt earned money peddling ten-cent tags. A glamorous crowd near the White House and Riggs National Bank participated, the event drawing guards, and exempting some officials.
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Washington
Ashington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
White House
Quentin Roosevelt
Mr. Loeb
Riggs National Bank
Mrs Meyer Sparks Washington Social Turmoil With Elite Circles
Mrs. Meyer, wife of George von Leéngerke Meyer, stirs Washington society by snubbing cabinet wives and inviting only diplomatic corps and millionaire spouses to entertainments such as a duke of Abruzzi visit. Miss Alice Appleton Meyer, heiress, and daughters Alice and Julia Meyer have met czars and kings, now to greet Britain’s ruler.
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George von Leéngerke Meyer
Vila
Meyer
Levin P. Morton
Washington
Test
Beacon Street
Alice Appleton
Great
London
Miss Alice
Julia Meyer
Austria
Italy
Great Britain
Postage Stamp Gum As Diet Fad Revealed
A dubious report explains that licking stamps yields a taste of sweet potato gum. Government gum made at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is applied to sheets by rollers, dried in hot air, and labeled as Summer or Winter Gum. Handle stamps carefully, avoid corner sheets, and beware the many hands that pass a sheet before sale.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
American Suckers Warned by Consul in Dunfermline
The American consul at Dunfermline issued a guide to avoid antique and art scams aimed at wealthy tourists. He notes common deceptions such as false Burns chairs Mary Queen of Scots tables modern Sheffield Plate fake engravings and prints and misleading rare furniture aged with pumice stone and oil. He urges buyers to insist on a dealer's guarantee and warns that antiquities are heavily faked abroad.
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Dunferm- Jlime
Robert Burns
Bobbie
Sheffield
America
Pie Girl Alive: Susie Johnson Reveals Pie Exit Tale
New York report confirms Susie Johnson, known as the Pie Girl, is alive not buried. She says money paid her to disappear and explains how the pie feast was planned. She denies marriage, death by consumption, or burial in Potter's Field. prior Thaw era sensationalism is recalled.
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Susie Johnson
New York
Upper
Ife
Bohemia
Potter’s Field
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
White
Jimmy” Breese
Carouse
Pie Girl Reveals Truth Behind Notorious Dinner Scene
Susie Johnson, the so called pie girl, speaks to deny marriage and illness tales tied to a famous 1895 dinner. She recalls posing for artists at fifteen in James L. Breesa studio and explains how Robert Reid staged the crusted pie act with birds for the spectacle, funded by Henry C. Poor.
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Wall Street
Mr. Rockefeller
Carnegie
Susie Johnson
Henry C. Poor
James L. Breesa
Sixteenth Street
Robert Reid
Mr. Poor
Mr. Reid
Cat With Unusual Litter And Odd Peculiarities
A mother cat gives birth to a rare litter with seemingly joined or linked kittens described as double siamese twins. The feline appears possessed of peculiar traits yet remains an effective rat catcher.
Tabby the Maltese Rat Captivates Brooklyn With Odd Litter
Mrs Grinnell of 598 Lafayette Avenue owns Tabby a Maltese rat famed for biannual feats. Tabby produced a remarkable litter including kittens with seven toes and five toe dogs but some were mysteriously knotted. Neighbors gathered to view the odd brood. Mrs Grinnell ended several lives and considers ending Tabby herself while noting the cat is an adept rat catcher.
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Brooklyn
Tabby
New Birds for the Mountains in Denver Park
Two capercailzie arrived from Sweden and are kept in Denver's city park. Owner W I Kendrick plans to breed them in Colorado, then release the young in suitable mountain areas. The birds, turkey sized and hardy, feed on treetop vegetation and berries amid snow.
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Denver
Col
Sweden
W.I.’. Kendrick
Colorado Mountains
Kendrick
Colorado
Mr. Kendrick
Woman Chooses Nurse as Heir Wife in Mount Holly
Mrs. Carmine Pallante died after a long illness. Angela Izzi, her nurse and daughter Christina Izzi of Philadelphia, cared for her. As death neared Pallante chose Angela Izzi as his wife after her dying declaration. He later married Mrs. Izzi, a development kept private until now.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Carmine Pallante
Angela Izzi
Christina Izzi
Philadelphia
Angela
Pallante
Izzi
Professional Cards From Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Pene Gao presents professional cards for CHAS A GRUBB et al at Iowa Trust and Savings Bank outlining services and affiliations. The fragment notes roles, dates, and banking relations in a concise local notice style.
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Eters
Apa
Iowa Trist and Savings B Bank
G Miller Suite 2 Gillespie Building Musson Office Contact
Miller G occupies Suite 2 at the Gillespie Building in Musson. Office contact shows telephone 896 at Atlantic.
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Gillespie Building
Musson
Atlantic
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Fragmentary text references an institution once named Interne Hospital State University of Iowa and a location at 263 Black, Atlanta, suggesting a historical or administrative note with unclear context.
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Interne
State University of Iowa
Black
Atlanta
Wills and probate activity in Atlanta reported
Fragmentary notes show T. B. Swan on wills drawn and probated with references to probate practice and law business in Atlanta. The readable text mentions executors, heirs, and filings though specifics are unclear.
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Atlantiai
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