Fairbanks to Miss Washington Social Life at End of Era
Washington notes Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks will be greatly missed when they leave the capital as Mr Fairbanks term ends. He hosts dancers and visitors, contemplates a McKinley history, and may travel globally after retirement while weighing lecture or writing plans.
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Ashington
National Capital
Fairbanks
Washington
Dimerg
Indiaman
Senate Chamber
Mr. Fairbanks
Wil
Liam McKinley
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Senator Fairbanks
Joint High Commission
Dominion of Canada
Indianapolis
California
Redlands
Ethel Roosevelt Aims for Betrothal To William Phillips
Rumors say Miss Ethel Roosevelt may become engaged to William Phillips third assistant secretary of state, amid talk of waiting until 1913 for a White House wedding. No announcement is made but cordial relations and age stand as factors, with society eyes on Taft era politics and Africa hunting tales shaping the pundit forecast.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Phillips
Massachusetts
Washington
White House
Africa
Mr. Taft
Storers to Return to Capital Society
R and Mrs Bellamy Storer plan to resume Washington society life at their renovated Rhodes Island avenue home. They will be welcomed by the new president despite the Roosevelt Storer dispute. Mrs Storer, Maria Longworth by birth, aunt of Rep. Longworth, is well connected with the Tafts and Deweys.
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Bellamy Storer
Washington
Rhodes Island Avenue
Roosevelt-Bellamy Storer
Austria
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Béllamy Storer
Civil Service
Storer
Congress
Navy
Love Brings McLean Couple Into Faith In Washington
Evelyn Walsh McLean daughter of Colorado mining magnate and Edward B McLean son of Cincinnati Enquirer publisher plan a high profile Roman Catholic wedding in Washington though date remains unannounced. Both families are affluent with vast fortunes. past plans for a lavish ceremony were scrapped as the couple married quietly with a chauffeur and a small retinue.
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Ogiety
Washington
United States
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Thomas Walsh
Edward B. McLean
John R. McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Evelyn Walsh
McLean
Walsh-McLean
Walsh
Tom” Walsh
Wife runs from husband after 30 day honeymoon trial
Mrs Frances Livingstone Struvner once advertised for a husband and married Louis Struvner of Dorchester Wisconsin after 1000 letters. She then left him and their childless union within a month, saying marriage failed. She resolved to remain single and returned home near Boyd, Wisconsin amid public curiosity and mixed rumors about her reasons and future plans.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Frances Livingstone Struvner
Frances Livingstone
Boyd
Livingstone
Louis Struvner
Dorchester
Perfect Bliss
Struvner
Miss Livingstone
Bachelor Has Snake in Hat in St Louis
James Barker a 72 year old bachelor of Windom in St Louis County keeps a snake in his hat he says to prove it is a sure menace to idleness and a temperate man despite not being in good health the report notes he is unusual in habit and keeps the reptile as a cautious eccentric local anecdote
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Clayton
Rhyl
Barker
Court House
St. Louis
James Barker
Windom
St. Louis County
Grave Diggers Barred From Building Trades Council
The Building Trades council of Greater New York ruled grave diggers are not in the building trade. The Grave Diggers' union was denied membership, and grave digging was classified as a miscellaneous trade.
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New York
Building Trades Council of
Greater New York
Grave Diggers’ Union
Teaching Citizenship in a Democracy by Junior Republics
New York reports a movement to replace paternal schooling with democracy focused citizen training. The National Association of Junior Republics aims to fit children to be independent Americans, with schools adopting self rule and abolishing masters, spreading from New York to California Connecticut Maryland and beyond. Educators nationwide will be invited to inspect the George Junior Republic model and consider adoption.
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New York
George
California
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
National Association of Junior Republics
Thomas M. Osborne
Republic
Tax on Bachelors and Widowers Proposed in New Mexico
A New Mexico bill proposes a tax classified by marital status with bachelors aged 25 to 45 paying 10 dollars annually and widowers 25 dollars. Revenue would fund support for unmarried women.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Woman's Logic Quote From New York Press
A New York Press quip asserts that a woman's idea of logic often involves reasoning toward an incorrect conclusion while a correct guess might be possible. The remark reflects era attitudes about gender and wit.
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New York Press
Etherial musings and a railway romance in Mineral Wells
A fragment from the Mineral Wells Texas Index by Byron Williams recounts a witty scene aboard a Mineral Wells train. A newly married couple’s public display provokes embarrassment when a stranger occupies the sleeping bride’s nearby chair, prompting a comic misunderstanding and blushes among passengers.
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Weatherford
Tex
Byron Williams
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Ethel
Taft
Secretary OF
Cllnedinst
Washington, D. C
Philander C. Knox
Knox
U. S
Bachelor
Association of
George Junnior Republics
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