Wilson White House Social Scene in New Era
Washington social life braces for a four year shift with Mrs Woodrow Wilson expected to lead the White House calendar. Daughters Margaret Jessie Eleanor and three guests help manage duties while two White House babies Josephine and Virginia brighten the scene. Potential cabinet wives include Mrs Marshall and Mrs Gerry among others, with ongoing talk of art, galleries, and entertaining norms.
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Washington
First Lady of
Land
Woodrow Wilson
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Wilson
Richard H. Townsend
Townsend
Representative Scott of
Pennsylvana
White House
John B. Henderson
Henderson
Senate
Missouri
James G. Blaine
Parks
Dolly Madison
Roosevelt
Taft
Executive Mansion
Margaret
Jessie
Eleanor
Perin Cothran
George Howe
Mr. Wilson
Joseph Wilson Howe
Jessie Wilson
Helen Taft
Marshall
Peter Goelet
Bery
Elzele Ou
Beeteud
Capecely
Willem
Mistakes in shorthand amuse readers and reporters
A discussion of how vowel errors and omitted vowels in shorthand lead to comic and misleading phrases. Examples include misheard notes from sermons and misreported remarks by public figures, such as confusing pressure with Prussia and Gamaliel with gamecock, illustrating how miscopying can distort meaning.
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Stald
Prussia
Lord Carnarvon
Jeremy Taylor
John Bright
the Gamecock
the Gamaliel
Birmingham
Mr. Chamberlain
Following the Crowd in a Life of Vows and Nurses
A man aged twenty five vows never to marry and later, at thirty five, chooses a house. By forty five he is under a trained nurse. He then proclaims that if she helps him, he will marry the first middle aged widow he finds, and observers say he has indeed taken that path.
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Wood
Toronto
Dominion of Canada
Marek
Athletics
Shite Park
Mack
Connie
Frank L. Hough
Samuel N. Jones
Mr. Mackerchal
Messrs. Hough
Jones
Ball Park
Shibes
Man- Mack
The
Athie
Thomas
John
Hough
Shibe
Fairy Tales Banned in Austrian Schools
An Austrian education order excludes Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen fairy stories from curriculum saying they have little importance. The Roston Transcript reports the move as a broad effort to trim literary material in schools.
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Grimm
Hans Christian Andersen
Roston Transcript
Grist From the Sport Mill on Hart and Wood
Ed Hart prince of Princeton football heads toward Seattle to pursue a business career after a brilliant 1011 season. Matt and Wood, famed runners, quit pro racing amid meager pay and tough luck, with Wood declaring retirement. Oxford and Cambridge rugby players consider a Pacific coast tour facing Stanford and other teams next autumn.
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Ed Hart
Princeton
Seattle
Hart
America
Oxford
Cambridge
Matt
Pacific Northwest
Pacific
Oxford University Athletic Club
Popes
Leland Stanford
Trotting meeting schedule for New York and New Jersey
Upcoming trotting meetings are listed for Parkway from July 2 to August 1, Plemington from August 5 to 8, Monroe August 12 to 15, Goshen August 10 to 22, Troy August 26 to 20, Orangeburg September 2 to 5, Kingston September 0 to 12, Mineola September 23 to 27, Trenton September 2 to October 3.
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New York
New Jersey
Parkway
Plemington
Monroe
Goshen
Troy
Orangeburg
Kingston
Mineola
Trenton
Atlan tic Yacht club names new sloops and officers
At the annual Atlantic Yacht Club meeting commodore J Stuart Blackton and trustees Albert E Smith and Peter W Rouss were chosen to build Q class sloops from William Gardners design for next season. Officers for 1913 include Commodore Blackton rice commodore W B Tyler rear commodore Arthur W Teele secretary Edward Graff treasurer P H Hart trustees J F Allen EB Palmer Peter W Rouss Albert E Smith.
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The
Atlantic Yacht Club
J. Stuart Blackton
Albert E. Smith
Peter W. Rouss
William Gardner
Rice
W. B. Tylor
Arthur W. Teele
Edward [. Graff
A Pack of Nonsense and Vignettes From The Era
A fragmentary column quotes humorous exchanges about social visits elections and romance from Chicago Record Herald and Cleveland Plain Dealer style items. It mentions Billy Bumstead a straw vote a pretty girl and a young man deemed intelligent yet lacking to seize chances.
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Geod Company
Billy Bumstead
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Record- Herald
Cleveland Plala
Farmer So Focused on Books Sparks Farm Laughs
A Washington Star cartoon caption notes a farmer so absorbed in agricultural literature that he neglects tending crops and livestock, prompting Mr. Comtesse to quip about his enthusiasm.
First Vender of Hesoma and Besoms Quote
Satirical dialogue lines from Punch mock a seller of Hesoma and a second vender of besoms claiming they steal hafts birch and bludin items for a price. The exchange parodies penny pricing and ready made shopping.
Unclear random text fragment misreads
Fragmentary OCR text presents no coherent event or identifiable persons or organizations to summarize into a factual newspaper item.
No Consolation Patience in Dr Young Well Notes
Patiently the doctor and the writer reflect on endurance amid difficult cases. The speaker hopes to avoid discouragement despite the long, challenging work with many patients and the need to stay steadfast and hopeful.
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Young
All Her Own. Father-What Another Pew Dress
In a Philadelphia Telegraph item a daughter defends buying a new dress with her own money after selling her father’s fur coat to pay for it. The exchange shows family tensions over spending and independence.
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Philtelphia Telegraph
Village Grocer confrontation prompts questions
Dialect filled exchange shows Toe Boy naming two men from a local shop scuffle. The Village Grocer asks who the fellows are as the boy provides Bill Perkins as one of them.
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Sonny
Gghlla
Bill Perkins
Mysterious Phrase Fragments Stir Benton Advantiees
Uneven OCR fragments mention Benton Advantiees and a strange line about singular chin and futures. Readable text hints at a local note or ad fragment, with unclear context and no identifiable events or dates.
Man of Importance Slips Past Guarded Doors
A visitor moves through six glass doors and talks to three secretaries before meeting the target, illustrating how a man of importance can be shielded in the Birmingham Age-Herald report.
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Birmingham
Hery Abd
Kansas City Star Snippet Sparks Domestic Exchange
In a brief Kansas City Star item, Mrs Hardin asks for sugar eggs butter and gas for cooking while Mrs Testy offers to share, reflecting a light domestic moment.
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Kansas City Star
Treeing the Family Tree in a Fragmented Note
A fragmentary OCR item notes a title Treeing the Family Tree with unclear author and date. The readable bits hint at a personal or local interest piece, lacking complete context or publication details. Further transcription is needed to establish full citation and content.
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