American Heiress and Banker Tie in Glorious US Wedding
Tomorrow the Whitney Vanderbilts will witness the greatest American wedding yet in New York with Harry Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt. The romance began on rail journeys and drew support from Yale friendship and Newport rivalries. The couple, both practical and ambitious, vow to keep millions in America and avoid foreign titles.
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New York
Gould-Castellane
America
Whitney
Moses Taylor
Miss Vanderbilt
Harry Whitney
Taylor
Willie Vanderbilt
Newport
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Fifty-seventh Street
Whitneys
Yale College
Young Whitney
Vanderbilt House
Gertrude
Severe Western Storms Sweep Indiana and Ohio
Despatches report violent storms across Indiana and Ohio with lightning and heavy rain. Arthur Foss 14 died near Rome City Indiana. Rev T J Wright burned, family unharmed. Mrs John Baumgardner wounded fatally. Lester and Neil Bliss killed in Delphos Ohio. Wallace circus struck by cyclone. $10,000 damage. fourteen barns and several farmhouses struck. total losses around $20,000.
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Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Indianapolis
Rome City
Ind
Arthur Foss
Ellwood
T. J. Wright
Wright
Greensburg
John Baumgardner
Wae Bash
Lester Bliss
Neil Bliss
Delphos
Hobart
Smith
Wallace Circus
Boston widow jumps overboard on Atlantic voyage
Mrs. H. M. Stephenson of Boston, aboard the Spaarndam with her son Walter, leapt from the hurricane deck on Aug. 26 while in latitude 44 16, long 65 48, near Boulogne sur Mer. The steamer backed and a boat was launched but she was not seen again. Her husband, Harris Stephenson, is a Boston architect.
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New York
H. M. Stephenson
Boston
Walter
Spaarndam
Boulogne sur-Mer
France
Post
Harris M. Stephenson
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Stephenson
Amy Stephenson
Arthur
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Sun
Chestnut Street
Harris Stephenson
Pemberton Square
Severe wind storm roils Midwest and South
A powerful storm swept Illinois Missouri Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma Territory causing multiple fatalities and widespread damage. Pohl's Hotel in Mendota Illinois and several homes were unroofed while Mascoutah fields were destroyed. In West Plains Missouri a grandstand collapsed injuring fifteen. A farmhouse near Browning Missouri killed a wife and infant. a boy died at Edina Missouri from a falling tree.
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ST. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma Territory
Mendota
Ill
Pohl
Mascoutah
West Plains
Ball Park
Browning
Thomas Gooch
James
Edina
Peter Lorey
Morton Will Run Des Moines In
Secretary Morton signals willingness to be nominated by the Indianapolis convention. He urges maintaining the gold standard and questions silver as money. He warns that abandoning gold could bring discredit and harm to supporters.
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Des Moines
L. M. Martin
Sound Money Democratic Organization
Morton
Iowa
Sound Money Democrats
Indianapolis
United States
Congress
Knee pants makers strike spreads in New York
More than 1800 knee pants workers walked out in New York City after the Knee Pants Makers Union endorsed a general strike. A committee will draft a new contract to be presented to contractors tomorrow or Tuesday.
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New York
John Chamberlain Dies at Grand Union Hotel
John Chamberlain, renowned Washington hotel keeper, died at the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs on the night of August 2.
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Saratoga
N. Y
John Chamberlain
Washington
Grand Union Hotel
McKinley Campaign Manager Hanna Visits Boston for Funds
William McKinley’s national campaign chief Mark Hanna arrives in Boston meeting with Massachusetts Republican leaders and the Arkwright and Home Market Clubs. He aims to raise nearly 2 million dollars for the education campaign and tariff support, with Osborne arranging the visit and a Boston reception planned at Young’s Hotel and Beverly Farms.
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Mark Hanna
William McKinley
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Hanna
Young’s
Arkwright
Home Market
Washington
McKinley Fiddler
McKinley Forces
Bill Osborne
Means
New York
Boston
Union Station
Cohasset
Beverly Farms
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The
Win, Smith & Sons Sem
Columbia
Bexbury
Waitt & Bond
of the United
Liotoing
Ohio Town
John Chamberland
Burdett
Chamber of Commerce
Prospectus
Kinsey
MR. Hanna
Youngs
Mr.hanna
WM. Mskinley
Manna
Maine
Vermont
McKinley
James F. Rhodes
Atlantic Ocean
Osborne
General Osborne
Delft
Paine Furniture CO
Canal Street
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