West's Big Bluff in Missouri Poker Game
Senator George Graham West, a stubborn Dingley bill foe, is profiled through a 1872 Missouri poker game with Dave Armstrong John L. Bittinger and Joe Rickey. The pot reached $1932 as Armstrong bluffed and West called with two pair, winning. The tale frames West as a blunt, obstinate figure boosting his political standing.
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Joe Rickey
George Graham West
Washington
Congress
Missouri
Ike Hill
McCarthy
Jefferson City
West
Dave Armstrong
St. Louis
John L. Bittinger
Armstrong
Lick
Bittinger
Vest
Dave
Jack High
Calloway
Massachusetts
Colonel Hill
McKinley and Mrs McKinley Attend Nashville Exposition
President William McKinley and his wife visit the Tennessee exposition in Nashville. The arrival at Maxwell House is greeted by mounted ex Confederates. Mrs McKinley receives roses and is escorted to the platform. Governor Bushnell and other dignitaries speak as the President extols American unity and prosperity. A hickory cane from the Hermitage is presented. The party then lunches at the West Side Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
McKinley
Ohio
Maxwell House
Exposition Auditorium
Kentucky
John W. Thomas
W. T. Clark
Centennial Commission
Asan S. Bushnell
Bushnell
Assignee's Sale of R T Almy & Co Stock in Boston
Bankrupt stock sale offers hundreds of elegant suits and overcoats at two thirds to half price. All wool tweeds and worsted suits in multiple styles, imported and American fabrics, with large discounts. Also a vast assortment of trousers and boys' suits. Sale opens Saturday at 8 A M at 590 Washington St Boston.
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New England
Boston
Star Valers
Fauntleroy
Csceeeeseus Gale
R. T. Almy & Co
Washington St
Cor
Hayward
Boston Mayor Defends Hospitality Budget For Postal Congress
Mayor Quincy asserts Boston can cover official guest entertainments with a transfer from the reserve fund. He says the financial committee approved the move to entertain Postal Congress delegates and the South American guests arriving next week. He denies any need for private subscriptions or contributions.
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Quincy
Postal Congress
Reserve Fund
Latin American delegates to visit Boston schedule
Forty six South American business leaders will visit Boston for two days arriving Monday evening at Park Square station. They will tour the city including the Vendome Hotel Keith's Theatre and the Waltham Watch Company plant with calls at the GE plant and shoe factories. They will depart Sunday evening after a Boston reception and Fall River tours.
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J. Putnam Bradlee
Nahant
Lynn
Oxford Club
General Electric
Vendome
Algonquin Club
Quincy
Union Station
Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Providence
Henry W. Peabody
Elwyn G. Preston
Bradlee
Thomas Mullen
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New York
Fall River Line
Fall River
Relief in Six Hours Patent Remedy Promises Fast Pain Relief
Fragmentary ad claims a quick relief remedy for pain in the bladder kidney and back with promised benefits for both men and women. The text is garbled but suggests a cure or remedy sold in the era, touting rapid action within six hours.
Model in Court Declares Man Insane Over Rejected Suit
Miss Rose Le Moine, a fashion model for Gibson and other artists, accused William McGovern in Yorkville Police Court of insanity and asked for Bellevue Hospital examination after he pursued her with threatening letters. The magistrate discharged McGovern, noting he did not seem insane but had acted foolishly.
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New York
Rose le Moine
Charles Dana Gibson
Carroll Beckwith
Archie Gunn
Yorkville
Pool
William McGovern
Miss le Moine
Bellevue Hospital
McGovern
Indiana
West Forty-third Street
Miss le Moline
Napoleon
Marcelle Berenger
St. Thomas
West Indies
Two Music Professors Wed Two Students in Syracuse
In Syracuse the College of Fine Arts sees two weddings as student brides Maud Van Tassel and Anna Enugenia Baker marry Professors Adolph Frey and William H. Berwald. The pairs met during year long studies and will travel to Europe and America for summer plans.
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Syracuse
College of Fine Arts
Syracuse University
William H. Berwald
Adolph Frey
University of Stuttgart
Frey
Berwald
Tne Arts School
Anna Enugenia Baker
Auburn
Bernard
Maud van Tassel
Baker
J. W. Brainard
Second Presbyterian Church
Professor Frey
M. E
Kenyon
Miss van Tassel
New York
Germany
Duquesne Mre Co Wheels Sent For Trial
A note on Duquesne Mre Co at 960 Columbus Avenue lists trash and good wheels and ranks Duquesne as among five best made with price points of around 50 or 100 dollars. The item is sent for trial.
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Duquesne
Duquesne Mre, Co
Columbus Avenut
Divorce Granted to Mrs Minnie E Coutant in Newburg Case
Mrs Minnie E Vaughn Coutant received an absolute divorce from William A Coutant Jr known as Lord Willie in Long Island City Supreme Court. Testimony showed Coutant living with Laura Helen Mullen after a brief marriage and a rash public persona including stunts in Newburg Boston and as a self styled mayor. The tale traces past schemes and a character described as a man of moderate means with a flamboyant history.
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New York
Minnie E. Coutant
William A. Coutant, Jr
Lord Willie
Newburg
Gayner
Supreme Court
Long Island City
Ceutant
Jonathan Deyo
John F. Graham
Washingtonville
Orange County
Laura Helen Mullen
Coutant
M. E. Vaughn
Poughkeepsie
West Shore
Bais
Newbury
Courant
Boston
Credivers
Miss Mu
Washington love story ends in Jewess conversion
A Washington social romance centered on Paul May, Belgian attaché, and Miss Belknap, daughter of the ex Secretary of War. Miss Belknap will renounce her faith and become a Jewess, with a bath of purification, to wed the Belgian envoy’s son in a high ceremony. The tale spans eighteen months of betrothal, family opposition, and social upheaval as the couple seeks final acceptance.
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New York
The
Journal From
Washington
Paul May
Legation
Belknap
Belknaps
May
Belgium
Mr. May
Miss Belknap
Blike
Belgian legation officer to be attached here after Japan posting
Mr May arranged transfer to Japan as part of the Belgian legation. He was sent to Japan a year ago and now finishes probation. He plans to return to Belgium and soon after be sent to this country to be attached to the Belgian legation here.
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May
Japan
Belgium
Miss Gould Prizes For Tarrytown High School Students
Helen M. Gould of Tarrytown has offered three prizes for a student essay on Washingtons Patriot ism civics exam and a girls declamation at the June 18 commencement in Music Hall. She also donated 10 dollars to the baseball team for new uniforms.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Helen M. Gould
Tarrytown High School
Washington
Music Mall
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Jordan, Marsh & Co
Washburn
Credit House
BPO
Pasemay
McKiney
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Greater Boston
Miss Rosé le Moin
Man
Leopold Morse & CO
Washington Street
Leopold Morse
Miss Gould
Dayton
Mary Stanley
Woodland Cemetery
Mary
Munroe
Clarendon
Ark
Stanleys
Woodland
W. A. Hale
First Reformed Church
WA Lathrop
Lisbon
N. H
Ida F. Lathrop
George Brummer
Bram
Thomas M. Bram
United States Circuit Court
Colt
Casey
Messrs. Cotter
French
H. G. Johrson
H. G. Johnson
North Scituate Life
Constitution Wharf
Long Ledge
Winot
Taurus
Sawyer
Jack Nugrat
Cheaterton
Fella & OO
Patindelpis
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