Miss Jessie Wilson to become thirteenth White House bride
Washington July 5 Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson will wed Francis Bowes Sayre and become the thirteenth White House bride. Sayre, 28, is chief clerk to New York District Attorney Charles Whitman and a Harvard Law School graduate with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Miss Wilson, 24, energetic and witty, pursued settlement work after graduating from Women’s College Baltimore and is active in W. W. C. O. affairs.
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Washington
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
White House
Francis Bowes Sayre
Princeton
University
United States
Segre
Charles S. Whitman
New York
South Bethlehem
Beerenceville School
New Jersey
Williams College
Harvard Law School
Sicma Ph Fraternity
Cargoyle Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Sayre
Robert Heysham Sayre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bethlehem Ironworks
Bethlehem Steel Works
Lehigh University
Miss Wilson
Wilson
Woman's College
Baltimore
Kensington
Philadelphia
Www. Co. AL
Axsons
Gainesville
Secretary Garrison Unites Northern and Southern Veterans at Gettysburg
The photograph captures Secretary of War Garrison between an A. R. man and a U. C. A. member at Gettysburg. He embraces the veterans, symbolizing reconciliation as the present federal army stands with the reunion crowd during the great veterans gathering.
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Gettysburg
Garrison
A. R
Mulhall Case Brings Four Former Congressmen to Inquiry
The inquiry names Representatives James T. McDermott of Illinois Thomas E. Watson of Indiana Charles E. Littlefield of Maine and Henry M. Coudry of Missouri. Mulhall accuses them of taking cash to aid NAM favored legislation and they will testify before the House committee.
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Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
James T.mcdermott
Illinois
Mulhall
House
Thomas E. Watson
Indiana
Taft
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Henry M. Coudry
Missouri
Guests and events brighten Trumbull Fourth at Linleys
Residents of Bridgeport and nearby towns visited the Linley home for July Fourth festivities. Rev J Yeoman Williams and wife report a warm wedding trip as they head to Lake Petroskie Michigan. Fireworks, music, a birthday party for Douglas Linley, and a bridge game highlight a day filled with family and friends across Daniel's Farm, Sport Hill, and Tashua. Local hay harvest advances amid heat, drought affects vegetables and berries, and Dora Brinsmade leads a Bridgeport party camping south of the parsonage.
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Albert E. Linley
James T. Gregory
J. R. Hands
Laura Smith
Philip Smith
George Knapp
Ira Evans
Rowland Martin
Bridgeport
Leon Roberts
Naugatuck
J. Yeoman Williams
Lake Petroskie
Michigan
Williams
Congregational Church
Yale
Cora E. Beach
Sport Hill
Robert Marsh
Erwin S. Fairchild
Charles Fairchild
Dorothy
Willard S. Plumb
Plumb
Fairchild
Great Barrington
Mass
Dwight Sims
Elizabeth Close
Frederick Porter
New Jersey
Nichols
Harry Coart
Edward Stroebel
Royal Thornton
Stanley Linley
Earl Thornton
Edward Thornton
Mary Plumb
Augustus Burr
Canada
Tashua
Dora Brinsmade
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Nineteen Prisoners To Transfer To Reformatory In Cheshire
At the July meeting of the Connecticut State Prison directors in Wethersfield the warden reviewed the list of nineteen prisoners aged 16 to 25 eligible for transfer to the Cheshire reformatory under the new law. The governor will receive the list for approval. The board also elected officers for two years with Edward A. Fuller as president and W O Burr as vice president.
What Will Be The Death Toll After Gettysburg
A historic battlefield scene shows two elderly veterans in a sweltering field hospital tent after the 63 fight. Nurses attend them while several thousand veterans suffer heat and camp illness as they head home before the celebration ends.
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Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg Poem by R Johnson 1913
Somber verse recounts the Gettysburg campaign with Meade and Lee charging, Pickett at the angle, and the Union victory at high water mark. Lincoln’s words inspire endurance as casualties mount and the field bears the scars of Blue and Gray.
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Pickett
Lincoln
Gettysburg
The Boys In Gray Honor Their Fallen Valor
A poem reverently recalls the Confederate soldiers who endured hardship and battle. The speaker honors the dead and suggests a shift from bullets to biscuits, celebrating their memory with quiet gratitude and national meditation.
Amended Connecticut Auto Laws Signed By Governor
Hartford July 5 amendments to state automobile laws aim to boost safety and curb noise. Key provisions require brakes on vehicles over 19 horsepower, mufflers to quiet exhausts, and a loud warning signal device. The law allows only necessary signals for danger and reflects broader safety trends seen in California and major cities.
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Hartford
Conn
Baldwin
California
Militant suffragettes blamed as church fires burn
In a northern Wales seacoast town militants are suspected after church fires including a Methodist chapel and a Baptist tabernacle. A separate incident in Bolton uncovered explosives in a parcel. Miss Annie Kenny and Miss Rachel Barrett were released from jail after hunger strikes amid cat and mouse custody. Sylvia Panhurst failed to appear in court over incitement tied to Downing Street clashes.
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London
Welch Seacoast
Pwilbeh
Baptist Tabernacle
Wales
Bolton
Nerins
New Town Hell
Annie Kenny
Rach Barrett
Miss Kenny
Sylvia Panhurst
Downing Street
Asquith
Lloyd George
Papp Appeals County Decision Over Crake Liquor License
Gabriel Papp of the West End fled notice in superior court appealing the county commissioners ruling to grant Annie Crake a liquor license. The commissioners had allowed Crake to relocate from 283 Hancock Avenue to 35 Bostwick Avenue. The case returnable to the September term of court.
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Gabriel Papp
Weet End
Annie, Crake
Mrs. Crake
Hancock Avenue
Bostwick Avenue
Sepes
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Sphase. Atteeheld
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Foote
New Haven
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Benjamin Birks
Helen
Benedicts
LeRoy Eastmann
Alfred Coari
George Benedict
Robert French
Messrs. Goddard
Mr. Ferris
Haston
Ernest Fitch
Herbert Dibble
Merrill Beach
Herman Stroebel
State Prison
Reformatory
Getiysburg
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Hell
Meade
Lee
Union
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