Deseret Grouse and White House Christmas Dinner
The article describes the White House Christmas celebration with Mrs Roosevelt, the private dining room, and the Christmas dinner served by colored waiters. It highlights Horace Vose’s 30 pound prize turkey, Cape Cod cranberries, Roosevelt potatoes, and the White House kitchen setup. It then profiles the desert grouse known as sage hen, its habitat in arid regions, its size, plumage, and culinary notes on flavor and tenderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
United States
Eportamen
Lewin and Clark
Executive Mansion
Horace Wade
Rhode Island
Liam
Oyster Bay
Henry Pinckney
Pinckney
Presidential Mansion
Quentin
Big East Room
Europe
Vatican Annulments and Amusing Ambitions in British Court
Vaticano annuls marriages when partners are not free agents and the piece traces Monaco royal unions, the role of the Vatican lawyers known as The Attorneys of St Peter, and Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appointing Hon. William Walsh as chief domestic officer at Dorchester House in London. It notes Walsh as third son of Lord Ormathwaite and comments on English noble etiquette and gratuities at Chatsworth.
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Whitelaw Reid
Vatican
Monaco
Mary Hamiton
Mary
Honce
Daton
Duke of Hamilton
St. Peter
Pius IX
Rampolla
Court of
St. James
Whitelaw Bell
Hickey
Ile
William Walsh
Walsh
Keidl
England
Eld
Court of St. James
Mr Reid
Reid
Ormathwaite
Petts
Dorchester House
Make Palace
Park Lane
Ambassador Beld
London
Hon
Rockefeller Helped Doctor Revisit River of Memory
Dr Gustav C F Weber of Cleveland once treated a young man paying by installments. The patient, John D Rockefeller, later returned seeking medical advice after a recurrence of the old trouble. Rockefeller offered $500 to Weber, who declined the fee and suggested giving to a poor student. The doctor asked what surgery was needed.
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Gustav C. FE. Weber
Cleveland
Ohio
Nuremburg
Weber
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Government Irrigation Plan Promises Westward Expansion
A Refrigeration Service report outlines a government irrigation program costing 32.87 million dollars to reclaim 1.829 million acres, boosting Western development. Estimates suggest 75 to 100 million additional irrigable acres exist, with private and public efforts shaping future settlement and population growth.
Humor of King Edward Returns From Europe Tales
Tale of King Edward in a dog cart helping a poor fish seller with his portrait coin and children’s shoes, plus a Prince of Wales tale at a theater fire where a pompous man refuses to help claiming he is a gentleman. The Prince responds that he is only the Prince of Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Edward
Prince of Wales
Cost of Columbus Fleet in Early Exploration
The article argues the cost of Discovering America was modest by modern standards. It notes £2000 to outfit three ships, Great Admiral Columbus earning $300 annually, other captains $200, crew wages $50 monthly, and emphasizes how far money’s value has shifted since then.
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Bac
Columbus
America
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