Shaw the Iowa Politician as Treasury Candidate
The piece casts former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw as a top Republican prospect for the presidency among nine contenders. It notes his Iowa roots Denison stories and humor while weighing how his fit with national office remains debated.
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James A. Edgerton
Obody
Treasury
Shaw
Leslie
Taft
Hughes
Cortelyou
Foraker
Keex
Fairbanks
Cannon
la Follette
Cummins
Senate
Roosevelt
Bryan
Peeriess
Joe Ganeon
Platte
Carnegie Trust Company
The Best Woman In the World Des Moines To
A humorous exchange about a love letter in a domestic context. The piece recalls Leslie Mortier Shaw born in Vermont sixty years ago, his rise from humble work to governor and secretary, and notes on his political stance as an organization politician preferred to reformers.
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Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Windsor and Empire Trust Companies
Shaw
Des Moines
Russell Sage
Yellowstone
Mrs. Shaw
Mount Vernon
Iowa College of Law
Denison
Alice Crawshaw
Clinton County
Methodist Church
Fite Bee
Shew
Willon J. Bryan
Iowa
Trust
Cssecie Trust Company of
Carnegie Trust
Secret midnight journey of Lincoln to Washington
Colonel Alexander K. McClure recalls being the sole surviving observer of Lincoln's 1861 Baltimore exit. The plan shifted from Baltimore reception to Philadelphia by special train, with Pinkerton and Kenney coordinating tickets and a secret cipher message signaling Lincoln's arrival in Washington.
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Washington
1861
Mough
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Alexander K. McClure
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Colonel McClure
Curtin
Lving
Henry S. Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Allan Pinkerton
Great Detective Agency
Frederick Seward
President Felton
Wilmington
Baltimore
Ward Jill Lamon
Scott
Army
McClure
Pinkerton
Springfield
Lll
West Philadelphia
Kenney
Lamon
Felton
Elect
Baltimore and Washington
United States
Westage
Schumann-Heink Returns to Opera Stage at Manhattan
The renowned German contralto Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink returns to the operatic stage at the Manhattan Opera House as Azucena in Il Trovatore. She recalls singing the role 2300 times in Germany and notes her eight children, two of whom, Henry and Hans, will pursue opera. She also discusses family, marriage to William Rapp, and a Chicago tea encounter with Mme Palmer.
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Mme
Schumann-Heink
New York
Manhattan Opera House
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Azucena
Germany
Carmen
Erda
Henry
Hans
Chicago
William Rapp
Honore Palmer
Mme. Schumann
Heink
Manuel II becomes Portugal's young king amid crisis
The Portuguese throne passes to Manuel II at eighteen after the assassination of King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis. Born in Lisbon in 1889, Manuel is tutored privately, joined the navy at fifteen, and favors his mother Queen Amelie. The report notes Lisbon’s hills, Moors heritage, and royal embalming customs, and mentions American diplomat Charles Page Bryan delivering condolences.
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Portugal
Manuel IL
Carlos
Luis
Manuel Maria Philippe Carlos Amalia
Luis Miguel Gonzagua
Xavier Francisco d'Assisi
Eugenio
Due de Beja
Amelie
Lisbon
Navy
Charles Page Bryan
Bryan
Francisco Loomis
Brazil
South American
United States
Minister Bryan
Chicago
University of Virginia
Columbia Law School
Colorado and
Ilinois
Tagus
Ajuda Palace
Cintra
Alfonso L
Lisbom
Tories Told 1.1 Congress and Boston Republicans
An odd coincidence links two Massachusetts Democrats Andrew J. Peters and Joseph Francis O’Connell, both born in Boston in 72, both bachelors, both Harvard Law graduates. The piece also notes Peters’ Harvard BA and LLB, plus prior service in Massachusetts politics and militia. It recounts anecdotes about Representative Hughes’ daughter and a naming mispronunciation incident involving Curtis Guild Jr. and Senator McCumber during Roosevelt-era tours.
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Maesay Iwetla
Boston
Andrew J. Peters
Joseph Francis O'Connell
O'Connell
Massachusetts
Mr. Peters
Peters
Harvard
Massachuset's Legisature
Senate
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