Wilson appoints cabinet names in 1913 era shuffle
President Wilson forwards to the senate the cabinet slate with William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State and William G. McAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury. Other picks include Lindley M. Garrrison as War Secretary and Josephus Daniels as Navy Secretary, all touted as notably able.
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Treasury
William G. McAdoo
New York
Lindley M Garriron
New Jerery
Jonece
Memeynolde
Tennessee
Albert J Murlenon
Texan
Navy
Jonophan Rantels
North Carolina
Franklin K. Lane
California
Boortary of
Agriculture
David A Houston
Miscouri
Comtaere Wither
Rodfeld
William EL. WH
Pennsylvania
Me. Bryan
William J. Bryan
David F. Houston
David Franklin Houston
Washington University
St Louis
Wilson
Houston
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
William 8. Wilson
William Ituachop Wilton
William Jennings Bryan
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Story Lesson on Elephant Courage and Loyalty
An illustrated tale recounts an elephant aiding a prince in battle. The elephant stays at the standard despite its mahout’s death, inspiring troops who recapture the field. After victory the elephant halts, waiting for its master’s return, endured by a loyal young bearer from the home village.
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H. Perry Robinson
Battlefeld
Nerbudda
Fragmentary Historic Riff on Social Scenes and Parades
A garbled OCR passage references envy of successful people and a remodeler nicknamed the We welhaiade man. It mentions a marriage, dislike from a wife, a military parade remark, a telephone operator, a burglar incident where nothing was taken, and vague chatter about misfortune and fear.
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The fragment references a court marshal process involving a trumpeter Jones and Winchester, with unclear surrounding details. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable names or events for a full summary.
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Winchester
Trumpeter Jones Bee
Three Glazers and a Mystery Dress Inquiry
A fragmented exchange mentions three Glazers and a woman in a strange dress. The dialogue hints at courtly or social confusion and possible sisterly ties within a family, leaving readers curious about identity and motive.
Unclear fragmentary dialogue on travel and plans
Fragmentary text shows dialogue about a husband in New York and a missed train with vague occasion to go. Names and context are unreadable, leaving only hints of travel and domestic conversation.
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York
Ancient arrow bead workshop exhibit in National Museum
In a Washington National Museum display five Potomac Indians are shown shaping arrowheads on piney ridge stony margins near Eighteenth Street. The scene illustrates quarrying and drilling techniques used before English contact, with each figure portraying tools and methods for shaping stone and bone elements of arrowheads.
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Ashington
National Museum
Piney Ranch
Eighteenth Street
Washington City
II the Great
Pinoy
Minnesota Row in Washington a Pre Civil War Landmark
The four story Minnesota Row on the north side of ft street near Second and New Jersey avenues in Washington was built before the Civil War by Henry M. Rice Stephen A. Douglas and John C Breckinridge. The center house housed Douglas the Rice house stayed with Rice and Breckinridge occupied the end. Alfred Lee a Georgetown peddler kept the estate after a mortgage was acquired by him.
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Washington
Minnesota Row
Ft Street
Second Street
New Jersey Avenue
Clive
T Street
Beaton Public School
Doug
Minis
Senator Rice
John C. Breckinridge
Kentucky
K Street
Stephen A. Douglas
Kreckinridge
Senator Ie
Alfred Lee
Georgetown
Rice
May Supply Residences for Cabinet Members
Representative Stephen W Ayres plans a Congress special session move to fund government homes in Washington for cabinet members. He proposes a half million dollars to buy residences, arguing such support broadens access to federal service and complements sizable federal building purchases recently approved.
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Congress
Washington
Stephen W Ayres
New York
Ollara
Representative Ayres
House
Altes
Ayres
Iit
Congress Pleased the Old Man Burleson in Capitol Farewell
The scene outside the capitol as Burleson hurries away from a long session focused on speeches and rumors. An old man blocks his path and declares a blank verdict nothing to say about what he did there, then quietly ends with a blessing for the people.
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Congress
Warlesan
Burlesog
Alec
Eaid
Burles
Texas
Burleson
Painting Window Hades and Renovation Tip
A reader describes repairing cracked window shades with household oil paint and encourages visiting a hardware store for supplies. The passage also includes a memory of a violent shooting near a street where a girl overheard the gunfire and believed someone had been wronged, mentioning her father.
Charity Boots Program Aided by Rent System
The Robert Browning settlement at Wentworth provides boots to poor children. Parents pay a small weekly rent until the boots’ retail price is covered, after which ownership returns to the settlement. This method avoids the waste of charitable schemes and keeps boots from being sold or pawned.
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Robert Browning
Wentworth
London Globe
Trying to Place Him in Politics and Crime Notes
A fragmentary Washington Star Crime Note questions a radical and contrasts a conservative path. Benator Sorghum quips about radicals seeking comfortable power. The piece mixes street crime notes and a joking poke at a young man learning to paddle his own canoe amid family wealth.
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Benator Sorghum
Washington Star
Local Figure Chooses Fortune Over Fame in Tale
Fragmentary text suggests a man offered a choice between fame or fortune opts for fortune with hope of later recognition. Unclear context and names due to garbled OCR.
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Haein
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William Qibbe McAdoo
New York City
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Lindley M. Carreon
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Charles G Garrison
New Jersey Supreme Court
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Interstate Commercie
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University of California
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Austin
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William G. Maddo
Secretary of
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Linsley M. Garrison
James C. M'Reynolds
Albert Burleson
David A. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Franklin KH. Lane
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