Eclectic Headlines and Quips From A Troubled Year
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Tafts Pick Beverly as Summer Capital of United States
The Taft family, after a trial season at Burgess Point and Burgess Point cottage life, plan to return to Beverly Massachusetts each summer. President Taft renews the lease on the seaside retreat, continuing a long tradition of White House summers in the region.
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United States
William H. Taft
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Tittle Seashore
North Shore
Massachusetts
White House
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St. Lawrence River
Murray Bay
Canada
Mabel Boardman
Red Cross
Mrs. Taft
Boardmans
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Massachu
Secret Service
Taft in Beverly Choices North Shore for 1910 Summer
The Taft family selects Beverly Massachusetts as the summer White House with Miss Mabel Boardman guiding the move from Washington. President Taft plans a restful season with golf on premier North Shore courses, short land trips, and occasional fairs and conventions while maintaining security.
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Washington
Beverly
Alaska
Taft
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C. P. Taft
Cincinnati
North Shore
Archibald Butt
America
White House
Effort to Save Gowanus Stone House Site for Monument
Miss Georgia Frazer and Charles M. Higgins push Brooklyn officials to acquire two city blocks near Third to Fifth streets and Fourth to Fifth avenues for a monument and a children's playground. The project centers on the old Stone house at Gowanus, site of the 1776 battle, buried under 16 feet of earth, with a willow tree marking the spot. The plan received support from Mayor Gaynor, Borough President Steers, and others, and an appropriation from the Board of Estimate is anticipated.
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Georgia Frazer
Charles M. Higgins
Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Long Island
Third
Fifth Streets
Fourth and
Fifth Avenues
Urtchfield
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Streets
Gowanus
Stone House
Washington
East River
Higgins
Miss Frazer
Louis Grube
George Anderson
Thomas Easton
Newport
R. I
Prospect Heights
Board of Estimate
Maryland
Lord Stirling
Lord Cornwallis
Cortelyou House
Nicholas Vechte
Cortelyous
Litchfields
Gowanus Creek
Very Fishy Courtship Puns Turn Salt Shaker Into Cue
A playful exchange blends fisher terms into a courting scene as a fisherman’s daughter charms a suitor with pun laden lines. He vows devotion and steady companionship while she responds with a demure request for salt. The nautical wordplay hinges on fish related puns like sole, crabbed, limpet and herring.
A Quick Cat
A southern New Hampshire hotel owner recalls a childhood tale about a cat chasing a mouse from an open garret window. The cat leaped after the mouse caught it in mid air and whirled back through the same window.
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New Hampshire
Poker player builds home on a bluff tribute
An old joke notes a successful poker player paying tribute to his win by building a handsome home and claiming the work came from a bluff. The quip hinges on poker terms and construction humor.
Life in the Hospital Corridor Dialogues
A muted morning exchange unfolds between a doctor greeting Mr Schmidt and a janitor replying in a brief, curt hallway moment highlighting everyday work life and mutual respect in a care setting.
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Mr. Schmidt
Howdy
Doc
Life
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