End of Treasury Luncheon Custom Observed by Cortelyou
Secretary Cortelyou ends ten year old Treasury lunch custom with assistants. Former practice started by Lyman J. Gage allowed daily group meals in the secretary’s room. Cortelyou now seizes meals at a nearby shop or when time allows, avoiding the former cabinet style gatherings.
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Cortelyou
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Gage
Mr. Gage
L. M. Shaw
The
White House
Levity On Supreme Bench In Pronouncing Unpronounceable Names
Justice Holmes guffawed at a long Hawaiian name during a Supreme Court decision. He warned he could not pronounce the appellants' names though the case No. 273 was clear in record. The moment drew light amusement from the bar while the justices remained grave.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Justice Holmes
Holmes
David Kawananakoa
Jonah Kalanianaole
Abigala W. Kawananakoa
Elizabeth K. Kalanianaole
Ellen Albertina Polybland
Justice McKenna
Art's Fierce Strain Worse Than Finance Worries
A survey of the artistic temperament and its toll on painters musicians and actors notes careers beset by nervous breakdown locomotor ataxia and aphasia. It cites Julian Story Emma Eames Heinrich Conried Maurice Grau Edward MacDowell Fritz Scheel and Richard Mansfield as examples of strain ending peaks of achievement.
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Sages
Morgans
Rockefellers Guggenheimers
Julian Story
Emma Eames
Mr. Story
Heinrich Conried
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Maurice Grau
Conried
United States
Caruso
Metropolitan Great Opera
Heinrich
Paris
Grau
Ing
Edward MacDowell
Poe
MacDowell
Fritz Scheel
Philadelphia Orchestra
Europe
Scheel
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss
A Diet for Tramps Cartoon Joke
A quoted exchange from Harper’s Weekly portrays a tramp seeking food and a housewife replies they cook by electricity. The humor hinges on peeling shocks from electric wires to eat currents, reflecting wartime era irony.
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Harper’s Weekly
A Viking Of The Northwest. Michael Sullivan's Daring Rescue
Michael Sullivan, first mate of the Mansfield, saves the ship and his future with Marion Houston after the Mansfield wrecks at Greysolon. He guides the Scioto through a harbor channel in a 60 mph storm, earning praise and a husband’s vow to protect Marion.
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Michael Sullivan
Mansfield
Massassou
Greysolon
Nottingham
Sullivan
Marion Houston
Cleveland
Thompson
Marion
Fernald Transportation Line
Michael
Scioto
Keweenaw Point
Houston
Lee Pier
Marlon Houston
Capt
Chauffeur Prospective Humbles Boss With Hospital Excuse
A Washington business leader buys a seven seat gasoline car but struggles to hire a driver. He interviews a quiet middle aged man who promises references in a month. The applicant explains his former employer is in the hospital, delaying verification.
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Washington
Bald Heads in the Senate
The article notes three senators Clark of Montana Carmack of Tennessee and Spooner of Wisconsin retired March 4 leaving the sixty first congress with a bald headed majority. It suggests the bald headed group could reorganize Senate committees and shape the new senate.
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Senate
United States
Clark
Montana
Carmack
Tennnessee
Spooner
Wisconsin
Fairbanks Expands Entertainments At White House
Vice President Fairbanks is entertaining more than before and has hired a chef who has priority with market people near the White House. Unusual studies claim his living expenses jumped from 29 100 per year to 100 000 in a short period.
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Fairbanks
White House
A Strange Granary at Bankipur Still Unused
A 1783 golah granary at Bankipur India remains unused though 426 feet around and 12 feet thick walls support an interior 109 feet across. It stands about ninety feet high and may hold 127000 tons with an extraordinary echo noted from the building’s center.
The Big Stick Defense Caution on Misuse
A concise note warns that a strong tool or power is safe only when kept from misuse. It stresses vigilance against those who might wield it for harm while acknowledging its value when controlled.
Short Change System Spreads in New York Shops
The article notes a growing作弊 pattern called short change in New York, flourishing in ticket offices and shops. It especially grows with dumbwaiters as deliverers claim too little was sent or that change was returned, arguing a transit loss.
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New York
Dirt in politics sparks whisky remark by Uncle Allen
Uncle Allen Sparks comments on politics saying there is so much dirt in the arena that mixing unlimited whisky with it explains the campaign mu. The quote reflects blunt satire on political campaigns and corruption.
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Allen
Allen Sparks
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