Most Beautiful Woman in America Crowned
The selection of the nation’s most beautiful woman centers on Mildred Williams Farwell, wife of Chicago magnate Walter Farwell, with judges praising her Gibson girl elegance. Her mother, Mildred Williams, was once Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass, famed for beauty, linking two generations of social prominence.
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Painted Post
New York
Ilinois
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Farwell Brothers
Texas State Capitol
Reginald de Koven
Stephen A. Douglass
Gen. Williams
United States Army
Western America
Poser
Rolin Hood
Hobart Chatfield Taylor
Fairbanks Aims for 1908 Nomination and Delegates
Fairbanks plans shift to national pursuit with Indiana as base and Illinois support led by Dawes. He counts on Ohio while pressing southern delegate gains and learns from Hanna's methods to lock in convention momentum. Indiana factional fights favor Fairbanks over Beveridge as he consolidates backing for a western standard bearer.
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Hanna
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Dawes
Fairbanks Boom
Ohio
Taft
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Foraker
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Hoosier
Gaikwar of Baroda Displays Unmatched Oriental Wealth
India’s richest potentate, the Gaikwar of Baroda, showcases a jewel carpet four yards square woven from rubies, diamonds and pearls. His diamond necklace and five hundred diamond collarette, including the Star of the South, crown a treasure trove accumulated across centuries.
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Orient
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Baroda
Milton
East
John D. Rockefeller
Gaiker
Origa of Easter and its varied names
The text explains that Easter is named after the Saxon goddess Easter or Oster. It notes alternate origins for the term and cites regional names such as Bright Day in the East and Great Night in Bohemia.
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Bohemia
Easter Greetings In Russia A Red Egg Symbolizes Resurrection
On Easter in Russia men visit homes and greet each other Jesus Christ is risen with Yes He is risen. They embrace drink and exchange a colored red egg presented to the parish priest. Ordinary people carry a red egg for several days as a token of the Resurrection.
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Russia
Jesus Christ
Oriental Egg Gambler Tradition in Mesopotamia Easter Row
Hyde describes a custom among Christians in Mesopotamia on Easter and forty days later where eggs are used in a game. Players strike eyes of eggs together and the first broken egg wins. the winner’s egg then faces the next egg in succession until all eggs are claimed, with owners previously winning eggs collecting the spoils.
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Hyde
Mesopotamia
Savannah
Immigrant Grant Patterns Highlight Southern Origin
The bulk of Italian immigrant grants originate from southern provinces, especially Sicily and Calabria, with most immigrants described as farm bred.
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Sicily
Calabria
Roosevelt Likely Unopposed If He Seeks Reelection
A nominating convention may be unnecessary if Roosevelt runs again. Seen as the obvious choice for the presidency, his candidacy would render the Fairbanks party effort futile, given his standing with the public and party machinery.
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Fairbanks Party
Sleeping Car Acquaintances at the White House
Representative Smith of Maryland hears a playful tale about meeting Archibald Roosevelt Kermit and Quentin Roosevelt at the Executive Mansion. Guards explain the boys as Roosevelt children and the congressman muses that their names sound like sleeping car names, as if watching a rapid express train.
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Representative Smith
Maryland
Kermit
Quentin
Mr. Smith
Magazine Jam: A Bite of Current Good Things
A light editorial note extols magazines packed with "good things" as a convenient source of nourishment for busy readers. The playful line suggests preferring compact, varied content over heavy meals, aligning with a lifestyle of ease and abundance.
Purple blossoms often hide poisonous compounds
Many purple flowering plants carry toxic elements. nearly all such species contain compounds unsafe for ingestion or contact. This warning highlights the common risk among ornamental or wild purple blooms.
A Darky Christening Third Letter of Account of Trip
The writer travels through Jacksonville Savannah and Richmond visiting Baptist colored immersion ceremonies. In Eustis a lake baptism near a hotel is described with vivid scene setting. A Primitive Baptist service in Egypt features loud singing, ecstatic shouts, foot washing and a holy dance with a mass of attendees.
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Jacksonville
Savannah
Richmond
Eustis
Lake Gracie
Egypt
Primative Baptist
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