Miss Alice Roosevelt to Wed Longworth at White House
The social world awaits the mid February wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Rep Nicholas Longworth. The engagement followed a string of Orient party attentions and Longworth’s rise from Ohio state politics to the Fifty eighth Congress. After marriage the couple plans a European tour with grand receptions anticipated in Paris and London.
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White House
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Alice
Miss Roosevelt
Taft
Orient
Longworth
Europe
Viscountess de Chambrun
Alice Lee
Boston
Wee Ee
Miss Roose
Great East Room
St. Louis
Miss Catlin
West
Mr. Longworth
Harvard
Cincinnati Law School
Ohio House of Representatives
State Senate
Oregon Senator Mitchell Death Scandal Ignored by Senate
The United States Senate faced a unique case as Oregon Senator Mitchell died amid conviction for defrauding the government. No funeral honors or eulogies were held, and Oregon’s representation in Congress shifted amid indictments and pending trials of Hermann and Williamson.
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United States Senate
John H
Mitchell
Oregon
Burton
Kansas
Senate
Portland
Ore
Fulton
Iole
Congress
Chamberlain
Washington
Pacific Slope
Messrs
Binger Hermann
John Newton Williamson
Williamson
Senator Mitchell
Hermann
Napoleon
St. Helena
John H. Mitchell
Broderick
California
Terry
Foster
Connecticut
General Chaffee and the Soldier's Missing Fifty Cents
A veteran recounts his month's pay of 15.50 spent across dinner 8.00 cigars 1.00 theatre 4.00 and Bowery 2.00 totaling 15.00. When asked where the extra fifty cents went the soldier admits he spent it foolishly.
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Bowery
Easy Horse Division by Three Sons Solved
A farmer leaves one half to the eldest, one third to the second, and one ninth to the youngest across seventeen horses. An extra horse from a neighbor makes eighteen, allowing clean divisions of nine, six, and two. The neighbor departs with one horse and is dubbed Problem then Solution.
Peace Pact Ended Long Running Tribal Wars in Nevada
After warnings lasting over a hundred years and heavy losses, the Washoe and Piute tribes proclaimed peace. Capt. Pete and Capt. Dave, leading chiefs of their tribes, met in Reno with Johnny Kay to ratify the accord. A six day peace celebration will be held in Sparks with both tribes joining in the festival.
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Washoe
Capt
Pete
Dave
Reno
Nevada
Johnny Kay
Sparks
Northwest
Kansas forestry station gives away trees at 500000 yearly
Dodge City Kansas forestry station reports distributing about 500000 trees per year as part of a broad plantings program. The expanded scale since inauguration aims at altering Kansas climate conditions through extensive tree planting.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Ghost Points to Lost Mine Near Seattle
Local businessmen W E Bartlett and M C Black report a perilous, spirit guided quest to a hidden Cascades lode near Seattle. They describe a gray quartz ledge rich in gold, shown by a bottle of gold dust, and plan spring development after a dangerous winter expedition.
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Seattle
W. E. Bartlett
M. C. Black
Cascades
Bartlett
D. E. Ingels
Portland
Hitchcock and the land frauds and irrigation crusade
An analysis of Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior and his probes into land frauds, his push for national irrigation, and the resulting vast impact on public lands. The piece notes investigations leading to indictments, rumored cabinet changes, and the rail of land grabbers across state lines. It highlights irrigation as a central, nation shaping policy under his tenure.
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Hitchcock
Interior Department
McKinley
Interior
United States Commissioners
General Land Office
National House of Representatives
United States Senate
Veddany bin
North Platte Re
Congress
Presi
Roosevelt
Geological Survey
President
Public Lands Commission
Itchcock
United States
Hops Introduced to England in 1524 by Artoris Native
The article notes hops were brought to England in 1524 by a native of Artoris, famed for an Artesian well. Physicians condemned their use as dangerous and Henry VIII barred brewers in the kingdom from using hops in brewing.
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England
Artoris
Henry VIII
Sewing Machine Era Later and Worker Wages Dropped
For nearly fifty years the sewing machine has been in use yet the pay for shirt making remains meager. The unskilled worker gets only sixty to eighty cents per dozen shirts, highlighting low wages in garment production.
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Ohio
Mhon
Nicholas Long Worth
Velt
William S. Cowles
Anna Roosevelt
Mrs. Cowles
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Capitol
Government of Lands
Nick’ Longworth
Frances Benjamin Johnston
Alice Rcgosevelt
Richard H. Byrd
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
Nebraska
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