Gibson Girl Weds Virginia Heiress in Royal Fashion
Mrs. Waldorf Astor, one of the Langhorne sisters, marries a Virginia heiress heir to a vast English estate. The couple, with ties to Charles Dana Gibson, plan to reside at Cliveden. The wedding links American beauty, aristocratic Lineage, and immense wealth across two nations.
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Bobby Shaw
Langhorne
Virginia
Nannie Langhorne
Diana
Langhorne Shaw
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
Versailles
Empress Eugenie
Astor
Waldorf Astor
Nannie Shaw
Atlantic
Young Astor
John Jacob
London
Sancydia
Mrs. Waldorf Astor
Gibson Girls
Warships Move On as New York Harbor Delights Sightseers
The U S battleships and cruisers anchored on the North River drew crowds in New York while a fouled anchor ripped a Standard Oil pipeline, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the river. Ships were urged to clear the channel to restore navigation as crews wrestled the slick and officials investigated the risk to harbor traffic.
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United States
New York City
North River
Bob” Evans
Metropolis
New York
Evans
Riverside Drive
72Nd Street
Grant
125Th Street
Prince Louis of Battenburg
Paul Jones
Hudson River
Illinois
Standard Oil
Hudson
Ocean
New Rail Automobiles Open Era For Pleasure Travel
A Union Pacific rail car in Omaha builds a gasoline powered motor car for rail gauge use. Trial runs show 34 mph average over 153.6 miles with 53 mph on a segment, promising revolution in interurban transport with 60 passenger capacity and new ventilation.
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Union Viacific Railroad
Omaha
Neh
Overland Limited
Fremont
Grand Island
Eighborn
Qonada
Will alcohol dissolve sugar Expert opinion
A quotation from Castle Leaque claims alcohol will dissolve sugar and even dissolve gold, brick houses, horses, happiness, and love, asserting it will dissolve everything worth having. The remark links alcohol to broad dissolving power as an expert opinion.
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Castle Leaque
Traversing Russia on Roller Skates Caravan Arrives Beirut
A caravan arriving at Beirut from Bagdad reports an American rider, Arthur Crawford, who left the port last month to travel through Asia Minor and India on road skates. The caravan’s leader travels with the group near Unah about 100 miles east from there.
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Crawford
Beirut
Williams
Bagdad
Unah
Arthur Crawford
Asia Minor
India
President Roosevelt stresses duty and courage in boys
The president declares a boy who would not fight is worthless. He says a coward or constitutionally weak boy should be punished and that cruelty or flinching in his sons is abominable. He emphasizes teaching boys to defend themselves and take their own part.
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Roosevelt
Theodore C. Williams
Hackley School
New York
San Francisco
London Spectator
Bradford
England
Conan Doyle and the Birth of Sherlock Holmes
A biographical sketch traces Arthur Conan Doyle born in Edinburgh on March 22 1859 and outlines his artistic family background his medical studies in Edinburgh his Arctic voyage and early writing struggle. It notes his first Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual and his evolving career as a novelist.
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Sir Nigel
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edinburgh
Scotland
Johnn Doyle
Politica
Nf. B
Air
A. Conan Doyle
British Museum
John Doyle
Charles Doyle
Richard Doyle
Dicky” Doyle
Punch
Conan Doyle
England
Sherlock Holmes
Steinhorst
Feldkirch
Germany
Doyte
Doyle
University
Hope
Afric
Southsea
Beeton
Sherlock Holmés
Micah Clarke
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Artist
Bride OF Waldorf Astor
Cgne
Bob
Evan
New York Harbor
Duke of Westminster
Upper Thames
Cookham
Maidenhead
Thames
Cliveden Woods
Mr. Astor
Cliveden Mansion
Banks
the Thames
TMH
Automobile Car OF
Union Pacific
R. R. CO
Russia
Charles F. Dole
Main Street
Watertown, Mass
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