Presidential Wedding Highlighted by Canopy Roses
The ceremony at the White House marked by orchids and American beauty roses featured President and Mrs. Wilson pledging in a simple Episcopal service led by Dr. Herbert Scott Smith with Rev. James H. Taylor assisting. Gifts from cabinet members and guests filled the dining room while personal remembrances arrived from lawmakers and relatives.
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Salt
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret’s Protestant Episcopal Church
James H. Taylor
Central Presbyterian Church
William H. Bolling
Dr. Smith
Bey
White House
Houses of Congress
Virginia
Wytheville
Bolling
Pocahontas
Wilson
Matthew A. Maury
Anniston
Ala
Alexander H. Galt
Bertha Bolling
John Randolph Bolling
Richard W . Bolling
Julian B. Bolling
Ought to Be Unlawful Center Shot
A Raleigh News and Observer note cites Fayetteville Observer urging consistency in writing Christmas as Christian in forms like Nian X. The item mocks the Xmas shorthand and argues spelling reflects belief, calling for standard usage in public documents.
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Fayetteville
Nian
Newspapers in heaven may please everybody
A reflective line noting that if any newspapers exist in heaven they might satisfy all readers. The remark playfully contrasts ideal expectations with universal appeal. It centers on the notion of universal satisfaction in media.
Phrase about an English statesman and Henry Ford
A remark quotes an English statesman who called Henry Ford a man grown rich manufacturing perambulators and shows disregard for the hundreds of thousands who own automobiles. The line reflects class and industry tensions linked to Ford's car production.
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Henry Ford
Removing the Cause of Much Sickness
An advertisement extols Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing the intestines without griping or nausea. It claims constipation causes headaches and low spirits and includes a testimonial from W. A. McRae of Raleigh Georgia praising the product as thorough, gentle, and effective.
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W. A. McRae
Raleigh, Ga
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Rolfe E. Bolling
Panama
Richard W. Bolling
William G. McAdoo
Francis B. Sayre
Williamstown
Mass
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
Alice Wilson
Anna Howe
Philadelphia
Sisner
Anne Cothran
Josephine Cothran
Tumulty
Grayson
Gertrude Gordon
Galt
Raleigh News and Observer
Rain Coats
N. H. Silver CO
Vulcan
South Main
North Carolina
Service
Toyland
Alexander's Toyland
Santa Claus
Jerusalem
Richmond
High Point
Floral Co
High Street
North State
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