Washington Letter highlights social rituals and political anecdotes
A Washington Letter describes dignified receptions at the Austrian legation, notable guests including Secretary Root, Roosevelt anecdotes with Groton School students, and profiles of Senator James K. Jones and Rep Foss. It covers the new naval committee rooms, Mrs. McLaurin, and a local boarding house fire with a humorously mislaid loss of “fifty three pieces” of property.
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Baroness Hengelmuller
Secretary Root
Legation
American Historical Association
Andrew Lang
Lang
Western Reserve University
Western Reserve
Roosevelt
Groton School
Massachusetts
Groton
Theodore
Worcester
Mr. Roosevelt
Louis Fairchild
Wisconsin
Boston
New England
Fairchild
Harvard
Frye
James K. Jones
Senate
Jones
House of Representatives
Arkansas
United States
Democratic National Committee
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Foss
Chicago
Capitol
Record-Breaking Wedding Of Alexander The Great
A legendary wedding at Susa marks the record for mass nuptials. Alexander the Great wed Statira and united 100 Persian and Medean noble families with 10,000 soldiers marrying 10,000 Asiatic women, totaling 20,202 marriages. A vast pavilion, golden vessels, and lavish tapestries accompanied the ceremony as brides and bridegrooms took their places before the royal throne.
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Alexander of
Macedon
Susa
Alexander the Great
Persia
Alexander
Statira
Darius
Antwerp Ivory Market Leaders in Global Trade
Antwerp has been the world's top ivory market since 18. In the three months ending November 1 it sold 180000 pounds of ivory, with 146000 from the Kongo basin, now the largest source. Much ivory derives from old stock or bone remains rather than recently killed elephants.
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Antwerp
Kongo Basin
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emporia
Marton Cunningham
Kans
Attar of Roses Drives Bulgarian Rose Industry
Attar of roses remains Bulgaria's most profitable product, producing over $100,000 annually. Shipka, famed for the Turko-Russian war’s decisive battle on January 7, 1877, lies at the heart of the country’s rose gardens.
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Bulgaria
Shipka
Europe’s Future Queens Highlight Richest and Brightest Princes
The article surveys European royal daughters and brides, naming Princess Sue of Sweden as one of Europe’s wealthiest princesses and tall, outspoken. It notes Crown Princess Ferdinand of Roumania’s English interest, the Greek and Danish connections, and the Baden Prussia lineage. The piece also mentions the Bavarian princesses Marie Gabrielle and Marie Rupert, and Princess Sophia’s amiable nature amid a royal network of marriages and dynastic ties.
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Denmark
Roumania
Europe
Sue
Charles XV
Sweden
Louise
Netherlands
Ferdinand of
Oubiania
S:burg-Gotha
Ferdinand
Victoria
Sparta
Greece
Frederick
Sophia
Baden
Prussia
William I
Oscar Gustave
Princtoria of
Gustave IV
Adolf
Bernadotte
Scandinavia
Albert
Flanders
Belgium
Charles Theodor
Bavaria
Munich
Charles ‘Ineodor of
Marie Gabrielle
Rupert of
Dutch in South Africa and the language in courts
A column argues over whether Dutch should be permitted in Transvaal and Orange River courts after British control. It notes English bans under the Boer regime, limited Dutch use in the Cape, and predicts ongoing friction as magistrates and judges must maintain Dutch knowledge to avoid fading away.
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England
Transvaal
Orange River
Cape
Charter of Justice
Delta Gamma Sigma Chapter Aims To Change Reputation
Northwestern University Chicago sorority members of Delta Gamma disclose in their organ their plan to counter a long held label of being man haters. They celebrate three former members announcing engagements and urge collective support to prove the stereotype false.
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Sigma
Delta Gamma _ Society
Northwestern University
Chicago
Better Late Than Never Puck Quip on Newspaper Merit
A humorous exchange from Puck contrasts the flood of hundredth-birthday notices with the press’s tardy recognition of merit. Hezekiah complains the papers are slow to honor worthy men while Jedediah quips about the growing number of such notices.
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Jedediah
Hezekiah
Puck
Kentucky Poor Counties Benefit From State Aid
Kentucky has 119 counties and eighty four receive more money from the state than they pay into the treasury. In 1900 Ireland faced at least 2 717 deaths attributed to cancer.
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Kentucky
Ireland
Fragmented historic Missouri notice page on sermons and cures
A Clinton county church door note previews Sunday and Monday sermons with scripture and revised Bible notes. The clipping promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Hall's Catarrh Cure, cites various cures and medicines, jokes about marriage and politics, and mentions Marshall's Remedy for rheumatism and a Kansas man cured of insanity by marriage.
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Missouri
Clinton County
Kansas
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