Hanly’s Chicago dream tainted by gallery jeers
Indianapolis report questions Governor Hanly s motive as he eyed the Chicago Republican convention and a Bryan-like moment. The piece portrays him as self confident and restless for a grand achievement while insiders debate whether factional plots and hostile reception derailed his bid to shape the party platform and nominate a candidate for president.
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Indianapolis
J. Frank Hanley
Bryan
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Hanly
Fairbanks
J. Frank Hanry
Indiana
Minority ‘Resolutions Committee
Hely
J. Frank Hanly
Isopodes and society mix in Washington high life
Dorothy Dale profiles Miss Harriet Richardson, a Smithsonian scientist famed for her work on North American isopods, split between society darling and devoted researcher. Her daily routine includes writing monographs, traveling for study, and mentoring at the Smithsonian while maintaining a glamorous social life.
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Washington
Harriet Richardson
Miss Richardson
Smithsonian Institution
North America
Wyoming Avenue
N. W
C. E. F. Richardson
Vassar
C. W. Richardson
Thackeray Substitute Story of Kennedy Writing Warrington Chapter
Distant tale recounts Colonel Latrobe stating Job P Kennedy wrote Thackeray’s Fort Duquesne escape chapter for The Virginians. Dinner dialogue reveals Kennedy offered to craft the geography accurate account. Original author Thackeray allowed it, leading to Kennedy’s influence on the chapter.
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Thackeray
George Warrington
Fort Duquesne
Potomac
Job P. Kennedy
John H. B. Latrobe
Kennedy
George Wirington
Forty-Eight Battleships Seen as Path to Peace
The article centered on Admiral Robley D. Evans urging Congress to fund forty eight battleships split between Atlantic and Pacific coasts. He argued a fleet of that size would deter any nation, enabling a sixteen-ship in-commission goal and ensuring peace through naval strength. He praised training, crew efficiency, and precise fleet maneuvers as keys to American security.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Robley D. Evans
Navy
San Francisco
Santa Cruz Bay
Connecticut
Robly D. Evans
Robby D. Evans
Navy Department
Congress
Oregon
Magdalena Bay
Wise Woman Flattery and Robby Evans Mourns Loss
The piece contrasts a clever wife’s use of flattery to secure happiness with the risk of overstepping in love. It notes a man’s devotion and the wise woman’s restraint as a path to marriage. Meanwhile Robby Evans faces the grim news that his beloved grandson has died, a tragedy kept from him to spare his heart.
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Golden Gate
Robby D. Evans
Robby DD. Evans
Honeymoon in Fright Car Nabbed in Chicago
May J. Bender of New York and a woman in men's clothes claimed to be his wife were arrested in Chicago after being found in a box car on the Sake Shore & Michigan Southern tracks. The woman’s hair was cut short with braids tucked in her coat. Bender said they wed in New York on May 18 and planned to settle in South Dakota on their honeymoon. They said they had no money and rode the box car out of necessity.
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Chicago
J. Bender
New York
Sake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Bender
South Dakota
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A. M. Norman
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