Gibson Girl Weds English Heiress In Virginia Week Bridal
A Gibson Girl from Virginia, Nannie Langhorne Langhorne Shaw, has married William Waldorf Astor’s heir in England. The Langhorne sisters, famed beauties from Virginia, are noted for fitness and social prominence. The couple plan to reside at Cliveden, with Astor presenting jewelry and estates as wedding gifts. The article recalls Langhorne strength stories and social prominence.
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Gibson
England
Waldorf Astor
Charles Dann Gibson
Astor
Virginia
FPV
South
Nannie Langhorne
Bobby Shaw
Langhorne
Jong
Jtun
Langhorpe Shaw
William Waldort Astor
Warships in New York Harbor Stir Panic and Oil Spill
The New York harbor hosts a dozen U S ships drawing crowds as a fouled anchor leaks thousands of gallons of oil into the North River. Officials note the Tintois and other vessels faced navigation disruptions while Standard Oil pipes leaked, spreading a slick over the water and city streets.
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United States
New York City
North River
Bob” Evans
Metropolis
New York
Admiral Evans
Thevorld
North
Alow
Riverside Drive
72Nd Stree
Grant's
120Th Street
Prince Louis of Battesire
Paul Jones
Hudson River
Titnois
Oi Company
Becn
Illinois
New Ra Automobiles Impress at Omaha Trial Run
The Union Pacific in Omaha unveils a steel motor car designed for grades and gaso line power. On April 14 it traveled 158.6 miles in 4 hours 12 minutes, averaging 34 mph, with 4 minutes delays. on return 243 miles in 86 minutes at 42 mph, with a peak of 53 mph. Officials foresee gasoline propulsion transforming interurban rail. The car seats sixty, features shiplike ventilation, midcar entry, and provisions to become palace sleepers or dining-observation units for tours across the West.
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Grhops
Tnion Pacific Railroad
Omata
Neb
Omaha
Fremont
Grand Island
Elkhorn
South Omaha
Ao Expert Optolog. Will alcohol dissolve sugar
The quotation presents a playful exchange where Castle Loaque asserts alcohol dissolves not only sugar but also gold, brick houses, horses, happiness, love, and everything else worth having, framing alcohol as an all encompassing dissolver. The line blends humor with a hyperbolic claim about alcohol's power.
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Castle Loaque
American on road skates caravan escapes from Beirut
A caravan arriving in Beirut from Baghdad reported an American named Arthur Crawford who left the port early last month aiming to travel through Asia Minor and India on devices he termed road skates. The caravan’s report places him about one hundred miles east of Anab. He plans to continue his journey traversing Russia on roller skates.
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Crawford
Beirit
Williams
Bagdad
Feirut
Baggarah
Euphrates
Persian
Beloochstan
Beloochistan
Gulf
India
Russia
Beirut
Anab
Arthur Crawford
Asia Minor
President Hoosevelt and the virtue of courage
A quotation attributed to President Ho Roosevelt asserts that a boy who would not fight is unworthy. He argues that such a person is a coward or constitutionally weak and says he has taught his boys to take their own part. He condemns both cruelty and flinching as abominable.
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Hoosevelt
Theodore C. Williams
Hackley School
New York
San Francisco
London Sfeetater
Bradford
England
Conan Doyle A Sketch Of The Author And His Works
A biographical sketch details Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born in Edinburgh May 29, 1850, tracing his artistic family lineage including John Doyle and relatives. It covers his early talent, medical studies, Arctic voyage, years in Southsea, and the slow path to publication culminating in A Study in Scarlet and the birth of Sherlock Holmes.
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Sir Nigel
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Wonan Doyle
Edinburgh
Scotland
John Doyle
I. B
Ain A. Conan Doyle
British Museum
Charles Doyle
Rivhtrl Doyle
Dicky Doyle
Punch
Conan Doyle
England
Stonyhuret
Feldkirel
Germany
Doyle
Afric
Southsea
Beeton
Christias
Searle
Micah Clarke
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Civeden
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Bob
Evan
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Duke of Westminster
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Upper Thames
Gobler Sua
Nannly Shaw
Atlantic
Young Astor
Tom Jacuy
London
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Tylne
Cookham
Maidenhead
Thames
Publc Road
Caveden Woods
Mr. Astor
Claversy
Bank OF the Thames
Drs. Waldorf Astor
Gibson Girls
NEW RA Automobiles
Ean
Automobile Cat OF
Union Pacific
B. R. CO
Ao Expert Optolog
Charles F. Dole
Demoperazy
Main Street
Watertown, Mass
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