Gridiron Club Dinner Lights Up Washington Society
The Gridiron Club held a lavish Saturday night dinner at the Arlington with 200 guests in festive costumes. The event featured a fortune teller, musical bits, political satires focused on McKinley era figures, and remarks from dignitaries including President Coolidge and Fairbanks.
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Roosevelt
Santa Fe
Morton
Coolidge
Fairbanks
Senator Beverage
Cortelyou
Gorman
Cannon
Cockrell
Elkins
Davis
Delos 2
Cook
Erie Road
Goodly Company
Crosby S. Noyes
H. V. Boynton
William J. Curtis
Rk. M. Larner
London
Paris
Vienna
New York
Leupp
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Memorial Banquet in Mourning House of Macfarlane
A Scottish settler in the Ainslie district keeps a memorial room for each of his eight wives. He hosts nightly banquets in rooms decorated in black with tombstone motifs after each wife's death, while new brides must accept strict vows including honoring the dead and avoiding the rooms.
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Sable
Mackarlane
Take Ainslie
Mary McLean
Macfarlane
Margaret Mifeetrick
Yriblic
Macfarlane No
Ji Willfa
Sydney
Miss MacDonald
Boston
Sleep Phenomena Through Ages Tell of Ancient Wonders
A historical note surveys long slumbers from Rip Van Winkle tales to the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and reports of a modern nineteen year sleep in a woman with epilepsy. It cites Alexander Suagninus on icy folk who slumber from November to April and exchange goods upon waking, highlighting timeless mystery and strange lore.
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Rom
France
Arcins
Ephesus
Decius
Mt. Caelius
Alexander Suagninus
Verona
Muscovey
Fucomaice
Prospective buyers clash over autos at street corner
A salesman confirms credit sales and returns as onlookers discuss spending. Mrs Hints and Mrs Kidder hint at hidden money while officer chatter about a loud man near yacht race bulletin boards provides local color. Johnnie notes a wedding notice in the paper, Willie quips about the society page.
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Officer Toole
Revealed Hearts and Deceit Entwine a Love Trial
In a tense domestic drama a young man confronts a lover and her deception over a rich emotional tangle. Jealousy, confidences, and a Valentine accusation drive the confrontation as the couple clings to hope amid betrayal. An older mentor weighs control and forgiveness.
Not Resting. Williams recounts a Mississippi roadside encounter
The Hon. John Sharp Williams describes stopping near his Mississippi hometown where he found a Black man resting under a tree with a hoe beside him. A nearby corn field showed weeds, and the man explains he is not resting but waiting for sundown to quit work. He tells of a cigar incident ending with a man dying after smoking it.
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Philander C. Johnson
Washington
Eoening Star
Richard H. “Lindsay
Cansis City
S. 18. Johnson
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Philander
Lindsay
Johnson
William B. Allison
William B
Kansas
Eugene FP. Ware
Henry G. Davis
Democratic Campaign Fund
Thomas ‘Taggart
Weather Bureau
Miss Democracy
Missouri
Ima
Dr Ter Kitty
Enoushie
Haseney
Rig
Chaseney
Choseney
Eric
Mann
Trims
Jove
Thaseney
Marttia
John Sharp Willias
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Mr. Williams
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Gridiron Club
Paul Morton
Himself
Piero
Morgan
Washington Post
Ratu-ta-ra
Arlinging
Frent
J. P. Morgan
Nebraska
Aitend
Seniator Davis
William J. Bryan
Thomas Pargsart
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Watson
David B. Hnl
Eugene Debs
Willian R. Hearsé
Thomas Jefferson
Duly
Senirbanks
Senate
Pairbanks
Cackrell
J. PY. Morgan
Jimmy
John MacFarlane
John Naelarkisa
Ainslie
Maclarkine
Ruth McDonald
Mislarkine
Johnnie
Willie
Society
MNE
Aniarestag
Paul
Sining
Tie
Sue
Iurie Oy
Neos
Bneya Chaseney
Knox
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