Longworth Roosevelt Wedding Plans Stir Washington Society
Interest in the White House union of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas Longworth resurges as details emerge of a planned 1905 wedding. The couple will set up in Washington and travel abroad next June, with families and social circles closely watching.
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White House
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Longworths
Eighteenth Street
London
Countess de Chambrun
France
Miss Roosevelt
Alice Lee
George C. Lee
Boston
William S. Cowles
Anna Roosevelt
Mrs. Cowles
Nellie Grant
Longworth
Roosevelt
President Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Executive Mansion
Mr. Longworth
Tom Shevlin's Bride to Be and a Long Island Farm Tale
Yale captain Tom Shevlin wins Elizabeth Sherley of Louisville in a romance tied to his 1903 football prominence. A separate story follows George Peterson, an orphaned farmhand hopeful on Long Island, who secures work via a newspaper ad, wins the Hempstead family’s trust, and finds love with Ida Hempstead after a turn of misfortunes.
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Tom Shevlin
New York Press
Tom” Shevlin
Yale
Elizabeth Brann
Sherley
Louisville
Brannin Sherley
Minneapolis
James J. Ho-gan
Shevlin
James J. Corbett
Great Britain
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Paris
John Pullman
Governor's Island
Josh Hempstead
Ida
Long Island
Josh
New York
Hury
George
Ida Hempstead
Joseph Hempstead
George Peterson
Hempstead
Nmne
Brooklyn
Hempstead Farm
Mra Hempstead
N. Yu American
Ida Hempstood
George F Peterson
Idav
Geor
Handsel Monday Celebrates Gift Day Across UK Traditions
The article explains Handsel or gift Monday as the first Monday of the year celebrated by peasants and tradespeople in Britain Ireland and parts of Scotland and England. It notes gifts to servants postmen and other workers and warns against wasteful spending while urging prudent money management and restrained New Year resolutions.
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White House
Maria Monroe
President Monroe
Samuel I
Gouverneur
New York
Commodore Decatur
Elizabeth Tyler
John Tyler
William Waller
Williamsburg
Madison
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
England
New York Tribune
Absent minded professor tales from Westminster Gazette
Anecdotes about John Burdon Sanderson the absent minded Oxford regius professor of medicine known as The Burder. He stuffed pockets with chalky duster fragments and used his handkerchief to clean boards. He served luncheon twice thinking it encore and assisted guests into overcoats at departure. Meat trusts note ends with Australia price remark.
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Westminister Gazette
John Burdon- Sanderson
Regius
Oxford
the Burder
Sir Henry Acland
Sanderson
Miss Asland
Match Industry Boom Stuns 19th Century Readers
The text notes rapid growth in match production and distribution. It claims a daily output of 2,200,000 matches in paper boxes, with vast annual production and global trade. It highlights England hosting the largest factory and a dominant American-controlled trust, plus imports from Europe.
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New York
United States
Match Trust
England
Eri Ak
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Ohio
Withal
Harvard
Alibi
Chevy Chase
Massachusetts
Count de Chambrun
Vicomte de Chambrun
Migs Roosevelt
Marguerite Cassini
New England
Far East
Stee
Alice Rosevel
Mne
Washington, DC
Robert
Bart Day
Peterson
Handsel
Australia
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