Romance and Weddings at the White House Through History
The article traces White House nuptials from 1811 to 1906, noting twelve weddings each a social milestone. It highlights Nellie Grant Sartoris’s 1874 ceremony as the era’s most brilliant, compares later weddings, and recalls Grover Cleveland and Alice Roosevelt Longworth as notable unions within the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Grant
White House
America
Miss House- Velt
Mr. Longworth
Miss Ouse- Velt
Asa
United States
Thief Executive
Roosevelt
Lst
Alice
Ellen W. Grant
Neliie” Grant
James Madison
Madison
Anna Todd
John G. Jackson
House of Representatives
Virginia
Washington
Marie Hester Monroe
Samuel Lawrence Gouveneur
New York
Monroe
Nellie” Grant
Algernon
Sartoris of
Jéngland
East Room
Miss Roosevelt
Longworth
Nellie
Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Russell Hastings
Blue Room
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Miss Folsom
Syerstary
Lamont
RS Marine Band
Firhishe Bhastaiale
Cleveland
West
Alice Lee Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Cycling crash leads to marriage of Gerald and Ethel
In a Somerset ride near Lynmouth, Gerald Sinclair rescues Miss Ethel Walrond from a dangerous downhill crash. Both recover, and in a hospital bedside encounter he professes love. Ethel agrees to marry, relinquishing her Women's Rights pursuits, tying their fates and political views to a shared life.
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Gerald Sinclair
Gerald
Richard Cunningham
Esaq
Ansteys
Ithel Walrond
Carlton Terrace
Ethel Walrond
the Ansteys
Miss Wal
Cab
Dick Cunningham
Miss Walrond
Fethel Walrond
Marlow
England
Ethel
London
Paddington
Walronds
Walrond
Lynmouth
Somerset
Devon
Chippenham
Patterdown
Bath
Wells
Bridgewater
Watchet
Somersetshire
Minehead
Exmoor
North Hill
Walley
Wadley Pool
Lottomers
Ivor
Woolley Wool
Wihel
Woolley Pool
Tie
Iithel
Iithel Walrond
Mr. Sinclair
Hthel
Joe Jefferson and Early Marriages
In Everybody's Magazine, Joseph Jefferson argues for early marriages. He cites a Yale address where he mocks lifelong bachelors, warns them they risk being left behind, and notes the appeal of timely commitment over lingering in bachelorhood.
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Joe Jefferson
Everybody's Magazine
Joseph Jefferson
Yale
Slaughter of Game in South Africa Tops Records
In four months of the 1904 shooting season about 27 000 head of game were sold on the Kimberly market after excluding small birds. figures show 3 402 springduck 244 duiker 1 816 stem buck 6 863 hares 3 897 korhaan 3 247 redwing 704 guinea fowl 229 wild duck 25 wild geese and 8 555 partridges and small birds. The total signals a surge in indiscriminate slaughter and calls for action.
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South Africa
Game Protection Association
Korhaan
William B Berry Named City Solicitor in New Bedford
William B Berry, blind since age seven and Harvard Law graduate, is chosen as city solicitor of New Bedford Massachusetts. Professor Koch reportedly plans to use his Nobel prize to fund a complete edition of his scientific writings.
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William B. Berry
New Bedford
Mass
Harvard Law
Koch
Early rising, a bad business plan for farmers and workers
A Chicago Tribune essay argues against early rising, claiming farmers are not healthier wealthier or wiser. It details the personal discomforts of 6 a.m. wakeups, critiques railroads and markets for forcing early starts, and concludes that late rising boosts mood and productivity, with exceptions for poets and hunters.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Board of Trade
Frontier Life Improvised Diplomacy in a Conversation
Mrs De Style and Mr De West debate frontier living. He prefers a wild region where enemies are shot over a settled area where friends are cut. The exchange contrasts danger and isolation with violence as a sign of vitality.
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Mrs. de Style
Mr. de West
What the Evening Wore
A humorous exchange recalls a storyteller who says the evening wore on a summer day while a heckler interrupts seeking a detail. The tale continues with the narrator insisting the season’s end matters little.
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Son of
Adams
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Mary Hellen
Philadelphia
Jackson
Delian Lewis
Nash Ville
Venn
Alphonse Joseph Yvertt
Mrench Legion
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Polk-Easton
Mary S8aston
Tennessee
Lucien GB. Polk
Williamsburg
Daniel Webster
Miss Tyler
Washington Society
Mr. Webster
Sir George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
J. E. Hodder Williams
AL Ethel
Gerald Sincai
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