Afternoon garden parties and society events at Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt opened a series of garden parties at the White House grounds drawing nearly 600 guests from 4 to 6 pm. A later party at the Spanish legation aided St Agnes Industrial Home with booths selling Paris millinery amid festive crowds. The Washington Symphony under Reginald DeKoven delighted audiences with Paderewski as soloist. Congress figures shared humorous anecdotes and a farewell dinner marked Secretary Long’s last day.
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Washington
the Journal
Spanish Legation
St. Agnes
Duchess d'Arcos
Miss Lowry
Legation
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Reginald de Koven
Mme. Cambon
Rochambeau
White House
Summer gowns and traveling fashions in New York
Maude Griffin reports on Gotham style as society shifts to country resorts. Traveling fabrics include alpaca and tweed with tassels and rich silks. Hats, lace, velvet, and floral trims dominate, with new French sailor styles and practical accessories for the summer season.
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New York
Journal
Gotham
Maude Griffin
Simmons Pleased With the Senator
An account notes the long friendship between Senator Simmons and Arthur Simmons a veteran colored doorkeeper. Arthur explains their kinship through shared lineage and their boyhood bond, calling the senator a good man and expressing pride in their friendship.
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Senator Simmons
Washington
Arthur Simmons
Arthur
Self-Made Man Question From a Visitor
A boy asks a visitor if he regrets not accepting help. The visitor replies he is a self-made man and expresses pleasure in the exchange. Ohio State Journal reports the remark as a small, moral tale from a local page.
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Talbert
South Carolina
Stokes
Little Bobbie
Sum Buddy
Bobbie
Ohio State Journal
Too Much for Papa Train of Thought Joke
A brief humorous exchange misreads a child asking for a conclusion. The father suggests reaching a train of thought as a pun, reflecting light editorial whimsy in the Y. Herald.
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Edt” Y. Herald
The Popular Song Echoes in Spring Voices
A Philadelphia Press snippet notes a monotonous song heard in spring repeating ping and ending pong as voices rise. The fragment emphasizes a simple, rhythmic tune heard amid seasonal awakening.
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Philadelphia Press
New York City Politics and Finance in a Turbulent Year
The piece surveys New York politics with Mayor Low caught between reformers and influential backers over Sunday law enforcement. It notes Pierpont Morgan concerns on steamship trust finance, McKinley Memorial, a new McKinley Square, the Absorption of Absurdities around Prohibition, and a push to extend the eastern subway with a focus on banking power, National City Bank deposits at $123,000,000, and Morgan era finance.
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National City Bank of New York
J. P. Morgan
New York City
New York
Odella
New York Central Railroad
Lows
Pierpont Morgans
Steamship Trust
McKinley Memorial Fund
Board of
Aldernienm
McKinley Square
Franklin Avenue
Huston Road
Bron
National City Bank
First National
National Bank of Commerce
National City
New York Island
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