Week in the Gay Capital City recounts White House visits and society notes
The Sunday Journal correspondent recalls Marquis Ito declining a White House dinner, Mrs. Roosevelt's spare-room arrangements, and Alice Roosevelt's social schedule. Admirals Schley and Schrey receive ovations, while Miss Edyth Patten’s wedding plans proceed and Mrs. Cushman K. Davis plans to settle in Washington as a notable society figure.
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Sunday Journal
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Potomac River
Virginia
Washington Monument
McKinley
Alice
Ethel
Yale
Edyth Patten
Corbin
Miss Patten
Dry smoking linked to incipient paresis diagnosis
A doctor warns of a man who perpetually smokes a lit cigar in public as a possible sign of emerging paresis. The physician cites Lombroso Maudsley and other experts and urges close watch on the friend’s behavior.
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Dreness
Phyai- Gan
Irwell
Lombroso
Maudsley
Ad and He confront truth about kiss in Detroit Free Press
A terse exchange centers on a kiss between Ad and He as questions about honesty and timing arise. The Detroit Free Press fragment hints at family scrutiny and relationship tension without broader context.
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Detroit
Free Press
New York Fashion Notes On Trimmings And Fabrics
Fashion correspondent reports season favors trim details over overall changes with leather accents, white kid lapels, and intricate embroidery. Describes tucking, foulard patterns, various fabrics, white embroidery, Director collars, and golf wear influences including velvet suits, Norfolk jackets, and gray felt hats.
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Sunday Journal
York
Evolution of slang word pluck across English usage
The note examines how slang term pluck evolved from its coarse sense in 1427 to mean courage. It cites Sir Walter Scott’s Journal and Notes and Queries describing historical meanings, including the butcher’s usage of pluck to denote the heart and lungs.
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Walter Scott
New York City Election Clamor Amplified by Hotels and Voters
A Sunday Journal notes fall campaign buzz in New York with torchlight parades and stump speeches as visitors flood hotels. jokes mix with tactics, while editors discuss the Shepard no man’s man motto and bachelor status. The piece covers political mood, transport rumors, and a Fulton monument plan beside Trinity Church, plus local curiosities from public notices to criminal law quips.
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Sunday Journals
York
Brooklyn
Edward M. Shepard
Shepards
Evitora
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Robert Fulton
Famous Old Trinit,s Church
Rector Street
Chinese Girls as Hello Operators in San Francisco
The article notes Chinese girls will staff a central telephone station in San Francisco to serve Chinese subscribers. Men held the role before, but the company will hire intelligent girls from missions. They will greet customers with tea and tobacco provided at the company's expense.
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San Francisco
Infected School Books Warn Against Transmission
The Journal of Education argues against passing second hand school books between classes. It notes some books are used safely in class while others are frequently handled, carried home, and may spread infection unless minimized.
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Zoological Gardens
E. C Stearns
Trade
Stearns
New York
Wong
Journal of Education
Yaxis
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