Rich Standard Oil heir acquires Pan American assets
Col Robert W Stewart, long sought in the Teapot Dome case, reveals a Mexico trip led to his purchase of 501000 Pan American Petroleum and Transport shares valuing about 38 million. The acquisition grants Standard Oil Indiana control of its Mexican properties pipelines refineries tanker fleet and California holdings. Stewart becomes chairman of the new board as assets near 584 million and securities around 787 million.
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Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Mexico
Doheny of Properties
Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company
California
Stewart
Princess Bertha Cantacuzene to wed Bruce Smith
Announcement in Washington confirms the engagement of Princess Bertha Cantacuzene, a great granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, to Bruce Smith of Louisville, Kentucky. The wedding is planned for this summer. date not fixed. The Cantacuzene family lineage and Bourbon era ties noted. Bertha about twenty years old.
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Washington
Bertha Cantacuzene
U. S. Grant
Bruce Smith
Louisville
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Princess Cantacuzene
Bertha
Clarissa Curtis
Boston
Chicago
Ida
Russia
Potter Palmer
Siberia
Honore
Kentucky
Frederick Dent Grant
Ida Honore
Mr. Smith
Thomas Floyd Smith
John Cantacuzene VI
Constantinople
Speransky
Miss Grant
Prince Cantacuzene
Newport
R. I
Berthas
John Hays Hammond Forty and Seventy A Soldier of Fortune
The seventieth birthday of John Hays Hammond is noted as he resides in a Rock Creek Park mansion in Washington. Born in 1846, he survived the 1895 Jameson Raid in South Africa after being condemned to death, later returning to lead global engineering projects and lecture at American universities. He held positions with the Pan American-Pacific Expo, US coal commission, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
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John Hays Hammond
Rock Creek Park
Washington
South Africa
Hammond
Cecil Rhodes
Johannesburg
Dom Paul Kruger
Pan- Ama-Pacific Exposition Commission
United States Coal Commission
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Pinchots Aim for Joint Congress Campaign
Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot and his wife plan a joint political bid aiming for the senate and House respectively. They would run on a bone-dry platform with strict prohibition enforcement, challenging Senator Pepper and Representative Ware while McFadden in the Fifteenth district. If Pinchot wins the senate race, he may be positioned for a later presidential bid in 1828.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Washington
Pinchot
United States Senate
Pepper
Williams
Ware
House of Representatives
Louis T. McFadden
Fifteenth
Pinchots
Senate
Mare
Reighe
Rea
Styles in summer wardrobe knitted wear for children
Julia Bottomley reviews the season for children’s knitted outerwear and ensembles. Bright colors, brushed wool coats, and tunic blouses appear in tan, navy, madonna blue, and reds. New outfit ideas include long coats, double breasted knits, and playful accents like pom poms, ribbons, and contrasting trims.
The Kitchen Cabinet Recipes and Readings Collection
A feature presents a mix of inspirational quotes by Edward Bok and practical kitchen guidance. It lists multiple recipes and methods for desserts and hearty dishes, including sour cream filling, beef a la mode, date bars, molasses drop cookies, and dumplings, plus fruit puddings, jam pudding, date pie, and an apple punch with spices.
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Polar
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Edward Bok
Jon Po Howe
Monarch
Uskide
Fang
United States Rubber Company
Mona
Monarch Manufactor
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ohio
MenaMotor Oils & Greases
Beecham
Edna Dean
Providence
R. L
B. F. Allen Co
Canal Street
New York Bay
Beecham’s
Pitts
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