Nellie Grant Sartoris and Her World War era Wedding
Nellie Grant Sartoris, daughter of General Ulysses S. Grant, married Algernon Sartoris on May 21, 1874 after meeting on shipboard. She raised three children, endured public interest akin to Alice Roosevelt, and remained a popular social figure in St Louis and Europe.
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Algernon Sartorie
Roosevelt
Nellie Grant
Gen. Grant
Daugh
Julia Dent Grant
Washington
Nellie Grant Sartoris
St. Louis
Missouri
Sartoris
Dent
General Grant
White House
President Grant
Nellie
Presidential Mansion
West Point
Europe
Great Britain
Continent
Russia
Mr. Sartoris
Prince Charming
Miss Grant
Alice Roosevelt
Republic
Algernon Sartoris
Algernon
United States Army
Philippines
Paris
Vivian
Rosemary
Grant
Nellie’ Grant Sartoria
Gen
Fred D. Grant
Jesse Grant
Orphanage Fund Tale Stirs White House Rooms
A New York philanthropist told of soliciting for an orphan asylum and gathering contributions from many notable figures. In a now famous episode he noted Mrs. Russell Sage with a $25 entry, and jokingly a request to double the amount sparked a humorous exchange in the East Room before the White House gathering.
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New York
White House
Russell Sage
Mr. Sage
Beet Sugar Growing In United States Progress Report
Congress received the annual report by Special Agent Charles F. Saylor on beet sugar in year. Fifty two factories were operating five idle twelve under construction. The industry shows steady progress despite efforts to cripple it and high factory costs.
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United States
Congress
Charles F. Saylor
Department of Agriculture
Ten Acre Farms and the New Irrigation Bill Debate
The article argues for smaller farms around 10 acres under a revised National Irrigation Law. It notes rising beet sugar output in Colorado, Michigan and California, with West of the Mississippi production exceeding 1900 levels. It highlights town-site subdivision and rural settlement as a path to dense, livable communities with roads, schools and utilities.
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Colorado
Michigan
California
Utah
Idaho
Nebraska
Wisconsin
United States
Mississippi River
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Luxurious Auto by Capt Lara Anderson A French Wonder
A Boston captain owns a French built touring car praised for originality and speed. The large machine serves as a mobile hotel with reversible furniture, a combined bed and bureau, a cook stove, and a dining table that retracts for travel.
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Lara Anderson
Lars Anderson
Boston
Anderson
The Abbots Sermon and a Hidden Woman Scandal
The Abbot paces in the cloister as bells signal Vespers and a swift messenger summons monks to a private crisis. Master Jerome debates delaying novices while the Abbot frets over a whispered matter involving a woman amid austere Monastic life.
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Beaulieu
Athanasius
Bannockburn
Bartholomew Berghersh
Paris
Holy Father
Jerome
Abbot presides as monk accused faces peers in cloister
In a monastic tribunal the Abbot orders Brother Ambrose to present the plaints against Brother John. The chamber fills with senior monks and novices as the case unfolds, while a pale monk prepares to hear the accusations amid ritual readings.
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John
Arobrose
Thomas
Ambrose
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Lehi
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Ustom
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Ice
Hordle John
Denver
Et Soane
the Housekeeper Corporation
Minneapolis
Minn
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