The Wedding at the White House 1890s Nobility Unite
The White House wedding of Nellie Roosevelt Longworth to Nicholas Longworth unfolds in the East Room with a floral bower, a grand procession, and a sermon by Bishop Henry Satterlee. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attend as guests and the couple depart to Friendship for privacy before traveling south to Palm Beach.
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Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
East Room
White House
South
Washington
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Lee Rosevele
Theodore
Remevelt
Theeadore Sr
Claries McCawler
Regan
Tome
Satterlee
Tecameche
Loreworth
Jobs KR. McLean
Friendship
Tenallytown Road
Charles de Chambrun
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Tane
Mr. McLeap
Palm Beach
Henry M Finster
Longworths
Roswell
Bride Uses Saber To Cut White House Wedding Cake
Washington report from February describes a wedding at the White House where the bride, faced with a dull knife, borrowed Mrs McCawley’s saber and cut the cake with a trooper’s finesse. Attaches in the White House were present as invited guests were received.
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Washington
Bard
Mss. McCawley
White House
Waite House
Welcomed by Society for Mrs Longworth and President Roosevelts Bridal Gift Policy
The Washington note from February 19 reports a warm social welcome for Mrs. Longworth who arrives in June as a royal welcome grows. Friends of both families approve the decision by President and Mrs. Roosevelt to keep bridal presents private, signaling broad support for the couple.
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Londes
Washington
Roosevelt
Royal Birth Gifts Highlight Miss Roosevelt’s Bride Status
Feb 19 report notes Miss Roosevelt received an unusually large and valuable array of gifts, far surpassing typical royal wedding offerings. The piece emphasizes the public interest and acknowledges exaggerated praise surrounding the presents.
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Washicetog
Mary
Miss Roosevelt
Gifts to Miss Roosevelt Prompt Invitations
Washington report notes welding gifts received by Miss Roosevelt from people not on the list. The donors followed with requests for invitations, and the prescripts in such cases were returned.
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Washington
World News Briefs From The Week In Review
A sprawling bulletin summarizes global events from Russo-Japanese tensions to U S policy actions. It notes legislative moves in the United States on shipping, fortifications, and federal support for agricultural stations, plus international reports on Russia China Japan and Korea with political arrests, consular appointments, and military maneuvers.
Tishomingo Timber Gains Prominence in Mississippi
Mississippi notes Tishomingo County’s rising timber wealth amid railroad projects from Corinth to Birmingham and a Tennessee River link to Columbus enhancing market access. The pine belt spurs lumber and telegraph pole markets as new timber treatment techniques expand value. In Enterprise three young girls suffered severe burns in separate grate fires, with one fatal.
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Tishomingo County
Corinth
Birmingham
Tennessee
Columbus
Socom
Mississippi Geologic Survey Bill Advances in Legislature
An important bill favorably acted on proposes a Mississippi geological survey with a 5000 dollar state appropriation matched by federal funds. The move aims to boost industrial progress. no prior state work had been done in this field.
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Mississippi
United States Geological Survey
Double Murder at Vicksburg Store Shocked Town
Peter Mathia and Sam Dontria shot and killed two young neighbors, Joseph Douglas and James Henrys, after vowing vengeance following a dispute at a general merchandise store near Vicksburg. The killers opened fire again later that day as the men entered the store. In a separate note, Mississippi lawmakers approve a bill to require revenue license copies from collectors to crack down on illegal breweries, claiming 437 blind tigers would close under Humphreys law.
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Peter Mathia
Sam Dontria
Vicksburg
Joeph Douglas
James Henrys
Mathia
Dontria
Ways and Means Committee
Wogress
Humphreys
Mississippi
Internal Revenue
Lynching Likely After Abduction of Margaret Lear
A 15 year old girl Margaret Lear was abducted near her home west of town in broad daylight. She struggled with an assailant who shot her as two African Americans reportedly alerted others. She died soon after. Sheriff Ward led a manhunt and arrested the suspect two hours later at a cabin far from the crime scene. A crowd of about 1,000 gathered at the jail amid threats while officials sought to restrain unrest.
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Phildelphia & Reading Coal & Iren Co
Gov. Hoch
Kansas
Arbor EB Ireland
Cowley
Jack Southwell Raseell
de Clifford
Mise Eva Carrington
London
County Mayo
Ireland
Treasury
Horace A. Taylor
John H. Edwards
Ohio
Shaw
Taylor
Root
UK Doles
Crome
Gen Lafayette
Paris
Mica Aliee Roosevelt
Longworth
Peter Karlsson
White
Hove
Albee
China
Neanhwei
Yane-ter
Shanghai
Japan
Rosia
Havana
Maine
Bank of America
Chicago
United State
IMM
Denison, Prior & Co
Mereland
Peensylvania
Anless
Giorgione
Christ Bearing the
Sowelli Palace
Vivenzi
Italy
Jark
Iarder
Boston
Barnett
Stockton
Cal
Hartley
Hitchruck
Thenterior Department
Interior Department
S. Tie
Weston
Matila
Leonard Wood
Peoria
N. C
Whea
Nedni
Mexico
Fort Sill
Geronimo
Tuttie
Missouri
John N. McCormick
St. Mark's Church
Grand Rapids
Mich
Episcopal Diocese of
Western Michigan
Herman Reese
Guthrie Center
Fred D. Grant
Department of the East
Francis C. Burmand
London Punch
Owen Seaman
War Department
Thomas Nolan
Jane McCarthy
Portland
Ore
Abraham Lincoln
Algeciras
Pekin
Foo Chow
Ridgeway
Loss
Enterprise
Clare West
Pear
Nine Lee
Flim Brown
Mise Lene
Ward
Wishaltie
Charles Coleman
Thin City
Pelek
Vyneh bin
Land title corrections reveal section misidentification
In Vicksburg an error in land records showed section 2 as the title for a quarter century. Supervisors questioned the commissioner's order, and Washington overruled the local board. The correction swaps section 2 for the true section 3, but the overall impact on schools and land ownership is deemed immaterial.
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Washington
Stant
Cattle Quarantine Sparks Mass Drive From County
Territorial inspectors and sheriff plan to force back cattle unlawfully moved into the Indian Territory amid a tense meeting led by Attorney General Leon Smith and Secretary of the Territorial Live Stock Sanitary Commission. Cattlemen may leave the county. Probate Judge Hussey challenged the quarantine lines as unconstitutional.
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Leon Smith
Tom Morris
Territorial Live Stork Sanitary Commission
Oklahoma
Hussey
Heroic Deed of Daring Ends in Sacrifice at Freight Yard
Miss Mixe Anos Maw Diggs lost her life saving a friend near the Chicago and Alton bridge west approach when a freight engine approached. Miss Laveine Ae and two others escaped across the embankment, but Miss Diggs acted to pull her companion from the tracks as the locomotive struck, killing Diggs instantly. In a separate incident, John B. Traynham was murdered in his bedroom in Ex-Shortf? with repeated blows from his killer, the attacker aiming to crush and decapitate him with a knife.
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Lasgow
Mixe Anos
Yesteriar
Chicago and Alton
Aml
Ami
Lioaneke
John B. Traynham
Fioaneke
Kell
Traynham
Two Lives Sacrificed in Tragic Well Incident
In Montgomery two hours were needed to recover a baby found with mother in a well. The mother Bozeman died, possibly from the fall or drowning, after attempting to rescue the infant. The incident ends in a single grave as authorities report the deaths. Havana reports Cuba may quarantine Mobile as yellow fever concerns arise.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bozeman
Havana
Mobile
Havans
Carlos Finley
Health Department
Cuba
Louisiana
Alabama
Will Claim Dower Rights In Millionaire Widow Case
The widow seeks dower claims from the Verkes estate after her late husband, famed traction promoter, died. She could gain a substantial share of the estate if her rights revive, potentially securing millions in cash and real estate beyond the will.
Dallas Capt Silven faces murder charge tied to bank fire
Captain Silven a former Seventh Cavalry veteran linked to the Gaston National Bank blaze on January 6 faces murder charges after being indicted by a Dallas county grand jury. He previously served in the Civil War era campaigns with Custer and Reno and later held ranks in the Brisbane army and the Mobilewn war.
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Dallas
Tex
Etl Silven
Seventh Cavalry
Reno
Custer
Dallas County
Chattel
Bernant Philipsws
Gaston National Bank
Sliven
Silven
Brisfish
India
Thieves Defile Cathedral Loot Stuns New Orleans
New Orleans endures a wave of robberies as thieves break into the French Cathedral on Jackson Square stealing sacred images silver candelabra and other church treasures. Regulators report the crime spree includes vandalism to gates and railings and prompt police scrutiny near the Third Precinct.
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New Orleans
New Orleane Lis
Cronks
Berry
Jackson Square
John A McCall Dies After Illness at Lakewood
John A McCall former president of New York Life Insurance dies at 5:00 PM at Laurell House Lakewood New Jersey after three weeks’ treatment for health decline. Son John McCall Jr stated the death, McCall had been unconscious since early morning with a brief moment of wakefulness before passing.
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New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Laure House
Lakewood
N. J
Emi
MetCall
John
Metall
Beiet‘ly
Mr. Metall
Stetson dies at Deland winter home in Florida
John B Stetson the Philadelphia hat maker dies at his winter home near Deland Florida after a morning apoplexy The body will be taken to Philadelphia for interment The town of Deland observes mourning Meanwhile in El Paso Texas robbers attack a party near Tomas Mexico killing two and mortally wounding William Smith as four assailants escape Two Americans are arrested and a posse searches for the bandits.
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Deland
Fla
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
Delomi
Mr. Stetson
el Paso
Texas
Tomas
Mexico
William Smith
Dolores
Smith
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United States
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John R. McLean
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St. Louis County
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New Mexico
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Kingfisher
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Christian Herald
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Llivois
Rio de Janeiro
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Ordnance Department
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Marquis de Mandegorrim
Tishomingo
W. L. Magee
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Hinman
Bfl Lort
Mc. Magee
Fez
George
J. N. George
Carrollton
Tate
Mew Bank
Tupelo
Farmers’ Bank and Trust Company of
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Central Incorporated
Vardaman
Mississippi Central Railway
Satches and Mastern
Williams
Congress
George T. Houston
Frank H. Howton
John W. Odom
Fulton
John W. Chiem
Voorederste
University of Mississippi
Bishop Hoss
Bef Hoss
Greenville
Leland
Delta
J. X. Dickerson
Sardis
Belmont
Panola County
Shire
Sclee
Margaret Lear
Fegro
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Migner Omeroouth
Traction Protmater
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John A. McAll
Llervales Powder Company
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