German Diplomat Count Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg to Wed Isabel May
A German American engagement likely links Count Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg and Miss Isabel May daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry May of Washington. Miss May's social pedigree spans London debut years ago and ties to Lady Bagot Countess Luis d Andigne and other prominent families. Engagement plans await formal announcement as Mr May travels in California.
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Henry May
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Luis d’Andigne
France
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Kathleen Neilson
Reginald Vanderbilt
Alice Thaw
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Yarmouth
Miss Coleman
San Francisco
May
William C. Whitney
California
Whispering Stones Fail at Capitol Rotunda Prank
A Washington capitol tour guide tested the famed whispering stones with a couple to prove the acoustics. The groom mislocated the stone and whispered flirty lines, while the bride and crowd heard nothing, leaving the gag to backfire in humorous fashion.
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Capitol
Washington
Noah
Julius Caesar
Skeesicks
Money Sharps Detect Counterfeit Money in Treasury
The treasury department employs expert counterfeit money detectors nicknamed money sharps. They aid the secret service in tracing fake coins. A woman is noted as the fastest and most accurate detector in the United States. She can instantly identify genuineness or falsity after quick examination.
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New York
Treasury Department
Secret Service Department
United States
Mrs Leiter to Return as Washington Hostess
Mrs. Leiter returns to Washington to prepare for her mistress's home coming later this month. She has spent time in Paris shaping purchases and expanding her portrait gallery with Lady Curzon by Cabanel and three daughters by Sargent. She plans to resume her status as the capital’s premier hostess with a full English staff.
Laughs and their kinder and harsher faces
A speaker contrasts types of laughter, praising the honest hearty laugh as a cleansing, frank expression. He warns against sneering, secretive, nervous, and distressing mirth that mocks others and wounds the laughed at, noting such laughter leaves lasting hurt.
North Carolina Giant Miles Darden Taller Than Tall
A Tar Heel recounts Miles Darden born 1798 in North Carolina who stood seven feet six inches and weighed 871 pounds in 1845. He died January 28, 1857 in Tennessee. coffin reportedly 8 feet long and 32 inches across the chest.
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North Carolina
Miles Darden
Tennessee
Lexington
N. C
More Than He Wanted
A young man recalls giving up his seat to a lady who thanked him effusively. He notes some women thank him while others react oddly and would prefer a simple polite nod over elaborate gratitude.
Greek Gives Fortune to Public in Athens Society
Wealthy Greek Sevastopulos leaves 1 million dollars for public objects. One hundred thousand for the Greek Royal Agricultural Society, sixty thousand for a technical school for workers, and eighty hundred thousand for philanthropic institutions in Athens and Constantinople.
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Athens
Greece
Sevastopulos
Royal Agricultural Society
Constantinople
Too Public. Percy's Call to Peachreen Sparks Telephone Mixup
Percy Plum and Miss Peachreen exchange lively banter over the telephone. Plum laments his long attempt to reach her while Peachreen chides him for using the line so freely. The playful exchange captures a lighthearted moment between two characters.
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Percy
Miss Peachreen
Percy Plum
Mr. Plum
Unlucky Thirteen: Chesham Lineage Details Amid Deaths
A London paper notes Lord Chesham born December 12 1850 and married November 18 1877. His elder son born September 13 1878 was killed in the South African war, while the second son born June 13 1894 becomes the present fourth baron at age thirteen.
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London
Lord Chesham
Dollar table d hate dinner sparks indignant remark
A diner scorns a proclaimed special calling it the last place to recommend. The waiter, with a somber look, deflects the critique and suggests sending enemies to the establishment.
A Hard World in a Humorous News Snippet
A Houston Post joke reflects a rough day as a character named T slips on a banana skin and bursts into lighthearted, self deprecating humor. The fragment sketches a quick, witty moment.
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Houston Post
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