Washington Misses Fairbanks Social Leader After Term
Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks will be greatly missed in Washington as his term ends. He hosted dancers and diners at the vice president’s home near the Senate, greeting visitors behind the doors of public life. Friends say he plans a life of private work, possibly a world tour and a history of McKinley.
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Ashington
National Capital
Fairbanks
Washington
Senate Chamber
Mr. Fairbanks
Wil
Liam McKinley
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Senator Fairbanks
Joint High Commission
Dominion of Canada
Indianapolis
California
Redlands
Ethel Roosevelt Said to Be Engaged to William Phillips
Rumor cites Miss Roosevelt and William Phillips as potential fiancés. No official announcement, but friendly ties and her youth may delay marriage. Phillips, a Massachusetts native and third assistant secretary of state since December 1906, is highly regarded in Washington society.
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Ethel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Miss Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Phillips
Pergona Grata
Massachusetts
Tie
Washington
Africa
Mr. Taft
Storers Plan Return to Washington Society
Mrs. Bellamy Storer and her husband Bellamy Storer intend to return to Washington society after renovating their Rhode Island Avenue home. They will be persona grata with the new president despite the Roosevelt‑Bellamy Storer incident. The Storers, long friends of Roosevelt, have lived in Cincinnati since Mr Storer’s recall as ambassador to Austria. Mrs. Storer, formerly Marla Longworth, is aunt of Rep. Nicholas Longworth and has ties to the Tafts, Longworths, and Deweys.
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Bellamy Storer
Washington
Rhode Island Avenue
Roosevelt-Bellamy Storer
Austria
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Civil Service
Storer
Congress
Navy
Bassador
McKinley
Ireland
Bellany Storer
Love Brings Walsh McLean Couple Into Catholic Faith
Evelyn Walsh McLean and Edward B. McLean, son of Cincinnati Enquirer publisher, plan to enter Roman Catholicism after a highly publicized engagement and elopement. The Walsh fortune nears eighty to a hundred million, and the couple’s quiet ceremony contrasts with earlier lavish plans.
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Ociety
Washington
United States
Hay
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Thomas Walsh
Edward B. McLean
John R. McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Evelyn Walsh
Young McLean
Farm and Home Notes on Stock Care and Breeding
Practical guidance on feeding and caring for cows hogs and poultry, including proper stock management, sunlit stables, clean troughs, and the value of pure bred chickens. Tips on mare lameness in breeding and selecting calves, with notes on silage, eggs, and market readiness.
St Patrick's Greatness and the Irish Saint in America
An English traveler compares St Patrick with George Washington observing a St Patrick’s Day display in an American city. The piece extols Patrick’s mission in Ireland, his spread of learning, industry, and Christian values, and the lasting influence of Irish scholars on Europe. The author urges Americans to honor St Patrick and his cultural heritage.
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Ireland
United States
George Wagslington
St. Patrick
George Washington
Ile
Heoanet
Patrick
England
Europe
Darrow
Arragh
Rome
St. Patrick's Day
All Hall
Two Old Enemies Reunite On St Patrick's Day
The tale recalls a two year feud sparked on St Patrick's Day 1907 between an Irishman and a German who taunted one another. After a year of enmity the pair met again on the next holiday, forgave each other, and declared a strong, if quirky, shared love for mankind in a brief, humorous reconciliation reported by Cleveland Louder.
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Nin
Tristsman
Herman
Begorra
Mike
Cleveland
True Shamrock and Mayflower Names in Regional Botany
The article explores the true shamrock as the Irish birth plant and the Mayflower name in New England. It notes botanists struggle to identify the true Mayflower, a term applied to several local plants, including the walling arbutus, saxifrage, and hepatica, though literature often calls the mayflower the saxifrage rather than the arbutus.
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New Ffngland
New England
Iron Hand Bell of St Patrick in National Museum
A low sided iron hand bell once attributed to St Patrick survives in Dublin's national museum. The artifact may have been used at Armagh a century or more after the saint's death, or perhaps not linked to him at all.
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Patrick
National Museum
Dublin
Armagh
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Kentucky Station
St. Patrick’s Day
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