Vanderbilt Weds Mrs Rutherfurd in London Secret Ceremony
William K. Vanderbilt secretly wed Anna Rutherfurd at St Mark's Church London on April 25 with two of the Marlborough dukes as attendants. The couple left for Calais after the ceremony. Attendants included Winfield Hoyt and Henry White. The wedding had no public reception, and speculation swirled about financial implications for the Marlboroughs.
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Church of England
William K. Vanderbilt
Anna Rutherfurd
London
England
H. R. Hadden
St. Mark’s Church
North Audley Street
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Vanderbilt
Tarrant’s
Winfield Hoyt
New York
Henry White
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Santos Dumont Builds Balloon Shed For Airships
Paris reports Santos Dumont is constructing a large balloon shed to house at least three airships. He bought 12 000 square meters of land facing the Seine at Neuilly opposite Puteaux where Paris sportsmen meet. Dumont lives on the Champs Elysees and uses a tiny electric runabout. The tenth balloon will be lighter than No 9, seen as too heavy, and experts say No 10 will be a beautiful toy not a conquering machine.
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Santos-Dumont
Paris
Seine
Neuilly
Puteaux
M. Dumont
Champs Elysees
Billings Family History Slated for Publication in Ontario
The Billings Family History, compiled by the publication committee of H. B. Billings in Billings Bridge Ontario, will span about 1000 pages detailing the genealogy of roughly 18 000 descendants of the first four Billingses in America Roger William Nathaniel and Richard after twenty years of work by the researcher.
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Billings
H. B. Billings
Billings Bridge
Ont
Billingses
America
Roger
William
Nathaniel
Richard
Wealthy Bride and Groom Shine in Elite Society Match
Mr and Mrs Vanderly lauded as a handsome pair at the altar. Mrs Rutherford, widow of Samuel Sands and former Anna Harriman, has reopened her Paris-area estate near the Castellanes residence in Passy. Mr Vanderbilt, 54, Staten Island born, heir to a vast fortune estimated at 80 to 90 million dollars, married Alva Smith in 1878.
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Vanderly
Anna Harriman
Rutherfurd
New York
Henry White
William K
Tranquility Farm
New Jersey
Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Staten Island
Alva Smith
Mobile
Ala
Noted Patron Mrs Ronalds Welcomes Royal Guests
Mrs Lorillard Ronalds, a leading patron of American expatriates in London, hosts the king and queen at her residence and champions struggling musicians. Great artists from the Royal Opera sing for friendship, giving hopeful artists a social pathway to recognition through her salons.
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Mrs. Ronalds
Jagniappe custom in Biloxi gifts to customers
A Biloxi Miss region custom prompts merchants to gift something with each sale, large or small. The practice, called Jagniappe, is expected and not offering it is seen as a slight. The Herald notes customers ultimately pay for lagniappe, stating the consumer pays the tax.
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New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Richmond
Religious Herald
Illinois Lawmakers Riot on Floor of the House
A tumult in the Illinois house as municipal ownership bills trigger chaos during roll call bids. Speakers Miller and Lindly faced a riot with desks toppled, chairs smashed, and police guarding the speaker amid danger and adjournment.
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Illinois
Illinois House of Representatives
Miller
Mr. Allen
House
Capitol
Glade
Cummings
Werdell
The Danger in Drinking Fast and Dyspepsia Risks
A New York physician warns over half of dyspepsia from coffee results from drinking too quickly. He notes hurried consumption of coffee and milk while chewing a sandwich leads to poor digestion, as rapid gulping mirrors a rushed meal.
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New York
Paper Gloves and Stockings Made in Europe
Paper gloves and stockings are now manufactured in Europe. Experts praise the stockings for durability, saying the paper used is transformed into a woollike substance during manufacture and woven like ordinary wool, promising long wear comparable to regular stockings.
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Europe
Servants as Critics in a Wealthy Household
A New York Press item notes that many try to please servants while servants quietly grasp the social dynamics. It asserts trained servants are keen critics and that a wealthy family in a prestigious avenue acknowledges their own servants as qualified teachers.
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New York Press
Wauchope Enforces Joint Memorial Services
Directness and blunt common sense marked the late Gen. Wauchope of the British army after the Omdurman campaign. He ordered joint memorial services for all chaplains despite Anglican opposition, citing military obedience. The sirdar demanded unity, and the entire army participated.
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Wauchope
Omdurman
Gordon
Kitchener
FIRST TO OFFER SOLDIERS Col. Ramsey Offered Regiment
The late George Ramsey of Minnesota, last wartime governor, was the first to tender a regiment to the United States. In Washington he offered 1,000 men from Minnesota, meeting Secretary Cameron who told him to hurry them up as he went to see President Lincoln. Ramsey's telegram to St. Paul swiftly mobilized Minnesota forces.
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Col. Ramsey
Minnesota
George Ramsey
United States
Washington
Fort Sumter
War Office
Cameron
Minnegola
Simon Cameron
President Lincoln
Gov. Ramsey
St. Paul
Yerkes Stands Out From Fictional Millionaire Image
T P O Connor notes Charles T Yerkes differs from the typical American millionaire archetype. He describes Yerkes as middle height, square-shouldered, quietly dressed with a tan complexion, a contemplative face, brown eyes that seem to look through you, and a weary bearing befitting a man of the world.
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Yerkes
T. P. O'Connor
Charles T. Yerkes
Tropics
Hidden Side of a Man of Millions in Trinity Yard
A New York Press account recalls a man of millions who visits Trinity Church yard to honor his mother Mary Scott on her grave. He reveals his sorrowful past, aging loneliness, and enduring memory as he contemplates mortality while a female observer, a Remington secretary, notes his tears and humanity.
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Old Trinity Church Yard
Remington
Mary Scott
New York Press
The Kaiser in Plain Clothes Reveals Quiet Habits
The Kaiser rarely wears mufti, preferring uniform at home and only donning plain clothes when necessary. In Berlin he uses a white flannel tennis outfit with a military cloak outdoors, while in England mufti is standard. He has worn dinner jackets only in Britain, and now orders plain clothes from Berlin and Potsdam.
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Muft
Berlin
England
Mufti
Kaifser
Potsdam
Monument to Dewey and Navy to be unveiled by Roosevelt
In San Francisco Union Square President Roosevelt will unveil a 105 foot granite shaft monument with a bronze Victory figure. The pedestal bears tablets for Olympia and Oregon built at Union Iron Works. California bear figures adorn surrounding pedestals. Ground was broken by McKinley. total cost is $45,000. project praised as a model for other cities.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Union Square
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Victory
Olympia
Dewey
Oregon
Union Ironworks
California
McKinley
Peanut Snack Stirred Ethical Lecture at Princeton Seminary
During a Princeton Theological Seminary ethics lecture Dr Patton grew annoyed as students ate peanuts instead of listening. He halted the talk and urged restraint until the session ended. He suggested future tea snacks include only sponge cake in the classroom.
Rickey of gin Rickey kills himself in New York
Col Joseph Kyle Rickey, originator of the gin Rickey, died by suicide in New York last week after being seen staggering. A policeman aided him to his boarding house, an ambulance arrived too late, and a carbolic acid bottle was found in his coat pocket with poison identified in the stomach.
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Seph Kyle Rickey
New York
Rickey
Paris unveils aid to injured lamp post novelty
Paris debuts a bronze fifteen foot lamp post housing a stretcher and surgical tools. A glass window must be broken to access them, with a clock barometer and pictorial ads inside a mechanized top. The French term is phare de secours meaning aid to the injured.
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Paris
Firat
Alan
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