Tafts choose Beverly as summer retreat after first season
The Taft family vacationed in Beverly Massachusetts naming it a summer capital preeminent for their first season at Burgess Point. After a favorable stay the White House party extended its lease and planned future summers there. The Tafts had long gathered at Murm.
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Httle
Beverly
Mass
United States
William H. Taft
Tafts
Little Seashore
North Shore
Massachusetts
White House
Burgess Point
Taft
Mur
Taft Selects Beverly MA for Summer White House 1910
President Taft and First Lady intend a long quiet season at Beverly Massachusetts on the North Shore with Mrs Taft’s health improving. Miss Mabel Boardman influenced the choice, ensuring access to sea breezes and easy security as Taft plans extensive golf and local excursions, aided by nearby allies including Jack Hammond W J Boardman and Archibald Butt.
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Ray Bay
Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Taft
Murray Bay
Canada
United States
Massachusetts
Mabel Boardman
Red Cross
Mrs. Taft
Boardmans
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Beverly
Miss Boardman
White House
Tafts
Massachu
Secret Service
Congress
Washington
Alaska
Jack” Hammond
W. J. Boardman
C. P. Taft
Cincinnati
North Shore
Archibald Butt
America
Movement to honor Gowanus Stone House site sparked by Frazer and Higgins
Miss Georgia Frazer and Charles M. Higgins lead Brooklyn effort to acquire two city blocks between Third and Fifth streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues for a monument and a children's playground on the Long Island battle site. Advocates cite the buried Stone house at Gowanus, the old willow tree, and a 1776 engagement that helped Washington cross the East River. City officials consider an appropriation to restore the Stone house and memorialize Revolutionary defenders.
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Georgia Frazer
Charles M. ‘Higgins
Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Long Island
Third
Fifth Streets
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Litchfield Estate
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Streets
Gowanus
Stone House
Washington
Hast
Higgins
Miss Frazer
Louis Grube
George Anderson
Thomas Easton
Newport
R. I
Prospect Heights
Board of Estimate
Maryland
Lord Stirling
Lord Cornwallis
Cortelyou House
Nicholas Vechte
Cortelyous
Litchfields
Gowanus Creek
Parlor Furniture Moves End Club Membership
Mrs. L. I. Terary quits her club after her husband rearranged the parlor furniture at every meeting. Mrs. Wise names the incident as a reason, while Mrs. Izit Soe Why questions the motive in the lighthearted note.
Cuticura aids skin health and infant care
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for toilet skin and scalp care. It promises clearer complexions, prevents pimples and blemishes, suitable from birth, and offers a free Cuticura booklet from Potter Drug. Also an unrelated anecdote from Abu Klea recalls a rammer incident with a British gunner.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Red peppers spur a boy’s smart remark in market exchange
A young American boy in a Mexican market notices a native girl eating red peppers. He asks if eating all the peppers would make him smart, prompting his father to affirm with a brief, wry reply.
Despisery Between Little Girl and Mother
A child and mother discuss a rude boy who makes faces as he passes. The little girl replies she shows despisery by turning up her nose, while the mother calls the behavior very rude and she vows not to retaliate.
It Made No Difference. A Tale Of Shirts And Servants
Congressman Ransdale recalls Alec Trimble the valet who bought a shirt exactly like his master’s. The maid warns of washing mixups, Alec quips it makes no difference since both shirts are same size and price. Also a Dr Pierce's Pellets ad and a note about farmers and wash ladies livelihoods.
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Congressman Ransdale
Louisiana
Alec Trimble
New Orleans
Alec
Missus
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Sohn Hays Halitono
Beverly, Mass
Abu Klea
Dr. Pierce
Dodds
Guarry
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Ark
W. I. Douglas
Krockton
DeKalb Archiya
New
Parker
Balsam
Thompson
Denver
Samuel Pitcher Parphin
Rochelle
Bears
Centaur Company
New York
Garanteed
Castoria
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