Most Beautiful Woman in America Wins Prize
The beauty contest selects Mrs. Walter Farwell of Washington and Chicago as the most beautiful woman in America for a published beauty book. The piece notes her Gibson girl form, gold hair, and poised demeanor, and traces her lineage to Mildred Williams, once Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass, a famed beauty.
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America
Walter Farwell
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Chicago
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Painted Post
New York
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Farwell Brothers
Texas State Capitol
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United States Army
Washington
Gen. Williams
Stephen A. Couglass
Fairbanks Booms in Indiana and Midwest Support
Fairbanks assumes a strong Indiana lead and counts on Illinois with Dawes as western manager. He eyes Ohio with Taft and Foraker as rivals while courting southern delegates and aiming for the Republican 1908 nomination.
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Illinois
Ohio
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Fairbanks
Senate
Gates
McKinley
Charles G. Dawes
Hanna
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Dawes
Fairbanks Boom
Taft
Foraker
Indllys richest potentate in the East of India
The Gaikwar of Baroda, famed as the richest man in the Orient, flaunts a palace carpet of velvety ropes of rubies and diamonds. His diamond necklace and five hundred diamond collarette, including the Star of the South, crown a vast family jewel collection valued in the millions. A royal Baroda procession showcases his wealth and status.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
India
Orient
Gaikwar
Rajah
Baroda
Milton
East
John D. Rockefeller
Gaiker
Origin of Easter Name and Meanings
Origga of Easter notes the name derives from the Saxon goddess Easter or Oster meaning to rise. It contrasts with eastern naming as Bright Day and Bohemia calling it the Great Night.
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Bohemia
Russian Easter Day customs of greetings and red Easter eggs
On Easter morning Russians visit neighbors and greet each other with Jesus Christ is risen. The response Yes, He is risen triggers embraces and eggs. People carry red eggs for the Resurrection token and present one to the parish priest, then keep it for several days.
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Russia
Jesus Christ
Oriental Egg Gamblers in Mesopotamia Easter Egg Strikes
Hyde describes Oriental sport where Christians in Mesopotamia on Easter Day and forty days later strike eggs. The egg that first breaks loses. the winner's egg faces a new challenger until all eggs are claimed by their owners.
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Hyde
Mesopotamia
Roosevelt Seen Likely Nominee If He Runs Again
The piece argues a Roosevelt reelection campaign would erase the Failbanks party’s efforts and suggests he would be the practical unanimous choice for the nomination despite his public stance against another term.
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Roosevelt
Failbanks Party
Sleeping Car Acquaintances and the Roosevelt Children
Representative Smith of Maryland hears a tale at the White House about Archibald Roosevelt Kermit and Quentin Roosevelt as they pass the executive entrance. The anecdote likens the trio to sleeping car names, leaving Smith amused at the rapid parade of famous offspring.
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Representative Smith
Maryland
Quentin Ya Gum
Mr. Smith
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A Darky Christening Third Letter of Account of Trip
The writer details a March visit to Eustis and Lake Grace observing a Baptist colored immersion near the hotel. Baptism, foot washing, and spirited worship at Egypt reveal loud hymns, exclamations, and a rambunctious service with women and men mingling, a rushing procession, and the captain Aunt Savannah presiding.
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Eustis
Lake Gracie
Egypt
Primative Baptist
Darkies
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Skeird
Southern Colored Baptists
Travascolds
Eustis Park
Bonaventure
Georgia
Nicholas Longworth
Roose
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