Roosevelt Prepares Moving Day at White House
Washington reporters describe the nearing end of Roosevelt's term as carpenters build a viewing stand on Pennsylvania Avenue for the inauguration parade. The president packs household effects for Oyster Bay, values cartoons and gifts, and notes he declines many valuable offerings while accepting a few innocuous items and autographed books.
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Ashington
White House
Pennsylvania‘ Avenue
United States
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Menelik
Washington Zoo
Advice to Mothers on Child Rearing and Virtues
Fragment discusses maternal influence, fostering health and discipline without threats, the role of home atmosphere, and the moral duties of mothers. It cites implications for obedience, independence, and nurturing a child’s growth, with quotes from Frank B. Welch on self-control and virtue.
Tom Cat Loyal to Old Depot Corner
An old white cat named Tom remains loyal to the corner of New Jersey avenue and C street after the Baltimore and Ohio depot was razed. He slept in the building during demolition and now stays beneath the switchman’s chair, returning at five each morning for milk. During a snowstorm he was stranded in snow while attempting to reach his familiar platform.
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New Jersey Avenue
C Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Tom
Mr. Nichols
House Parliamentarian No Longer Shy
SHER C. HINDS parliamentarian of the house of representatives grows less shy as he gains prestige. Eight volumes of Hinds Precedents arrive from the presses and he shows rising influence in rulings. A 10 000 word explanation of house rules drew headlines but was shortened.
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Sher C. Hinds
House of Representatives
Hinds
Mr. Hinds
Gardner
Massachusetts
Jane
Maine
Washington
Washington's high per capita city costs among peers
A 1908 budget note compares Washington D C with Buffalo Pittsburg Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New Orleans Newark Minneapolis and others. It highlights Washington’s per capita cost of 35.21 and cites Milwaukee Minneapolis Newark Pittsburg Detroit New Orleans and Cincinnati figures for context.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Census Bureau
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Newark
Minneapolis
N. J
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U.S
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Philip
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Wali
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Tom Cat
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W. F. Trusty
Springfield
Haydon & Barber
B. D. Lake
DR. M. W. Hyatt
RED Cross
Dr. J. C. Mudd
C.J. Haydon
J. H. Lampton, M. D
Springfield, KY
Opera House
Ella Adams
T. Scott Mayes
Wh Milne
C. C. McChord
Atty-At-Law
D. Claybrooke
Marshall Duncan
Robertson Building
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S. M. Campbell
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