President's Third Daughter Weds McAdoo in White House Hall
Eleanor Randolph Wilson youngest daughter of the president became the wife of Secretary of the Treasury W G McAdoo at six o'clock in the Blue Room of the White House. The ceremony featured the president plus a Marine band and a reception in the Red Room with lavish gifts from Congress and the cabinet. The bride wore an ivory white satin gown with old point lace and a long three and a half yard train. The bridesmaids wore blue and pink gowns and flower girls in white with blue and pink ribbons. Mrs McAdoo famed for her art and humor will assume a social role beside Mrs Bryan. McAdoo meanwhile born in Georgia in 1868 and residing near Irvington on the Hudson.
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Washington
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Cary Travers Grayson
McAdoo
Grayson
Sylvester W. Beach
Red Room
Marine Band
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Diplomatic
Margaret Wilson
Sayre
Miss Wilson
Take Care of the Birds in German Forest Plantations
In the Heidelberg forest young plantations include shrubs and small groups of similar species to support bird nests. Pruning forms platforms for natural shrub and tree nesters, following Baron Hans von Borlepsch’s successful method at Seebach, Germany. The area also contains about fifty trees.
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Heidelberg Forest
Darmstadt
Baron Hans von Borlepsch
Seebach
Germany
Madagascars Storm Rips Northeastern Coast and Tamatave
A violent cyclone lashed northeastern Madagascar with a northern tidal wave striking the coast. Tamatave suffered heavy damage as buildings and huts collapsed. ships sank but no lives were lost among Europeans. Sixteen natives drowned in floods with no white casualties.
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Madagascar
Tamatave
Two U S Americans slain in Mexico amid armistice turmoil
refugees report Hoadley and Williamson beaten to death by bandits near Tolipaquilla in Jalisco while protecting bullion as U S actions on Huerta armistice remain cautious. Sutton and Whiffen arrested in Mexico City. consuls report arms shipments and safety concerns in Vera Cruz era.
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Esperanza
Vera Cruz
A. J. Sutton
Washington, D .C
Walter Whiffen
Mexico City
Sutton
Admiral Badger
Mexico
Hoadley
Williamson
Favor Mine
Hostolipaquilla
Jalisco
Yale
Tampico
Canada
Rubio Navarette
Edward W. Ryan
American Red Cross
Huberta
Parks
Washington
Funston
War Department
Samuel Parks
Maas
Taggart
Parke
Funes
American Consul Silliman Reported Safe From Mexico
French ambassador informs Secretary Bryan that John R. Silliman, the Saltillo consul, is well and not being ill treated. The Ozark is ordered to Tampico to bolster defense and deter anti American demonstrations, while Villa plans an assault on Saltillo with about 20 000 troops and several named generals and brigades ready to advance.
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Washington
United States
Huerta
Puerto Mexico
Vera Cruz
Silliman
Saltillo
State Department
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
White House
Wilson
Rodgers
Havana
Bryan
Kronprinzess
Cecile
Germany
Bavaria
M. Jusserand
John R. Silliman
Mexico
Mexico City
Lobos Island
Tampico
Key West
Panuco
Navy
State Departments
Mayo
Panuco River
Des Moines
Dolphin
Ozark
Torreon
Villa
Huertistas
Maclovio
Herrera
Luis Huerrara
Manuel Shao
Tomas Urbina
Eugenio Aguirre Benavides
Pablo Robles
Jose Rodriguez
Trinidad Rodriguez
Col
Miguel Gonzales
German Army Aviators Die in Crash at Krakow Grounds
Lieutenants Fabre and Kurtz of the imperial army aviation corps were instantly killed during a trial flight at Krakow maneuver grounds when their plane collapsed from 700 feet. Both men were crushed in the fall.
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Fabre and
Kurtz
Aviation Corps
Stettin
Germany
Fabre
Imperial Army Aviation Corps
Krakow
Noted Illinoisan Dies In Vandalia Stroke
Vandalia Illinois May 11 Judge George T Turner died here after a stroke of apoplexy. He was president of the Farmers and Merchants bank at his death. He served Fay ette county as probate judge twice and sat one term in the Illinois state legislature.
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Vandalia
George T. Turner
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Fayette County
Illinoia
Two Killed In Train Wreck Near Hillaboro
In Greensboro North Carolina on May 11 two men died when twenty two loaded freight cars of eastbound train No 174 derailed near Hillaboro A third man was missing and believed buried in the wreck
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Greensboro
N. C
Hillaboro
U S Funeral Boat Arrives Home With 17 Fallen Navy
The U S S Montana returning from Vera Cruz leads a convoy past Sandy Hook as flags dip in salute to 17 bluejackets and marines killed in action. Crowds line the shore at Fort Hamilton while the funeral party is manned at general quarters aboard the cruiser.
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Union News Service
New York
Vera Cruz
U. S. S. Montana
Anchorage
Sandy Hook
Montana
U. S. S. Wyoming
Mayflower
Secretary of the Navy
Wyoming
Ideal
Ft. Hamilton
Fort
General Quarters
Body of Wealthy American Found Near Parras
Word filters through the border of James S. Beard's body found near Parras Coahuila. Beard, a wealthy American, is said to have fallen victim to General Benjamin Argumedo, formerly with Pasquilo Orozco Jr. and later with the Torreon garrison.
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el Paso
Tex
James S. Beard
Parras
Coahuila
Beard
Benjamin Argumedo
Pasquilo Orozco, Jr
Torreon
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Corn, hay, oats, wheat, poultry, eggs, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, sheep and lambs priced by grade and weight. Quotations list No. 2 through No. 4 varieties for corn and wheat, timothy and clover hay, poultry and eggs, plus shippers and fat cattle, hogs, and lambs with ranges for extra, good, common, and special lot prices.
Famous singer Lillian Norica dies in Batavia pneumonia
World renowned singer Lillian Norica died in Batavia Java of pneumonia after a brave, days long struggle. Born May 12 1859 in Farmington Maine she moved to Boston in childhood and studied at the Conservatory of Music with John O Neill. She sang in Grace Church Boston and a Roxbury church choir.
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Batavia
Java
Mme
Lillian Norica
Farmington
Maine
Boston
John O'Neill
Conservatory of Music
Grace Church
Roxbury
Ancient Mexicans Used Glazing in Pottery, Henry Mercer Reports
Henry Mercer of Daylestown Pennsylvania has identified glazing in ancient Mexican pottery. His find, published by American Art News, could shift ceramic scholars views at the University of Pennsylvania and point to clay beds usable today.
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Henry ©. Mercer
Daylestown
Mexico
University of Pennsylvania
American Art News
Mercer
University Museum
Cure for Ailing Baby With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Jackson Missouri reader reports a ten month old daughter with an eruptive rash turning into bloody sores. After trying various ointments the Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieved the child in days and fully cured within a week. Advertisement notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free 32 page Skin Book from Boston.
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Jackson
August F. Bartels
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Height of Contempt in New York Immigration Scene
English novelist Flora Anne Steele says in New York hotel that immigration authorities treated her with contempt, recalling a Sioux story in which a storekeeper jokes about selling a gun to a Native American and the Indian replies that Indians kill soldiers with a stick.
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Flora Anne Steele
New York
Lucky Thirteenth Man
Frederick faces a broken engagement as Gladys confesses her superstition about him being the thirteenth fiancé. She reveals no love for another, but fears bad luck from the superstition that he is her unlucky thirteenth.
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Frederick
Gladys
Crafty John and the Butter Trade Incident
In Dearborn Missouri a shopper named John demands two pounds of Mrs Annie Dallam's butter while insisting it is not hers to sell. The proprietor calmly responds that some customers are disliked yet welcomed and promises service in a moment. John warns that relatives visiting his house should not return.
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John
Snapp
Annie Dallam
Cause and Effect Good Digestion Follows Right Food
A New York woman shares relief from indigestion caused by rich foods after using Grape-Nuts. She reports better digestion and restored appetite, crediting the cereal with rebuilding her digestive organs.
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N. Y
Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. McAdoo
Georgia
William McAdoo
Sarah Fleming
Chattanooga
Tenn
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
U.S
Oscar Brain
Oaxaca
Badger
Mehdi Khan
Morteza Kahn
Berlin
London
U. S
Apizaco
Puebla
Jose
Angelo Perdero
San Miguel Hacienda
Cincinnati
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