White House Christmas Dinner and Desert Grouse Feature
The article describes the President's Christmas day routine and the White House feast served in private rooms with Mrs Roosevelt and guests. It highlights the desert grouse, its habitat, feeding on sage, and notes its size, color, and flight. plus details of the kitchen, market work, and donations for the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Executive Mansion
Horace Vose
Rhode Island
Sam
Cape Cod
Oyster Bay
Henry Pinckney
Pinckney
Presidential Mansion
Quentin
Big East Room
Europe
Desert
Rockefeller's Gift to Doctor Sparks Town Legend
Dr Gustav C E Weber of Cleveland, a pioneer physician, once treated a young John D Rockefeller who paid fifty dollars monthly for a surgery and later sent for advice. Rockefeller offered $500 for a student and urged Weber to donate to a struggling medical student, but Weber declined the fee for a friendly visit. The ailment required a surgical operation, though Weber joked any medical student could do the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Gustav C. E. Weber
Cleveland
Ohio
Nuremburg
Weber
John D. Rockefeller
Duke of Devonshire
England
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
London
Edmund H. Abbott
New York
Alexander Cattanach
Salem
Mass
Thomas Lipton
Duke
Matlock
Buxton
Bakewell
van Calava
Government irrigation drive to reclaim vast desert areas
A Rehabilitation Service schedule shows $82.87 million planned to irrigate 1 839 000 acres at $17 50 per acre. Estimated arid land totals about 600 000 090 acres. Private effort has reclaimed 10 000 000 acres, with potential gains of 75 000 000 to 100 000 000 more acres. The program aims to store flood waters and repay construction costs, predicting strong westward population growth and multiple crops per year in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Artemisia
Reclamation Service of the Interior Department
Germany
New York
Vatican Annulments and Ambassadors Courted in Glamour
A controversial column outlines Vatican annulments in high profile marriages and the role of the Roman Catholic Attorneys of St. Peter. It notes Ambassador Whitelaw Reid hiring Hon. William Walsh as chief lackey at Dorchester House and details Walsh’s aristocratic ties and engagement to Lady Norah Spencer Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
ST. Peter
Whitelaw Reid
Pius IX
Rampolla
Court of St. James
William Walsh
Walsh
Mr. Reid
England
King’s Down
Reid
Lord Ormathwaite
Dorchester House
Marble Palace
Park Lane
Ambassador Reid
London
Norah Spencer- Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Lance
Humorous Tales of King Edward and the Prince of Wales
Murmured anecdotes recount the king aiding a fish seller by offering his portrait and a sovereign, saying it would help the children, and the Prince helping at a theatre fire while a pompous spectator refused menial aid. The prince's reply used his title to deflect snobbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Edward
Prince of Wales
The True Cost of Columbus Voyages
A historical note compares Columbus era expenses with modern yacht spends. It cites a £2000 total for outfitting three ships and a yearly Admiral’s salary of $300, other captains at $200, crew wages $2.50 a month, and notes money’s value and scarce shore leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel
Columbus
America
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Plains
Lewis and Clark
Nee of
Monaco
Mary Hamilton
Mary
Baden
Duke of Hamilton
Pius X
Napoleon
Albert
Monte Carlo
Florence
Marie
Russia
Tassilo Fess
Tolna
Vienna
Prince Albert of
New Orleans
Michael Heine
Cocks Lynch P Perfection
Lynch Meg. CO
Madison, Wis
King Edward
H. T
Ware Lewine Machine Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Foster
Watson-Stillman Co
Dey St
N. Y. City
Webb Publishing Cos
St. Paul Minn
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman Co., Warder Bid’g
Washington, D.C
Eagle Tank Go
N. Green
Chicago, Ill
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