Gibson Girl Weds Waldorf Astor in England
The Gibson Girl Mrs Nannie Langhorne Shaw, sister of Charles Dana Gibson, marries William Waldorf Astor, heir to a vast English estate. The Virginia beauty, famed horsewoman, joins the Astor family with plans to reside at Cliveden. The wedding ties a notable American dynasty to British aristocracy amid lavish gifts and a storied dowry.
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Nannie Shaw
Artist
Waldorf Astor
Bobby Shaw
Langhorne
Virginia
Nannie Langhorne
Deep Run
Diana
Langhorne Shaw
William Waldorf Astor
Atlantic
Young Astor
John Jacob
London
Sancy Dla
Warships Move On After Oil Spill Near New York Harbor
United States battleships and cruisers in New York harbor were asked to move on as a Standard Oil pipeline damaged by an anchor released thousands of gallons of oil into the river. The incident disrupted navigation while officials evaluated the spill and the ships prepared to resume activity.
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United States
New York City
North River
Bob” Evans
Metropolis
New York
Evans
Riverside Drive
72Nd Street
Grant
125Th Street
Yond
Prince Louis of Battenburg
Paul Jones
Hudson River
Standard Oil Company
Illinois
Standard Oil
Hudson
Ocean
New Rail Automobiles Run Independently on Rails
A Union Pacific project in Omaha unveils motorized railcars with own engines for passenger transport. The trials show speeds up to 53 mph, 60-seat capacity, and novel features like pump ventilation and mid-car entry. Officials foresee gasoline motors revolutionizing interurban rail travel as cars may run separately or in trains with future dining and sleeper configurations.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Overland Limited
Fremont
Oma
Grand Island
Elkhorn
Will alcohol dissolve sugar in expert opinion
An expert opinion quotes Castle Loaque claiming alcohol will dissolve sugar and even more. He asserts it will dissolve gold, brick houses, horses, happiness, love, and everything else worth having.
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Castle Loaque
Traversing Russia on Roller Skates Caravan Reports Route
An American named Arthur Crawford, who left Beirut last month seeking a path through Asia Minor and India on road skates, arrived in Beirut via a caravan that recently traveled from Bagdad. The group reported passing near Unah about 100 miles east of there.
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Crawford
Beirut
Dr. Williams
Jrust
Bagdad
Beira
Bassarah
Euphrates
Persian
Beloochistar Hilans
Beloochistan
Acre
Gulf
India
Russia
Unah
Arthur Crawford
Asia Minor
Roosevelt shocks mothers meeting on boy courage
President Roosevelt declared a boy who would not fight was not worth his salt. He said such a boy is a coward or constitutionally weak and that he has taught his sons to stand up for themselves. He condemned cruelty and cowardice as abominable.
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Roosevelt
Conan Doyle Early Life and Struggles to Sell Stories
The piece chronicles Arthur Conan Doyle born in Edinburgh on March 22 1859 from artistic lineage. It outlines his youth from precocious storytelling to medical studies in Edinburgh and Arctic voyage. It notes ten years of toil with fifty little manuscripts and his first Sherlock Holmes tale A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton ChristmasAnnual.
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Sir Nigel
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edinburgh
Scotland
John Doyle
HH. B
Sin A. Conan Doyle
British Museum
Charles Doyle
Richard Doyle
Doyle
Punch
Conan Doyle
England
Stonyhurst
Feldkirch
Germany
University
Hope
Africa
Southsea
Jen
Beeton
Micah Clarke
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LA Jara
Gibson
Cliveden
Versailles
Empress Eugenie
Astor
Bob
Evan
New York Harbor
Duke of Westminster
Upper Thames
Cookham
Maidenhead
Thames
Cliveden Woods
Mr. Astor
Cliveden Mansion
Banks
the Thames
Mrs. Waldorf
Automobile Car OF
Union Pacific
R. R. CO
Charles F. Dole
Theodore C. Williams
Hackley School
San Francisco
London Spectator
Bradford
Main Street
Watertown, Mass
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