White House Too Small for Roosevelt Family
The Roosevelt family, six children and several servants, occupy the White House which has only five bedrooms. The article details the mansion’s dimensions, rooms, and decor, noting ongoing concerns about space for social, domestic, and official duties. It covers historical milestones, renovations, and changes likely during Theodore Roosevelt’s administration. It also references Wood and Roosevelt’s postwar roles and a brief note on Tokyo as a city of pleasure contrasted with Paris.
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Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Roosevelts
Theodore Bingham
Maryland
Virginia
James Hoban
Duke of Leinster
Dublin
John Adams
Ita
Jefferson
Lincoln
Conservatories
Rowlne
Cleveland
Biteineas
Police Board of
New York
Leonard Wood
McKinley
Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Rough Rider
Cuba
Army of
United States
Japan
Paris
Tokyo
David Stan Jordan
Paria
Stampell
Eccentric Burial in Constantinople Royal Mausoleum
In Stamboul's Royal mausoleum the interior of the Valide's mosque shows about three dozen coffins stored in elevated wooden boxes, wrapped in shawls and brocaded cloths. Princes’ coffins bear a white turban at the head, while a walnut balustrade encloses the sultan’s resting place, adorned with Amata inlay and mother-of-pearl.
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Constantinople
Valide
Stamboul
Ruler of China Kwang-Su and succession tale
Kwang-Su born 1871 became ninth Emperor of the Manchu Qing after Tsai-Tien’s youth led to a regency by the dowager empress. As ruler he rarely governs, with the empress dowager real power. foreign ministers seldom meet him. Also notes Arctic explorer Duke o Abruza joining Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, Verestchagin’s China trip art series, and Prof Edward Suess’s 70th birthday.
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China
Kwang-Su
Twai- Tien
Tsing
Ming
Hoe
Tung-Che
Tsai-Tien
Prince Chung
Tyler
Indianapolis News
Duke o’Abruza
Giovanni Bausan
Abner McKinley Draws Noted President Resemblance
Abner McKinley bears a striking likeness to the late president causing a strong reaction among observers meeting him for the first time.
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Abner McKinley
Dreams of Lith Math and the Apron String Hero
A period piece tale honors the boy raised with virtue and the moral pull of a mother's apron string. Also a fantasy of Ruth becoming a rose in a fairy tale garden ends with Ruth’s magical dinner napkin appearance beside her papa.
Fatal bear clash at Denver City Park zoo pit
In Denver Colorado City Park bears quarrelled in a water trough near daily hose, two bears rolled and one shoved the other under water. The third bear intervened, pushing the killer bear away and freeing the drowning animal from the trough.
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Fale
City Park
Denver
Col
Bears Quarrel in Zoo Cage Turns Quiet
A rough encounter in a zoo cage between two adult bears caused one to appear dead briefly. The seemingly dying bear then snorted and opened its eyes while the other bear yelped and whined. Within half an hour the scene calmed though the bears did not resume water play.
Ditto Marks Taught Tommy A Lesson In Language
A child's curiosity leads to a simple grammar discovery as Tommy learns ditto marks stand for repeated words. While visiting, he writes home using the marks to replace full phrases like Dear father and Your affectionate son, Tom, prompting amusement in this New York Evening Sun excerpt.
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Tommy
Tom
New York Evening
Fox and geese tale ends in hunter’s shot
In a river setting a hunter watches six geese as a fox and another fox plan a moss concealing trap. The fox hides a goose, digs it up later, and a quarrel erupts between the two foxes while the hunter shoots both. The Cleveland leader notes the outcome.
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Cleveland Teader
The Lucky Apple Man
King George I met a veteran named Allen at Hyde Park who claimed his hat’s land. The king granted the land when he parted, and Allen’s legal wit secured an annual rent of 480 pounds. That land later became Apsley House, a gift to the Duke of Wellington in 1820.
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George I
England
Hyde Park
Dettingen
Allen
Apsley House
Duke of Wellington
Dora Davids and Her Newfoundland Die Saving Each Other
The child Dora Davids and her dog Noble disappeared near the Kankakee river. Searchers found Dora's body in a pool at the farmhouse gate and Noble tangled in weeds downstream. The river claimed both as the girl leapt to save her dog, per Home Life. A note adds that the longest pipeline in the United States is planned from Wyoming to Salt Lake City.
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Dora Davids
Kankakee
Davids
Noble
Dora
United States
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
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Edward Suess
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Ruth
Yard
James
Rowe
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