Desert Sage Grouse and White House Christmas Dinner Traditions
The article describes the White House Christmas feast in detail including the private dining room setting, the thirty pound turkey from Horace Vose, and donations from supporters. It notes White House steward Henry Pinckney’s market runs and the role of guests from President to the youngest resident. It then shifts to a feature on the desert sage grouse, its size, plumage, diet of sage, and behavior in arid regions, including hunting notes on its flight and flesh flavor.
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Sealas
Walters
White House
United States
Lewis and Clark
Roosevelt
Marsan Bos Ginner
Fyvel
Monlogat
Bodie
Executive Mansion
Horace Vose
Rhode Island
Sam
Oyster Bay
Henry Pinckney
Pinckimey
Presidential Mansion
Clark
Quentin
Big East Room
Europe
Brownsin
Desert
Naples
Weber Recalls Rockefeller Aid and Surgical Insight
Weber of Cleveland, once consul at Nuremberg, recounts meeting John D. Rockefeller who offered fifty dollars a month for a medical operation. Weber declined the money, proposing it be given to a needy medical student. he then wonders what ailment would have required surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav C .B. Weber
Cleve
Nuremfire
Weber
Rockefedler
Rockefell
Bo Jong
Rotherport
Atuin
Duke of Devonshire
England
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
London
Edmund H Abbott
New York
Alexander Callanach
Salem
Mass
Sir Thomas Lipton
Duke
Matlock Buxton
Bakewell
Town
van Calava
Government irrigation plan promises vast desert reclamation
A Roosevelt era Rehabilitation schedule outlines $32.87 million for reclaiming 1.83 million acres, $17.50 per acre, to store floodwaters and irrigate vast arid lands. Estimates suggest 600 million acres could be arid land. private effort already reclaimed 10 million. Future population could reach one per irrigated acre with multiple crops per year in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
United States
France
Germany
New York
Vatican says annulment possible in non free agent marriages
The Vatican may annul a marriage if either party was not a free agent, citing Monaco case and other royal alliances. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appoints William Walsh as chief lackey, with Dorchester House as residence and engagement to Lady Norah Spencer Churchill.
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Monaco
Mary Hamilton
Vatican
Mary
House of Baden
Duke of Hamilton
Napoleon
Albert
Monte Carlo
Florence
Marie
Russia
Tassilo Festetics
Tolna
Vienna
Albert of
Mona
New Orleans
Michael Dey
Court of
St James
Whitelaw Reid
William Walsh
Walsh
Bells
Fogland
Reid
Court of St. James
Lord Ormathwaite
Aiund- Tora
Dorchester House
Warple Palace
Park
London
Norah-Spencer- Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Hon. Walsh
King Edward in Gentle Deeds and Humble Moments
A traveler recalls King Edward’s acts of kindness in Europe and Britain. The monarch, in a dog cart, helps a poor fish seller and refuses to buy, gifting her a sovereign instead. Another tale has the young prince aiding a theatre fire escape and reproving a pompous bystander for refusing to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Edward
Porralt
Prince of Wales
Cost of Columbus Fleet Compared To Modern Yachts
The piece notes that Columbus's fleet cost about $3,000 for three ships with salaries of $300 for Columbus and $200 for each of the other captains and crew wages of $2.50 a month. It argues that money had greater value then and sailors rarely sought shore leave, making wages a clear saving.
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Isabel
Columbus
America
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Rampolla
Pope Pius X
Hlumor
King Edward
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Cleveland, Ohio
Foster
Watson-Stillman Co
Dey Bt
N. Y. City
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman Co., Warder Bid’g
Washington, D.C
Eagle Tank Co
Chicago, Il
Masons
Fenilin
YALE
Wintore
Drees
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Madison, Wis
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