Whimsical maxims and Washington notes spill from a letter
A Washington letter mixes light quips on advice and manners with an analysis of political shifts after a tense election. It discusses J Pierpont Morgan's role in arbitration talks, the coal strike, and the Democratic gains in New York, followed by notes on Tariff Trusts and White House renovations under a busy administration.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Republican Campaign Fund
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Mine Workers’ Union
Mitchell
UI and
Persoave
Y Tinigge
House
Babcock
New York State
Coler
Andy
Odell
West
Congress
Condensed Stories From Smart Set Pastimes
A selection of six short literary summaries adapts tales from a magazine for quick reading. Each vignette centers on love, deceit, wealth, aging, and moral choices, ending with varied romantic outcomes and social commentary.
Silly Girl and Household Duties Tangle in Regency Satire
A humorous sketch portrays ill tempered daughters shirking domestic toil while parents endure snappy behavior. It notes such girls imagine themselves superior to family life and fear marriage as escape from home subjection.
Daughters and marriage warned against by Ex remarks
The excerpt cautions that praising daughters as lovely may tempt men to marry them without due regard. It warns that a man who commits himself to a girl of that “sort” could be foolish, implying caution about superficial judgments in courtship.
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Philippines
Alaska
Greely
Pair’s wedding ends in a pranked cage parade in Pittsburg
George Albert Diming, a Pittsburgh millionaire, wed Wilhelmina Morgan then faced a circus-style stunt as friends locked the newlyweds in a wire cage on an express wagon. A crowd of 2000 to 3000 watched the spectacle with handbills promising a cage‑mad couple and a wedding prank around 705 Hamilton Avenue.
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United States
George Albert Diming
Pittsburg
Wilhelmina Morgan
New York
Hamilton Avenue
Tallyho
Ihe
Line of presidential succession in case of vice president's death
The secretary of state would succeed to the presidency if the vice president dies. If the secretary of state is unavailable, the secretary of the treasury would follow, with other officers in line. A congress may convene to pass a law confirming succession and scheduling a new election.
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United States
Hay
Alao
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Ays
Roosevelt
Congress
Daya
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White House
Thoes
Oval Library
Johnson
Grant
Bankson
Harrison
A. W. Greeley
Army
Isiarth
Pattaburg
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