Mrs McLean Leads DAR Burial Tribute to Paul Jones
The Washington scene honors Mrs Donald McLean as the first DAR presiding officer without a politician spouse. Her ancestry spans the Revolution, with John Paul Jones burial debate settled in Annapolis and Arlington chosen. Senator Morgan recalls a Congressional Record gag about her own speech.
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The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Donald Mclean
Congress
Annapolis
Arlington
McLean
Dean
Admiral Paul Jones
Lynn
Cattle
Lexington
Lave
James Jackland
Burgess
Maryland
Nis
Donnald Mcbhean
New York City
Ware
Continental Congress
Memory Prompted Knox to Quit Smoking
A physician advised Senator Knox to give up smoking a few days ago placing him with Senator Spooner in the smokeless class after forty years of tobacco use. The next morning the physician happened upon him in a public place where the senator announced he had started to smoke again.
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Senator Knox
Spooner
Stanford University Disaster After Earthquake
Stanford University near Palo Alto suffered major destruction in the Pacific coast earthquake. Buildings built in Spanish mission style cost over twenty million dollars in construction alone, with the arch and memorial features badly damaged. The loss includes priceless art, the memorial arch by Saint Gaudens, and the Stanford Memorial Church. Despite ruin, Mrs. Stanford's endowment and the university's mission may drive a future rebuild and renewed pursuit of higher education in California.
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Pacific Coast
Stanford University
Palo Alto
St. Gaudens
America
Stanford Memorial Church
Europe
Stanford
State University At
Berkeley
California
Stanfords
Pacific Railroad
University
Supreme Court
Honolulu
Leland Stanford University
Pliny
David Stary Jordan
Wem
Sun Movements at Seashore Amid War Echoes
A fragmented report recalls sea air scenes with references to Lwu Jews and walking the shore as rays touch clouds. It mentions President Jordan, Professor Langley, and the Saintsvilian Luelitute in Washington, with lingering notes on Stanford University and a stalled vision of a university where all have equal access, tied to Senator Stanford and Mrs. Stanford's efforts.
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Atlantic
Lwu
Jordan
Langley
Saithsvilian Luelitute
Washington
Stanford University
Mingilocet Uildingea
Stanford Universit
Stanfaerd
Maelis
Cees Rontad
Stanford
Treland Hanford
Tania
Universify
I Ieee
Bell
Uaen
Cody
W.L. Reynolds
Washington Succi
Dynamite saves San Francisco from fire in 1906
Three U.S. Navy men under Capt. MacBride used ton and a half of gun cotton to blast a fire path along Van Ness Avenue, stopping a massive blaze. The operation diverted flames from Golden Gate to Greenwich, preserving the city and its citizens.
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Mclean
Prospect Hall
Frederick
Whittier
Barbara Fritchie
San Prancisra
McCinna
Mare Island
MacBride
Gunoner Adamson
van Ness Avenue
Golien Gate
Greenwich
Wrmp
Oelarth
von Neas
Ifrom
Golden Gate Avenue
Clana Spreckels
California Street
Walla
MarBride
Fort Madlaen
San Francisco
Elephants Going Up Buy Prices Rise for Wild Beasts
An importer notes spring prices for elephants at 1100, up from 1200 two years ago as globe settlement makes wild animals scarcer. He cites demand for small, shanked elephants for easier transport and showmen prefer young, trainable, long lived animals despite rising costs.
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Paul Jones
Patriotic Daughters of the American Revolution
Morgin
Alabama
Congressional Record
Ritchie
Society
John Ritchie
Congrest
Court of Appeals of
Nelson
Mwe
Supreme Court of the State
Donald McLedan
California College
Knox
H Knox
Tindle Sam
Brancisco
Champ Clarixe
Saturdayvening Post
Tance. Memorial Arch
Stanford Group
Monogram
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