Swell Tea Parties in Washington Society
Special Correspondence from Washington describes a 5 o'clock tea as a chaotic maze of carriages, hats, and crowded rooms where guests, many strangers to host and each other, struggle for introductions, food, and polite maneuvering. The piece lampoons idle chatter, claustrophobic rooms, and the ostentation that fuels social rituals in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Port Cochere
Sol
Dessir
Tyro
Walter Wellalan
Iroquois of Cattaraugus Face Mixed Beliefs and Modern Life
Special Correspondent visits the Cattaraugus Reservation noting Handsome Lake teachings among Senecas, lingering witchcraft beliefs, and a gradual shift to farming, schooling, and modern comforts. Describes land, governance, peacemakers, and daily life with emphasis on schools, boarding facility, and respectful interactions with visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Handsome Lake
Cattaraugus
United States
Land of Spirits
Cattaraugus Reservation
Erie County
Cattaraugus Creek
Rogertt Shackleton, JR
Kearny's California Home in Sonoma Detailed History
In Sonoma's old plaza area stands General Philip Kearny's adobe house, home to a sequence of owners since 1847. The Spanish-era residence, now valued around 50 000 dollars, survives amid modern development while tiles on the roof fetch high prices from artists and collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonoma
Philip Kearny
Sonoma Valley
Mexico
Ladd
Spain Street
Third Avenue
Phil Kearny
Mariano G. Vallejo
Upper
California
Kearny
General Kearny
General Vallejo
Lad
Smokers Ad Announces Tobacco Brands in Stock
A local notice proclaims the American Tobacco Company now offers three full lines of smoking tobacco. It lists brands including Seal Plug, Cornell, Lafayette, Yaltm, Marbury Picks, Richmond, Imperial, Oxford Hash, La Perigne, Princess Royal, Picadilly, Monte Cristo, English Birds Eye and others in pouch form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Company
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LYERE
Hornby’s
Diamond Furniture Co
Diamond Brook
Warren, Pa
Siegfried & CO
Warren, Pv
Aer
Deliac
Adress
A.C. Stewart
Elsm
Petersburgu
Garfield
Pitcher’s Castoria
Walter Wellman
America
Sanane
Cornell
MARBURY _BROS. PICKINGS
Richmond
Oxford
LA Perigne
Princess Royal
Monte Cristo
Birds Eye
Fehlman Brothers
Mullen
Morris & Mullen
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond
Warre
Warren
Myron Waters
G. N. Parmlee
D. L. Gerould
Cashie
Myron Watera
S. P. Hall
H Tamieson
Davis
P.johnson
Ametzel
W.D. Brown
G.n.armies
T .Kofala
Kopf & Henry
Water St
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