Cleveland Relocates To Woodley Summer Home Near Rock Creek
Special correspondence from WaskineTon notes President Cleveland and family occupying the 48 acre Woodley estate described as an old three story brick villa with 23 rooms. The house, dating back a century, features a main parlor and music room and has ties to Maryland Governor Plater and Uriah Forrest. Francis Scott Key once spent time at the property and carved his name in a front hall pane.
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WaskineTon
Rock Creek
Capital City
Cleveland
Baby Ruth
Oak View
Capital
Virginia
Maryland
Plater
Uriah Forrest
Philip Barton Key
Key
Francis Scott Key
President's Summer Home Revealed Amid Comfort and Greening
The article chronicles the Washington summer residence chosen by the president, its history from early visitors to modern ownership by Francis G. Newlands, and renovations including new timber, frescoed walls, fresh paint, modern plumbing, and steam heating. It praises the house as a retreat for rest and privacy, with Mrs. Cleveland and Baby Ruth expected to spend four summers there.
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Washington
Key
Van,Burens
Lyler
Buchanan
Baron Erpult
United States
Winfield Scott
Rabat J. Walker
the Treasury
E. Middleton
Baltimore
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Newlands
Oak View
Cleveland
Mrs. Cleveland
Baby Ruth
Groraz Son
Apperson
Pretty Hats and Bonnets Inspire Poetic Fashion Notes
Special Correspondence from New York on May 18 describes bold women who lead style with poetic hats. A vivid green straw bonnet with violets tells a tale of a child crushing blooms, while other creations include lace and pink silk hats, green velvet gowns, and jeweled buckles.
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New York
Walt Whitman
Quive Harrer
Women of Wolpai Tribe In Arizona Describe Remarkable Customs
Special correspondence from Tombstone, May 18, describes Wolpai women in northwestern Arizona as highly civilized in industry and morals. Girls learn kitchen work, weaving, pottery, and dyeing by 15, with hairstyles featuring horned whorls. After marriage hair is tied differently. wives rule households and daughters inherit. The tribe excels in baskets, pottery, and woven goods, with premarital consent required for indoor purchases.
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Arizona
Tombstone
A. T
Wolpai
Shufelst
W. F. Ropers
Deer Farm Planned Near Moodus by F. C. Fowler
Special Correspondence from Moons Conn May 18 reports F C Fowler a property investor. He has purchased 2000 acres north of Moodus to create a deer farm with 12 foot galvanized wire fencing and winter buildings for fawns. He plans to import 80 deer at a cost exceeding 10000 and will release four females and two bucks yearly into northern Connecticut forests, amid recent deer sightings and statewide protection efforts.
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Conn
F. C. Fowler
Moodus
Fowler
Moodns
Connecticut Valley
Shore Line
Black Hall
New Haven
Middlesex County
Connecticut
H.C. Rispeln
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Ronne the Tailor
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