Miss Taft Dines Amid Washington Embassy Guests
A lengthy Washington social page notes Miss Helen Taft among guests at a German Embassy dinner hosted by HH German Ambassador and Count Bernsterns. The report lists numerous diplomats, military officers, and debutantes attending receptions and dances across several society gatherings.
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Miss Taft
Coumiters von Bernsternt
Helen Taft
Mieg
Julia Meyer
Mise Alice Meyer
Southerland
Mary Southerland
Hists Aldrich
Draper
Preston Gibson
the Treasury
Andrew
Louth Bacon
Boston
Sam Elot
Kerr
Count Caekonics
Maugras
Thought for Today on a modern wife and time value
Mrs Robert M La Follette recalls a brilliant wife who after marriage handled home duties with a brown string bag. The piece argues against traditional limits on a educated woman's time, noting men optimize work time and urging equal regard for a wife’s contributions beyond domestic tasks.
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Washington
Annexation ordinance discussion at Alexandria meeting
The Alexandria board of aldermen discussed an annexation ordinance passed by the common council, with members seeking more information and debates over revenue versus costs. Also noted is the installation of Rev John Lee Allison as pastor of Second Presbyterian Church and Bertha Rowe Griffith’s absolute divorce from Henry Griffith in Alexandria court.
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Abhington
Bureau
King Street
Alemarns
Alexandria Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Ballenger
Ogden
Alexandria
John Lee Allison
Second Presbyterian Church
A R. Bird
Chesapeake
Morris E Kirk
Baltimore
Dumbarton Avenue
Central Church
Washington DC
Walia Chinn
Warrenton
Be Lawa
Washington
Clark and Warden
William Campbell
Second Church
BR Grffith
Alexandria Corporation Court
Bertha Rowe Grifith
Henry Griffith
Maine Relics for Public Use Proposed by Secretary Meyer
Secretary Meyer plans to ask Congress to distribute parts of the wreck of the Maine now in Havana harbor to patriotic organizations municipalities and public bodies. He opposes sales by firms or individuals but favors gifting pieces of the vessel or its equipment to patriotic groups public bodies and to the President of Cuba.
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Meyer
Congress
Maine
Lavana Harbor
patriotic organiza +tione municipal corporations
Oue
Statag
Cuba
Daughter Inherits Estate From Mrs Nelson
Mrs Mary M Nelson left practically her entire estate to her daughter Mrs Fanny N Worthington in a will probated yesterday. The late Nelson was sister to former Justice James B Hagner of the District Supreme Court.
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Mary M Nelson
F M. Worthington
Maryy M Nelson
James B Hagner
District Supreme Court
Fanny N Worthington
Arrested in Embassy 18 Sent to Insane Asylum
Charles H Atlan of Cumberland Maryland was arrested yesterday at the Brazilian embassy in Washington for forcing his way past a doorkeeper and was sent to the Washington Asylum Hospital on a sanity charge. He claimed wealth and offered to aid Brazil’s national debt in return for a high position, and planned a trip to Brazil to interview a resident there for a navy appointment. He has a long history of wandering from home and has brain affection.
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Charles H Atlan
Cumberland
Sixteenth Street
Washington Asylum
Allen
Senor Domicio da Gama
Maryland
Brasil
Senor da Gama
Brazil
Washington Amulure
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Mr Allen
Navy officer rejected by Loyal Legion in New York
Special to The Washington Post New York December 15 Gen Daniel E Sickles faced a third rejection for membership in the New York commandery of the Loyal Legion. It was learned the same commandery had also blackballed Capt Daniel Delhanty USN retired, who served in the Spanish American War and commanded the Suwanee, a small auxiliary gunboat.
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Washington Post
New York
Daniel E Sickles
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Daniel Delhanty
Wealthy society view at House of Mystery estate sale
Wealthy patrons and bibliophiles gathered at 660 Park Avenue New York to view Charles T Yerkes treasures left to Emilie Grigsby. The sale includes books jewels tapestries and medieval furniture as Miss Grigsby plans to move to England taking her Coppee portrait. others in attendance include Mia Ava Astor and Princess Henry of Battenberg who praised American women and discussed social reforms and renovations in London.
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Park Avenue
New York
Charles T Yerkes
Emilie Grigsby
Henry James
George Meredith
House of Mystery
America
Miss Grigsby
England
Coppee
Mia Ava Astor
Paria
Grosvenor Square
London
Mra Astor
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Spain
Harry Higgins
Slocum
Newborough
Grace Carr
Kentucky
Shoppers and Sockers, Tales of a Holiday Sale
A vivid collage of fragment lines echoes the holiday shopping chaos and human nature. Citizens complain of crowded counters and scant stock while reflecting on gifts, generosity, extravagance, and the social theater of shopping and giving. The piece threads humor, longing, and moral observation.
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Apollinaris
Jack Norworth
Nora Bayes
Washington Distributers
J. W. Ruppert & Bro
7Th St. N. W
Washington Drug Ex
C St. N. W
Stein Bros
Pa. Ave
N. W
Hoosier
Kmoge Furniture CO
7Th Street N. W
John & This & Co
A. Schmidt & Son
Connecticut Avenue
Carmee
Jefferson Place
Ste Po
E. G. Hines
N'W
St. N. W
Callisher
Meyers Military
Shetford
Chautauqua Dairy CO
Syracuse
Noah
Manzanilla
Amontillado
Olorogo
Leacock Brandy Bros
Port Wines
Tarragona
Desert
Crown
Royal
Pleasant Valley
Loyal Legion
McKensie’s
Cornwell
G. G. Cornwell & Son
H Street
D P McCartney
Harold FP Norton
McCartney
Nineteenth Street
Norton
Metropolitan
Shevy Chase
Army and Navy Cu
Engineers’ Club and Yacht Club
Navy Department
Benjamin F Filson
Misa Zelma Filson
Enalyn Robert Pollok Guller, Jr
Mra Pilson Leroy
Phelps
Mr. Guller
U 88
Mississippi
Philadelphia Navy Yard
William J Barden
Fran 4A
Wilby
Ashington
Engineers
Mas Barden
Barden
Misa
Frances Hodges
Col
Mra Hodges
Sally Garlington
Mias Maitland Marshall
Mary Webb
Pullen
Marke
Strong
Herkness
Mra Wilby
Capt
Mre
Wigmore
Mre McKee
Mra Reid Rogers
T Summerlin
Lovers Hogta
Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Mayer
Mra Fremont-Smith
Senator du Pont
Myron Whitney
Misa Beresford
Thompson
George C Reid
Columbia Road
Nima Stockton
Reid
Miss Stockton
William P Biddle
Gen Biddle
Marine Barracks
George F F Eiliott
Gen Eiliott
Gen Eiliott, Mra Prentigs Bassett
Neut Bassett
Misa May Adams
Mike Dorothy Talor
Edmonia Adams
Emily Beatty
Kathryn Hitchcock
Amy Richardson
Katherine Gwynn
Alice Dressel
Lemira Gilett Hill
Dorothy Brooks
Leila Montgomery
Frances Effinger
Mise Margaret Smith
Estelle Crane
Julia Vail
Florence Fernon
J. Burnet
Crane
Robert M. la Follette
Chaziva H. Allen
Ambassador da Gama
BrazPe
Delhanty
Sickles
the Post
E Louise Sands
New Yorks
Olympic
Miss Sands
Miss Sandy
Jim
Illris Kringle
Eiger
Mhan
Barvbates
Ley
Calvert Gift List
the Calvert Co
Ogram’s Gift Store
Penna. Ave
E.F. Dioop & Sons CO
Victor Victrolas
Bigin
Ngersoll
Equity
Jowe
Cape
Alf
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Mmomner Feay