Peace on Earth on Warships Reception by Bluejackets
Laflan News Bureau from Port of Spain Trinidad describes a Christmas in port aboard the USS Minnedgota with a shipboard reception, musical salutes, banquets, and festive decorations. Officers, sailors, and guests mingle amid humor, boxing, liberty, and a morale-boosting display of American flags as the fleet prepares to sail for Rio.
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Dal
Laflan
Hoard V. & S
Louisiana
U. S
Hattie Des
Trubbard
Thomas
Sneha Mmette
Carlana
Mark
Lavaller
John Begut
Good Hope
Tiuken
Roosevelt
Panama
Witchinman
Vermont
Taomsiana
Wien
Chris
Andy
Ava Lantel
Naval Academy
Santa Foydy
Aphaer
Poerlith
Dawn Te Iidahiphar
Good Fellowship
Espore Bastala
Roroo
Seng
New London
iHenry
Reut
Evans
Hampton Roads
Fort Fisher
Trinidad
Boca Grande
Gulf
Land
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Kansas
Spain
Maine
Rio
Bluejackets
Cutgon
Glacier
Port
Liberty
Jack
Port of Spain
Miners Flock to Army Recruit Posts in Ohio
Columbus recruits from Monongahelas and West Virginia mining districts pour into army barracks reports Captain Young who returns from West Virginia after leading special recruiting efforts. The post notes miners from surrounding districts swelling enlistment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Monongah
W. Va
Recrda
Young
West Virginia
Army Orders Names and Transfers for Medical and Staffing
A list of army personnel movements inclines promotions transfers extensions and assignments. Notable: Willam Huxford retired recruiting officer three days extending. Lieutenants Alfred Miches Thomas Lawe and Willam Balla assigned extensions and duties. multiple captains and surgeons reassigned to forts hospitals and instruction roles across San Francisco Savannah Madison Barracks and Fort Riley with duties aboard field artillery gear and examination boards.
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Abeeme
Willam
Huxford
Alfred
Miches
Thirteenth Infantry
Thomas H Lawe
Twelyeighth Infantry
Willam A Balla
Twelfth Cavalry
Liem
Collows
Ua Garde
San Francisco
Thomas BK. Meri Piet
Naval Officers Orders Report From Washington
Rear Admiral JP Merrell of the joint board in Washington assigns Commander F H Sherman to command Nipsle Navy Yard Puget Sound Wash Adjutant orders also note Neut Com F B Payne to Syrena of Navigation Washington DC for special duty and Warrant Machinist M Vogt detached Paducah North Carolina
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JP Merrell
Army and Navy Joint Board
Washington, D. C
F. H. Sherman
Nipsle
Navy Yard
Puget Boimd
Wash
Neut. Com
F. BR. Payne
Syrena
Navigaton
Washington, DC
M. Vogt
Paducah
Olina
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported Across Posts
Movements show Aatled Buffalo and frossenerton bound for San Francisco California and Nebraska from San Diego for San Francisco. Rocket and Choctaw move from Norfolk to Washington. Leonidas sails from Hampton Roads to Bradford. Eagle departs Guantanamo for Survey Grounds. Stockton detaches from third torpedo flotilla to reserve torpedo flotilla. Blakely placed in full commission at Norfolk Virginia assigned to third torpedo flotilla.
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Buffalo
San Francisco
California
Nebraska
San Diego
Rocket and Choctaw
Norfolk
Washington
Leonidas
Hampton Roads
Bradford
Eagle
Guantanamo
Stockton
Third Torpedo Flotilla
Blakely
Navy War
Norlola
Fireproof Storage Offers Locked Rooms at Two Dollar Fee
A notice describes fireproof storage with separated locked rooms priced from two dollars monthly. Expert launchers are mentioned and estimates are finished.
Army target range proposal to shelter troops near Washington
Treasury Department forwarded to Congress a War Department estimate for a 6 000 acre target range near Washington. The plan seeks 250000 dollars for a site for artillery and small arms practice and for concentration of troops in war time. Sites near Falls Church Virginia Knoxville Tennessee and Frederick Maryland are reviewed under Maj. Gen. Duvall. The board expects to report recommendations within two weeks.
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Congress
Treasury Department
Washington
War Department
Secretary of Rel Treasury
War Officials
Department of the East
Navy
Annapolis
Army
Regular Army
National Guard
District of Columbia
Gen. Duvall
Falls Church
Knoxville
Frederick
Admiral Merrell Joins War College Board Action
Rear Admiral John P. Merrell, president of the Naval War College at Newport, is assigned to the joint army and navy defense board. The panel plans U S defense against foreign invasion and fills the vacancy caused by the retirement of Rear Admiral Willard J. Brownson after resigning as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
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John P. Merrell
Naval War College
Newport
Army and Navy jJoret Board
United States
Joint Board
Merrell
Willard J. Brownson
United States Navy
Bureaut of Navigation
Frisco plans grand gala week for fleet arrival
San Francisco outlines a land and water pageant program for not less than a week to honor the U S battle fleet with 22 000 officers and men, a 100 000 dollar hospitality fund, raised by subscriptions and municipal appropriation, as part of the arrival celebrations.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific Coast
Rito de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Bremen
Abarenda
Deichoff
Gromoboi
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Chile
Thacabuco
Esmeralda
Punta Arenas
Straits of Magellan
Evans
Chilean
John Hicks
Peru
Legation
Chacabuco
Social and Personal Notes From Washington and Richmond
Invitations issued for a garrison ball at Fort Monroe with reception at 9 20. A wedding in Mount Vernon Place Church unites Miss Corinne B. Miller and Dr. Lyle F. Hansbrough of Front Royal. Various society moves include New York guests in Paris, travelers to Nice and Rome, and numerous at home dates in January February and February.
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Mgr
George Frederick Adams
Fort Monroe
Hotel Chamberlin
Fortress Monroe
Charles Henry Butler
Mount Vernon Place
Corinne B. Miller
William French Locke
Lyle F. Hansbrough
Front Royal
Locke
Mrs. Hansbrough
John Blake Baker
New York
Elysee Palace Hotel
Paris
Nice
Florence
Rome
J. Ellen Foster
Miss Pierce
Helen Varick Boswell
John Morrow Adams
Baltimore
Judith G. Fry
Susie Davdson
Miss Todd
Magruder
Washington
Chalfonte
Atlantic City
S. Ganss
Fairmont Street
Sarah Moshkevich
B. B. Haberer
Twenty-third Street
Gossip of Society from the Provinces in 1907 8
Reports from Philadelphia Boston and Chicago show lavish society entertainments contrasted with New York. James W Paul Jr hosted a 100000 ball for Mary Astor Paul with 3000 roses and a Louis XIV garden setting. Dorothy Randolph’s party featured canaries goldfish and 1200 Paris gifts. Philadelphia leads in novelty.
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New York
Thiladelphia
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
James W. Paul Jr
Mary Astor Paul
Mr. Paul
Dorothy Randolph
Paula
Randolphs
Bellea
Beaux
Paris
Paul
Washington society scandal and Broadway fashion notes on 1908
Mrs. Frank J. Duffey sues for limited divorce from her husband in Brooklyn, recounting cruelty after a Washington social whirlwind that began with their 1906 wedding at St. Pauls Church. The tale sits among New York life blurbs on theater outings and fashion as women increasingly walk Broadway in gowns at gala events.
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Daniel Levi
Boston
Mass
Frank J. Duffey
Brooklyn
Washington
Joan Reeves
Commander Reeves
Long Island
Duffey
Army and Navy
Yale Medical College
New York
Broadway
New
Why I Lost My Job
A reflective piece argues job loss stems from mental worry and bodily illness. The narrator cites stomach troubles, resulting in clouded thinking and poor performance, and advocates Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy, promising improved health and employment prospects.
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Stuart
F. A. Ee Co
Marshall, Mich
Royal gifts and fashion fill a Vatican holiday meal
A Vatican Christmas menu includes an English plum pudding among Pope Pius X's delicacies while gifts arrive from monarchs and orders. Princess Victoria of Schaumburg Lippe captivates with equestrian feats, and Mrs. Clarence Mackay's opulent opera cloak featuring sable fur and rose satin draws attention. Jewelry recovered at the Madison Square Garden Auto Show restores a necklace lost by Mrs. Conley, wife of a prominent industry secretary. Meanwhile Count Laszlo Szechenyi prepares for a January 27 wedding to Gladys Vanderbilt as Austrian society watches closely.
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Rome
Vatican
Pius X
Solesme
Italy
Amelia
Charlotte
Gaxe-Meininger
Thes Hohenzollerng
Victoria
Schwanburg Lippe
Bons
Lorsea
Walter Wilhelm
Adolf of
Clarence Mackay
Cnat
Louis D. Conley
Madison Square Garden
New York
Conley
Ias
Conley Foil Company
West Twenty-fifth Street
East Ninety-third Street
George Ehret
Tatler
James Farley
Peter Groll
Farley
Groll
Kernochan
Conleys
Dionys Szechenyi
Laszlo Szechenyia
Anton Sigray
Southampton
Kronprinzess
Cecilic
Count Anton Sigray
Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Laszlo
Count Anton
Vienna
Migs Vanderbilt
Hungary
Directory of named travelers and addresses across cities
A list of individuals with associated towns and hotels or organizations spanning cities like Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond and others. Names include Cerrett F Smith Elden Morris Hettle Cushmen J Kenry Cushmen and many more with affiliations to hotels rail lines menswear and national organizations.
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Taltimore
Miss Cerrett
Smith
Thonal
Boston
C of Dow
George M
Raleigh
Wensy
Jamen W Cook
National
Chicago
John A Elden
John A
Morris Raleigh
AH Hettle
Wallard
York Citi
A Renahen
J. Cles
John Kenry Cushmen
H J
Jenne
Joewer i
Gauthe Poe Mi Jer
Kengalls
Alber Miterh
St James
M Freund
Oulit
Lindermaker
M Haer George
Winna
Bateman
Gret
Arlington
Shoreham
Anderson
Lewis E Delafiord
Chandler
Hichardsmiith
New Wilford
T Wabb
Ebbitt
Funeral of Jacob Gerstenberg at Prospect Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Jacob Gerstenberg former superintendent of the German Orphan Asylum are set for this afternoon at 2 oclock from Zurhoists undertaking establishment located at Third and East Capity streets northeast Rev Paul A Menzel will officiate and interment will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetery Coroner Nevitt has issued a certificate of death by own action after viewing the body
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Jacob Gerstenberg
Benefit for Working Boys Home at Belasco Theater
A charity performance for the Working Boys’ Home is set this afternoon at 4 30 o’clock at the Belasco Theater. Boxholders include Mrs William Phelps Eno Mrs Hennen Jennings Mrs Charles M Ifoulke Mrs Tiffany Dyer Mrs Richard Harlow Mrs George F Huff and Mrs Scaife. A feature will show moving pictures of the fleet’s departure under Admiral Evans.
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Belasco Theater
Willam Phelps Eno
Hennen Jennings
Charles M Ifoulke
Tiffany Dyer
Richard Harlow
George F. Huff
Scaife
Admiral Evans
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