Inaugural Preparations Amid Snow Storm Delays and Decor
The article details Olympic scale preparations for a presidential inaugural. Despite a heavy snowstorm, decorations rise along the Avenue and Court of History with statues and bamboo poles from the World’s Fair. Generals Chaffee Johnston and Duvall finalize parade plans. The morning parade departs the White House at 1 pm, Capitol visit follows, then luncheon at the White House with 200 dignitaries before the President’s address.
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Wilson
War Department
Committee
Court of History
Ellenville
Monroe
Jackson
Clark
Livingston
Lasalle
Narvaez
Louisiana Purchase
Fifteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Philppines
Louisiana
William IF. Db
F. F. Galen
Transportation Commutter
Posilion
Capitol
Owen
Committee On
Grand Marshall Chaffee
John A. Johnston
William BP. Duvall
Squadron A
First Cavalry
Grand Army
White House
Chaffee
Inauguration Preparations by District Veterans and Guards
General orders from the District of Columbia United Spanish War Veterans call for members in full dress at 8 W. V. Hail on March 14 at 8 p.m. for inauguration escort duties for Comrade Theodore Roosevelt. Camps, uniforms, line of march, and cavalry mounts are organized with noted officers, divisions, and attached parties. Officials, guests, and various military units are arriving from multiple states for the ceremony.
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United Spanish War Veterans
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Domer
Nelson
Miles Cump
R. J. Haden
Fourth Immune
W. Lawcon
Mckinley
Rough Riders
Guard of Honor
Capitol
New Willard
Col. Alexander ©. Brodie
Maj
W. W. H. Llewellyn
War Department
Cavalry
Santiago
Rough Rider
Chesapeake and Ohio
Dronsen
Philippine Scouts
Fort Thomas
United States Marines
Portsmouth
Hampton Roads
Lfe
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Raleigh
Thomas Ewart
Bromley Wharton
Chambers McKibben
Johna. Wiley
John W. Schall
Ezra F. Rippie
Frank G. Sweeney
Albert J. Logan
Horace L. Haldeman
Joseph K. Weaver
Frank K. Patterson
Lewis E. Beltier
Harry C. Trexler
James M. Reid
Charles C. Pratt
Daniel B. Shepp
Paul S. Reeves
Walter
Department
Tasker
Department of the Potomac
M. Sharp
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Whilta House
Aixteen
A. P. Tasker
Vanderhoel
Gibbons Takes Same Train Stops in Atlanta En Route to Baltimore
Gibbons left on the same train and will pause in Atlanta before continuing back to Baltimore, outlining a brief travel route.
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Gibbons
Atlanta
Baltimore
Arrival of Notables at Inaugural Events Across Hotels
Notables flock to Washington for the inaugural, with Federal and State officials and prominent civilians occupying hotels from the Ebbitt House to the Raleigh. Delegations from Chicago, Philadelphia, Vermont, Louisiana, and New York gather, while multiple clubs prepare for Saturday parades and a formal escort under Department Commander Tasker.
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Ebbitt House
Gen. Wade
Department of the East
Philadelphia
W. Stetson
New York
D. J. Flynn
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Metropolitan
J. W. Cornell
Samuel T. Alkey
Frank J. Eppers
Charles H. May
Gilkeson
Ti. Salter
Edw. Murray
Joseph Sarney
Trenton Times
A. &. Herry
Covington
Chief
The
National Magazine
Aaron B. Clark
Rosebud
York Bridge Company
York, Pa
Inaugural Ball Gas Supply Cut Amid Safety Concerns
The Pension Office will have no gas during the inaugural ball after guards detected a gas odor near the recom to be occupied by the President. A gas main appears broken. officials turned off building gas lines and will illuminate the event by electricity only to prevent fire.
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Colorado
Committee On
Filipino Scouts Depart Fort Thomas for Washington Inauguration
A battalion of Filipino Scouts stationed at Fort Thomas left for Washington today to attend the inauguration of President Se. The march marks a notable deployment as part of wartime service and demonstrates allied support and national ceremony involvement. The move underscores ongoing participation of Filipino forces in major U.S. events during the period.
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Cincinnati
Fort Thomas
Washington
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for bloating heartburn belching and cramps diet before meals to tone digestive organs and relax bowels to vanish ailments. It claims to have strengthened thousands of weak stomachs over fifty years and also treats indigestion dyspepsia insomnia chills colds la grippe and malaria.
Weather and parade outlook amid odd winter record
Weather Bureau forecaster Prof Frankenfield predicts fair weather Thursday with doubts about Saturday due to inauguration timing and last nights events. The winter snow total reaches 40 inches, a record rivaling New England, while forecasts call for a 24 degree low and rising temperatures into the day.
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Frankenfield
Weather Bureau
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
New England
Condition of Avenue Delays Inauguration Street Cleaning
Washington officials express relief over snowy disruption to Pennsylvania Avenue just days before inaugurations. Commissioner West and Superintendent Stidham race to keep roads passable, borrowing scrapers if thaw fails, and avoiding further Congress funding. Sand may be used at intersections to prevent slips.
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Washington
West
Stidham
Pennsylvania Avenue
Weather Bureau
Engineer Department
Congress
New Jersey Guard Units Designated for Roosevelt Inauguration
Gov Stokes announced the legislature will be represented at President Roosevelt's inauguration as practicable. The Newark First Regiment order was rescinded while the Essex Troop Camden Battery and Jersey City Signal Corps will go to Washington. New Jersey will likely have no infantry in the parade due to practicality.
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Camden Battery
Jersey City Signal Corps
Trenton
N. J
Gov. Stokes
Brienmanl
National Guard
Roosevelt
Newark
Washington
New Jersey
Weather conditions and forecast from Weather Bureau report
Weather conditions show a moderate disturbance moving southeast from Manitoba to the North Carolina coast with minimal precipitation. Temperatures are below average from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the East, while the West and South run above average. Ice gorges near Cincinnati damaged river interests. Forecast: generally fair east of the Rockies Thursday and Friday, with local rains in the extreme Southwest and Washington coast. Local readings list temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine hours for the night and day.
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Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
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North Carolina
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Lake Region
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Mississippi Valley
Cincinnati
Rocky Mountains
Washington
South Atlantic States
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
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Lake Michigan
Porte
Grand Banke
Elopers in custody caught in Georgetown boarding house
Detectives trailed a wagon carrying the fugitives trunks to a Georgetown boarding house on Thirty-second Street and located Rev. J F Cordova and Julia Bowne in custody. They will be sent back to New Brunswick New Jersey for surrender. Cordova and Bowne had eloped Monday for the third time and were captured in Washington.
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Hartigan
Georgetown
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Mount Vernon
Pennsylvania Bayvenue
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Chester
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P Street
Francis
Miss Bowne
Jersey City
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Heo
Pinkerton
Philadelphia
Harn
Eloping duo Cordova and Bowne face New Jersey extradition
Cordova y Gampus, claiming to be Mexican, was arrested after newspaper clippings linked him to elopement with Miss Bowne. Bowne admitted she was not his wife, revealing he had a wife and three children in New Jersey. They agreed to return to New Brunswick for extradition as reports circulated of charges including larceny and embezzlement against Cordova in New Jersey.
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Barbee
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Baur
Hartigan
Cordova
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Mexico
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