Gifts Worth Fortune At Wilson-Sayre Wedding
Andrew Carnegie sends massive silver plates and a mahogany stand. The Treasury Comptroller presents a chest of silver and a pair of Revere vases. Other gifts include a polar bear rug, a blue enamel pendant watch, and numerous diamond and opal jewelry pieces for Miss Jessie Wilson on her marriage to Secretary McAdoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Comptroller of Treasury
Misa Wilson
McAdoo
Ufe
M McAdoon
Chamond
Beautes
Princes Diamond
Iamonds
Laer
Burlesen
Presenta
Jeweta
Hugh C. Wallac
Wallace
Ow Carnegie
Jessie Wilson
Auliters
Treasury
Paul Severe
Boston Museum
William ¥. McCombs
Ludley Flell Malone
M. House
Sylvester Beach
Misses Beach
J. Horden Harriman
Francia Bowes Sayre
Ali Kul Khan
Edgar E Clark Under Enife Chairman Operated For Stomach Trouble
Edward E Clark, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, underwent surgery at Garfield Hospital for stomach trouble. His doctors report the operation successful and his condition satisfactory for recovery. A benefit musicale by the Friday Morning Music Club will be held at Wilson Normal School tonight with Heinrich Hammer conducting and soloists Miss Robertson, Miss Goodwin, and James Waters assisting. Proceeds support maintenance of pity grounds during the summer per league sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate
Easar Blark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Garfield Hospital
Hea
Wilson Normal School
Harvard Strreta Northwest
Heinrich Hammer
Ro- Rertatien
Giolntat
Miss Goodwin
Waters
Barytone
Parents ™ League
Wedding Day Cited as Joyful White House Event
A lively White House ceremony united the President’s son in law Francia Bowes Sayre and the bride Francie McAdoo with cabinet members and relatives in attendance. Guests crowded the blue and red rooms as Mrs Wilson and family greeted the newlyweds amid informal, cheerful festivities lasting about half an hour.
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Cabinet
McAdoo
Daniola
Jessie Wilson
Labor
Wilson
David Houston
Franklin Lane
Pretty Yang
Burleson
Virginia
Wilson Howe
J. Wilson Howe
Blue Room
White House
the Land
Woodrow Wilson
Francie Bowes Sayre
Wison
Ruth Hall
Joseph Wilson
Baltimore
John A. Wilson
Charles Kellogg
Marjorie Brown
Atlanta
Gat
Fitz Woodrow
James Woodrow
Princeton
N.J
Helen, Hunter
Portsmouth
Mids Henriatta -Stadelman
Wilmington
Mya. Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Wedding Feast in State Dining Room for Wilson Sayre Pair
The National School of Art and Sciences guests filled the state dining room for a grand wedding feast. A lavish cake weighed 42 pounds and the garden of Cupid theme delighted attendees. Miss Sally McAdoo and Miss Nancy Lane served as lead bridesmaids, and Mrs McAdoo cut the cake with a sword. The Marine Band provided music as dancing followed, with the bride dispensing her bouquet to Sallie McAdoo before retiring upstairs to begin the honeymoon preparations.
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Cupid
Miss Wilson
Migs Wilson
National School of Do+ Arts and Sciences
Ted
Sally McAdoo
Nancy
Lane
White “House
Brifes
Ittia Misa Sallie McAdge
Oval
Washington Wedding Guests Fill Notable List
Miss Eleanor Wilson hosts a small Washington society wedding with cabinet family members and many officials in attendance. The page notes the presence of Secretary of Labor’s daughter and other notable guests while detailing who could not attend and who traveled from afar.
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Eleanor Wilson
Washington
Aia
White House
Migs
Wilson
MyAdoos
Mary
Bride Receives Diamond Embellished Locke Jewelry
Bride Nancy Lone, daughter of the Interior Secretary, receives a diamond studded Locke piece and a monogram engraved keepsake. Miss Latty McAdoo, youngest daughter of the Secretary, and Eleanor Wiisc are named among the recipients in the scattered reportage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Latty
McAdoo
Eleanor
Wiische
Washington Bride McAdoo Wedding Scene Described
A Washington journalist recounts the McAdoo wedding with Mrs Wilson grieving openly for her daughter. The President consoles and the mother and daughter share a poignant embrace as vows are read and the couple receive blessing amid a royallike ceremony. The scene ends with kisses from women and children and flower girls showering the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
York
Wilson
Maother
McAdoo
Ater
Wedding vows mark Eleanor Wilson and William McAdoo union
The ceremony binds Eleanor Wilson and Secretary William McAdoo in matrimony with traditional vows and ring exchange. The presiding minister leads a mixed service, ending with pronouncement of marriage and prayers, witnessed by Cary Grayson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wirgon
McAdoo
William
Eleanor
Miss Wilson
Meddoc
Jm Sickneys
Cary T. Grayson
McAdone
Holy Ghost
Poetry and Turnips Among Freak Gifts
A fragmented OCR item describes a wedding gift scene with odd offerings labeled freak gifts. Items listed include bedpucks, handkerchiefs, Mexican bears, breakfast foods, tar nips, potatoes, sewing machines, cleaners, brooms, and patent attachments.
Prince Alexander of Teck Named Canada Governor General
London May Prince Alexander of Teck brother of Queen Mary and son of the late Duke of Teck will succeed the Duke of Connaught as governor general of Canada. He will assume duties in October at the end of Connaught’s term. He is 40, married to Princess Alice of Albany, with one son and one daughter. A keen golfer, he lacks strong administrative experience but is a hard worker and capable organizer, active in hospital charity and cancer research.
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London
Prince Alexander of Teck
Duke of Teck
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Prince Alexander of Terkis
Alice of Albany
Gue
Mary
George
England
Prince
New Woman Arrives in Orient Baffles Home Folk
Mrs William A Montgomery a New York clubwoman and returned missionary spoke in San Francisco on May 7 about the so called new woman in the Orient. She said the main aim of mission work now is to raise wages for mission school girls and noted that educated wives are in demand. She highlighted music teaching as a key opportunity, with women eager to learn English and piano, giving teachers valuable time for missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
India
William A. Montgomery
New York
Orient
Harding to Accept Reserve Board Appointment in May Announcement
Birmingham May announcement states W P Harding of Birmingham will accept a place on the Federal Reserve Board. He informed First National Bank directors he will resign as president and sever ties to dispose of bank holdings within fifteen days to qualify. President Wilson to appoint him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
W. BP. Harding
Wedecal Reserve Board
Harding
First National Bank
Wilson
Wison
Senator Stone Birthday Congratulated by Colleagues
Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, was warmly congratulated on his sixty-sixth birthday by colleagues from both sides. The Missourian is popular and recovering well from an illness. Mayor of Terre Haute Acquitted in election conspiracy case. Not guilty verdict returned tonight. jury deliberated two minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Stone
Tere Haute
Terre Haute
Ind
Dom ML. Roberts
Roosevelt river claim sparks National Geographic debate
In Chicago reports, Roosevelt edits and Brazilian geography claim prompt officials from the National Geographic Society to stress caution while noting his role as a society member. They anticipate his Washington lecture outlining Africa travel results, with several officials denying a confirmed 1000 mile South American river discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
America
National Geographic Society
Clementa Markham
Society
Washington
Africa
Honeymoon on the Hudson Eludes Paparazzi at Secret Departure
The McAdoo wedding party slipped away in a concealed exit from Washingtons White House grounds as reporters at gates struggled. A taxi bearing a presumed bride waved to watchers before the party fled in a car from the south door, chased briefly by journalists. The plan included a Baltimore and Ohio line Philadelphia limited to New York via College Park with stops at Baltimore Wilmington and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson
Waslington
Treasury
Irvington-on- the Hudson
McAdge
Jessie Wilson
Sher
Sayre
White House
Philadelphia
College Park
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilmington
McAdoo to Remain in Cabinet Despite Resignation Rumors
White House official rejects rumors that Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo would resign or seek a France ambassadorship. The source says McAdoo will stay in the cabinet and has never considered resigning, despite chatter linked to President Wilson's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
White Hodge
Adoo
the Treasury
France
A. Mitchell
Palmer
Pennsylvania
North Carolina Women’s Club seeks song censorship action
The Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina adopted a unanimous resolution in Fayetteville to memorialize Congress for censorship of popular songs. It cites that catchy tunes carry evil words harming morality and undermining proper ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Women’s Club
Congress
Raleigh
N.C
Federation of Women's Cluba of
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Connecticut executes man by hanging after midnight
Special to The Washington Post reports Motifius Umika Rikteraitis, who murdered his wife in Waterbury last autumn, was led to the death chamber in Wethersfield. A 480 pound weight dropped, lifting his body 20 feet before the fall left his feet near the floor. He entered the chamber at 12:00 am and was pronounced dead at 22:11:47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washsington
Wethersfield
Conn
Rikteraitis
Waterbury
Obituary for Furbershaw of 3 A Street at 36 years
Furbershaw died yesterday afternoon after years of ill health. He served in the Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War and was a member of the Columbia Typographical Union, Wo, Wi. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs Lewis Rader and Miss Sarah Furbershaw, and seven brothers George, James, Arthur, Walter, Thomas, Joseph, and Marvin. The funeral from 80 A Street NW will be held tomorrow at 8 20 a.m. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Six brothers attend.
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Furbershaw
Columbia Typographical Union
United States
Mra
Lewis Rader
Sarah Furbershaw
George
James
Arthur
Walter
Thomas
Josep
Mawin Furbershaw
Austreett Northwest
Mount, Olivet
One Man in Street Views Wedding with Field Glasses
A man armed with field glasses climbed to a vantage point in the Treasury building west portico, watching McAdoo's wedding while observers gathered below. An old colored coachman questioned the crowd as officers moved to address the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portigo
Treasury
McAdoo
Nerest
Tuberculosis meeting cites home consumptive as chief spreader
Delegates at the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis at the New Willard Hotel blamed home consumptives and contaminated milk for modern TB. Doctors urged routine medical exams for workers and warned mothers mistaking coughing for bronchitis may spread the disease. Prominent figures including Drs Bailey Miller White and Gompers participated in sessions on medical examinations and infant care.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New Willard Hotel
Walter C. Bailey
Boston
Alexander Miller
New York
William Charles White
Pittsburgh
Theodore B. Sachs
Chicago
Harry E. Mack
James A. Britton
J. W. Schereschewsky
Samuel Gompers
George W. Perkins
James Minnick
William Lyster
National Association
National Conference of
New Willard
New ‘Abbitt
Ringling Seeks Divorce in Desertion Case
Special to the Washington Post Albert Ringling aged 64 oldest of the five Ringling brothers of circus fame begins divorce proceedings from his wife in Baraboo Wisconsin on undisclosed grounds with desertion cited as the action. It notes a prior Ringling divorce within a year, Alfred T. Ringling, for nonsupport, with a reported settlement nearing one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Washington Post
Baratiod
Wis
Albert Ringling
Ringling
Alfred T. Ringling
Circus Mar
Germans Propose Commission to Run Haiti Customs
Reported talks say German financiers offer to form a three member commission to oversee Haiti customs with a German as chairman a European as member and an American possibly as third. State Department officials fear a European fiscal protectorate and insist on defeating the plan and restoring American control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
State Department
Carribean
Appeal First Tax Case Reaches Supreme Court
The first Supreme Court appeal directly addressing the federal income tax constitutionality bets on Union Pacific stockholder Frank R. Bushaher. The case proceeds from a district court in Southern New York which refused to enjoin tax payment. Twenty reasons support the challenge, with a decision expected in a year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
New York
Union Pacifi Railroad
Iatane
Frank R. Bushaher
Miss Stallo Engaged to Prince Francesca Rospigliosi
Rome reports the formal engagement of Prince Francesca Rospigliosi to Miss Laurél MacDonald Stallo. The wedding will join Miss Stallo to the Rospigliosi family, increasing American marriages into the house to four. Earlier American brides include Miss Ethel Broncon, Miss Mary Reid, and Mildred Haseltine.
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Rome
Prince Francesca Rospigiesi
Laurél MacDonald Stallo
Stalin
Rogspigliosi
Rospigliosi
Princesa Gianbattista Rospigliosi
Ethel Broncon
New York
Giuseppe
Mary Reid
New Orleans
Col
F. H. Parkhuret
Ludovico
Mise Mildred -Haseltine
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Whaon
Delft
Pitt
Miss Witton
MccAdou
Cleveland-Folsom
Marshall
Sayre-Wilson
John Shelton Williams
Paxton
Wilsoy
Ador
Ac &Nthartan
Carnegie Senda
Edgar E. Clark
ENIFE
Mary. Lane
Dra
Commerce
Redfield
Humphrey Redfield
William B. Wilson
Agnes’ Hart Wison
Agriculture
Houston
Franklin Houston
J. Borden Harriman
Baymaster
Jobh Knapp
Meury
Breckinridge
the Garrancy
John Skelton
Williams
Francis Hugo McAdoo
Nona McAdoo
Tenac King Emerson
John McAdoo
Willam Gibbs MoAdoo
Martin
Arizona
Washington -the- Wilson
Joh- A Wilson
Hele Hunter
Portamouth
Pleanor
Book of Common Worship
Presbyterian Church
Sylvester W. Beach
N. J
Sessia Wilson
My. Sayren
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Pringe
Alexander of
Teck
Mary’ of England
Bank
Brazil
Lanisbury
McAdao
New Hampshire Avenue
Wadoo
U.S
Connecticut
Albert E. Furbershaw
Alexander
Cbsidian
Miss Stallo
Francesco Rospigliosi
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