New Animals at National Zoo from Emperor Menelik II Gift
The National Zoo will receive two lions and a Grevy zebra named Dan, gifts from Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia to Theodore Roosevelt. The animals traveled via the steamer Minneapolis and were cared for by Saleh Bin Saleh, with Dan being the first Grevy zebra in the United States. The zoo hopes to obtain more zebras to test breeding for strong draft animals.
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National Zoo
Dan
Menelik II of
Abyssinia
Theodore Roontvelt
United States
New York
Minneapolis
William Hillis
Menelik
Emperor Menelik
Solomon
Judea
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Saleh bin Saleh
New York Zoo
North Atlantic
Saleb
Baker
Loeb
Eltis
Paris
World of
Science
Cape Colony
Grant
Somaliland
Zebdrules
Prof
J. C.wart
Edinburgh
Scotland
Burchell
India
England
Jules Grevy
French Republic
London Zoo
Zoo
War Department
Tropics
Baron Parana
Brazil
Tropica
Philippines
National Rifles Veterans Elect Officers at Armory Meeting
The Society of National Rifles Veterans held its annual meeting at the armory. James F. Gyster was elected president Joseph O Manson as vice president George W Evans as secretary treasurer and a board of managers including J O P Burnside James F Oyster Henry K Simmpson and others. The secretary treasurer reported strong finances and new members James A Sample and Fred L Siddons joined. The annual banquet is set for June 9.
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Society of National Rifles’ Veterans
Armory
James F. Gyster
Joseph O. Manson
George W. Evans
J. O. P. Burnside
James F Oyster
Henry K. Simmpson
Fred M. Thornell
William C. Keech
Edward P. Harrington
Glendle B. Young
Edward M. Shirley
Edwin B. Hay
J. Henry Small, Jr
Joseph 8
Public Coleridge-Taylor concert enchants Convention Hall
The S Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society gave its fourth city performance of Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha Trilogy with Marine Band Orchestra. Soloists Mme Mistella Pinkney Clough J Arthur Freeman and Harry Burleigh received praise others noted for the orchestra and chorus. The audience included high officials and social leaders. a second concert tonight will feature three new choral ballads with the composer conducting.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Mme
Mistella Pinckney Clough
Worcester
Mass
J. Arthur Freeman
St. Louis
Harry Burleigh
Mme. Clough
Freeman
Taylor
Tim
Society
John T. Layton
District Sons of American Revolution Hold Smok er Report
The District Society of the Sons of the American Revolution met at Rauscher's for its November gathering. John Paul Barnest reported the local society’s finances while W H Bayly outlined the St Louis convention work. Dr W A Jack presented a paper on Revolutionary Soldier in Rhode Island. a piano solo by Charles Moore accompanied by D G Pfeiffer. A smoker followed refreshments. Many members attended, including Leon L French, William H Somervell, and numerous others listed.
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District Society
District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Rauscher’s
John Paul Barnest
National Society
W. H. Bayly
St. Louis
W. A. Jack
Rhode Island
Charles Moore
D. G. Pfeiffer
Leon L. French
William H. Somervell
E. A. Hil
R. P. Hawes
J. B. Fenwick
William H. Bayly
BE. A. Hreidler
Besselievre
T. Turner Smith
H. F. Blount
F. R. Blount
A. C. Peale
Mills
John Sharman
Col
B. W. Foster
H. H. Brewer
H. C. McLean
Dr. H. Dawson
Philip Walker
John D. Biddis
G. GC. Ruffin
William Gurley
Charles O. Rice
W. L Marsh
T. S. Childs
L. French
Francis E. Grice
Gen
T M. Vincent
W. A. de Caladry
J. W. Qédugiaas
C. J. Eddy
W. G. Gallagher
William Edward Todd
Thomas P. Randolph
A. Howard Clark
Pickering Dodge
J. G Greenawalt
FF. Greenawalt
Arthur Smith
Capt
W. R. Hiltyer
W. F. Clark
W. A Miller
Richard C. Adams
A. G. du Bole
St. Clair
E. 8. Jones
James T. Dub
J. FP
J Carmody
Karl H. Fenning
M. ¢. Summers
Chester Sherman
George A. Howe
W. A. Copenhaver
Henry
Wheeler
H. W. Samson
Cadwel ‘Tyler
Theodore Idyings
Oliver P. Johnson
J. A Bayley
M. ©. Grasty
I W. Dennison
Maj
O. Hall
H. A. Robbins
H. BH. Donnally
W. D Greenbeck
Capt. George ©. Graves
Southard Farker
F. Smith
S. M. Ely
Robert FR. Bennett
H. M. Fulton
Perclevat Hall
Samuel Herrick
N. L. Collamer
Church Lacking a Pastor at Georgetown Lutheran
Trustees of Georgetown Lutheran Church meet tonight to decide on a new pastor after Rev. Stanley Biltheimer’s resignation. Candidates include Rev Luther Miller of Leitersburg Maryland and Rev Mr Pofinberger of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Retired minister Rev Luther Waring fills the pulpit temporarily.
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Georgetown Lutheran
Georgetown Lutheran Church
Diffiult
Stanley Biltheimer
Board of Trustees
Luther Miller
Leitersburg
Mr. Pofinberger
Gettysburg
Luther Waring
Traveling companion aids with nerves and sickness
A companion delightful notepack of Little Comforters or Dr Miles anti pain pina soothes nerves of the brain and stomach. They prevent dizziness sick stomach and headache car sickness for travelers seeking relief.
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Miles
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Promoted By Traveller
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a universal remedy for all kinds of pain. It claims the pills soothe nerves and cure pain with quick relief and money-back guarantee if not beneficial. The copy cites a traveling salesman testimonial and notes 25 cent price for three doses.
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Miles
M. . Chartus
J. Louis
California Fig Syrup Co
Social and Personal Notes from Washington Society
Washington society chatter covers a Georgetown wedding at the Holdsworth Gordon home. Alice Gordon Parker returns from New York and attends a horse show event with Corinne Douglas Robinson among debutantes. Plus notices on New York debs, a December 1 wedding in Epiphany Church, a charity sale at House of Mercy, and hospital bake sale activities with the Foundling Hospital babies.
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James Holdsworth Gordon
Georgetown
Alice Gordon Parker
New York City
Rhode Island Avenue
Corinne Douglas Robinson
Miss Robinson
Miss Parker
Miss Obinson
White House
Richard Butler
New York
Rochambeau
Justice
Brown
Chaffee
Gillespie
Stanley Matthews
Washington
Jane
Laura Carlisle
Mrs. Carlisle
Gramercy Park
Charity reception opens major art exhibit in New York
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs George B McClellan attended a formal reception at the American Fine Arts Building marking the opening of a 200 piece foreign and American masterworks show run by the New Society of Art Collectors. Proceeds from the exhibition go to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, the citys oldest charity hospital, and the show runs for a month.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
George B. McClellan
American Fine Arts Building
New Society of Art Collectors
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Military wedding at Petersburg with Confederate decorations
Gen James MacGill of Pulaski Va and Miss Lucy Hill youngest daughter of A P Hill were wed at St Pauls Church Petersburg with Right Rev A M Randolph and Rev C O Bunting officiating. Confederate camps attended. A P Hill Camp presented a gold purse. Wilcox G A P sent gold pieces. Also Count de Pierrefeu and Elsa Tudor wed in Boston. plan to reside in Newark, N J. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad urges cure of scrofula and other ailments.
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Petersburg
Va. Petersburg
James MacGill
Pulaski
Lucy Lee Hill
St. Paul's Church
A."m. Randolph
C. O. Bunting
Virginia
A. P. Hill
Wilcox Grand Army Post
Springfield
Mass
Count de Pierrefeu
Elsa Tudor
Boston
Jehan Marie Joseph Alain Dedons de Pierrefeu
Paris
William Tudor
Henri de la Chappelle
Notre Dame Des Victoires
Newark
N. J
Washington Symphony to Debut Widor Conte d Avril
The Washington Symphony at Lafay ette Theatre will premiere Widor’s Conte d Avril in America, last on the program to suit late arrivals. The program includes Massenet, Schumann, and Gluck, with De Koven arranging the suite and Widor approving. Also noted: Schumann’s Symphony No 1 in B minor and a recap of the health status of Dr. Ramage amid a smallpox case.
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Widor
Washington Symphony
Lafayette Theater
America
Vidor
Paris
France
Saint-Saens
Mhusic
Charles Marie Widor
Argen
Washington
Wider
de Koven
Baltimore
Massenet
Schumann
Mme+de Montjau
Gluck
Delibes
Strauss
Gluck Mme
de Montjau
Clara Wieck
Injo
Ramage
Barr
The Eternal Feminine at the Columbia next week
Margaret Anglin stars in The Eternal Feminine at the Columbia after its New Haven run. The comedy blends myth and fantasy with Greek and Amazonian settings, praised for Anglin's bold, new stage presence and elaborate scenic effects.
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Margaret Anglin
Columbia
New Haven
Hyperion
Antiope
Halcyone
Aegean Sea
Mise
Eex
Lysander
Daybreak
Grove
Palace
Robert Droctt
Ernani
Thomas Wise
Manen
Eherfe
Lampite
Horatio W. Parker
Thora Novissima
Charles Frohman
George Edwardes
London
Kay
New National Theater
Owen Hall
Ivan Caryll
Herald Square Theater
New York
Boston
Sam Bernard
Hattie Willlame
Ernest Lambart
Grace Dudley
Katherine Hutchinson
George Howard
George Honey
Carrie Lee Storie
Arthur Elliott
George R. Sprague
Paul Decker
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Meneliek
Saleh Ben Saleh
National Rifles’ Veterans
Coleridge Taylor Choral Society
Sons OF American Revolution
Dr. Miles
Charles B. Alexander
Murray Butler
Princess Pergasusa
Creighton Webb
Thomas F. Walsh
Mrs. Walsh
Madison Square Garden
A. S. Worthington
Helen Starr Worthington
Edgar Carlos Riebe
New_York
House of Mercy
K Street
Washington Circle
Board of Managers
McGowan
Gwynn
Mra. Sawtelle
Katharine M4mmack
Fifteenth Street
William Preston Vose
New Hampshire Avenue
Walter 8. Volkman
California
Bayard Wyman
Concord
L. C. Roessier
Cumberland
Henry L. Taylor
Farragut
Roessler
City
Della C. Dennison
Flora C. Dyer
Roosevelt and
Sloane Hospitals
Evelyn Kemp
Princeton Street
Ohio
Loren Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Pittsburg
Aimee Sanderson
Henrietta L. Sanderson
David Weimar Reinohl
D. Reinohl
Lucien Glark
Hamline M. B. Church
Reineh
Roanoke
Gen. Macgill
Lucy Hill
Hood
Gasch & Birge
N. Y. Ave. Nw
Lafayette Opera House
Charles J. Ross
Mabel Fenton
Cesaful
Weber & Fielda
John Stromberg
William T. Francis
Edgar Smith
Weber & Fields
New York Music Hall
Reville
Rosa
Fenton
Harria and
Sidman
Paul Quinn
Willam Platt
Julia Weet
Bessie Penn
Marjorie Thompson
Gladys Arnold
Arles Keene
Irene White
the Pagetefeters
Irene Russell
Anna Turner
Lilian Raymond
Chage's
le Basque Quartet
Herbert Holcombé
Sam J Curtis
Margaret Webb
Stuart Barnes
Zeno
Carl
John
Bertha Gleeson
Fred Houlihan
Hol. Foster
Mike
Earle
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Chase
Ite
Feo
Chane’s
Vladimir de Pachman
Columbia Theater
Tirketa
Cal
Droop's
Mme Melba
National Theater
Mme. Melba
Ploger
Ellis
Melba
Fred Opper
Frank Dumant
The
Academy
Turaday
Lyceum Theater
Tiger Lilies Company
Teeff
Edison
Turkey
Shlegant
Hicu Class
Druccists
C. G. Sloan & Co
REGIE
Denman
Sloan’s
Geo. E. Hamilton
Knabe
Dr. Lyon
Hotel
Richmond
Clifford M. Lewis
the Sunday Post
Janos
John F. Ellis & Co
Pennsylvania Ave
N.W
Downey’s Stables
17Th St
A&p
Sreatatlantic & Pacifics
E Sta
OVLA
Stieff
Dinates Ee Modern Piano
Chas
M. Stieff
J C Conliff
Salith St. N. W
Seaura
Lindsay
Atch Torest
Druggiate
Sap
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