Debutantes Attend New Willard Dance With Marine Band
Society rounds out the season with a Thanksgiving ball at the New Willard benefiting Noel House. Mrs Frank Moss and Gen Montgomery Macomb head the receiving line with many debutantes, and a Marine Band played until midnight in a lavish, teeming ballroom event.
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New Willard
Noel House
Frank Moss
Macomb
Hegeman
Gen. Macomb
World of Society
John Siebert
Bharman
Prank Moss
William Mheatley
Jerome Honaparte
Fire Smith
Wainwright
Clever Tie
William Marrow
Win Gist Blatt
Fred Brooke
Ofloesehe
James Palmer
Tieut “Unitermann
Bee Ug
Frank Vina
Montgomery Wacomb
Fashion's Fads and Fancies at the Hyde Box Event
A long social item details attendees in several boxes with Mrs Sloane and Mrs Townsend in emerald and cerise gowns, Mrs Hyde in white satin, Mrs Tilford in blue satin, and other society figures in pale rose, apricot, and maize satin. The writeup lists many names, outfits, and box numbers, portraying a lavish Thanksgiving gathering. It notes bipartisan attendance, including Mrs Townsend Horner, Mrs Boldt, and Mr and Mrs Henry Tilford, among others, with fashion-focused descriptions throughout.
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Matthew Trimble
Michael Colbert
Reed Hunt
Hanna Tayior
Nathalie Driggn
Julia Heyl
Ross Thompson
Maitland Marshall
Frank Phippie
Fort Monroroyale
Miss Bayne
Maas Lowe Bayne
Miss Woodmansee
Cincinnati
Rink
Louise Hobertson
Misa Macartney
Missy Norene Robinson
Dorothy Deeble
Pate
Marion King
William D Sloane
Mra Sloane
Viola Townsend
Mis J Allen Townsend
George
J Milton Nabott
EE Francis Hyde
Tilford
George C Boldt
Townsend Horner
Robert B Dula
Boldt
Orme Wilson, Jr
Harold Barclay
Helen Morgan
Wison
I Lyman Short
Misa Dorothy Sanborn Wilde
Jimy Siegel
George Rose
Nelson Burr
Angel Phelps
Clark Potter
Mav Weatherbee
Edwin H Weatherbee
Weatherbee
Paul Morton
Meta Macks
Fannie Cottenet
Mraunce Rau
Roland Knoedle
Teams T Hout
Henry A Robbins
Clinton Gilbert Miss
Leary
Henry Phipps
Odients
Wo Warner
Henry Cleus
James B. Clews
Henry F Dimeck
Peres Branwell
Diet in Obesity and Food Avoidances
Obesity is not fully controllable by diet though diet is central. Limit water to one quart daily total drinks. Avoid sweets pork veal prepared dishes potatoes white bread oatmeal hominy rice fats deets carrots turnips parsnips cream soups. Fish and lean beef are least objectionable. State graham is the best bread.
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Graham
Dr Wilson on America Spirit of tolerance and lawmaking urge
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson spoke at Thanksgiving services at Har Sinai Temple in Trenton on The spirit of America charting four traits tolerance welcoming immigrants to build the nation a progressive spirit a taste for new laws and a strong faith in government ideals citing the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution
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Trenton
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Har Sinai Temple
Wilson
Toast Taft in Berlin Dinner Honors Taft in Germany
Berlin November 24 American ambassador David Jayne Hill presided at a 2 Thwanksghing dinner for 325 Americans. Hill proposed the health of President Taft and a cable greeting was sent. Professor Hugo Muensterberg spoke on ideas shaping America and Professor Alphonse Smith discussed U S appreciation in Germany. Consul General and Mrs Thackara received a vote of thanks, and dancing followed the feast.
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Hill
Taft
William
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard University
Ideaham
America
Alphonse Smith
University of Virginia
United States
Germany
Thackara
East
Man Kills Himself in Central Park on Thanksgiving Day
Michael McGee six years old, in New York, ends life by self inflicted gunshot in Central Park on Thanksgiving Day. Passers by hear him murmur that he has nothing to be thankful for as he fires. He dies instantly. Also reports a separate Thanksgiving reception in Buenos Aires with a dinner at the American legation.
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Elsie Jennings
Frederick Jennings
Alice Wardwell
Park
New York
Michael McGee
Central Park
Buenos Aires
Visit of ships in London signals US coming out of shell
Thanksgiving dinner at Connaught rooms honored Rear Admiral Murdock and the American fleet in English waters. Ambassador Reid and Mrs Reid addressed the gathering, with Admiral Seymour Jellicoe and Sir William White among those present. Reid urged peaceful diplomacy, stressing the ambassador’s duty to protect and promote US interests while maintaining peace.
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London
Connaught
Murdock
English
Ambassador Reid
Reid
A. G Glasgow
Sir Edward Hobart Seymour
J R Jellicoe
William Henry White
Seymour
Taft
America
Atlantic
England
Jook
Wiliam Henry White
Admairal Jellicoe
Grandmothers Thrive In Modern Thanksgiving Life
Barbara Loyd describes today’s grandmothers as active, socially engaged and well traveled. They attend clubs, bridge and church events, discuss politics and literature, and enjoy public support for their independence. Their once frugal era has given way to relaxed, well earned perks and recognition.
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Florida
California
Bermudas
Italy
Egypt
Toda
Great Britain
John D.s Thanksgiving At Rockefeller Home
John D Rockefeller golfed with friends this Thanksgiving morning and enjoyed dinner at his home with a family reunion including John D Rockefeller Jr and children. An automobile ride at the Ardsley Club followed. Miss Helen M Gould gave turkeys and cranberries to all her employees and dined at her Fifth Avenue townhouse.
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Washington Post
Tarrytown
John D . Rockefeller
Miss Gould
Fifth Avenue
New York
Americans in Paris Observe Thanksgiving Day in 1918
Thanksgiving was celebrated in Paris at the Students Hotel and the American Girl’s Club in the Latin Quarter with sailors from American warships observing the day as a general holiday at Cherbourg. Special dinners were hosted for the men, inviting 100 sailors from each French warship in Cherbourg harbor, under Rear Admiral Vreeland. Some sailors on leave dined in Paris hotels where special menus were prepared.
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Paris
Students Hotel
Latin Quarter
Cherbourg
Vreeland
May air public business stirs Chicago dispute
Arthur Young & Co of Chicago faces a public business clash with two former employees who say the firm earns large sums while salaries are low. A Department of Justice affidavit sparks a civil suit possible against Young & Co over contract terms with the Treasury. Secretary MacVeagh declines to disclose contract details and argues government not responsible for internal pay. The Chicago firm was to handle accounts and related administration under a contract that expired this month.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Arthur Young & Co
Young & Co
MacVeagh
Young
Jepson Boy Goes Home From Oyster Dredger Ordeal
Peter Oscar Jepson a one year old Boston boy who claimed to have been shanghaied and dumped from an oyster dredger at Colonial Beach was found exhausted Monday night by G W Sellers and has since gone home after relatives sent money. Police report he disappeared from the home of his benefactor on Wednesday and received a special delivery letter from Boston just before his disappearance.
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Peter Oscar Jepson
Boston
Colonial Beach
G W Sellers
Twelfth Street
Jepson
Suffragettes Sentenced in Bow Street Court
Suffragettes charged with assault and willful property damage from recent rioting were found guilty at Bow Street police court. They chose jail over fines of 310 or $25, with sentences ranging two weeks to a month, the seriousness of their offenses noted. King George Virginia items mention Thanksgiving visitors and local hosts.
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London
Bow Street
New National Bank Planned for Venezuela Led by English Capital
Caracas November 24 English capitalists back a proposed Venezuelan national bank with $6 million capital half owned by the government and Chalbaud. The cabinet approved a plan to issue notes up to double capital, conduct treasury operations, and favor Caracas and Maracaibo lenders. The bank would finance government needs with low interest and boost commerce, with organization to finish before July 1.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Delgado Chalbaud
Chalbaud
Maracaibo
Trading checked in London stock market gains ease
New York and London markets ended with quiet activity as month end approaches. Prices closed little changed with demand firm for some issues while Mexican and Brazilian stocks sagged on disappointing reports. copper shares slid while Kaffirs steadied and US securities held steady in thin trading.
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New York
United States
London
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Minis Central
Towis
Nash
New York Central
Om Uy
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Summary
Liverpool spot market shows higher demand with American middling fair at 8 48, good middling 8 36, middling 8 44, and lower grades 7 58 to 7 33. Daily volume at 000 bales, 300 for speculation and export. 7500 American receipts. futures opened steady then closed slightly higher with closing levels across May to August contracts.
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Liverpool
Qulat
Policeman Damps Bomb Fuse to Save Tenement
New York on November 24 Policeman Benjamin Fay risked injury to extinguish a bomb fuse in a tenement saving sixteen families. Salvatore Pizza a janitor spotted the flame and led Fay to the fuse. Fay dashed in and stepped on the burning fuse preventing an explosion. Tenants, all Sicilians, say they never received any threatening letters.
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New York
Benjamin Fay
Salvatore Pizza
Policeman Fay
Bes
Fragments of Names Across Cities and States
A long list of individuals and spouses from multiple cities appears, listing Mr and Mrs, editors, and professionals connected to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and other locales. The text reads like a social directory or notices of names and marriages with limited context or dates, lacking cohesive events.
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Warren Merrill Willard
McDonough
Raleigh Chicago
Liland
Paine
Beolaw
Willard BC
Lurton
Shoreham
Trier Riggs
Masin Raleigh
Peaslee
Framex
New York City
Andrew J Shipman
Edward Weill
Fof Josce Jr
John J Hitless
John J Walch AG
Cote
Wire Alfred
Sox Henry Kern
Rorhe
Mra
Winstan
Arlington
Bentz
Rigger
Seilzz
Raleigh
Johneon
James Pittsburg
OM Stanta Ebbitr
Pattenden T
Coleman Shoreham
Thompson
St James
Aliforna
George T Podden
Frank Hayes
Salisbury Wilard
Frisbee
New Haven
Georgia
Dugay
Augusta Ballard
Curtis
McFarland Deputur
Willard Kentuck
Cook
Louis She Willard
Wilson
Waite
Loulaville
Massachusetts
Kirby Miss Bessy
Tripp
New Bedford
Willard
Manna Raleigh
Guy Call
Rite
Springfield
York
Jackson Buffalo
Billy Troy Wineard
Ester
Geneva
Metaiferry
Newark
Smack
Newark St James
Canton
Daxis
Columbus
Youngstown
Knoxville
Reletah
TEXAS
Shosmaer Daliss
Irgimia
Dean Hall
Fort Monroe
Coates
Richmond
Robert M Want
Winchester
Chamberlain
Warrenton
Lutte Faber
Norfolk Raleigh
Os Gorkine
Smithfield
M Thoman
Portsmouth
St Jamex
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James Mo Johnston
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Tha J Knapp
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Caroline Shepard
Mia
Huth Bliss
William Wheaths
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MG Harrison
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Harrison
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Delude
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Wary Cacisie Pracock
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Mildred Tear
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Chapin
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Odell S Smith
Ida Morment Smith
Mra E. Godwin
Marie Fisher
Margaret Basterfa
Mrs. Trimble
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Carlos D Bernheimer
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Mehite Ingalls
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Tom Scarborough
William Green
Burton Holuster
George R Balch
Joseph Wilkes
Cot Edward Coleston
Thropp Martin Wilder
Srenere Wardwell
Sylvia
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Mary Martin
T. J. Allen
Joseph B Howler
DR. Wilson
Dr. Hill
Whitelaw Reid
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Swisher Brothers Oil and Gas Company
Charleston, W. VA
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Washington
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Arthur P. Rainey
John D
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King George
Rose T Hunter
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Chatterton-on-the- Potomac
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Admiral Cowden
U. 5 N
H H. Hunter
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NEW Bank For Venezuela
Gen. Chalbaud
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Adams
Brown James A
Cahill
Chopin
TE Church AG
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John Ho Clapp
Myer Cohen IJ
Darlington H
Bradley Dasidee
Ham Tames C Hove
A.W. Church
NH. Shea
A G Clapham
John Poole
Samuel J. Henry
Herbert V. Hunt
John A Johnston Fidridge
E Jordan
Rudolph Kauffmann
Ralph WB Lee WA
Washingtons
Washington Heal Estate
L. L. Perkins
Colorado
Foreigh
Luis Wo Rivera
Porto Rico
Shoreham Jean Chapelle
France
Lovie
Hasane
Cuba
Raleigh K Hol Aucki
Nagogi
Japan
St. James
The
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Cor
John Jon Edson
Nea
Equitable Building
District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
STH
Streef Northwest
LFON
Lawrence Barnum & Co
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