Monument Unveiling for Gen Stonewall Jackson at Charleston
A bronze statue of Gen Stonewall Jackson was unveiled on the West Virginia State Capitol grounds by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Gen Bennet H Young of Louisville was the chief speaker. The 20 foot statue shows Jackson with sword and field glasses. A street parade preceded the dedication with police, fire, militia units, cadets, students, Confederate veterans, and Daughters participating. Sir Moses Ezekiel attended as sculptor.
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Charleston
W. Va
Stonewall Jackson
Daughters of the Confederacy
Bennet H. Young
Louisville
Tennessee
Jackson
West Virginia
Virginia Miliary Academy
Moses Ezekiel
Virginia Military Academy
Talks With Women by Madison CG Peters
A collection of social vignettes and commentary on marriage money and appearances plus a note on auto revenue. The piece contrasts domestic roles and women managing households with humor about men and homemaking. Also reports District auto revenue totaling 6044 dollars from tags and permits in the year ending June 3.
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Talks With
Women
Madison CG. Peters
Automobile Board
Taft Hosts Dinner For Prince Sum Of China At White House
President Taft entertained Prince Sum of China and a large reception of officials at the White House dining room. Guests included cabinet members except the Secretary of War, naval officers, and the Chinese minister, with many army and navy officials in attendance.
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White House
Prince Sum
China
Wuesty Wert
Prince Sumn
Sah Chen-ping
Chow Tsn-chi
Teao Yu Ying
Taeng Yu Cheng
Chu Chen Pang
Taeng Chu
Ein Pao Lun
Chao Hou
Ling
Fung Shu
Sect of the Treasury
Interior
Washington Social Notes Arrivals and Reentries At D C Homes
Mrs Hughes and family arrive from New York to 2401 Massachusetts Avenue to join Justice Hughes after October 7. Miss Katherine and Miss Elizabeth Hughes and mother in law Mrs David G Hughes travel with them. Miss Susan Brown and Mrs W D Maton take apartments at the Grafton after arriving from Europe. Katherine Jennings visits Mr and Mrs Cleveland Perking before returning to Washington. Sweden’s charge d affaires W A F Ekengren leaves Bar Harbor for New York to meet Sweden delegates at an international prison congress. British naval attach Capt Sowerby to arrive in Washington next week from Dublin. State Dept solicitor Henry M Hoyt returns to Washington. Mrs Hoyt remains in Manchester and will join soon. Mr and Mrs A Garrigan McClintock to return to Washington mid next month from Ridgefield Conn. Mrs Seaton Schroeder and Miss Schroeder, from Jamestown RI, expected shortly. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis, from Beverly Mass, to reach Washington Oct 10. Miss Isabelle Hagner returns to Washington for the season. Mrs Harry Moses and children back from Europe. stay at the Grafton until Rhode Island Avenue house opens. Mr and Mrs Moses to arrive today after a stop in New York. Mrs Green, widow of Rep Wharton J. Green, of Fayetteville NC, mentioned.
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Charles BE. Hughes
Katherine Hughes
Elizabeth Hughes
David G. Hughes
Washington
New York
Massachusetts Avenue
Justice Hughes
Susan Brown
Mrel W. D Maton
The
Grafton
Europe
Katherine Jennings
Cleveland Perking
Perkins
State Department
Henry M. Hoyt
Harry Moses
Rhode Island Avenue
Apple Diet Advocated To Break Alcohol Habit
An exclusive diet of apples is claimed to curb alcohol craving as the malic acid in apples counters auto-intoxication. Addicts tend to reject fruits and vegetables, but substituting fresh produce, especially apples and grapes, may restore a natural taste and reduce desire for intoxicants.
Leech Attends West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Conference
Reverend Dr Samuel V Leech of Hot Springs is in Clarksburg West Virginia to participate in the annual session of the West Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Samuel V. Leech
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Social life and marriages across cities in 1907 New York
Count Michael von Mourik de Beaufort contends American business and social circles blend, urges weekly purely social evenings with his wife, and defends his international marriage. Reno divorce case details emerge as Mrs. Puller speaks, praising Nevada laws. Japanese garden parties gain favor in Newport and New York society, with Baron Mitsui hosting a Plaza dinner. Jewel thefts involve Cora Countess of Strafford in Inverness. Newport land lease shifts ownership as Dr Henry Barton Jacobs plans garden and dairy uses.
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New York
Michael von Mourik de Beaufort
Mike” Beaufort
Griselda- Vike
Irma Kilgallen
Europe
Hive
Wall Street
M. H Engelsen
Columbia Tool Company
Chicago Heights
Henry A C Taylor
Gammell
M Cateau Pinard
Newport
Henry Barton Jacobs
Taylor
Daniel B. Fearing
Jacobs
End of Century-Old Church Shuts After Long Decline
Rising Sun, Sept 27. The Octoraro Methodist Church known as the Gray Horse in Cecil County faces disbanding as its lone male member and six women remain. Once a century old, its mountain church with rough roads dwindles amid dwindling attendance. A jealous deacon story explains the Gray Horse nickname, a grisly event long past.
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Gray Horse” Methodists
Washington Post
Rising Sun
Octoraro Methodist Church
Gray Horse
Ridge
Cecil County
Gray
Prince Sumn of China Sees White House and Fort Myer Tour
Prince Sumn of China had a busy day visiting the White House for an audience with the President and inspecting the Fort Myer drill with Fifteenth Cavalry soldiers. He later toured the Navy Yard and Navy Department offices with Chinese officials, then planned a trolley trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and a dinner with the Chinese minister before heading to Newport News.
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Tallyrand
Prince Sumn
China
Fort Myer
White House
People of
Navy Yard
Navy Department
Knox
Navy
Meyers
Prince Sum
Fifteenth Cavalry
Warner Dean
Hale
Troopa B
Fifteenth
Joseph Garrard
G C Barnhardt
Gillis
Willams
State Department
Admiral Sah
Washington Navy Yard
Beatty
Admiral Sealute
Winthrop
Prince
Tsao
Tseng
Judge King
Mr Li
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Toney
Bovwyer
Academy
Washington
Newport News
Commodore Porter Weds in Annapolis Church
Commodore Theodoric Forter of the U N retired married Mrs Galloway Cheston of Annapolis at St Annes Church. The groom is the son of Admiral David D Porter second admiral in the U S Navy. Mrs Cheston is the daughter of Richard McCullough of Montreal. The bride was aided by her stepson Mrs Stevenson Crothers and the best man was Lieut. Comdr. 8 V Graham.
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Navy
Galloway Cheston
Warrington Post
Annapolis
Theodoric Forter
St. Anne's Church
Joseph P McComas
Commodore Porter
David D. Porter
Navy of
United States
Mre Cheston
Richard McCullough
Montreal
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Fioor
Tenth St
Boyle
Johnson
Staple
Butcher's
Will Johnson
Eleventh St
Ra. Bach
End
Bolia
G St. Woodward & Lothrop
Maria Lloq
Marinello
Hoytar
Revere
Louvre
Bon Marche
Hattie M. Shacklette
Bopom
Ana
Union Trust Company
15Th and
H Sta. N. W
Edward J
Wash
Leverton & CO
Juliet Ostrich Feather Shop
G Street Shore
Philips
Streek
Schutz
Haviland
Minton
Cauldon
Royal Vienna
Canton
Plutarch
Schopenhauer
David Copperfield
Cotter
Burns
Attila
Adam
Jem
Cutiurg
MR. Taft
Miss Wiley
Corcoran Street
T. Davis
Winifred Davis
Connecticut
the Highland
Mr. Bryan
Albert William Bryan
van Auken Mills
Mila
Col
O. G. Staples
Riggs House
St. Lawrence River
City
G. Knowles
Philip H. [Ware
Atlantic City
James J. Lampton
Dresden
Lake Sunaper
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Mrs. Paft
Taft
Beverly
Thomas P. Beals
Curtis
Boston
Walter J. Mitchell
Chicago
Preston Gibgon
Clarence Moore
Robert Taft
Stephen Philpin
Yale
John Herron
Pittsburg
Dewey
Woodstock
F. H. Wheelock
Ouida Esther
la Roy McCafferty
Samuel H. Woodrow
Congregational Church
Robert Shaw Oliver
Gen. Oliver
Francia Bennett Poe
John M. Biddle
Hillyer Place
Blue Ridge Mountains
Horace Wylie
Justice
Mrs. Clabaugh
Mintwood Place
Mrs. Beale Bloomer
Perlor
Sweden
W. A. F Ekengren
Bar Harbor
International Prison Congress
Sowerby
Washingt
Dublin
Seaton Schroeder
Admiral Schroeder
Missey Schroeder
Jamestown
KR. I
the Treasury
Mr. Curtis
Beverly, Mass
Isabelle Hagner
T. J. Allen
Joseph Bowles
Post
Mra
William Puller
Reno
Nevada
Dolla
Westcheater County
Long Island
Baron H. Mitsui
Plaza Hotel
Miss Mitsui
K Midzune
Newport Mondey
Baileys Beach
Cora Countess of Strafford
Samuel Colgate
Invernesa
Lady Strafford
Bradley Martins
Balmacaaz
Inverness
Elscahere
Sum
Meyer
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