Richest Baby in the World Dies After Street Accident
An article from Greensboro Daily News recounts Vinson Walsh McLean, once dubbed the richest baby, protected by guards since infancy, who was struck by a Ford in Washington while playing outside his home and died shortly after. It examines the paradox of wealth and restricted freedom in his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamship
Freeman
Oceanic
Australia
Fortune
Sonoma
United States
Angel Island
Freedman
Australian Miners’ Union
Parliament
Queensland
James Iy
Thomas D. Mutch
Raleigh
Greensboro Daily News
James 8. Manning
Manning
Department of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Vinson Walsh McLean
Vinson McLean
Vinson
Washington
Taft Opposes League of Nations as Political Punt
Former President Taft in a Cleveland speech denounced opposition to the league as a small potato motive and urged treating the issue beyond party lines. He argued civilization needs such a measure to prevent wars and warned that opponents and supporters alike would be exposed to aggressors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Wilson
William Howard Taft
Cleveland
Mr. Taft
League
Notary Statement of Athens May 1910 Record
Fragmentary civic record noting a sworn statement dated May 23 1910 with signatures of a clerk and county official. Names are partially legible and context is a financial or legal authentication entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BR. Grava
Roy
Roy Vt
Watauga County
Boone
N. C
U.S
Liberty
Avery County
National Bank Nots
State of
North Carolina
of Watauga
G. P. Hagaman
Unk
France Plans Grand July 14 Parade Through Paris
A Paris dispatch describes France commemorating July 14 with a grand march of the victorious army. The route runs from Porte Maillot to Place de la Republique eight miles, with arches, plaques, and monuments along Champs Elyses and Rue Rivoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Republic
Porte Maillot
le Bois de Boulogne
Arc de Triumphae
Avenue Des Champs
Verdun
Marne
Avenue de la Grande Armee
Arc de Triumphs
Avenue Des Champs Elyaces
League of Nations
Terrasse Des Feuillants
Luxor
Place de la Concorde
Camping Trip Suggestion and Hall's Catarrh Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement-style notice advises buying Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy before trips and outlines a Hall's Catarrh Medicine patent claim by J J Cheney Co. It includes sworn statements from Frank J Cheney in Toledo Ohio dated December 6 1880 and notes remedies taken internally to affect mucous membranes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Ocean
Paul Freeman
Philip Nolan
Edward Everett Hale
Wide Pacific
Antipodes
Sanfrancisco
Chamberlain's
Operating School Law
Uncle Sam
Treasury
The
Gold Settlement Fund
Federal Reserve Board
India
County Board of Education
Attorney General's Office
Attorney Generals
Memorial Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Ate
General Pershing
Third Army
Pershing
Germany
Daniels
Navy
Taft
League of Nation
Chamberlain
Prect
Athens
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