White House china adds Pierce set to collection
The White House collection gains four pieces from the Pierce state dining set, including a covered vegetable dish and a fruit compote, plus a breakfast plate and sauce dish. The items were purchased by William T. Crump from old reserve pieces discarded during Arthur’s administration and gifted by his daughter, Harriet Crump.
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White House
Pierce
Abby G. Baker
New Hampshire
Frank Pierce
President Pierce
China
Crump
Harriet’ B. Crump
Mr. Crump
President Hayes
Jefferson
Arthur
Pierce State
Voodooism In Haiti and Other Notes From Westminster
Rear Admiral Colby M Chester calls Haiti a degenerating island where white influence fades and voodoo persists. A navy officer’s terrifying near encounter with a voodoo ceremony highlights fear of the unknown. The Westminster Gazette discusses Marshal Lannes’s rise from a stable keeper’s son to Napoleonic war hero and his death from a cannon wound at Friedland.
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Haiti
Taiti
Colby M. Chester
Admiral Chester
United States Navy
Duc de Montebello
Zola
Marshal Lannes
Montebello
Marengo
Aboukir
Acre
Austerlitz
Jena
Eylau
Friedland
Aspern
Westminster Gazette
Story Germs For Writers
A Chicago suburb man sells and buys story plots to writers, turning out four or five plots daily and paying $20 to $200 for finished stories.
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Chicago
Vanity Fair
Verse over General Gallifet’s door shocks Paris
The French veteran of the second empire, General Gallifet, famed for wit and cynicism about modern life, recently had a motto painted over his entrance. It reads in essence that knocking once or twice may bring someone, but three knocks signal the occupant is not at home.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Russia
Palace
St. Louis
White House
New Hampshire
East Terrace
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Hodgkins Fund
Germany
Jena
Gottingen
German Empire
Italy
Pall Mall Gazette
Gallifet
Paris
Wittp
Jack London
San Francisco
Mr. London
Globe
Honolulu
Samson
Forgot His Invitation Card and Other Short Tales
A compilation of humorous vignettes from early 20th century papers. A Persian minister fails to enter a private musicale without an invitation card, with a footlong card failing to impress the doorwoman. other anecdotes feature Senator Gore, Sir Benjamin Stone, and Jack London’s crew, each delivery in polished public speech and urban humor.
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United States
Morteza Khan
Legation
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Interior
McKinley
Peterhof Gardens
Royal Palaces
St. Petersburg
Charles Sumner
Mount Vernon
Sylvester
Florida Avenue
Toyo Keizai
Tokyo
Japan
England
France
American
John Hassall
London
Morteza
Khan
New York American
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Faneuil Hall
Boston
James
Jamestown
Thomas James
Jimmie James
Jimmie
St. Louis Republic
Benjamin Stone
Benjamin
Sir Benjamin
George G. Fox Co
NEW England Telephone and. Telegraph Company
Hewitt
Jewett
Castoria
Winthrop Sun and Visitor
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