The Evening Star of October 20, 1926, followed Queen Marie of Rumania on the third day of her American visit: an Associated Press dispatch described her rain-soaked automobile run from Washington and Annapolis into Baltimore, bareheaded crowds lining the streets, police cordons on Hanover Street and a lavishly decorated 24-room suite waiting at the Belvedere Hotel.
The page also followed Queen Marie of Rumania as she laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, received a 21-gun Presidential salute and reached Mount Vernon 15 minutes early.
The Montgomery Advertiser's front page for October 19, 1926, led with an Associated Press account of Queen Marie of Rumania's first day in America: her arrival by special train in Washington, the Marines, army bands and cavalry escort at Union Station, her delight at the lighted Capitol dome, and the surprise that President Coolidge put off receiving her until the next day 'for personal reasons.'
Agency wires reported Egypt's cotton-price crisis and the plight of small growers, a conciliatory telegram from Vicente Rossi after a clash with Spain's delegate at a history congress in Asunción, and a deal among North American railways to carry Queen Marie of Romania across the continent for about five dollars.
An AP dispatch from the liner Leviathan described Queen Marie of Romania's quiet last day at sea before landing in New York, from a shipboard Episcopal service to 160 pieces of luggage piled in the corridors.
The Evening Star's Sunday front page of October 17, 1926, previewed the arrival of Queen Marie of Rumania in Washington the next day at about 6 o'clock, by special train from New York with Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas.
Two telegrams followed: from Paris, ex-Crown Prince Carol of Romania fell to his knees before Queen Marie at a station as she left for America; from Belgrade, Prime Minister Uzunović's cabinet faced possible resignation over Stjepan Radić's conduct toward Czech parliamentarians in Zagreb.