Candidates Wake Up Tariff Reform Debate Surfaces
In the Republican field Cannon and Fairbanks vie for tariff reform support while avoiding direct demands. The article notes no openly stand pat candidate, cites Cannon's April 2 resolution targeting the paper trust, and questions post election actions and price remedies amid broad public pressure. JESSE F. ORTON.
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Cannon
Fairbanks
Illinois
Indiana
House of Representatives
Paper Trust
Department of Commerce and Labor
la Follette
Jesse F. Orton
Stand patters push for tariff revision now
Ex Governor William L. Douglas argues against creating a tariff commission. He urges the president to call an extra session of Congress to revise the tariff immediately and radically. He warns stand patters and tariff beneficiaries may delay with hearings and long reports.
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Congress
William L. Douglas
Finishing Touch for Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
In Katherine M. Abbott’s account from Old Paths and Legends of the New England Border a granddaughter of General Nathaniel Greene recounts how Mrs. Greene aided Eli Whitney by using a clothes brush to unclog the cotton gin saws at Dungeness on Cumberland Island, completing his invention.
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Eli Whitney
New England
Katherine M. Abbott
Nathaniel Greene
Whitney
Dungeness
Cumberland Island
Mrs. Greene
White House Courtesy Through Presidents’ Dinners and Departures
A historical reflection on presidential hospitality from Adams to Polk. It notes Adams’s late midnight appointment and retreat, Polk’s welcome of rival Henry Clay at the White House, and the lasting impact of that courtesy on later presidents. The piece contrasts official conduct with public expectations of dignified transitions.
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John Adams
Jefferson
White House
Adams
Alexander K. McClure
Polk
Henry Clay
Clay
Catching Deer by Hand in Winter Woods Tale
An 1880s New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt describes catching a red deer by hand. The keeper notes the deer is the fleetest yet can be cornered in snow until exhausted, then picked up as a baby. The piece contrasts the animal's strength with its momentary helplessness.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
England's Day April 23 Saint George and historic ties
The London Standard notes April 23 as England’s day honoring Saint George, linked to crusaders and English warriors. It recalls Shakespeare’s birth and death on the date, Charles II’s 1661 coronation, and Wordsworth’s death, framing the day as a milestone across culture and history.
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England
St. George
Cappadocia
Shakespeare
Charles II
Wordsworth
London Standard
One Gone Joke Sparks Rivalry Over Pets
A brief quip from the St. Paul Pioneer Press notes a husband and wife trading dogs in a playful exchange. The man ends up with a single bulldog while the wife previously received a terrier, leaving one dog in the household.
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St. Paul
Miss Cutting Hints at a Late Chance in Chicago News
Dialogue from Chicago News features Miss Cutting and a companion musing on distance and affection. The banter ponders whether absence deepens feelings while hinting at a late hour encounter.
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Cutting
Chicago News
Young Actor's Faust Falters in Fliegende Blatter
The note from Fliegende Blatter laments the failure of the young actor's portrayal of Faust, criticizing Goethe and the production's reception. The critique highlights the performance's perceived shortcomings and cultural disappointment.
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Faust
Goethe
Fliegende
Veil of Success Clouds the Evil Deeds of Men
A brief adage notes that success often hides or softens the perception of wrongdoing by individuals. The quotation attributed to Demosthenes warns against letting achievement obscure moral failings.
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Demosthkenes
Insect Tragedy: Mother's Downy Nest for Butterfly Hatchlings
A mother butterfly sacrifices her body to build a protective nest for her eggs. She lays the eggs on a luxurious couch of down and covers them with a matching bedcover, sometimes arranged in spirals or along a branch. After finishing the nest she dies, completing her selfless act for the next generation.
German labor law extends pension to domestic workers
Under a new German rule all workers earning under a threshold must contribute to old age insurance. Post office stamps must be affixed weekly and may be paid by employer or servant. Married maids may cease insurance with no pension, while continuing coverage yields 15 to 20 marks monthly after age seventy.
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Germany
Ambitious Mandarin and the Shanghai Doctor
Ambassador Wu Ting Fang is linked with a parable about a selfish politician. The tale recalls a Shanghai doctor who prescribes exercise to a troubled mandarin, then jokes his own floors are larger while offering to polish them four times weekly.
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Wu Ting Fang
Shanghai
A Rabbit and a Whistle Stop a Rabbit with a Whistle
A New York Press note claims a short whistle can stop a rabbit like Molly Cottontail and even an antelope. It says fear or curiosity makes animals pause, and cites an African hunter noting elephants can be frightened by a mysterious noise.
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Molly Cottontail
New York Press
Hippo and Captain Square Off Over Insult Claim
In Larper's Weekly a quarrel unfolds between Mr Hippo and Captain Leo over alleged insults to the speaker. Mr Hippo accuses Captain Leo of telling the porter to avoid him, prompting a tense exchange.
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Mr. Hippo
Leo
Larper’s Weekly
Like Clockwork Funny Exchange in Comic Cuts
A humorous exchange shows a prospective father-in-law promising a wife for his daughter with a clockwork metaphor while the suitor agrees with a playful tick tock refrain. The joke hinges on timing and consent as a light cartoon dialogue.
Badly Sprained Ankle Cured
A Hampton Tennessee reader credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with curing a badly sprained ankle after two sleepless days. The claimant says a late night purchase and multiple applications brought relief and restored the ability to walk. Evans Drug Co sells 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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Mr. Stallings
Butler, Tenn
Chamberlain
E. M. Bramitt, Hampton
Tenn
Evans Drug Co
Shadowed Longing in Pall Mall Gazette Verse
A Pall Mall Gazette poem meditates on love and desire in shadowed, loveless hours. The speaker questions whether earthly vanities deserve return amid an inward voyage through sorrow and uncertain seas. The verse contrasts fragile summer blooms with eternal, turbulent journeys toward a vague distant land.
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Earth
Pall Mall Gazette
Dinner Invitation Becomes Hocked Suit Dilemma
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch depicts a boy urged to attend a dinner invitation while lamenting his dress suit being in hock, highlighting social etiquette and humorous constraints of the era.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Taking a Day Off and Odd Flying Machines Recalled
A collage of notes on Eastern carpentry customs and tool use, Milnes clock anecdote at a lecture, and Jacques de Vaucanson’s 18th century flying machines. The items cite St James Gazette and Smart Set as sources with brief humor and curiosity.
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Milne
Canada
British Association
England
Lord Welvin
St. James’ Gazette
Jacques de Vaucanson
D’alembert
Biographie Universelle
Vaucanson
Not Always Blunt Lesson From Cannibal Chief Remark
The cannibal chief taunts the lean explorer with a sharp line about bravery and tenderness, as his followers force the entering captive to respond. The line questions classic notions of heroism in a tense encounter.
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Princeton Tiger
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