The Sacred White Elephants and the Senate Elevator
Washington April 21 a humorous sketch describes a Senate elevator rule favoring sacred white elephant senators. Judge Hutchinson and Col Bright clash as the elevator carries the dignitaries, with Bright attempting to force the judge off and the elevator continuing to the chamber. The piece lampoons Senate pomp and internal etiquette through a comic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Senate
Dick Bright
Dindge Mitchinson
House
Ankife
Jutehinson
Ile
Judge Tutchinson
Judge Hutchinson
Bright
Cesar
Wutchinson
Watchinson
Brantter
Vol. Bright
Tam
Col Bright
Prince Albert
Col
Orealtlear
Congress
Jeusus Bowie
Texas
Louse of
Seriate
Quaint and Queer Linguistic Curiosities and Adverts
A readable fragment discusses the oddities of the letter Q and its usage, cites a Scotland bound chat about Scott and Waverley, and ends with a medicinal cough syrup advertisement for Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup sold by C. Pfauder.
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C. ¥. Pfauder
Drugetst
Butter gift to Argentine envoy sparks July picnic tale
The American minister to Argentina carries a two year old Town churned butter as a gift. The donor asks for a Fourth of July picnic using the butter for spreading sandwiches, hoping it will shout patriotically for the United States. The clipping also notes Beecher’s remark on unfinished cathedrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentine
Buchanan
United States
Ist. Joseph
Quirky Winter Tale and Dialogues From Old Newsvoice
A jumble of a Louisville reporter style tale recounts a man living on ten cents all winter by trading cigars for money, alongside lines about a girl learning letters and various quotes on health, education, and social manners. The mix includes playful banter, advertisements, and cross-era snapshots of speech and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Auctioneer Talks Eight Hours Sells Six Hundred Forty Items
An auctioneer at Middle town Peelaware spoke continually for eight hours and sold 640 articles. A bystander estimated he uttered roughly 2000 words, enough to fill a sizable pamphlet or short novel in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Peelaware
Nervous System as Seat of Life and Mind
A broad discussion on the nervous system highlighting the brain base and spinal cord as control centers. It claims disorders stem from nerve center derangements, cites Dr. Miles and his Restorative Nervine, and warns most chronic diseases arise from nervous system issues rather than organ-origin. Also includes moral quips and a religious conclusion from Ram's Horn.
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Ife
Clief
Miles
Mines
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the Ackley World
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Robert Chambers
Jenttreson
Joost
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Sir Walter
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Lillie
New York Advertiser
People's Health Journal
Horrors
Upton
Hiter
Mercy
Atlanta Constitution
Lord Noodle
DR. Winchell
Emmert Proprietary Co. Oycago
Lile
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Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
Manter
Adam
Tonine Wuswor
Auns CG
Fca
Munn & Co
Scientific American
OBE
Gene Tree
Munnaco
New Yeur
Office OF
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Chitace
Agkley
Chicago Record
Chicago
West
J. S. Hatfield
Northwestern University
Daily Journal
Madison St
Secorum Root Hair Grower CO
South Wirth Avenue
New York
N.Y
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