Fragmented Register-Tribune column on social and political topics
The column criticizes fashionable trends and public policy, notes on Spain’s monarchy and Don Carlos, highlights urban crowding and housing misery in Scotland, and argues for dispersing populations from great cities to reduce vice and degradation. It references figures like Mr. Rockefeller and events from a historical era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Carlos
Spain
Ferd
Don Jaime
London
Scotland
Glasgow
Kimarnock
The Public Value of Laughter in Public Life
A reflective piece argues humor helps public figures defuse tension and win favor. It cites Proctor Knott Sunset Cox Adam Bed a Private Allen Cushman and Lincoln Taft Reed to illustrate how wit can boost influence, while warning mockery or mere clowning harms serious prospects in government and shows humor’s limits.
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publc
Congress
Proctor Knott
Kentucky
Lincoln
Reed
Taft
Dolly Royall and Dolly Madison A Union of Quiet Ironies
A portrait of Anne Royall, famed Washington journalist nicknamed Dolly Madison by Sarah Porter, contrasts her blunt, thrifty life with the genteel Dolly Madison. Royall’s persistence, odd clothes, and hunger for interviews appear beside her long career, thirst for stories, and a quip about wardrobe fixes.
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White House
Anne Royall
Washington
Sarah Harvey Porter
Madison
Dolly Madison
Anne ‘Royal
Mrs. Royall
The
Huntress
Congress
Water on Mara and other scattered notes of history
The passage surveys various topics from water on Mars to a New York physician density, 1906 education spend, Krupp armament plans near Vera Cruz, and tiger cattle costs in India. It quotes English observers on New York women’s gait, Gibraltar light beams, oyster safety, and a long sermon on women’s rights and suffrage, urging restraint and focus on education and dignity.
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Mara
United States
New York City
Krupps
Vera Cruz
India
England
Magna Charta Island
John
Courier-Journal
Lewisville
genesa
France
Germany
China
London Times
London
Berlin
Paria
Gibraltar
BarGet
New York
Address on womanhood and vocation by Bishop Doane
A 19th century sermon scorns the masculine woman and urges the preservation of true womanhood. Bishop Domne Doane of Albany criticizes attempts to erase gender roles while acknowledging modern women entering various fields. He praises nursing as an honorable vocation equal to medicine.
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Domne
Bithoy Williams, Doane
Albany
Fiewaid
iike
Children of Crooks Defy Expected Criminal Lineage
A New York Times note questions heredity and crime, noting criminals’ children often avoid criminal careers. It cites cases from Scotland Yard to Chicago, including Mother Mandelbaum and a sanity test misdirection, ending with a reflection on trifling acts shaping destinies.
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remafon
Scotland Yard
New York
Chicago
Mandelbaum
Sammy
Koehler
Chatham square
Obeyed Orders and the Apple Lesson in Mock Dialogue
A long, quirky item blends bits of humor and misread lines from newspapers. It notes a Southern Louise, her maid Chloe, and a pan of burnt apples as a caution on carelessness with language. Jokes about taxation, a Crimp Heights Billingsly, and Cassie’s competition with Leonora unfold in a playful, satirical tone.
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fic
Philadelphia Ledger
Louise
Chloe
Ching
Arthur Billingsly
Crimp
Cassie
Lenora
Cassia
aho
hame
Cassis
Aha
Comfort and Faith Through Trials and Peace
A devotional verse speaks of enduring hardships with faith in God. It urges trust in the Lord, seeking refuge and peace, and recalling divine care for the weak. The text promises comfort in shadows and triumph for those who commit their ways to Him.
Feud Casts Shadow Over Orchard Hill Visitors in Hunterton
In Hunterton the Orchard Hill Billingslys and Crimp Heighta feud shapes Main Street tea party invites as locals recall the long history. Leonora Jones to Cassie Bolingsly drive ends in a crash that leaves Cassie gravely injured, Arthur Billing sly catching the fear in their eyes and ordering a sprint to the Heckers’ house.
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Leonora
Cassie
Main street
Hontarton
Chicago Daily News
Main atreat
Billingslys
Crimp Helgatia
Hunterton
Hunaterton
Orchard Hill
Lenora Jones
Cassle Bolingsly
vilege
Cassia
Arthur Balingsly
Arthur
Casie
Indian horse racing gambling and theft surge in colonial India
An antiquated account notes how Indian bettors form rings to back every horse in a race, wagering large sums despite few owning actual cash. The piece cites authorities fearing rising betting, with losses amounting to millions of rupees and locals replacing stolen goods to cover losses. Police face increased petit larceny cases during racing seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesono Lorne
India
fockey
Bankruptcy limits license protection in liquor sale case
Alabama Supreme Court holds defendant effectively managed the licensee’s business under the license until payment of purchase price, rendering the sale lawful for the purchaser but indicting for selling liquor without a license. The opinion cites Nielsen v Dragon on cross state river jurisdiction and purse net laws on the Columbia. It discusses federal authority and state limits on prosecuting a citizen for acts under another state’s laws.
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iin Barnard
State
Southern Reporter
wes
Moenssa
Alabama Supreme Court
lcensee
Nielsen va. Dragon
Supreme Court Reporter
Columbia river
Oregon
Washington
Congress
Columbia
Nielsen
Oregon Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States
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RAY A. SMITH
Akron
Iowa
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Dr. Dot
Mr. Rockefeller
Alfonso
pnt
ANNE ROYAL
Louisville Courier-Journal
thera
sven
QUEER SToRt
tian
gulfle
Shakespeare
Portia
Tam
crator
New York Times
Gandia Anaizvew
Sorghum
Washington Bitar
Casals Bullingaty
Casale
Biningaly
Billingsly
Osesia
Casio
Mars
thors
Alonzo Ries
Lao Horn
Lester
anld
gon- Haman
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