Witty quotes and notices from a bygone issue of items of interest
A collage of anecdotes and notices including a royal wedding address debate, a professor’s boastful claim on conduct, a railroad pig anecdote, the recovery of Ambrose McKay in Missouri aided by Dadda Kidney Pills, a Vermont estate owner, travel ads for Epworth League San Francisco trip, Yellowstone Park tours, and Pan American travel promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Princess of Wales
Algie R. Crook
Northwestern University
Tle
Edward Everett Uate
Ambrose Melay
Cyan
Rockbridge
Rockbridge Lodge
A. IF
A. M
Ambrose McKay
McKay
Bright
W. Seward Webb
Eontry Place
Vermont
Shehurne
California
San Francisco
Epworth League
Yellowstone Park
Park
Pullman
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
General Manauger
Marquette Building
Chicago
Colorado
Alaska
Milwaukee
St. Paul R'y
Grain-O for Children Delights and Health
A vintage pitch promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about four times as much. Grocers offer sizes at age and 25 cents. the ad urges trying Grain-O as a first step toward use.
Royal anecdotes and a tropical asparagus misstep
A historical collection of toned anecdotes begins with Princess Charlotte’s arrival in London and a playful exchange about pronunciation. It shifts to the empress's toast to her people after a palace fire and ends with a Brazilian dinner where a child criticizes asparagus, noting its raw and rotten ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Lonton
George the Third
Duchess of
Ancaster
Auieus
Tokio
Ami
Sher Majesty
Abette
Tropics
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Brazil
A Constitution for Porto Rico and American Liberty
An opinion piece argues the Downes decision weakens constitutional liberty by allowing Congress to govern Porto Rico without a guiding written constitution. It cites Jefferson and warns that without clear protections, US rights could erode under an unchecked federal legislature, urging broad republican protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Downes
Justice Brown
Congress
Porto Rico
United States
Brown
Finsti
People OF ‘Tay
Ilas
Juffersonian Cyclopedia
Jefferson
James Mads Som
Ohio
Hanna
McKinley
Michigan
Tudge Brown
Republican Party
Platt Amendment Accepted by Cuban Convention
The Cuban convention has accepted the Platt amendment, while Cubans faced a choice to accept or fight. Republicans deem love unnecessary with a large army, and a Dred Scott echo haunts the era as the Supreme Court links Porto Ricans to a ruling that sparks calls for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dred Scott
Supreme Court of the United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance
Alent
Sue Sers
Etoryi
W. J. Bryan
Jone
Manila
Wavind
Merry
Heath
Wallas
Wwe
Will Grosvenor
McKinsey
Washington
Wetmore’s
3. Wetmore Tobacco CO
St. Louis, Mos
America
Phelps Brown
Tors Spoudio
Canada
Land of Plenty
Rome
Enor Fe
Department of Interior
Ottawa
N. Bartholomew
Ste Des Moines
Des Moines
PRR
Ini Hy
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