Princess Alice Turned Down by Kentucky Delegation
The Kentucky delegation to the national Prohibition convention declined to invite Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth as their honored guest. Delegates cited her attendance at Lexington horse races with Boss Cox, her cigarette smoking, and an incident where she placed a tack on a chair in the House gallery causing distress to a diplomatic visitor.
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Collis
Ohio
Tn Cancos
Kentucky
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
A Burglar's Story from Thieves' Language Revealed
An excerpt from a Croydon era tale recounts the thief narrator’s exploits and code of thieves. The voice describes touching for valuables, a fence cheating him, and a later break-in yielding money and items, with warnings about betrayal and reciprocal danger. The piece appears in Loudon Tit-Bits.
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Croydon
Shoreditch
Owlfe
Lyceum Theater
Bob
Loudon
No Use There Men Laugh At Jokes.
A fragmented line notes that men sometimes laugh at jokes that tie on them but not when they lie about. The text reads as a stray quip about humor and truth. No clear人物 or event identified.
Sayings of Childhood From a Happy Mary
A brief note from Chicage records a child named Mary expressing joy with the line It st ce weather in my heart, quoted as a playful saying reflecting childhood mood.
Reassuring remark on lawyers as human and not vampires
A brief, wry note from Madame that lawyers can be fallible and human, not monsters or vampires, offering a light, reassuring view of the profession.
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Madame
Everything Lovely. The world’s all right, only the chaps who want the world are grumbling
A concise wry remark about general satisfaction with life, noting that dissatisfaction comes from those seeking to change the world. The line suggests a humorous critique of overreaching ambitions.
The Attraction of Chess Problems in Strand Magazine
The excerpt expresses that solving chess problems from diagrams gives joy and satisfaction, sharpens analysis and perception, and strengthens chess faculties, suggesting it may spark ideas valuable to ordinary play.
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Strand Magazine
Tramp Receives Dime From Generous Country Host
A kind house mistress in the countryside refuses charity in favor of a personal rule to never send anyone away empty handed. She gives a tramp a dime and remarks it is not for charity but for her own pleasure. The tramp thanks her and asks for a quarter to enjoy himself more.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Dependence on England in early American journalism
A fragment from the 1720 Universal Instructor In all Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvanian Gazette notes Americans relying on English papers for news. It mocks the English press for detailing robberies and crimes while promising spring vessels will bring court and cabinet reports, urging readers to be content with limited updates.
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England
Universal
All Arts and Sefences
Pennsylvanian Gazette
Parliament House
Sessions House
Jandou Chronicle
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