Julius Sterling Morton: Possible Bolting Democrats Candidate
Julius Sterling Morton secretary of agriculture is cited as a potential bolting sound money Democrat presidential candidate. A founder of Arbor Day he is 64, born in Jefferson County New York, long a Nebraska resident with path to nomination history and Nebraska City home base.
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Julius Sterling Morton
Morton
Arbor Day
Jefferson Canty
N. Y
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Populist Butler Heads Campaign After NC Victory
At the St Fears convention Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina was made temporary chairman and will lead the Populist campaign. Butler, 82, has long been linked to the farmers movement and helped fuse Populists with Republicans to win North Carolina in 1894 and send Butler and Jeter Pritchard to the U S Senate.
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St. Fears
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Bryan
Watson
Butler
Jeter Pritchard
United States Senate
Farmers’ Movement
The Richest Woman and Texas Politics
Hetty Green, famed as America’s richest woman, takes interest in Texas state politics because her son Edward Green has emerged as a political figure there. He is noted as a potential Republican governor candidate, with hints that his nomination could loosen her strict rules. She remains active in her New York bank while receiving daily updates from Waco on his canvass.
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Hetty Green
America
Texas
Edward Green
Lone Star
Eddie
Queer Sayings of a Village Cure and a Turkish Preacher
Anecdotes mix fear and humor as villagers recount a cure urging sudden death warnings. An elderly councillor writes of buying an estate and a burial chapel. Hadja Nasr-Eddin fires at a false robber, discovering his caftan hung in the garden and thanks God he wasn’t inside.
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M. d’Herbaut
Hadja Nasr-Eddin
Lon
The Supreme Test of the Advertising Game
A Brooklyn Life quip mocks deep knowledge of advertising as a speaker boasts he can keep any man’s name before the public even if he were the vice president of the United States.
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United States
Brooklyn Life
Revenge on the Tandem Ride Sets Suburb Abuzz
A young man home from an eastern college invites a village girl on a Sunday ride on his tandem bicycle. A prank involving a color bathing suit triggers a chase through town as matrons pray and onlookers stare, ending with the rider reportedly breaking a speed record.
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Zimmerman
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tillman Biography Ties to Arthur Family Governess
The Springfield Republican recounts Senator Tillman's early life with Miss Annie Arthur, sister of President Arthur, who served as governess to Tillman. It notes the Tillman estate near Augusta, Georgia, Tillman's birth fifty years ago, land poverty after the Civil War, German Tilghman ancestry, and Huguenot lineage through his great-grandmother.
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Senator Tillman
Annie Arthur
President Arthur
Tillman
South Carolina
Augusta
Florida
South
Strasburg
Germany
Tilghman
Trish
Springfield Republican
Amused Encounter Highlights Pretoria Jail Bond Robberies
Advocate Auret, a Johannesburg reform leader out on bail, is humorously addressed on Commission Street near the Rand Stock Exchange by a Kaffir who claims they shared a jail stint in Pretoria. Auret processes the unexpected recognition with disbelief and amusement.
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Advocate Auret
Johannesburg
Commissioner Street
Rand Stock Exchange
Kaffir
Pretoria
Mr. Auret
Humorous Panicked Moments At Turbulent Convention
A Chicago Record chronicle humorously catalogs chaotic convention scenes with delegates clashing, police threats, and crowd reactions. Notable events include France’s arrival, a brick incident, chairs, stomach blows, talks of firing on galleries, and delegates terming the event a spectacle.
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New Mexico
Clay Wintergreen
Tennessee
Fred Gladness
Illinois
Spielmore
General Spielmore
Anson Greenleaf
Pennsylvania
Greenleaf
Smiley Hopkins
Kentucky
Hopkins
Wyoming
Wildman
Missouri
The Pullman Car Diet and Its Hidden Losses
Special Correspondence reveals how George Pullman’s dining cars operate to shift costs to passengers and railroads. The piece details meal price hikes, mileage- based payoffs, and the unequal charges across routes, plus a claim that Congress was persuaded Pullman business was equitable.
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George Pullman
Mr. Pullman
Freeman paid for dinner at a restaurant visit
A brief exchange cites Freeman paying for a meal during a restaurant visit, noting the scene in the Boston Courier. The dialogue implies the speaker enjoyed the dinner.
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Freeman
Boston Courier
Playful exchange and seaside mystery tale
The fragment shows a joke about a sister’s engagement linked by a postman at the door. A daring damsel then replaces a nose ring with a tire salvaged from the sea, exclaiming about a bicycle face as waves cast ashore.
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Detroit Tribune
Not enough context for a full headline
A brief exchange from Town Topics features Mrs Schermerhorn asserting she is not joining the gatherings and declaring she is husbanding her three daughters, highlighting domestic constraints in social options.
Tourist seeks peace after fall near cliff edge
A distressed traveler jokes about peace after a fall on a precipice. He notes his wife will need at least four hours to descend to reach him, reflecting a perilous situation and concern for missing support.
Suburban Living Draws Wry Quips From Detroit Tribune
A Detroit Tribune column playfully debates the nature of suburbia with tongue in cheek exchanges about what counts as living in the suburbs. The dialogue highlights urban fringe life and social perceptions.
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Detroit Tribune
De troit Free Press exchange quoted in novel
A fragment shows a dialogue where a character asks why a proposal used the name Alice and another replies the name was only in a novel, cited from the Detroit Free Press. The line reveals a literary joke about mistaken identity in a published piece.
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Mand
Alice
Alfred
Detroit Free Press
Punctuated Tyre Leads to Full Stop Sketch
The exchange humorously swaps punctuation in a line about Mr. Gibson, ending with a pun that reframes a car tyre incident as a literary joke. She and Jack banter about punctuating a tyre and the resulting full stop.
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Jack
Real estate market quiet during political campaign year
Detroit Tribune notes real estate remains near stagnant as political campaigning dampens activity. Observers say volumes are down and buyers show restraint amid election season.
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Detroit Tribune
Long stroll with the one I love best in all the world
A brief quoted exchange from the Detroit Free Press reflects affectionate humor about walking with a loved one. The remark playfully notes the speaker’s partner might tire of walking alone, capturing a lighthearted moment in a newspaper snippet.
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Detroit Free Press
Settlement Request Voices Stalled Accounts in Court
A terse exchange shows tension over a long unsettled account. Mr. Shorts insists on action while Truth urges letting the matter stand, reflecting ongoing dispute and reluctance to press for immediate settlement.
Pig request prompts pause and family note
A caller requests a small pig as a customer mentions a pause for the butcher who says he is busy and will have his son contact later. Adams Freeman is cited in the exchange.
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Adams Freeman
The Pitcher's Bride
A New York Sunday World piece portrays Pitcher Murphy’s bride as the central figure who endures pride and scrutiny. It contrasts her personal happiness with other women’s social triumphs and the crowd’s acclaim in Murphy’s baseball fame.
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Pitcher Murphy
New York Sunday World
Edible Dog of China with Black Tongue Noted
The Chinese prize an edible dog variety said to be fat and good for beef. It is distinguished by a black tongue and reportedly never barks. The article claims over 5,000,000 such dogs are slaughtered annually in the empire.
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Himmel Und Erde
Carl Mauller
Germany
China
St. Louis Republic
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