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Irish Heroism and Congressional Oddities Echo in 1900s Washington
An old newspaper fragment recalls a House session with a joke about hiring a rubber for a Turkish bath room while tracing tales of moral courage. It weaves in anecdotes about John Boyle O’Reilly in Australia, William Alden Smith, and Dinsmore, plus musings on Secretary James Wilson’s sharp copy and cabinet duties under Roosevelt.
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Slater Republic
Republic
Ohio
Cannon
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Australia
John Boyle O'Reilly
O'Reilly
O’reilly
William Alden Smith
United States
Panama
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Blaine
Ben Hill
Confederacy
Smith
Michigan
Brother Smith
Senate
Maryland
Maine
Tillman
Salaam
Bailey
Tilman
James Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Beveridge
West
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Roosevelt
McKinley
Ayshire Hilla
Bonnie
Scotland