Uncle Sam as Architect Sets Federal Building Style
The article praises Oscar Wenderoth supervising architect of the treasury, noting Uncle Sam designs federal buildings with uniform yet diverse style. It contrasts early haphazard construction with a unified classic style inspired by French and English influence, citing the Senate office building and critiquing past attempts like the Washington post office and Municipal building as architectural missteps.
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Ashington
United States
Uncle Sam
Oscar Wenderoth
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Sam
Senate
Washington Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Municipal
Wenderoth
Boston
Cincinnati
Eleventh Hour Tales From Vice President Marshall
An anecdote recounts how ICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL delays entering the Senate chamber to tell a funny story with the chaplain present. As the hour nears twelve, the sergeant at arms watches the clock while Marshall races to deliver the climax just as he reaches the door, forcing the chaplain to choose between laughing or keeping a straight face for prayer.
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Marshall
Senate
Forest J. Prettyman
Capitol
Chaplain Prettyman
Boy Flags Red Flag Nearly Causing Train Collision
A twelve year old boy near Terra Cotta wreck site flagged the Frederick local on the Baltimore and Ohio line in Frederick Maryland at :30. The engineer halted the train to avoid a rear end collision with the Hagerstown train behind. Passengers and crew questioned the boy as he explained he found a red flag and wished to return it.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frederick
Hagerstown
Robert Shipley
Stott’s
Sightseeing Indians Amused at Boys Warfare
Two men dressed as stereotyped Indians stroll Capitol Hillway observing two boys in brown cambric outfits mimic a mock battle with toy tomahawks. The scene ends with a chuckle as the real Indians note the contrast to dignified portrayals inside the library.
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Capitol Hillway
Red Man
Reminder of Yosemite Echoes on a Trip to Sark
A traveler recalling Watkins who sails for a Sark island summer mentions a California visitor who, despite never seeing California, fondly compares Gibraltar’s headlands to Yosemite. The anecdote highlights a joke about rushing home to America and the lure of Yosemite.
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Watkins
America
Sark
California
Golden Gate
Straits of Gibraltar
Old Rock
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Spain
Yosemite Valley
The Close Watch Against Heart Trouble
The Ohio State Journal warns that heart trouble deaths rise with modern fast life. Stress, anxiety, and haste strain the heart more than stairs or trains, so daily rest could save large amounts of heart work yearly. The piece urges vigilance over heart health amid a rapid age.
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Ohio State Journal
Real Things in Life by Robert M. Gay
A boy recalls simple sensory joys from close observations of nature and ordinary objects. He describes lilac buds, peeled leaves, oil scents, grape juice, frog skin, pudding stones, seeds, shells, and attic relics as intimate, rewarding experiences that outshine formal schooling.
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Robert M. Gay
Atlantic
Let Us Do It Ourselves in Public Philanthropy
The piece contrasts historic private aid with modern public services. It notes water, education, prison meals, and detective care shifting from charitable groups to state provision. It cautions that a democratic society should rely on its own citizens and avoid overreliance on large private donors.
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John Howard
Edward A. Ross
Martyrs to Vice and the Cost of Pleasure
A fragmented reflection argues that martyrdom to vice outnumbers martyrdom to virtue. The passage contends religion does not prohibit rational pleasures as harshly as greed, outlining how vice disturbs sleep, health, and wealth. It ends with a garbled quote fragment.
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Mery
Hannan Vor
The Roman Campagna and Its Timeless Light
The essay praises the Campagna around Rome as a realm of transcendent light and mystery. It traces its geography from Latium to the Pontine Marshes, cites Gregorovius and Chateaubriand, and notes how painters and artists from Poussin to Aristide Sartorio captured its desolate beauty. It discusses nomadic herdsmen from Abruzzo and Umbria and ends by highlighting Sartorio’s Campagna paintings shown at Venice as a lasting record of a fading life.
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Sabine
Tivoli
Alban Hills
St. Peter's
Campagna
Rome
Gregorovius
Latium
Tuscany
Tiber
Constantine the Great
Campania
Terracina
Anio
Ronciglione
Pontine
Baedeker
Italy
Bracciano
Subiaco
Umbrian
Mediterranean
Signor Cervesaro
Hades
Usl
Robert Browning
Claude of Poussin
Poingheatre
Arthur Strutt
British Academy of Rome
Henry Coleman
Onorato Carlandi
Nardi
Pazzini
Aristide Sartorio
Abruzzi
Aquila
Aquilani
Rieti
Umbria
Sabina
Guitte
Marches
Signor Sartorio
Birds caught aboard Atlantic liner for profit
A barber on the Minnetonka captures wandering birds during Atlantic crossings and sells them in port. An assistant brown linnet lures birds aboard from its cage, then the ship is closed and the birds kept. Gull sightings show birds following ships across the ocean for food and water.
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Minnetonka
Atlantic
English Channel
A Mind Reader and the Weather as a Political Quip
A farmer quips that a congressman speaks only motions to adjourn if he spoke frankly. The exchange ends with the humor that weather dictates honesty in politics.
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Farmer Corntessel
Parting Shot At Dinner Tells A Humorous Job Sacrifice
Dr Allerton recounts a tale at a Washington Institute dinner about a traveler rushing to catch a train who loses his suitcase to a grip juggler. The man protests briefly, then the bag is produced after a long delay. The traveler quips that if he loses his job there, he will hire someone to chase snails.
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Allerton
Cushman
Institute of Industrial Research
Washington
So He Keeps at Work
A man declines vacation claiming fear of being missed at the shop, suggesting dedication or anxiety about absence. The note presents a view linking work absence to perceived value and social response in the workplace.
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Small Boy
Yosemite
Ware
Barber
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