House Repeals Free Toll Clause in Panama Case Vote
The House passed to repeal the Panama Canal Act exemption for American vessels by a 247 to 261 vote, boosting President Wilson’s policy. Speaker Champ Clark led a dramatic, party split with Democrats and allies pressing for the repeal, while Republicans and others opposed, and the bill moves to the Senate for renewed battle. President Wilson, dining, offered no public remark on the decision.
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Wilson
Congress
House
Champ Clark
Underwood
Senate
Firty
Clark
Seager Ungerwood
Great Britain
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Vestale Preserve Corn Earmarks Marriage Ceremony Site
Finds locate Vestale role in ancient City of Home where ears of corn were kept nearby a center for marriage rites. The ceremony symbolized racial betterment and was tied to the festival of unions. Local antiquity records note the preservation as a key ceremonial practice.
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Home
Speaker Champ Clark Inoane Mines Continues Werk
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Mealeo
Beetleg Peres
The Nativity and Life of Jesus in Biblical Narrative
A compact retelling traces Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus with shepherds, and Simeon’s blessing. It follows Jesus’ baptism by John, temptations, calling of the apostles, miracles, and teachings, leading to the Last Supper, betrayal, crucifixion, and resurrection appearances.
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Promised Land
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Bethany
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Martha
Mount of Olives
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Judas
Caiaphas
Pontius Pilate
Yawning Worse Than Strikes in Married Life
A young wife laments to her mother that her husband’s actions hurt more than words. the mother asks if he struck her, but the wife reveals the real offense was a simple yawn. The anecdote showcases how a small gesture can wound in a marriage.
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Charita
Earthquake jokes cap rural talk in southern tale
A tourist asks about times while an old man on a tree stump recalls brush fire started by lightning and trees felled by a cyclone. He then jokes he is waiting for an earthquake to shake potatoes from the ground, delivering a wry rural punchline.
Engagement Breakup Brings Irony over Conceit
A Detroit Free Press quote recalls a jilted fiancée questioning a partner’s vanity. She says he never claimed to be worthy of her love, prompting the blunt remark that he was conceited, though she admits the engagement is ended.
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Detroit Free Press
Emerald Isle Claimants Speak On Corner
Two women from the Emerald Isle chat on the corner. Mrs Flynn claims descent from Adrian Barn and asserts strong lineage while Mrs Riley, owner of a fruit stand, counters with her own claim of being a descendant of Eve, the first apple woman.
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Emerald Isle
Ahrian Barn
Mrs. Flynn
Mrs. Riley
How to Beat the Taxi Joke
A man asks a doctor about house visit charges. The doctor quotes two dollars for a home call and notes a taxi costs twice as much. The man agrees and the doctor arrives in a taxi, underscoring the fare joke.
Rose Tea Orchestrates A Delicate Yet Messy Evening
A planned rose scented tea and delicate concert spiraled into a kitchen mishap as residents in the nest flat started eating onions and cabbage during the gathering, souring the event and prompting altered plans.
Late Supreme Court Justice Refuses to Alter Portrait
An elderly justice, urged by family to sit for a photo, resists touchups. The photographer’s assistant asks to remove wrinkles and lines, but the justice warns that removing even one would erase years of experience, joking it has taken over seventy years to acquire his character.
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Supreme Court
Justiley
The Goat and the Boy in a Narrow Path
A boy and his mother meet a belligerent goat on a narrow path. The boy objects in fear, but the mother declares there is no bodily pain, convincing the boy though the goat remains unconvinced. The boy finds reassurance in his mother’s remark.
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Wille
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Fragmentary note from the Age Herald mentions Mrs Hall and Mr Mell in relation to neighbors and moving in social circles. The text is garbled but suggests commentary on social status and relocation within community circles.
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Mrs Hall
Mr. Mell
Birulugbam Age Herald
Pastor’s paradoxical health hope voiced in cheery doubt
A Wowas Wheee pastor spoke about health with a doleful tone saying she feels very well yet anticipates a future decline, expressing a paradoxical worry that relief will be followed by worse feelings. The statement blends humor with anxiety about ongoing illness.
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