Humorous Tidbits and Quites From The Nation
A collage of pointed quips and social notes ranges from literary jests to light politics. Items mention Peruvian jealousy over Venezuela coverage, a scornful take on Philadelphia’s baseball hopes, a divorced poet’s dirt claim, Shaw versus Corbett, and stray reflections on taste buds and frostbitten tobacco.
Odd Inquiries and Parodic Phrases In Rushed Debate
A collection of quips and snippets from various figures and topics. Immanuel Kant chair query to Professor Munsterburg, Gladden on defending guilty clients, and a tongue in cheek note on pickled lime duties and boxing terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Kant
Prof. Munsterburg
Harvard
Lafitte Resumes Control Amid Mutiny On Barataria Island
Lafitte quells a mutiny at Grande Terre, confines two officers, and sets terms for a meeting on The Turtle island. Beluche and Lopez depart for New Orleans with Nate as envoy while Lafitte awaits word from Gov. Claiborne and plans a future move to Bayou Bienvenue.
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Lafitte
Beluche
Pierre
New Orleans
Jean
Gen. la Roche
Nate
East Pass
Lopez
la Tete Des Eaux
la Roche
Bayou Bienvenue
Sophia
Gov. Claiborne
Wonder
Count de Cazereau
Baptistine
Polacca
NATO
Owl's Point
Kanauhana
Shapira
Owl’s Point
Barataria
Gen. Jackson
Count de Cazeneau
Sant ‘Lafitte
Grande Terre
Lake Bargne
Bayou Brenvenue
Immigrant Bureau notes and farm yield figures from 1904
A mixed set of excerpts shows immigration and agricultural records. It includes Ottawa Canada Inland Department correspondence referencing two wheat fields yield and costs from Alfred Wilson, plus a humorous exchange about aging residents and two large ranches in Custer County with alfalfa and pasture improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Head
N. W
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Alfred Wilson
Ana
Custer County
Leap River
Victor H. Coffman
Beggar and Business Man in a New York Moment
John La Farge recounted beggars wit in a Arts Club talk. A cold street encounter on Broadway ends with a beggar asking for help and a man offering a dime while warning against drinking, the beggar replying he will head to the St Regis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John la Farge
New York
Arts Club
Broadway
St. Regis
San Antonio
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Philip A. Lantz
Missouri
Alfonso
Peru
Venezuela
Puck
Pennsylvania
Bernard Shaw
Jim Corbett
Shaw
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Benedicts
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Washington
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hamlet
Kentucky
Alfred Austin
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Gladden
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Sullivan
Williwallapus
Dominique-You
Emeute
Dominique
M’sieur le Comte
Raven’s Cave
Santa Fe
Santa F
Califorhia
Gulf of Mexico
Theresa
Great Lakes
Pacific
Sive J
Newton
Kansas
Raton Mountain
New Mexico
Atlanta
J. Pope Brown
Georgia Railroad
Oas
Georgia
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory