David Harum of Politics or Uncle Joe Cannon in Portrait
A tongue in cheek profile of Joseph G. Cannon, ruler of the House, likened to Bryan’s prophecy about a presidential candidate. The piece compares Cannon’s age, manner, and character to Lincoln era ideals, sketches his rise from Indiana to Illinois to Congress, and weighs his odds for 1908 while lampooning Oslerism and political foes.
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Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
United States
William J. Bryan
David Harum
Uncle Joe
Mr. Cannon
Cannon
White House
Taft
Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic Party
Tilden
Joe
Gladstone
Disraeli
von Moltke
Bismarck
France
Germany
Lord Roberts
Paul Kruger
Goethe and
Herschel
Henry Gassaway Davis
Earth
Angel of Death
Democrats
Congress
Illinois
Joseph
Reed
Appropriations Committee
Danville
Christ
North Carolina
Indiana
Ilinois
Vermilion County
Washington
Helen
Bryan of Nebraska a portrait of the man and his outlook
James A. Edgerton presents William Jennings Bryan as a persistent figure in American politics. The piece portrays Bryan’s character, public image, and endurance, noting his influence, popularity with press, and debated presidential prospects. It surveys his background, habits, and domestic life, ending with a cautious view of his future.
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Bryan
Ananias Club
Nebraska
Florida
America
Bryap
Gogie
Tert
Mr. Bryan
Titus
Lincoln
Horace
Sabine
Brutus
Brian
William J Bryan
Democratic Party
Stedman the Poet and Southern Hospitality Tale
A portrait of Edmund Clarence Stedman recounts his southern visit where mint julep hospitality overwhelmed him and fed a legend of the banker poet. It includes his New England blessing anecdote and a France visit where peasants saluted a statue of the Virgin.
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France
Edmund Clarence Stedman
New York
Yale
New York Press
Darky
Mars
Edmund
Mr. Stedman
New York Mail
Ball of Green Grows from Seed on Wet Sponge
A simple method describes sprinkling grass seed or flax seed on a wet sponge and occasionally misting it. The sponge is hung in a window by a string and in a few weeks a ball of green sprouts appears.
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James A. Edgerton
Ife
Abraham Lincoln
Jackson and Lincoln
Tillman
Patty
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Speaker
Long
Gentle Nazarene
Sage
Tom Watson
Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
Mark Twain
John D. Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Twain
Rockefeller
John D
All Boys
William J
Speaker Cannon
Helen Cannon
Mrs. W. J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Robert Bruce
Joe Cannon
Orator
Platte
The
Salt Creek
Parker
Lyman Trumbull
Ealad
Charles Lamb
Lamb