Cosmos Club Tales In Washington History and Science
A reader recounts Washington society stories from the Cosmos Club and nearby sites. It covers the club's eminent scientists, Harriman zoological funding, the old Dolly Madison mansion, Decatur house, Lafayette Square lore, and memories of Lafayette and Washington era figures.
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United States
Cosmos Club
Washington
Dolly Madison
Madison
Admirral Wilkes
Madison House
Wilkes
Mason and Slidell
Trent
Great Britain
C. Hart Merriam
Merrian
Harriman Foundation For Zoological Research
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
New York State
Augusta
Harriman
Marinas
Bath
Naturalism
Alaska
Mr. Harriman
EB. H. Harriman
Ho Ld
Lafayette Square
Coamosa Club
Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decatur
James Barron
Lafayette
Andrew Jackson
America
Chicago
Elm Street
Davidson
Charleston
8. C
Ancrum
Col
William Washington
Reo Washington
the Cowpens
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Promotes Free Mail Book Offer
An old advertisement from the Murine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago promotes their eye salve in aseptic tubes. It touts relief for weary watery eyes and granulated eyelids and offers free books and advice by mail. The price is shown as 1.00 or 1.08 dollars for a 25 cent jar.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Wise Boy Procrastinates Time in School Theme
A fragment notes a teacher complains about procrastination while a student labeled as a “wise boy” is praised as scholarly. It hints at other time-wasting influences or “watch lifters” in the student’s environment.
Cuti cura Heals Severe Skin Disease on Child
A Chicago mother reports her five year old son suffered a brutal rash with skin peeling and bandages sticking, endured screaming during dressings, and attributes full recovery after multiple applications of Cuticura Ointment. She claims the cure occurred twelve years prior, stating the boy is now strong and healthy.
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Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Ill
Petrified jaw found in Cornwall sparks family secret
The scene features Old Podkins and his wife in a quiet moment disrupted by a newspaper item about a petrified jaw found in Cornwall. The wife hints at hidden ancestry, prompting Podkins to recall a family secret tied to the Cornwall discovery and their long marriage.
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Podkins
Cornwall
Deafness Cannot Be Cured by Constitutional Treatment
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss ear inflammation and claims of a cure for deafness. The text mentions a potentially constitutional remedy and references to diagnostic or treatment warrants, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The readable items point to medical conjecture rather than a proven method.
Man's Many Attributes Express The Human Condition
The passage extols the paradoxical nature of man describing him as a judge of all things yet a feeble worm of the earth a depository of truth and a cloaca of uncertainty and error. It frames man as both glory and shame of the universe in philosophical contemplation.
The Guilty Party Dinner Exchange
Cook offers the remainder of the roast duck to her young man and sighs blaming the cat for what will happen tomorrow, a moment from Filegende Blatter.
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Cook
Why He Married Elsewhere and Town Ministers
A Chicago News excerpt notes Merlach could not wed in town as ministers refused to perform the ceremony citing his debt reputation. The piece mocks city politics with satirical asides about inflation and graft in the annual paving pile and insinuates officials’ hypocrisy.
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Seymour
Merlach
Ashley
Chicago News
Snowstorm on fire game from a playwrights dialogue
A playwright laments lack of thrill and rejects shipwreck and burning building tropes. The conversation pivots to a quirky prompt as a character proposes snowstorm on fire as a fresh concept.
Pat Wao Ready for Her
A clipped note from National Monthly reports Pat Wao returning with an Avery rig and comments on the ride. The writer criticizes the atables and pace, expressing dissatisfaction with patronage. The brief reads like a human-interest blurb from a horse racing round.
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Pat
Lady
Cettic
National Monthly
New York poet tells Conan Doyle tale at Authors club
A New York poet at Seventh Avenue's Authors club recounts a Conan Doyle dinner tale. The Dame asks Doyle for help about repeated thefts at her home and the punchline reveals she keeps a goat.
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New York
Authors’ Club
Seventh Avenue
Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
New York Times
Garden dreams spark confidence and chicken approval
In a quoted exchange, Mrs. Torkins expresses confidence that their garden will succeed, noting the chickens have tasted everything and are enthusiastic, reflecting optimism about the venture.
80 Year Old Woman Seeks Education via Athletics at Ohio State
An eighty year old registered student at Ohio State University in Columbus aims to use education as a path to demonstrate to modern women the value of athletics rather than pursuing schooling alone.
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The
State University At
Columbus, O
Rio Grande launches simple folded timetable folder
A year ago the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad issued a traveler folder with train times and city notes but no map. A new descriptive folder now arrives with a Coast to Coast map and a collapsible fold, making Rio Grande's timetable the simplest and most understandable in the United States.
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Denver & Rilo Grande Railroad
Stane
Rio Grande
United States
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Conmos Club
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John Lane
Nye
N Street
Bennsylvania Avenue
Loohing
Treasury Department
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Aaa
Eve
Wise Boy
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Bpohn
Hades
Denver
BON Bon Ieee
Lawrence Street
Calo
KODAK
Central Rigs
Firmen
Kkeeping
Beohtenae
Bashes
Aed Fates Catalogue
Kodaks
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Wasco St
Denver Real Estate
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