Wyoming Woman Opposes Canteen Restoration
A Wyoming woman argues against restoring the army canteen, citing increased liquor use and drunkenness among officers and soldiers. She notes doctors and universities oppose it, including physicians from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Columbia, who petition against beer sales in the army.
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United States
Richard Batholdt
Missouri
Congress
Harvard University
Northwestern University
Cornell University
John Hopkins University
Dartmouth College
Rush Medical College
University of Buffalo
Bowdoin College
Columbia University
University of Dmois
Leland Stanford University
United States Senate
Army Report Opposes Beer Sales to Soldiers
The document argues that beer worsens health, endurance, morale and marksmanship, harming army efficiency. It states that reinstating beer sales would conflict with soldiers’ best interests, both in service and after, and oppose national defense. Signed by Mrs. F A Stout, Sheridan Wyoming.
Fisher’s Talk Costs Job at Wesleyan University
Middletown Connecticut January 30 Professor Willard C Fisher has been removed from the Wesleyan University faculty after he refused to alter remarks supporting a more open Sunday. In letters to President William A Shanklin Fisher argued that a day for leisure should not disturb others and that people may enjoy themselves freely on Sundays.
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Middletown
Conn
Williard C. Fisher
Wesleyan University
William A. Shanklin
Wesleyan
Fisher
Seamford
Railroad Man Dies in Poverty in Colorado
Frank A. Dunlap aged 38 once general passenger agent for the Chicago Great Western railroad died in a county hospital after being held in the county jail on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He had deposited worthless checks with a La Vota saloonkeeper and borrowed $20 on them. He had organized the Bryan homecoming special from Omaha to New York and had letters from railroad men and politicians addressed to him as Dear Frank. He asked his attorney to appeal to William J. Bryan for help shortly before death. Authorities seek his relatives as a college dispute over a professor’s resignation is noted.
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Wallenburg
Colo
Frank A. Dunlap
Dunlap
la Vota
Walsenburg
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Omaha
New York
Frank
Wiliam J. Bryan
Have the Brushes Labeled
A humorous tale describes a maid mixing kitchen tasks with an ink brush used by her mistress and the culinary tool for vegetables. To prevent mix ups, kitchen brushes are labeled with a red hot poker, and the piece notes the need for better brushes for pastry topping and egg washing. It mentions preferences for badger hair shaving brushes and the practicalities of cleaning glued-bristle brushes, bottle brushes, and trap-brushes for refrigeration and bathrooms.
Curry of Vegetables Featured in Classic Preparation
A vegetable curry dish uses cauliflower carrot turnip celery and potatoes with onion and tomatoes. Vegetables are boiled in salted water then simmered with curry powder fat and flour, finished with rice border and served hot.
Mocha Cake Frosted with Coffee Icing Steps
Instructions describe beating eggs and sugar over heat, adding flour and baking powder, baking a cake, cooling, and preparing a coffee frosting. The frosting uses butter and confectioners sugar with strong coffee added gradually, piped onto the cake for decoration.
Bananas Maitre d Hotel Recipe Note
Banana dish for dinner uses four bananas and mater d hotel butter with lemon juice salt pepper and parsley. Bananas are boiled with skins on then peeled and mixed with butter to create a vegetable accompaniment.
Recovery Remarks Amid Narrow Escape
A patient recounts a close call with Ilinesa and thanks doctors for saving them. The physician plans to document the case for a medical paper while the patient credits their vitality for pulling through.
How Kaweas Got Ite Nama
Inman claimed Kaneas derived from a proofreader error. Early Kawena Indians named Kawa, a Kawenas diminutive, but a reversed inverted n changed to no. The mix up led to the current form Kaneas and became the adopted name over time.
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Kaweas
Colonel Inman
Kaneas
Harvard President Quips On Regulations And Driving
President Lowell recalls remark about students being driven by rules and recalls a dean's reply that regulations could drive them to the devil. He accepted the amendment in conversation reported by Harvard Graduates' Magazine.
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Lowell
Harvard Graduates
World Looks for the Best
A reflective message on rivalry stressing that victory and defeat are two sides of competition. It urges continued effort, noting the world needs the best work even when others lose. The piece implies personal duty to strive above rivals.
Why We Can See Smoke
A compact note explains that smoke includes solid particles such as sqlid or squid particles carried by gases. The visible matter comes from these particulates, not the gases, according to St. Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
Absent-Minded Swiss Couple Missed Wedding Appointment
A Swiss couple planning a marriage failed to appear at the appointed hour claiming they had forgotten all about it. Civil and religious authorities had arranged the ceremony, but the pair were too occupied to attend.
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Switzerland
First Regular American Theatrical Company Origins
A 1762 English originated company began in Williams burg Virginia and performed in Annapolis New York and Philadelphia. The first theater was built at Annapolis.
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England
Williamsburg
Annapolis
New York
Philadelphia
Start Date of Bad Habit in England in 17032
The text notes the start of a snuff habit in England circa 17032. It then shifts to a recipe for Egg Elecusts with dry ingredients."
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England
Planked Eggs with Meats and Egg Garnish
A recipe to arrange a mix of chopped chicken corn beef or tongue on a plank with equal crumbs moistened by cream or stock. Season with salt pepper and paprika. Make depressions fill with poached eggs bake until lightly browned. Optional Duchesne potato border and a garnish.
Glove Repair Trick with Leather Court-Plaster
A home remedy suggests repairing a glove by turning it inside out at the hole, bringing edges together, and applying leather court-plaster. The patch not only holds the hole but also reinforces the glove due to the leather’s strength.
Love of animals called latest disease by Dr Dana
A cartoonish column notes Dr Charles Dana of New York says love of animals is the latest disease. It jokes that such ideas explain why some marriages endure and mocks social fashions. A Los Angeles man is arrested for carrying dynamite in a hand organ as a punchline about crime. The piece lightly pokes at Chicago’s boastfulness and gender roles with a quip about the hobble skirt.
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Charles Dana
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago Club Forms To Exclude Cats
A new organization in Chicago announces its aim to exclude cats from a specified area. Members describe the club as focusing on animal control and community standards, with plans to advocate policies restricting feline presence.
Detroit Man Seeks Divorce Over His Wife Talkativeness
A Detroit man petitions for divorce arguing his wife talks too much, asking if such a plea could influence court access to a hearing or affect judicial proceedings.
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Detroit
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Bud” Fisher
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