Haunt of Newspapers Men in White House Outer Offices
The article notes reporters gather in the White House outer offices where presidents’ views on legislation are shared. It explains access for lawmakers and correspondents, and how presidential opinion shapes what news is released. It emphasizes the role of the president in guiding legislative attention and how future events are shadowed from that office.
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White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Congress
Fault with the dictionary in a Senate criticism
United States Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania laments that dictionary publishers seek to maximize word counts by including obsolete and slang terms. He argues this erodes authority on proper English and renders dictionaries useless to judge what words are proper or improper. He notes rival editions boast thousands more entries.
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United States
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Smith
Ant Brown
The Chorus Girl Life Reality Behind The Stage
A reporter probes the chorus girl world and finds stark contrasts to glamorous myths. Mrs. E N Fernandez explains wages from eighteen to twenty five dollars weekly and the need for affordable, decent housing for many dancers while noting stage ambitions lure many into the profession.
Whittaker’s Musical Arrival Sparks Small Town Turmoil
The Peevy’s Mills phonograph caused uproar as townsfolk debate its purpose with the Burnhams. Mrs. Burnham comforts her grieving mood while the device unexpectedly brings news of their missing son Bob, as a recorded Ben Bolt fills the night with memory and emotion.
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Peevy's Mills
Whittaker Burnham
Bob
Whittaker
Burnhan
Qyrr
Ben Bolt
Alan Ranmore
Extravaganza Opera Company
Excelsior Phonograph Company
New York City
Sweet Alice
Ben
Bolt
Mr. Burnham
Gaines Boomed a Bar Speech Sparks Capitol Glee
Representative John Wesley Gaines celebrated Andrew Jackson’s victory and his Hermitage appropriation bill with a bold plan to visit Mr Hancock’s bar after adjournment. He announced he would shake Hancock’s hand for the battle of New Orleans image, provoking laughter among the House.
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Mr. Hancock
John Hancock
Statesman
Tennessee
Hancock's
Washington
New York Times
Mrs Cobden Sanderson and Miss Stacy in Washington
Mrs Cobden Sanderson, famed advocate of women’s suffrage, travels to Washington with Miss Louie Stacy, an English beauty known for gown design. Stacy appears in a hookless slip-on dress, created by a London tailor, drawing attention for its modern simplicity and comfort.
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Cobden Sanderson
Continents
Washington
Louie Stacy
Sheba
London
Miss Stacy
Chorus Girl Refuses Reporter's Fantasies About Chorus Life
A chorus girl rebukes a reporter's sensational questions about their life. She defends their hard work and dismisses lurid myths of lobster diets and lavish living, urging better reading and caution about imagined tales before the chorus resumes singing.
Chorus Girls and the Pressures of a Brief Career
The discussion notes chorus girls must sing well and look young with good figures to stay in the chorus. As they age they are discarded, with only a few rising to prima donna status like Edna May or Lulu Glaser. The life is demanding and short, though some succeed outside the chorus.
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New York
Metropolitan Street Railway
E. N. Fernandez
Tam
Brother
Mrs. Fernandez
Edna May
Lulu Glaser
Mr Hoptoad Demands Cash in Advance for Board
In a terse exchange a man declares to Mr Hoptoad that he has married his daughter and seeks forgiveness. Hoptoad responds that boarding will require cash in advance. A mention of recent visit to Washington and references to Pennsylvania Avenue follow in a clipped, period tone.
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Hoptoad
Doing His Share in a Gas Range Cook Folklore
A cook offers to brew coffee on the gas range while Tired Tiffins asserts willingness to work for it. He volunteers to turn on the gas, reflecting a plain spoken exchange in a domestic scene.
Germ Intelligence in Kisses and Transit
A Chisago News quip imagines a debate on microbes in kisses and the idea they live on, then shifts to the advantages of rapid transit. The fragment treats science and travel satire with a playful tone.
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Chisago News
Assisting Talent Behind the Scenes
Mr. Hontana praises a young worker who can both play a planner with one hand and organ with the other. He plans to help him learn to operate a drum with his feet and believes the man can be taught new musical skills in a beer hall setting.
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Mrs. Burnham
Mr. Burnham
Bob
Hontana
Tempus Travels on the Fly
A concise note notes brief journeys by Tempus and a terse remark about Tife and So am L, presenting fragmented travel phrases without a cohesive event or timeline.
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Tempus
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Beth
Mello
Alice
Bobbie
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Gen. Sherman
Pennsylvania Avenue
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