Eli Perkins on Nye Laramie Lecture and Lying
The piece recounts Eli Perkins and Bill Nye in Laramie with Nye touting his Daily Boomerang post and Perkins recalling their banter on literature and humor. It notes Nye’s praise and Perkins’ playful retorts about truth and fame, with a New York Sun remark about a staged lecture line.
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Laramie
Boulder College
Bill
Bret Harte
James
Edgar W. Nye
Bill Nye
Nye
London News
Ah Sin
Washington
New York Tribune
Laramie City
Boomerang
Hatton
Ab Sin
Exi
Rocky Mountains
Henry Nye
James Nye
Robert Nye
Ak Cote
Xckage
Russia
Democratic Party
Mr. Nye
United States
England
Eliar Perkins
Eli
New York
Melville D. Landon
New York Sun
White House establishes a presidential kindergarten
The White House opens an administration kindergarten for Ruth and Esther Harrison with Miss Frieda M. Bethmann of Boston as teacher. The sunlit room is prepared as a schoolroom and cabinet children will attend. Previous presidents used German tutors for children, including Mrs McKee and Mrs Cleveland.
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White House
Frieda M. Bethmann
Boston
Ruth
Esther
Cabinet Circle
Executive Mansion
Harrison
McKee
Baby McKee
Vanderbilt Engagement Report Not True, World Denies
The New York World declares there is no truth to a reported future engagement between Miss Bend and Mr. W K Vanderbilt. The paper apologizes for publishing the erroneous report from its Sunday issue and states the correction is issued on the highest authority.
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Miss Bend
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York World
Gladstone May Return to Parliament Forcing a Hearing
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note suggests Mr Gladstone could propose a return to parliament for a hearing, arguing the former statesman can command attention on the floor. The remark frames his influence as compelling any assembly to order.
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Gladstone
Old Statesman
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Capitalizing on the seal brown snowstorm in Chicago
Chicago embraces the off color snowstorm branding as a seal brown affair. The Washington Post chronicles the city's reaction and pride in the unusual weather event.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Our Consolation. South Pole remark in Philadelphia Press
Brief, pithy snippet notes consolation with a quip about the south pole remaining, attributed to the Philadelphia Press.
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South Pole
Philadelphia Press
Puns and Pansters in a Histories of Witty Language
A discussion of punning traditions and notable punsters from ancient Rome to Victorian times. It surveys how wit versus humor is defined, cites examples from Cicero Lamb Hood and Jerrold, and notes the peril of explanations and the charm of natural punning. Philadelphia Pressa.
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Planchet
Tennyson
Charles Lamb
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Oxford
Prithee
Tom Hood
Theodore Hook
Hood
Frederick Locker
Soapy
Sam
Philadelphia
Presa
Traveling Libraries Plan by Wisconsin Philanthropist Stout
State Senator James H Stout of Wisconsin plans to establish traveling libraries at his own expense to deliver useful books and literature to remote districts. Stout, a Knapp and Stout lumber firm member, previously funded a manual training school in Menominee opened in 1889, now valued at 70000 dollars with expansion funded by him.
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James H. Stout
Wisconsin
Menominee
Wis
Stout
Knapp & Stout
St. Louis
United States
Senator Stont
Senator Stout
Chicago Times-Herald
Grand German Empress Souvenir Album Project Seeks Support
Ernest T. Zellner in New York Journal urges German-American circles to back a $10,000 vellum souvenir album honoring Empress Augusta Victoria on the empire’s twenty-fifth anniversary. The plan envisions hundreds of pages with poetry and silver repousse cover art, supported by German-American ladies.
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Germany
Augusta Victoria
German Empire
Ernest T. Zellner
New York Journal
Sparrows Cut the Cord to Protect Nest
A Shreveport letter describes sparrows rebuilding a nest in an awning and severing its cord with their bills to prevent further damage. The author laments sun exposure until the nestlings depart, praising the birds' forethought.
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Shreveport
Philadelphia Times
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Acton St. Maynard, Mass
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Marrs
P.O
Concord Jund
Maynard ST
Hale
Acton
Reed
Congress
Morton
Mexico
Maine
Allison
McKinley
W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Urs. Stetson & Moran
Concord
DR. Stetson
Barrett
Concord, Mass
N. S. Daniels
Mass
T.F. Sheehan
Barrett’s Mill Road
Concord Junction
Bent
H. S&s
Ek, H. Maker
Concord Mass
Horace Tuttle
Waleen Street
Orde
J. C. Friend
Elep
Jeremiah Sheehan
A. H. Rose
Acton, Mass
Raymond's
J. W. Raymond
Prop
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