Relics of the Fight Special Agents to Cuba and Philippines
National Museum plans to send agents to Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines to gather memorials of the Hispano American War. Exhibits will include ethnologic displays primordial arts from Puerto Rico and Cuba and recovered wrecks from Manila Bay and Cavite. Navy models ships and war gear will illustrate recent battles with artifacts from Dewey Schley Sampson Hobson and the Maine.
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National Museum
Washington
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Maine
Havana
Uncle Sam
United States
Manila Bay
Navy Department
Dewey
Schley
Sampson
Hobson
Signal Service
Santiago
Cervera
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Guantanamo Bay
Cavite
Rounsville Wildman
Hongkong
Rene Bache
Boston Transcript
Humor of the Hour at an Insane Asylum Dance
A Detroit visitor at a state asylum describes difficulty distinguishing between rational and nonrational patients. He notes one woman’s bright eyes and engaging talk, believing she loves the doctor, only to learn the doctor is actually her husband, a remark that ends with the doctor laughing at the misunderstanding.
Doctor's golf remark echoes driving tacks into a board
The doctor advised exercise and golf, but the man found golf unappealing. He watched a game and, when asked his opinion, said it would be about as much fun as driving tacks into a board with a hammer, in a Chicago Post report.
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Chicago Post
Cemetery Superintendent and Agent Dialogue
A humorous Boston Globe exchange features a cemetery superintendent asking about selling a lot to a man named Billions. The agent says no, fearing loss of full value, and the superintendent quips a man must die, while the agent notes the man’s fear of being lost at seat.
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Boston Globe
Misanthropic bachelor learns his heir ruined by Congress
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a cantankerous old bachelor tearing at a letter and lamenting his nephew chosen as heir. He laments the bright youth's downfall as he already fears the political path through Congress.
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Congress
Detroit Free Press
Schoolmaster Interrogates Night-Active Murphy
Dialogue from London Tit-Bits sketches a schoolmaster catching Murphy out of bed at night. Murphy apologizes saying he went to tuck himself in, highlighting a humorous dormitory mischief anecdote.
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Murphy
London
Judge Whistles at Dog Allegation Sparks Court Oddity
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer report, a judge claims the defendant turned and whistled to the dog. An intelligent witness counters that the dog did the following, turning the case toward an unusual courtroom moment.
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Intelligent Witness
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Quail on toast remark from Atchison Globe
A curio from the Atchison Globe notes a quip about dining at a local home where the husband craves the gu while the wife is content with the toast. The line reflects a humorous view of domestic tastes in a specific household.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Marriage Dilemma Quips From Chicago News
Dialogue captures a comic exchange about finances and trust, as a man worries over marrying while a woman jokes a tailor might accept his father’s name. The brief scene reflects social pressures and witty banter from the publication.
Age Records and Gender Jokes Sparked by Methuselah
A humorous exchange imagines Methuselah holding the world’s age record, noting that if he were a woman the record would be less notable. The dialogue plays on gender and long life in the joking style of Up to Date.
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Methuselah
Inconsiderate For the love of heaven New York Journal
A short, period tone line from the New York Journal uses a colloquial shout about hair length and social manners. It reflects a lively-toned, gossip style moment from a bygone era.
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Jimmie
New York Journal
A Kissing Campaign for Mrs Astor in Thirteenth District
A report outlines Mrs. John Jacob Astor plans to actively back Colonel John Jacob Astor in New York's Thirteenth District race against Jefferson M. Levy. It compares her potential campaigning to English duchesses who kissed voters for influence, citing Mary Leiter and Jennie Chamberlain as precedents and noting the district's aristocratic nature.
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N. Y
John Jacob Astor
Jefferson M. Levy
Astor
Mr. Levy
Georgiana
Duchess of
Devonshire
England
Mary Leiter
India
George Curzon
Southport
Lancashire
Jennie Chamberlain
H. S. Nayor-Leyland
Ava Willing- Astor
Bees In His Coat Netted 22 Pounds Of Honey
Asa Witham of Blanchard Maine, a veteran marksman with the Dover company Maine volunteer militia, found a swarm of bees had occupied his canvas hunting coat hanging in an orchard upon his return from Chickamauga. He expelled the insects with a sulphur smudge and salvaged 22 pounds of white comb honey.
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Asa Witham
Blanchard
Dover Company
Maine
Augusta
Witham
Chickamauga
Funeral Car by Reading Railroad Sparks Travel Plans
Mourners to travel in state on a new 60 foot funeral car built by Reading Railroad. The car has three compartments for casket bearers mourners and invited guests, with 6 10 and 80 seats respectively. Finished in dark mahogany and cloth, it aims to improve current funeral train transport with no extra charge if ticket sales meet a set number.
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Reading Railroad Company
New Flemish Coinage For Auto Expresses Long Dutch Word
The London Chronicle notes a new Flemish term formed to express the French automobile. The proposed word, snelpaardeloozonderspo orwegpetroorijtuig, was discussed at a Flemish academy session in Antwerp as a correct or accepted coinage.
Kipling Cruising Off Irish Coast With Channel Squadron
Rudyard Kipling sails with the channel squadron aboard the third rate cruiser Pelorus off the Irish coast. The Atheneum reports the voyage as preparation for a new sea poem titled The Cruigsars.
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Rudyard Kipling
Irish
Channel Squadron
Pelorus
The
Atheneum
the Cruigsars
Bicycle wheel size shift looms for next year
Canadian bicycle makers plan to switch to 80 inch wheels from 28 inch. The new wheels will be 1 to 2 pounds heavier than 1898 models and will cost more. H. S. Canfield notes in the Chicago Times-Herald.
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H. S. Canfield
Chicago Times-Herald
Curious Experiment on a Kansas Man Proves Successful
Joseph Sullivan of Solomon City Kansas a thrasher was badly burned three weeks ago with a 6 by 8 inch skin loss. Frog skin grafts and skin from friends arms have been applied and more than half have taken. The grafts are moistened with salt solution and held by bandages. Physicians watch as the frog skin grafts knit the wound and Sullivan nears recovery.
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Joseph Sullivan
Solomon City
Kan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dreyfus News Letters From Cayenne Report Sept 30
Paris Figaro cites a Cayenne letter on Dreyfus status as of September 30. It notes the prisoner on Devil's Island remains ignorant of France’s agitation over the case, with all correspondence and case matters shielded from him. Newspapers have been forbidden to him and guards for over a year. Dreyfus is in good health.
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Paris Figaro
Cayenne
Dreyfus
France
Devil’s Island
Twin Brothers Wed Twin Sisters at McKee Home
Twin sisters Ada and Alma McKee married twin brothers William and Frank Brindle at the home of Mr and Mrs C M Kee near Wilmington Delaware The couples match in looks and form a rare double wedding reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean. The article notes the Oak Tree treaty site and Roosevelt rough riders with horses.
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Wilmington, D
C. McKee
Ada
Alma McKee
William
Frank Brindle
Chicago
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Papa
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Mrs. Astor
Rosendale
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Maynard. Mass
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Magle
J. F. McBride
Philadelphia
Penn Park
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Roosevelt
Ludington
First Volunteer Cavalry
Tampa
Sterling
Sue Stove Moen
Glenwood and Highland Ranges
Concord Junction, Mass
Adelaide
Our
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
Thos
Hutchinson
Chaplin
P. O. Box
Conncorrd Junction
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord
J. C. Friend
Thos. H. King
Concord Junction
Mass
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