Clemenceau Joke Recalled In French Political Jest
The piece recounts Georges Clemenceau famed as a witty practical joker who often teased friends. It describes a Paris Chamber water debate and a revenge plot by Michou, leading to Clemenceau’s near presidential rise but eventual defeat amid irony and public ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Clemenceau
France
William Morton Fuller
Everybody’s Magazine
Leneneau
Iim
Laine
Michou
Paris
Mlemenceau
Alene
Clemenceau
Aogi
Memenveau
Sim
Micheu
Michell
M. Clemenceau
Ske Witter
M. Fal- Gisren
Republic
M. ‘Ciemanesca
Cleopatra
Rome
Germanys New Railway Rates And Travel Costs
The Baltimore Sun reports Germany sets passenger rail rates at 258 cents per mile for first class with baggage and express train surcharges. Second class pays 1.72 taels per mile with baggage and express charges. Railway tickets are taxed, increasing traveler expenses amid higher density on German rails than in the United States.
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Germany
Atsemi
United States
Baltimore Sun
Native White Population in 1900 by State
The report notes West Virginia and Oklahoma Kentucky India and New Mexico near the top with over 15 percent native white parentage. North Dakota is last in the list with West Virginia following close behind. In twenty nine states and territories native white parentage exceeds half of the total population. New York American.
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West
Als
North Dakota
Okahoma
Kentucky
India
New Mexica
West Virginia
Watie
New York American
A Stranger Life Beside the Severn Railcar Mystery
The strange life of Henry Hudg won, a traveler and writer of novels and science articles, who lives in a railway carriage perched on a cat overhanging the Severn near Weskeverta. He crafts comedies and sends them to Norway along with farm taventell socks for examination by Sevivish military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn
Weskeverta
England
Henry Hudg Won
Norway
Taventell Socke
Maps for Ballionists Aecrophine Aid for Aeronauts
Remorsing to the Aecrophine describes supplying maps prepared for aeronauts. The charts mark principal objects such as river mouths, factories, and railway junctions to aid night travel and identify major centers.
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Promama
Pall
Gareth
Honeymoon on horseback from St Paul to Seattle
New York artist Quincy Scott and his Seattle-born wife Ella L. Allen begin a 2000 mile, 100 day honeymoon ride by horseback following the Northern Pacific line. They will travel light with military gear, revolvers, a carbine, a shotgun, sketching materials, and plan to camp openly while riding along through plains and mountains. The couple aims to average twenty miles daily with potential for a third horse if needed.
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St. Paul
Seattle
New York
Scott
New York Herald
Quincy Scott
Ella L. Allen
Wash
Mr. Scott
Art Students’ League
Far Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad
Reid's Retort on Austin at Dorchester House
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid hosts Alfred Austin at Dorchester House London. Austin complains America lacks poets since Tennyson, while Reid concedes England has poetless periods after Tennyson's death. Austin holds laureate post earning 360 a year.
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America
England
Alfred Austin
Ambassador Reid
Dante Society
Dorchester House
London
New York World
Whitelaw Reid
Tennyson
Austin
Lot Tennyson
Mark Twain Jokes Amid Near Collision at Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk dispatch reports Mark Twain joked about death on the yacht Kanawha amid a near collision with the steamer Sylvester at Hampton Roads. H. H. Rogers and guests witnessed the close pass as 500 newspaper men and friends watched the opening of the Jamestown exposition. Twain shouted Never touched me to a cheering crowd.
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Mark Twain
Norfolk
New York American
Kanawha
H. H. Rogers
Hampton Roads
Sylvester
Twain
Bees to Fight Bugs With
Professor 8. J. Hunter of the State University of Kansas leads a campaign against the green bug in wheat fields. He releases a parasite bee that lays an egg in the bug, killing it. Each bee produces 500 offspring while the green bug averages forty. Bees are stored cold at the university and distributed on request, with about 200 calls answered daily.
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J. Hunter
State University of Kansas
Wheat
Lawrence
Kan
Washington Post
The Peace Idea and the Hague Conference Question
The Houaton Post ponders whether the peace concept will mature from the Hague to a lasting accord or falter as stronger powers resist disarmament. The piece contrasts weaker nations applauding disarmament with doubts about rivals laying down arms.
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Houaton Post
Oddities and notes from a bygone issue of local life
Eight oarsmen on Tombigbee river alert to two horsepower in a boat. Limestone supply enough for a cement plant a century. A sixty year old Dakota marries a twenty year old. his son weds the girl's mother, forty four. The US chief justice earns thirteen thousand dollars annually. associate justices twelve thousand five hundred. Douglas township Clarke IL unique for lacking church, lawyer, doctor, preacher, justice, constable, or pauper. Franklin fund to Boston matures as a potential trade school. Bangor reports Patrick McMann of Jackson Maine taught woodchucks to play checkers.
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Tombigbee River
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Douglas Township
Clarke County
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Carnegie
Bangor
Patrick McMann
Jackson
Maine
Berlin Plans 1913 World Fair and Wagner Streets
A Berlin scientist predicts water will be worth 15 cents per drink in 300 years. Berlin aims for a 1913 world fair marking Emperor William’s 25th accession anniversary. The city’s music venues include Bechstein Beethoven Philharmonic and Singakademie, plus a new Mozart hall at Nollendorf Platz. Berlin will name a quarter after Richard Wagner with eight streets Elsa Eva Sieglinde Senta Isolde Ortrud Gutrune Kundry radiating from a Wagner place in Friedenau.
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Berlin
William
Philharmoniy
Singakademie
Mozart
Nollendorfplatz
Richard Wagner
Him
Friedenau
Wagner
Elsa
Eva
Sieglinde
Senta
Isolde
Ortrud
Gutrune
Kundry
Old Fashioned Man and Faded Routines Chronicle
Atchison Globe reflects on the lost era of genteel manners and rigid social codes. It recalls the old fashioned man who wore paper collars and dressed up before leaving home, and contrasts this with changing roles of parents and women who labored hard for their families.
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Atchison Globe
Plays and Players: Dismal run for A Marriage of Reason
A Marriage of Reason at Wallack's in New York failed after two weeks. Clyde Fitch's The Truth drew favorable notices in London with Marie Tempest in the lead. The White Chrysanthemums sent to stores for repairs, possible New York revival later. Chrystal Herne, daughter of James Herne, may reach stardom next season under Charles Dil Ingham. Charlies Kline's The Stepchild chosen as her vehicle.
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Bellew
New York
Wallack’s
Clyde Fitch
London
Marie Tempest
Chrystal Herne
James Herne
Charles Dil- Ingham
Charlies Kline
Around the House Ventilation and Cleaning Tips
Practical domestic advice on airing rooms by opening windows at top and bottom to exchange air. Ammonia in wash water keeps silver bright daily. Quick lamp chimney care by cooling in cold water before removal. Damp lace curtains dry flat between blanket and floor to hold shape.
New York City Telegraphs and Weather Facts
The New York Herald notes telegraph instruments in New York City record seventeen messages per minute. Public accounts and expenditures have risen by about 102000 daily over four years. An estimated 118000 New Yorkers rely on wit for a living. City wind averages nine miles per hour, with hurricanes reaching eighty miles per hour as a lower threshold for great storms.
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Telegraph Instruments
New York City
New York Herald
Indigenous origins of Mediterranean crops traced in Strasburger note
The excerpt discusses how crops like the lemon, orange, olive, fig, vine, palm, laurel, and myrtle traveled from eastern regions to Italy and the western Mediterranean. It notes most ideas and plants originated or were refined in the east before presenting them in Italy and surrounding areas.
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Italy
India
Mediterranean
Persia
Cilicia
Lebanon
Strasburger’s “Riviera
The Difference Between a Pessimist and an Optimist
A joke from Harper's Weekly contrasts a discouraged parent with a cheerful past and ends with a quip about marriage as the key difference. The punchline role reverses the expected meanings for humor.
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Harper’s Weekly
Cause of His Joy Twin Birth Stirred Rivalry in City
A Philadelphia Inquirer note recounts a curious exchange where an elder man celebrates the birth of twins but names Evans as the real lucky man. The speaker resents Evans and urges others to congratulate him rather than the narrator.
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Scott
Evans
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tattered Tim and Tiepass Thomas Quote in Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader quotes Tattered Tim deriding doctors and Tiepass Thomas asking what for as Tim claims a cure for fits in childhood. The dialogue hints at sympathy crowds if a cure appeared.
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Timothy
Thomas
Cleveland
She Was the Girl Miss Willing Chooses
A brief theater style snippet features a suitor declaring a spouse should be as good as she is beautiful and another character accepting the proposal in a dialogue excerpt. The lines reflect a light romantic tone from a Pick Me Up publication.
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Miss Willing
George
Modnet Sum Phrase Cited by Nashville Democrat
A Nashville Democrat quotes a phrase suggesting money that talks little may be called a modnet sum. The line frames a satirical view of wealth influence in discourse.
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Nashville Democrat
Pointed Paragraphs and Paraphrased Wit
A collection of aphoristic observations on friendship, pleasure, sorrow, philosophy, and education. The notes poke fun at social posing and the paradoxes of expertise, often citing common life experiences. The Chicago News quotation highlights irony in sympathy and material value.
Notable English literary figures linked to essential works
The passage cites Robert Burton as a candidate for lasting fame for The Anatomy of Melancholy. It notes praise from Professor Saintsbury and Samuel Taylor Coleridgean praise by Lamb. It also mentions Sir Thomas Malory, Richard Hooker, and Gilbert White as enduring contributors to English literature and thought.
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Robert Burton
Professor Saintsbury
Lamb
Sir Thomas Malory
Richard Hooker
Church of England
Gilbert White
Selbourne
Quotations on Wisdom and Language Echo Through Time
The passage collects proverbs and reflections on speech prudence, patience, and aging wisdom. It cites Chicago News phrases on truth and restraint, notes the rose and thorn metaphor, and mentions slang and nursery lines that become common lore through ages. It also references Hierocles and examples from the London Chronicle about ancient tests.
Notice for Bids on Court House Roof and Jail Plumbing
Sealed bids for repair of Fountain County Court House roof with spouting copper gutters and allied work and plumbing at the county jail are due by 12 noon at the Auditor’s office in Covington Indiana. Plans for the roof are on file. bidders for jail plumbing must submit their own plans. The Board may reject any bids.
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Fountain County
Covington
Indiana
Court House
Office of the Auditor
Clinton F Hesler
Ansteal Foaled by Anteo Sires 2:16% in Covington Barn
Ansteal is a dark bay colt praised as one of the best of his class in the state. He is sired by Anteo 2:16% and out of May Rose 2:22, entering a short 1907 season at J. R. Young’s barn on North 4th St in Covington. Terms 15 dollars to insure a foal, payment due when foal drops, with care but no liability for accidents. D. A. Baird owner P. H. Larrance keeper.
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Anteo
May Rose
J. R. Young
North 4Th St
Covington
D. A. Baird
P.H
Lady battles tramps in temptations tale
A sharp dialogue frames a woman declaring she hates tramps and refuses to be enticed into overeating by a sly suitor. The exchange centers on social scorn and self control in a compact vignette.
Special Excursion Rates Via Clover Leaf
Clover Leaf announces summer tourist rates with tickets on sale across multiple cities and events. From Atlanta to Los Angeles, excursions cover medical associations, conclaves, expositions, and youth gatherings. Contact local agents or W. L. Ross in Toledo for details through May 31.
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Clover Leaf
Atlanta City
N.J
American Medical Association
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Saratoga Springs
K. T
Notice to Heirs and Creditors in Voltz Estate
In Fountain Circuit Court April term 1906 Charles Bergdahl as Executor of Louisa Margart Voltz deceased has filed his final settlement with vouchers. The court will examine on May 8 1907 at which time heirs creditors or legatees must appear show cause why the account should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship. Charles O Bergdahl executor May 27 1907.
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Charles Bergdahl
Louisa Margart Voltz
Aaid
Charles O. Bergdahl
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Reid
Chicago News
Hierocles
London Chronicle
J. W. Price & CO
Derrick
Covington, MD
Warlin
Martin Pirearms Co
Willow Street
New Haven
Conn
Charles C. Thompson
William B. Myers
Board of Commissioner
B. Gray
Larrance
Pete
W. L. Ross
Toledo
Louisa Margaret Voltz
Fountain
McCall
United
Merten
Mccalh
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