Looking In on Congress From the House Gallery
A 1922 visit to Washington describes a congressman’s long hours. The House meets daily around noon, with sessions often stretching to five or six in the evening. Committees dominate work, and office duties plus meetings with departments fill days.
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Congress
New York
Atlantic City
New England
Washington
House
Capitol
Mall
General Land Office
Interior Department
Forestry Service
Pensions Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
Post Office Department
Labor Department
Department of State
Agriculture Department
Aken
A Congressman’s Mail and its Diversity of Requests
A congressman's desk overflows with letters and propaganda from constituents. Citizens seek information, aid in land, post offices, or loans, and urge larger federal spending. The piece notes varied topics from veterans' benefits to jobs and local laws, ending with a rare anarchist letter left unanswered.
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Bureau of Information
Washington
Congress
Withal
Colorado
Scotch thrift tale told by banker in thrift talk
A banker recounts a Scotch farmer who ties a hen to a wagon shaft on Main Street to eat oats dropped by a busy horse and wrestle with the feed bag. The anecdote illustrates clever frugality in dealing with shop visits and supplies.
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Sweeney
Hennery
Earby
Etewetrae
Aeern Hennery
Rath
Virginia
Philadelphia A
Jersey
Penn
Ct Alley
Orange County
Arrel Peateseae
Lyngitude
N. Y
Tediu
California
New York
Long Island
Delaware
Georgia
Ben Davis
Florida
Georgia Belle Tae
Maryland
Jeane
Pradeny
Howe
Diploma of forgiveness at the ice cream cone
Betty four from Detroit Free Press recounts a playful reconciliation scene with an auntie after a minor scolding. Betty declares she does not care, prompting the aunt to offer ice cream as a bribe. Betty then reveals April fool's twist, lightening the moment with a patriotic joke.
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New York City
Betty
Auntie
Aunty
Detroit Free Press
German firm seeks patents for radio aided clock
A German company has filed patent applications for a clock that can be corrected set and wound by an aerial loop radio receiver. The description suggests a novel wireless timekeeping method enabling automatic synchronization.
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Germany
Parallel Drawn on Bolshevism and Language Fragments
Excerpts discuss H G Wells on Bolshevism noting well intention but excess. A cartoonish French restaurant anecdote follows about misreading menus. A joke about a club member who split an infinitive after an accident. A quip on hunger differences by gender and Nevada demographics.
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H. G. Wells
Mrs Gould Invites Guests to Hothouses at Lakewood
A New York dramatist recalls Mrs George Gould entertaining Augustin Daly at Georgian Lakewood gardens. When asked to visit the famed hothouses Mrs Gould hints to Daly who grants access while joking about picking apricots and peaches. The tale ends with a flourish about canning lotus for lotus eaters.
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George Gould
New York
Augustin Daly
Georgian Court
Goulds
Daly
Lakewood Gardens
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Storia
Rohland
Old Shaw
Putnam
Nevada
COLAC
Colac Chemical Co., Inc
Glens Falls
N.Y
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Michigan
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