How Bills Navigate Congress From Intro to Passage
Amos J. Cummings explains the complex journey of a bill through Congress. He details committee bottlenecks, Speaker wielding power, suspension rules, and the Senate hurdles including conference committees and potential presidential veto.
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Sanitary Marriage Echoes Spartan Fitness Ideal
Dr Stickney argues that healthful bodies are essential for marriage and national vigor. He cites Spartan practices of enforced exercise and selective marriage to claim Americans need stricter physical culture in schools and homes.
Old World Etiquette and Tomb Inscriptions Across Ages
A Canadian Bishop visiting Winnipeg is humorously depicted as being summoned to breakfast with a comical maid’s clumsy knock. The piece contrasts decorum in church circles with a rustic reply that jolts the Bishop. Epigraphic notes mention Egyptian Jewish Greek and Roman tomb inscriptions.
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The Bigwig Papers in a Scandal of Onions and Teasing
Tryphena Higgins recounts a chaotic Bigwig social night with Sophia Jane and George. A candy pull turns sour when onions are served as a joke, leading to public embarrassment, mismatched attire, and a minister sighting, with Tryphena seeking consolation and an apology.
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Josh Billings Philosophy Wit and Warnings
A compact collection of Josh Billings quips on trust secrecy common sense death affection pity and virtue. TheBrash humor explores truth luck and human folly with pointed casual wit from New York Weekly.
Queen of Greece Described as Handsome Royal Figure
The Troy Times profiles the Queen of Greece as a poised royal, often seated in a wicker chair on a palace balcony crocheting lace tidies for honors. It notes her blue and white attire, diligent housekeeping, investment in her son’s education, and her Russian princess birth.
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Russia
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Why He Prayed. A minister and boy tale from Arcola Record
A minister asks Tommy about prayers in temptation. Tommy says he prays for strength, except after Billy Williams quickly defeated him once leaving him to pray for more strength ever since. He vows to act once he gains enough muscle.
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In Bad Humor. Editor's Child's Question About Papa
Dialogue from New York Weekly notes the editor’s mood sour as he works to keep the humor department alive while the regular funny man is sick. The wife confirms the strain on the family as they race to maintain the paper.
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Boots and the boot in historical accounts
The piece notes that boots are credited to the Carians and cited by Homer around 907 B C and Roman historians. It also mentions an instrument of torture called the boot used in Scotland on Covenanters about 1666.
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Scotland
A Spinster's Reverie by Holly Hock
A first person vignette in verse and prose on spinsterhood and independence. The narrator, an old maid, revels in solitude and imagined freedom, while recalling childhood games and disdain for matrimony. She savors self sufficiency and personal dreams, ending with a toast to independence.
Doubly Grateful Dinner Blessing Joke
A Georgia minister visits a frugal flock member who boasts only bacon and greens due to hard times. The host asks for a blessing. the minister prays to be thankful for what they receive and to find bacon in the greens, praising fullness beyond expectation.
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Georgia
Bellmen Proclaimed Night Hour Before Public Clocks in London
In 1556 London, many bellmen announced the night hour before public clocks were common, reflecting urban timekeeping practices of the era.
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