The Social History of Smoking in England Told
A survey of tobacco from Elizabethan days to modern times notes royal attitudes and the rise of pipes cigars and cigarettes. It traces smokers from Elizabeth I and James I toward Victoria and the cigar era with social climbing, fashion, and gender shifts highlighted.
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Elizabeth
Austria
Alphonso
10Gent
Spain
Margherita
Italy
Amelia
Portugal
Victoria
Dahomey
London
Queen Elizabeth
James I
James
Charles I
Cromwell
Milton
New England
Connecticut
Lord Petersham
England
Athenaeum Club
Doctor Hawtree
House Committee
Quilip
Dickens
Lord Rawdon
Vanity Fair
Carlyle
Tennyson
Alfred
Charles Lamb
War nicknames through history from Rome to Sudan
London dispatch surveys how wars generate nicknames for enemies and allies. Terms like Picis and Lombards show soldier wit, while French taunts like tails and godlams reveal deep cultural themes. Enduring sobriquets reflect respect, contempt, and playful satire across eras.
Nugget of Truth in Life and Reputation
A brief reflection notes it is easier for a bad man to sink to his reputation than for a good man to live up to his chosen image, and that truth often reveals itself through repeated behavior and public perception.
Gap Too Great To Be Bridged In Ota Bonga Tragedy
Ota Bonga a 33 year old African pygmy of four feet eleven inches who fled his jungle home to seek education in the United States failed to adapt to American life. He left school after showing little learning and worked in a Lynchburg tobacco factory. Lacking funds he obtained a revolver and killed himself in a stable, leaving behind a limited grasp of English and a belief that American civilization was beyond his reach.
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Lynchburg
Ota Bongo
Samuel F. Ver- Ter
Ota Bonga
St. Louis
New Jersey
Jator
Ota Benga
Frog Extracted From Man's Stomach After Suicide Attempt
Kansas City doctors removed a tiny frog from John Arnold's stomach at the Kansas City emergency hospital after he swallowed it while drinking from a spring near the city outskirts. A stomach pump was used before an emetic brought up the half inch amphibian. Arnold recovered.
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Kansas City
John Arnold
Kan
Arnold
Harvard Seniors Wear Women Gowns For Graduation
Harvard seniors mock ceremony dress as they wear Mother Hubbard style gowns during graduation month. Dr. Frederick Schenck notes the practice began in 1892 when no male robes existed and has continued, signaling that female relatives hold bachelor degrees among the class.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Frederick Schenck
Mother Hubbard
Schenck
Foreign Trade Investigations Seek Young Americans Abroad
The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce will launch a major campaign to recruit young Americans with Spanish, German, or French skills for overseas trade research. Plans estimate twelve investigations into undeveloped markets in South America, China, India, Africa, and Australia, beginning after the new fiscal year in July. Shortages of qualified applicants for foreign commercial work are noted, with emphasis on Spanish language ability for South American market analysis.
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Ashington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South America
China
India
Africa
Australia
Bureau
Far Haat
Firing Line in Court of Claims Draws Big Legal Stakes
The Court of Claims on Seventeenth Street in Washington sees frequent suits for large sums as eminent counsel battle to secure government payouts. About 93 million dollars are tied up in more than ten thousand pending cases, with judgments generally enforceable against the United States. Huston Thompson of Denver, an assistant attorney general, leads the defense in routine matters while Attorney General handles broader anti trust enforcement.
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Corcoran
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenues
United States Court of Claims
Medias
Uncle Sam
Court of Claims
United States Supreme Court
United States
United States Treasury
T. A
Aalarica
Sam
Huston Thompson
Denver
Princeton
Wilson
Thompson
Man Demands 30 Cents From Government over Principle
A New York man who served on a revenue cutter insists on 30 cents owed from an 8 year old entertainment conducted aboard the vessel. He has written weekly, now numbering 700 plus letters, to treasury officials, seeking justice rather than payment. He refuses a personal check and insists the government pay.
Government takes chances as fire harms engraving office
A detached building of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing suffered a fire causing about $20,000 in direct damage and delaying money and stamp printing. The blaze was confined by the fire department, while the agency notes many facilities are fire prone and uninsured, risking larger losses and disruption of government work.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
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Nicotina
St. Louia
G. L. Apperson
Walter Raleigh
Chapman
Shakespeare
Spencer
Hew Jonson
Jonson
Shift
St. Paul's
Uxbridge
Campbell
Virginia
Raleigh
Leicester
Sir Walter
Nottingham
Pmokora
Saya Apperson
Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Tzarina
Russia
Joan of Arc
Roomek
Drodrick
Mt-Dita
Pigmy
America
Kansas
O. K
Wastiington City
Soleguts
Gatin Aegocio
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