Talking Session in Congress Aims to Fill Record With Remarks
Washington Feb 25 Special notes indicate a memorable session with Democrats planning speeches to fuel campaign material and Republicans wary of overplaying. Stories recount instances of singing in the House and debates on prohibition, coinage, tea imports, and religiously themed resolutions.
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Tourists Hurt in Mexican Train Wreck Near Laredo
A special train carrying a Mexican touring party led by Charles Gates derailed at Orville twelve miles north of Laredo, San Antonio reports. About thirty people were injured and the number of casualties is not yet confirmed.
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Chicago
San Antonio
John W. Gates
Tex
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Laredo
Treaty Rendition Rules Out Natal Net for Japanese
The Court of Appeals affirms Chief Justice Hunter's ruling that the Natal net law passed by British Columbia is inoperative for Japanese due to a treaty between Japan and Great Britain.
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Court of Appeals
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British Columbia
Japan
Great Britain
Mrs Longworth to attend Buckeye Republican dinner
Representative Longworth and his wife will be guests of the Buckeye Republican club at a dinner in Columbus on March 4, marking the close of the state Republican convention. A Chicago item notes E C Walker, supposedly the only male child born in the White House, is hospitalized with pneumonia in Cook County Hospital and reportedly recovering.
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Chicago
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Cook County Hospital
Markets Quote Mixed as Wheat and Cattle Move
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show Wheat at May 9.44 to 9.54, July 9.0 to 9.25. Oats at May around 43, July 44. Soybeans around 86 to 87. Live stock bids: hogs 4.28 to 4.55, cattle prime steers 5.80 to 5.95, calves up to 4.50 to 9.00. East Buffalo bids reflect similar ranges for steers 5.40 to 5.75 and hogs 4.50 to 4.55.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Thinnis
Indiana
Wisconsin
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Ignorance Rumor Quashed by Justice Official in Washington
A Department of Justice official in Washington dismisses a circulating rumor as ignorance of the law. He cites a parable about a boy and his French lesson to illustrate the point, noting the originator is equally ignorant of the law.
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Ohio
Department of Justice
Washington
The Hand That Won the Rich Stakes and Its Bluff
In a San Francisco hotel poker tale, Senator Sharon hosts a high stakes draw with Judge Mesick and Senator Jones. Mr Hall from Boston blindsides the table with a $15,000 raise and a sealed bluff, prompting Sharon to seek the hand in envelopes to satisfy curiosity. the hand reveals only deuces and ten high.
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Twall
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Contempt Fine and Clerk Ordered to Supply Court Supplies
A pompous visitor is fined $25 for contempt and told to hand the money to the clerk. The judge then instructs the clerk to procure pens, ink, and paper for the court and to return any change to the gentleman.
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Harper’s Weekly
Genius at Excuses Stages an Absurd Tale
A theatre manager recalls a showgirl famed for endless excuses delaying rehearsals. She feigns illnesses, relatives dying, and even delays by stair repairs at a Philadelphia hotel. The anecdote ends with the manager praising the girl as a genius.
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Chicago Record-Herald
How the Cook Did It A London Scraps Joke
A humorous London Scraps item describes a dinner scene where a cook slips while carving a joint. He injures a skewer, then quips about roasted wood as his wife and guests fall silent. Willie wittily reveals the gag by saying the wife burned her nose pulling skewers with her teeth.
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London
Indignant Artist and public taste in 1836 London
A reflective note contrasts Hayden in 1836 with Tom Thumb crowds at the Egyptian Hall. It recalls public mania for celebrity and art, with Hayden’s diary lamenting the era’s insatiable spectacle and the scroll of sensational offers to stars.
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London Chronicle
Klondike daylight and humorous quips mix in brief notice
A fragmentary clipping features a humorous exchange about marriage proposals attributed to Miss Vanessa, with a Washington Herald tag. It also mentions Wonderful Printing Bacon and an Egbert quip about Dauber painting bananas green turning yellow. A Klondike midwinter daylight note notes sun angles from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
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Amlleta
Reynard the Fox satire on medieval Germany
Reynard the Fox is a fourteenth century German epic satire where animal figures symbolize institutions. Isengrim the Wolf mocks the barons, Nodel the Lion the emperor, while Tibert the Cat and Brain the Bear populate the tale. The personal names have entered common speech.
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Bear
Youth’s rude remarks on train near Hanwell asylum
A Great Western carriage bound for London carried a youth who repeatedly spoke loud foolish remarks. As the train passed Hanwell Lunatic Asylum he quipped about the asylum’s appearance, provoking an old gentleman to warn that he may one day comment on the railway from the asylum.
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Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Distemper in Dogs How to Detect and Cure This Malady
The article explains distemper in dogs with varying symptoms from vomiting and diarrhea to respiratory and nervous involvement. It prescribes dietary care, herbal furigations, sedatives for coughing, potassium biowide remedies, and strong purges for nervous symptoms, plus topical and oral treatments for skin eruptions and convalescence regimens.
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New York
Ratanhia
Missionary’s Teeth Save Him from Cannibal Village
A German missionary in the Fiji islands used false teeth as a dramatic demonstration to fend off tribal attackers. Facing possible death, he removed his upper teeth and showed them to the crowd, then reinserted them to portray a miracle. The tribe believed the act secured his safety and expelled the medicine man.
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Pacific
Fiji
Washington Star
The Convict's Daughter At Bucklen Tonight
A melodrama featuring a convict turned tramp known as Weary Willie. Col Gould's bookkeeper tries to coerce him into aiding a plot to win or ruin Gould’s adopted daughter. The play promises sensational scenes with strong acting and scenery.
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Col. Gould
Juvenile Natural History and a Pocket Money Tale
A nine year old boy asks for pocket money to buy a book on moths. His father rewards the interest in natural history with money, then the family dinner reveals the boy's purchase is titled Hints to Young Mothers. An unrelated ad history follows for kidney remedies and bank safety boxes.
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London
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