Long congressional day highlights rules and memorials
Congress endured a record long session from April 6 to 13 as Republicans blocked Democrat efforts to force roll calls and speed appropriations. Williams denounced prayer removal while aging clerks face pension questions and a benevolent plan. A joint memorial session honored Alabama senators Morgan and Pettus. Oyster and lobster culture advances buoy hatcheries, terrapin demand remains high. Senator Penrose ill delaying postal bills.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
House
Repubican
Repub
Joe Cannon
Williams
Roosevelt
Roman luxury season contrasts with steady Italian wages
The piece contrasts life in Italy between the off season and the Roman season, noting lean domestic staffs and low wages in normal months and a surge of servants and opulence during the season. It also mentions Swedish beliefs about anglers and a Massachusetts claim about anemometrical senses among fishermen.
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Sweden
Malm and Smitt
Nilsson
Massachusetts
Storer
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold With Gold Worth Promise
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi promises customers that a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills equals the weight in gold in value. The claim is sold under guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug stores for 25 cents.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
The Gentle Alligator in Harper's Magazine Recalled
A narrator recounts tracking an alligator with a barefoot boy and a photographer. They capture, photograph, and then release the reptile after a final shot, questioning why a dollar could not be earned from the hide, as Dimock notes in Harper's.
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A. W. Dimock
Harper’s Magazine
A Human Foot Warrier in Ancient Custom
A London Weekly piece recounts how Caesar and Giraldus describe Celtic practices of warming feet with a servant’s body. It notes a prince kept fire alive with a human foot warmer, the officer nursing royal moccasins under the table during meals.
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Julius Caesar
Giraldus
T. P
London Weekly
Milkman’s Kiss Surprise Revealed In Bits Cartoon
In illustrated Bits humor, a milkman’s kiss to Jane prompts a vow from a future suitor to take the milk in. The item playfully references a quip about ear disease research dated 3,400 years ago.
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Jane
A Collector of Coin
Ostend Pa asks what a numismatist is and if a head waiter can be a numismatist. The Chicago News questions the idea as a humorous exchange about coin collecting and the definition of a collector.
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Ostend
Walter
Chicago News
Noble failure praised as faithful world service
A reflection notes that even a noble failure can serve the world as faithfully as a distinguished success, offering a philosophical view on the value of imperfect efforts and their broader impact.
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Darrian
Obiliging People Quaint Early New England Parcel Vending
The notebook of Joseph Frawley recalls a custom in early New England when neighbors traded and carried parcels on journeys to Boston and beyond. Families packed trunks with cloths jewelry dishes and household items while neighbors brought tasks and requests for binding out a child or purchasing goods.
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New England
Joseph Frawley
Novihampton
Mass
Boston
Catherine M. Abbott
Judge Linnai
Lesley
Northampton
Judge
Orphan Asylum
Worked While Asleep The Crockett Dream Check Tale
S R Crockett told how a St James Gazette payment led to a dream inspired article and an editor sending back a mispaid check and finally publishing the piece. The novelist notes he once earned a check while asleep, illustrating rare luck for writers.
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S. R. Crockett
St. James
St. James’ Gazette
A young man is one that has a good time
A child defines a young man as someone who enjoys himself, prompting a humorous exchange about age and perception of youth. The remark contrasts the boy’s playful view with the father’s more literal interpretation of age.
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Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Maryland
Women Smokers In Ireland Chronicle Note
A London Chronicle correspondent compares Irish and English women smokers. In Ireland older rural women favor a short cutty pipe with strong tobacco, often sharing a lit pipe for a draw. The pipe comforts the poor aged worker, tracing roots to famine days.
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Ireland
England
London Chronicle
His Spasm of Economy
A lecturer riffs on misdirected economy with a town tale about a man who buried four wives and tried to save on inscriptions. He places each Christian name on small stones and marks a central large stone with the note For Epitaph See Large Stone.
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Emma
Mary
Lester
Edith
It Reached the Spot Dr King’s New Discovery praised by Omega store owner
A local Omega, Ohio, general store owner and telephony official extols Dr. King’s New Discovery as life saving for his cough and throat ailments. The ad notes a trial bottle free and lists store price 50 cents and 1 dollar at Houseworth Bros. drug stores. Tickets for a Bucklen event are available at Main Street drug stores and the opera house ticket office.
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Mr. &. Humphrey
Omega, O
Adams County Telephone Co
The
Home Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
Bucklen
Main Street
Opera House
Real estate loan offer and business notices
Money to loan on real estate announced by Elkhart County Abstract Co with Earl C. Rice secretary. Advertisement for go carts at Turnock's offering $1 weekly payments. Stenography and typing services listed at Monger building No. 225. Pasteurized milk and cream service contact Wam 4175.
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Elkhart County Abstract Co
Monger Bidg
Earl C. Rice
Secy
Monger Building
The
Simpson Abstract Office
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House Committee On the Civil Service
United States
Morgan and
Pettus
Alabama
Morgan
Philadelphia
Penrose
Senate Committee On
Capitol
Economy
Italy
America
Everybody's Magazine
Neds
Novelist Crockett
Papa
Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co
Sidway
Sophia
TraAs Lee
John F. Kiefer
So. Main St
Elkhart
Kodak Work
E.M. Mudge
Mudge’s
William Armstrong
Cleveland Ave
Lusher Ave
D. M. Best
Atlanta
B. Kolb
South Main Street
Elihart
Ind
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