Campaign Speakers Endurance Under Open Train Travel
The article compares the campaigns of William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt, noting the miles, speeches, and physical strain endured. It discusses train journeys, the toll on the voice and body, and expert opinions on nerve tax and digestion affecting campaign pace. Bryan is lauded for extraordinary physical endurance amid heavy responsibilities and machinery of modern campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar A. King
University of Ilinois
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Familiar Abbreviated Nicknames Have Heen Disappearing for Years
A reader questions the fading use of common shortened names like Jim Sam Bill in modern times. The correspondent notes social shifts and asks whether such familiar forms will endure amid changing naming trends of the era.
Campaign notes on Bryan and Roosevelt endurance and speech
The Philadelphia Record discusses the stamina of Bryan and Roosevelt during campaigns. It notes Roosevelt's 15,000 mile travels and 300 speeches, and Bryan's even greater speechmaking and activities. It analyzes nervous strain, sleep loss on rail travel, and how opposition and audience energy affect voice. It also comments on changes in juvenile speech and manners among boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevelt
Bryan
Womlen
Roosevelt
Marcus Daly Reveals Poker Luck After Sea Voyage
Marcus Daly the Montana millionaire relates a peculiar poker game aboard ship. He recalls the session beginning the second night after sailing and notes his disbelief about the unfolding events as the game progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Daly
Montana Milllionaire
Mr. Daly
Bluff, Wind, and Thirteen Walks Marked Poker Round
A Virginian named Mack Hardy suffers a string of bad luck as Hanly executes a bold bluff and a wind disruption meddles with hands. Hardy staggers through a thirteen walk around the table while Hanly piles winnings, including $375, with a dramatic display and a skull tattoo moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Hardy
Hanly
Harity
Hanty
Walter
How to Choose Good Meat from Ox Beef Prime Quality
The article describes four beef cuts by color texture and fat, distinguishing cow, bull, old or ill conditioned, and ox beef. Ox beef from a steer is the finest, sweetest, and most economical, labeled prime when heavy marbling and young age. Young cow beef follows, while mature or un成熟 animals yield tough, pale meat with small bones. Meat quality hinges on animal age and fat distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albloin
Biography of a Dreaming Man and His Wife
A wife counsels her husband in a humorous tale about choosing a practical profession over art. She lists trades and social contrasts, from ice wagon and butcher to baker and coal man, while the husband clings to genius. The excerpt ends with an ironic wish to swap artistic aims for basic needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
John
Atlanta Constitution
Oyster Outwitted by Starfish Tactics
A starfish latches onto an oyster and slowly poisons it with a tiny red dish fold, forcing the oyster to remain open. The starfish then eats the helpless prey in its own spot, leaving an empty shell behind. Later, the text notes the Lord leaves surplus babies with travelers in movers wagons.
Nashville Gunboat Visit Marks Milestone in St Louis History
The 1890 arrival of the Nashville drew crowds as the first ocean going war vessel to sail up the Mississippi. Railroads ran excursion trains and visitors from surrounding states admired the historic craft. After leaving St Louis the gunboat traced a world voyage via Hampton Roads the Atlantic Suez Canal and Chinese waters. Local residents suggested St Louis could become a major deep water port.
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United States
Nashville
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Tokio
Japan
St. Leonie
The Hog in History and the Golden Stool Saga
The article rebuts the hog as a dirty brute yet notes its historic ties to culture and war, comparing it to man in appetite and intellect. It traces the golden stool of Ashanti kings, its capture by Wolseley, and Prempeh’s coronation rituals, ending with Hodgson’s search sparked by Ashantees’ taxation dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Coast
England
Jamin
Wolseley
Coomassie
Rempeh
Dr. Freeman
Prempeh
Frederic Hodgson
Umbrella Predicament at Mountain Cabin Visit
In a remote mountain cabin a heavy rain forces reverence to shelter under a tree. An umbrella is brought to the door but cannot pass the narrow entrance, prompting Mike to shovel the wall. the priest finally uses the umbrella, eliciting Mike’s astonishment and a running joke about divine power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Motra
Old Mike
Molina
Moira
Immigrant plants and star counts in a natural history roundup
Immigrants dominate Ohio flora with 430 species from Europe, while star counts reach about 5 853 by Gould and near 7 47 by Newcomb up to magnitude. Earthquakes cluster in Greece, with 5 187 events in six years, Japan far fewer, Zanta's 2 018 shocks. Birds migrate to warmer climes after frost, swallows often forming large flocks over salt marshes. Basutos eat locusts, termites used as food in Metermaritsburg, and bugong moths eaten. French balloons rise best at night moonlight aiding upper air exploration with vessels reaching 40 000 to 1 000 feet. A rare seven-rat king observed at Chateaundun, trapped together by interlaced tails, explained as winter phenomenon with rulers crowned among warm-clustering rodents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellerman
Ohio
Europe
Gould
Newcomb
Greece
Japan
Troe
Zanta
Claude Fuller
Natal
South Africa
Metermaritsburg
Chateaundun
France
Marta
Rate le
Simple Do It Yourself Water Filters From Pots And Barrels
How to build two serviceable filters using readily available materials. One uses two jars with sand and charcoal layers and a bottom faucet for drawing filtered water, the other adapts a barrel with a brass wire cloth partition sand and charcoal layers and a faucet.
Observations on Marriage and Women From Era Quotes
A collection of aphorisms about marriage gender roles and perception drawn from period humor. Assertions about men women and social behavior appear with satire and tersely expressed opinions.
Sacred Ashanti Stool Sparks English Clash Over Relic
The sacred Ashanti stool, long a source of tension between natives and Britain, is described as a real relic whose seizure sparked uprisings. Americans debated motives, ranging from theft of a precious metal to symbolic meaning behind the contentious artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason
Colchia
Hesperides
Frederic Haigson
Americana
Cheering Him Up and a New Laundry Venture
A playful exchange between Mr and Mrs Newlywed references a Jovet sighting and a gift button. A Philadelphia man opens a New York wash and iron service promising quick results while you wait. The piece blends humor with a local business note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newlywed
Philadelphia
New York
Curious Instinct in Weeds Occurs in Seed Time
A fragment discusses weeds in lawns showing protective seed behavior, curling leaves over seed pods to shield them as they dry. The text also mentions a stray, unclear sentence about talkative Lore and pneumatic vw, which fails to relate to the main observation.
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Pris
EAT Records
Wiliam Jeenings
Theodore Roosevelt
Roads Inn
Lincoln
Anes Ma
Telegraghg
Ei Sasss
Ludlana
Inodiana
Bryan and
Ryan
Chicago
Cumberland
Virginia
Indiana
Keago
Milwaukee
Kago
central-West States
Papillion
Neb
Rooset
Dell, Mich
Mr. Bryan
Les
Deseo Bard
Toms
Jimmy
Sammy
Billy
Tom
Warry
Samuel
William
Sam
Bill
Philadelphia Record
Africa
Memchand
Cuvier
Bingley
Great Britain
India
Germany
Whitelaw Reid
Moses
Mohammed
New York Press
Ashantee
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