New Congress Faces Tariff Battle and New Members
The Sixty-third Congress opens with Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark presiding as Wilson's tariff agenda looms. Democrats hold slim Senate majority with 50 of 96 seats, Progressives hold balance. New entrants include Sheafroth James Vardaman Weeks Burleigh Colt Norris Hughes and others shaping early power dynamics in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Austin
Thomas R. Marshall
Champ Clark
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Poindexter
House
United States
Commonwealths
United States Senate
National Capitol
John FP. Sheafroth
Colorado
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Jones K. Vardaman
Mississippi
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Edwin C Burjelch
Maine
le Baron
Nebraska
William Hughes
New Jersey
Shafroth
Charles 8.Thomas
Ollie James
Baltimore
Vardaman
Yain
W. Murray Jane
Congress
Annapolis
Edwin
Burleigh
Roosevelt
Obadiah Gardner
Gardner
le Baron B. Colt
Rhode Island
Garfield
Arthur
George W. Norris
Ohio
Baldwin University
Indiana Normal School
Law
Norris
James Smith
Smith
Trughes
Paterson
Lalu
Why Laughter Makes Tears and a Syrian Train Custom
A British scientist explains laughter causes tears through brain and tear gland connections. The piece notes laughter as a strenuous muscle action and links crying to relief from brain congestion. Also described is a Syrian travel anecdote where a camp follower uses a red flag to signal trains, with station master and porter guiding travelers all day and sharing honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Beyrout
Boathouse at Princeton Ready by June Gift of 1887 Class
Princeton breaks ground on a new boathouse at Lake Carnegie with terra cotta black stucco and slate roof. Plans by Pennington Satterthwaite, 1803, include shells storage for thirty-two eight oared and sixteen four oar shells, a repair shop, club rooms, kitchen, showers, and a tower for directors. The site lies near the railroad bridge east of Washington road. Also notes race entries for June 7 from Philadelphia to Bermuda and a Los Angeles motorcycle speed record. Giants’ 25 exhibition games precede opening day April 10 against the Boston Braves, with a long spring training tour and multiple road games through early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Lake Carnegie
Pennington Satterthwaite
New York City
Rowinng
Ralroad Bridge
Washington Road
Polo Grounds
Boston Braves
McGraw
Giants
Tules
Marlin
Absurd Quips and Witty Exchanges Spark Public Leisure
A collage of humorous quips from various papers mocks social norms and language quirks. Topics range from golf and women to physician visits and old moneyed marriages, with playful misstatements about days, watches, and tree clothing in winter. Key lines reference Buffalo Express, Punch Bowl, Milwaukee Leader, Lippincott’s, and the Baltimore American in a light, era-typical jumble.
Equaring St Airs Mage and The Grammar Missteps
Fragmentary dialogue and misheard phrases capture a humorous exchange. The text includes lines about clock faces, corrections in English, and a joke about selling an encyclopedia to a son returning from college. References to names and a Cleveland dealer appear as scattered snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Objects of pity and Persevering Percy visit a poverty stricken house
Comic Cuts item notes Persevering Percy visiting a poverty stricken home where two ladies play on an anme planner. Mabel and Elsie exchange a scene about a stern stepmother while a boy asks if dessert will hurt tonight, reflecting light humorous vignettes from the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bourne
R. M. Johnston
Joseph W. Batley
Sheppard
John L. Sheppard
Johy K. Shields
Tennessee
Robert Love Taylor
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
Iskely
Rivers and Barvers Congress
Stubbs
William H. Thompson
Kansans
Key Pittman
Nevada
Nome
Alaska
Pittman
Senator Massey
Francis Scott Key
Veterans
O'Hair
Tiinois
Joseph G. Cannon
O'Tiair
National Gate
Uncle Joe
Tinois
Paris
PD. D. Huston
Deremiah Donovan
Connecticut
J. Huy
Doeven
Nicholas Longworth
Tepals Henn
NEW Congress
Jeremiah Donovan
Herman A. Metz
Morris Sheppard
Aion
Sige W. Norris
Ais
American Press
New Orleans
Grist
The
Sport Mill
Philadelphia
Bermuda
West
Thomas Fleming Day
New York
Playa del Ray
Los Angeles
Lee I. Hamiston
Martin Guying
Houston
Bragmont
Marety
Mobile
Mary Birmingham
Knoxville
Norfolk
Richmond
Heettimore
T and
Walter Johnson
Senators
Mathews
Yale
Stan North
Subjeet Hos Teagers
Hart
Evan Birt
John T. Trash
John T. Brush
Buffalo Express
Juliae
Janvis
Karl
Benjamin Franklin
Jobuile
Milwaukee
Lippincotty
Mae
Ethel
Baltimore Aimerican
Mage
Mr. Milzge
Jack
Wwe
London
Mabel
Elsie
Boston Transcript
Company
Loudeo Oploion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!