Public officials embrace outdoor recreation as relaxation
The piece surveys Taft and other leaders from president to diplomat who favor golf, motoring, hunting, fishing, and gardening. It notes Taft and Sherman share golf zeal, Knox and Dickinson enjoy horses and fishing, and Morgan pursues yachting and art collecting, with many senators noted as keen riders and golfers.
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Supreme Court
Congress
United States
Ballinger
Fred Warner Carpenter
United States Senate
Hikins
Warren
Bourne
Oregon
Senator Beveridge
Maine Woods
Senator Dolliver
Dee Maines
George
Dolliver
Roosevelt
Iowa
Governor Hughes
New York
Timothy Woodruff
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Yacht Club
Coreair
London
South Kensington
Count von Bernstorff
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Adverts
An advertisement promotes genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. It emphasizes a laxative and carminative formula with a pleasant taste. It warns against substitutes and urges purchase of the authentic product at 60 cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Johnny Remembered and Nine Left Tales
A humorous fragment features a doctor patient exchange about sticking out the tongue. Another anecdote centers on Lee Wyman promoting child-speech preservation, with a pun about commandments. a shy mother and daughter clash over secrecy and a possible suitor.
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Johnny
Lee Wyman
Wyman
New Year's resolutions hinge on filing papers
Quote from Baltimore American questions if resolutions endure, suggesting success hinges on organizing and filing written documents.
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Baltimore American
Annual Exodus to Europe Drives Rush of American Tourists
The article notes a rising American migration to Europe as steamship travel surges with liners like the Lusitania and Mauretania, priced around 106 to 235 dollars in fares. It highlights June peak sailing, Brussels exposition, and the Oberammergau Passion Play drawing thousands, with families seeking diverse accommodations from economical to deluxe.
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Europe
Rhine
Alps
America
North Atlantic
Lusitania
Mauretania
Kronprinzess
Cecelie
Adriatic
Kaiserin
Provence
Astoon
Auguste Victoris
Sam
Middle West
Fragmented Historic Note on Street Paving Terminology
The text fragments discuss paving terms like concrete and cement and reference relocation ideas. It mentions Bobby and fook dB with unclear context and lacks complete sentences or identifiable events.
Doctor's Data and the Birth Year Mystery
A Howard girl uncertain of her age visits a physician who jokes that her birth date is noted in his old books. He reports the father owes him for the girl and jokes about the missing year 189. in April.
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Howard
Kan
Explaining the Soul and a Sunday School Exchange
Two small boys discuss soul and heaven noting it is air, while one jokes that the body goes too. A man overhears a humorous dialogue about souls and clothing remaining. A later anecdote features a phonograph misheard as perfect reproduction through rubbing a gable on records.
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Willie
Bobby
Bones
Gable
Last Poem Read At Celebration Ends His Writings
A poet’s wife recalls the moment her husband read his final poem before thousands at a public celebration. The piece notes the poem was his last work, with a quip about whether he was lynched or shot, attributed to Leslie's Weekly.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Crisis at Home Described by Father and Son
A judge recounts a family joke about a seven year old named Bobby. The boy’s mother tires of his conduct and the father steps in. The father explains a crisis, and Bobby replies that a crisis means choosing between a boy or a girl. The anecdote centers on parental guidance and a child’s innocence.
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Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Weg Wat
Bobby
Pape
Matameie
Hunting accident foils Jones in clever quip
In a Cleveland lead story a witty remark circulates about Jones who suffered two black eyes after a hunting incident. The phrase hunting trouble sparked humor as locals recall the event and its surprising coincidence.
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Nef
Jones
Howr
Cleveland
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Taft
Canada
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Justice McKenna
White House
Sherman
Cabinet Corps
Knox
Dickinson
Meyer
Hitchcock
Harvard
Nagel and
CAL
CBA
Mrs. Wyman
Hesband
Cremetier
Ww. L. Douglas
Ieee
Koeesnent
Sedause Sw.l. Dougine
Pitt
Ea Aoe
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