Calling a Bluff Judge Jarrett's Story of His First Cage
The Kansas City Star recounts Judge Jarrett's first Kansas City trial before Judge White. A young country lawyer fears the “Tartar” judge, challenges jurors swiftly, and wins. The judge calls him a poker player for bluffing. Also noted is a Pall Mall Gazette letter praising public support for troops in South Africa, noting a gift of 60,000 essors sent two years ago with no acknowledgment.
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Judge Jarrett
Judge White
Kansas City
Jim
White
South Africa
War Office
Cape Town
Pall Mall Gazette
Leap Year Children celebrate Feb 29 in 1904 Berlin society
The Berlin Society of Leap Year Children plans a grand Feb 29 1904 celebration for members born on Feb 29 with restrictions: none admitted unless born on the leap day. President Herr Monteur, aged seventy, has had seventeen birthdays in seventy years and hopes to mark his eighteenth birthday and seventy-second year among colleagues on Feb 29, 1904.
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Berlin
Herr Monteur
Philadelphia Record
Moody’s Navy Secretary Startup Prank at a Club House
A Philadelphia Times piece recalls an early career prank involving Moody, then a Massachusetts congressman. In a hot evening, Moody and a colleague hosted guests in a private house near a fashionable club. An unknown man asks to find Smith and is corrected, realizing he’s in the University Club. He retreats apologetically, offering to settle the matter at the club.
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Smith
Mr. Moody
Navy Department
Congress
Massachusetts
Hts
John
University Club
Philadelphia Times
Stranger Heard In Daytons West Virginia District
A veteran recounts attending a campaign meeting in Dayton’s West Virginia district where locals favored hearing the visiting speaker over the local orator. An elderly attendee shouted for the stranger to speak, and a tense moment followed before the audience settled. Also includes a Britisher’s joke about George Westinghouse and the progress brakes.
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Dayton
West Virginia
Mahon
Unappreciated Dignity in a Canvassing Tale
Andrew Lang recounts a tale of a professoriate canvass in Edinburgh where a grocer bailie refuses polite praise and bargains for a penny’s worth instead, highlighting blunt practicality over ceremony in a political engagement. The anecdote contrasts grand titles with humble commerce, exposing the social friction of ambition.
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Andrew Lang
Abernethy
Edinburgh
Toxicockoboey
Nak
Wrinkle Free Living Do's and Don'ts for a Youthful Look
Grounded in practical hints the piece warns against frowning and tight shoes and advises resting with feet up. It stresses avoiding facial tension insomnia and hunger induced strain, recommending light meals and brief rests to ease lines and promote repose.
Women as Travelers Declares American Girl Best
Joseph I. Young of London Cook tourist agency argues that American women make the best travelers. He notes many women mismanage luggage or rely on guidebooks, but praises their courtesy and cheerful reception of good service, saying a smile helps more than a tip.
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Joseph I. Young
London Cook Tourist Agency
Spirit of the Home and a Mother's Influence
A reflection on how a mother's spirit shapes family life. The text argues that a lively mother lifts the household while pessimism spreads, noting she strongly influences her sons more than her daughters and that men are easily swayed by women.
How Women Should Stand
The article teaches women posture as an art with five minutes daily practice. It instructs standing against a wall to align nose chest and toes, with hips back, abdomen in, shoulders square, and a stylish flatness for gowns. It adds a routine: heels together at sixty degrees, weight on the balls, chest forward, chin in, abdomen drawn back, hips held back.
Miss Alice French A Literary Figure From Iowa
Alice French known by her pen name Octave Thanet explains the origin of Thanet from a freight car inscription and Octave from a school friend. She is cheerful and popular, prefers writing on a typewriter, and could support herself as a cook if deprived of fortune and pen. She is a literary woman by inclination and hails from one of Iowa's wealthiest families.
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Alice French
Octave Thanet
Iowa
Washington Post
Skin Beautifier Bath Mixture Instructions
A recipe advises mixing tea salt camphor and ammonia in hot water to make a skin beautifier. After standing 24 hours, use a teaspoonful in a basin of water to bathe the body with a sponge. The mixture purports to cleanse pores and improve skin health with daily use for a stronger, healthier body.
A Storm in a Jar Trick Demonstration
A brief guidance on performing a magic rainstorm jar trick for friends. The method involves a two quart glass jar, a quart of alcohol, and a prepared setup to create a convincing bottled rainstorm, with playful fiction about visiting a rainmaker to enhance the illusion.
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Swinkum Swankum
A Pretty Party Trick With Saucer And Jar
A New York Herald note describes heating a spirit in a jar placed in warm water without boiling. After removing and cooling, a cloud forms under the saucer and a fine rain falls on the liquid, lasting fifteen to twenty minutes. A stronger storm can be made by using a cold saucer when the jar is removed.
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New York Herald
Endurance and tricks of animals and a curious coin note
The article details animal speed from fox terriers and wolves to Greyhounds and sled dogs, noting distances and times. It shares a fishing tale with geese as bait and describes a party trick moving a table with a thread. It also mentions the thirteen in coins and national symbols.
Had Their Own Spoons at a Barnyard Feast
A whimsical tale describes Good Mistress Chicken hosting a party for her barnyard friends. She serves a sop made from odds and ends, while ducks respond that they are spoonbill ducks, explaining their manners and etiquette in playful dialogue.
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