Foss in the Navy Panel Faces Mockery and Isolation
A Washington dispatch recalls Colonel William Peters Hepburn presiding over a stormy naval affairs committee session. Foss, facing derision for weak support of the navy appropriation, is described as overworked and friendless, with President Roosevelt doubting his efficacy and Tawney directed to handle battleship funding.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Washington
William Peters Hepburn
Laws
Navy
Foss
House of Representatives
Hepburn
I Linois
Grosvenor
Charlie
Jook
Dayton
West Virginia
Committee On
Naval Affairs
United States District Court
S’oss
Uncle Joe
Agaiin
Poss
Post
Committee On Naval Affairs
Roosevelt
House
Naval
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Oss
IL S
Navy Department
North Shore
Naval Board
Illinois
Hopkins
Congress
Senate
Mackay Statue Honors Miner Father at University of Nevada
A statue presented to the University of Nevada by Clarence H. Mackay honors his father founder of the Mackay fortune. It depicts the early miner in corduroy, flannel shirt, cowhide boots, and a miner’s pick, praising labor over wealth and urging respect for workers who built the republic.
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University of Nevada
Clarence H. Mackay
Mackay Fortunes
Mackay
Our Republic
New World
The Quest of Beauty Through History
A compact survey traces changing beauty practices from ancient Rome and Greece to Lucrezia Borgia and 18th century England. It notes eyebrow tinting, face painting, perfumes, false hair, whitening preparations, and dye experiments as enduring fashion aims, with cautions about risks from rouge.
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Italy
Lucrezia Porgia
England
Lady Coventry
Pearson’s Weekly
Baseball injures cause sprained larynx joke
In a humorous exchange Huggins jokes about fan Ning and Muggins notes Ning is laid up from baseball. The quip implies Ning never played and that he sprained his larynx while criticizing an umpire, citing the Chicago News.
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Huggins
Fanning
Muggins
Chicago News
Cora Questions Worthy Husbands in Short Exchange
A brief exchange recalls Cora asking if a man is truly worth marrying and noting many men seemed promising but were always seen as taken by another woman in Philadelphia.
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Cora
Philadelphia Press
The Judge and the Virago Joke of a Court Lictor
A magistrate questions a lictor about facial wounds and suspects a scuffle with his wife. The lictor admits the clawing, and the judge plans to summon the wife for a beating, seeking revenge in a moral tale from Col lier's Weekly.
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Collier's Weekly
Willing to Oblige Coined in Rural Banter
A city artist asks to paint an old cow and the farmer jokes about dyeing it green to blend with grass so tramps cannot see or milk it, capturing a rustic humor from the Pittsburg Post.
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Pittsburg Post
Senator Hopkins Records Eighteen Years in Congress
Senator Hopkins has served in Congress for eighteen years and is completing his first term of six years.
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Hopkins
Congress
Witty boarders described in Detroit Tribune dialogue
Mrs Skimper notes a witty group of boarders while Mrs Hasher remarks on sharpening wits, in a concise Detroit Tribune exchange. The brief scene centers on humor and social banter among tenants in a boarding house setting.
I Am Not Afraid of the Dark A Child’s Bedtime Fear
A short poem narrates a young child’s nighttime dread of something grabbing their toes in bed. The speaker, tiny and brave, seeks pleasant thoughts but the fear persists as they prepare to lie down. The verse captures childhood anxiety and imagination at bedtime.
Easy Methods of Putting Posts in and Taking Them Out
A farmer’s guide explains post care and removal. White cedar poles outlast other woods, and reversed posts may resist water absorption. A homemade post driver and puller using an old buggy axle speed fence work, wells, and large poles. Reuse damaged ends by patching with nailed segments for longevity.
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief for severe asthma and can cure if taken early. Sold by H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
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Tion
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Virago
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Freeport, Ill
S. Galena Ave
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Warren J. Lynch
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