Chalking Up Face and Kitchen Floor Cleanliness
A collection of brief humorous snippets and anecdotes from old papers. Jests include two Irishmen racing to a tree with a chalk mark, kitchen cleanliness as a sign of decent homes, marble cleaning tips with Spanish whiting, a joke about government bonds, a chair-hitting accident in court, a brain over heart line in marriage, a comical mispronunciation, and quirky notices from London Tatler and New York Sun. The tone is light, dated humor with regional references.
Fulton Journal's erratic humor and national news snippets
Long column of satirical quips and brief notices about politics, theatre, and culture. Mentions Taft, Roosevelt, Bryan, Harmon, and Chadwick with social and political commentary, plus notes on divorce stats, subscriptions, and US wartime sentiment.
Umpire at eighty four Calls It Quits After Long Career
A venerable umpire, fixture of baseball steady through sunshine or rain since the 60s and 70s, aged eighty four, signs off with a final "You're out." His hair has grayed and steps slowed, yet his spirit remains youthful as crowds rise and depart the grandstand.
English Churchill Rising in New British Cabinet
The article profiles Winston Churchill son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill as a young cabinet member, noting his age under thirty four, his career as undersecretary of state for the colonies, and his appointment as president of the board of trade under Asquith. It contrasts him with the American Churchill, recalls wartime service, a Boers campaign escape, and his American-born mother Jenny Jerome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winstor Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Gaugand
Churchill
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Board of Trade
Herbert Henry Asquith
Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill
P. C
Winston Churchill
Cuba
Randolph Churchill
Cornwallis West
Jenny Jerome
New York
Joseph Chamberlain
Birthday social for Girls' Mission band set at Slaymakers
From Newton text brief notes on social events and visits across Newton and nearby towns. The Girls' Mission band plans a birthday social at the Slaymakers on Friday evening May 16, with another regular meeting on Saturday afternoon May 16. Various residents attendings and visits are noted, plus local church sermon plans for May 17 and several illnesses and hospital plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mission Band
Jesse Slaymaker
Hettie Blean
Albany
Ruth Miller
Flora Parker
Moline
Rock Island
J. C.brean
A. Pinckley
Nellie
Nebraska
Joe Stevenson
James Smack
Nellie Beardsworth
Edgar
Clinton
Charlea Dutcher
Iowa City
Alex Thompson
Pearle Hawk
Emerson
Blanche Compton
Presbyterian Church
W. L. Mitchell
Samuel Armstrong
Gardenplain
Sarah van Fleet
J. D. Smith
Albert Lewis
Linnie Chamberlain
Erie
Jack Miller
Dixon
John
Herbert Simpson
D. Schryver
Sarah Lyons
Gilpin
Rock Taland County
Tampico Daily Gossip and Local Notes Stirring Week
Tampico remains lively with visits among neighbors and relatives from Hillsdale to Prophetstown. Local events include church sermons by Rev. James Potter on a China and Japan theme, a Wood meeting in East St. Louis, a theater by Damon’s company, and municipal updates on gas wells, cream shipments, and a cross for St. Mary’s cemetery. Secret service sleuths faux-spotlight Tampico while temperance sentiment sways between enforcement and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
Whiteside County
B. D. Greenman
Rock Falla
Milwaukee
James Potter
Methodist Church
China
Japan
John Cooley
Orion
R. BR. Smith
Damon
Burden
Opera
George Bleitz
Sterling
L. DuFour
St. Mary's
William Graham
Graham
Chicago
Healf
Steal Trust
Charlotte Sweet
Sweet
Old Council
Lee Dow
LaMoille
Strack
Auren Brewer
Clara
Washington, D. C
Europe
Ralph Brown
Tris
Tampico
Secret Service
Wade Young
Borden
George Smith
Mr. Young
Smith
Anti-Saloon League
Law and Order League
Senator W. H. Milton appointed to U S Senate in Florida
William Hall Milton of Marianna Florida, born 1804 in Jackson County, educated at Marianna common schools and Auburn College, is a farmer with banking, lawyer, former mayor and state legislator, who succeeds the late William James Bryan as U S senator appointed by Governor Broward. He also served as presidential elector and U S surveyor general of Florida and is a grandson of former Florida governor John Milton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Bryan
Judson
Florida
William James Bryan
Wiliam Hall Milton
Marianna
Fla
Broward
Wil
Liam James Bryan
United States Senate
Jackson County
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Auburn
Ala
United States Surveyor General
John Milton
Buffalo
Cleveland
Harry
New York
Charles J. Folger
William Cleveland
Pack Pie
Lambaste and lam evolve in old prose and chatter
A collection of odd quotes traces linguistic history and humor. It compares spellings and uses of lambaste versus lambaste-like forms, notes aging usage from 1637, and gathers snippets about wealth, crime, and a playful dead letter joke.
Auto for polar travel Dr Charcot invents a motor sledge
Dr Jean Charcot of Paris, famed Antarctic explorer, has developed an auto sledge for snow travel. It weighs under 500 pounds with a rear motor and dual speed, plus a propeller with steel creepers. He plans to use it on perilous southern ice fields and foresees future use replacing dogs for pole expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charcot
Jean Charcot
Paris
Antarctic
New York
Memorial to Shakespeare Statue to Be Erected in London
A London committee plans a 1918 unveiling for a Shakespeare memorial in Park Crescent. They seek designs from architects and sculptors across English speaking nations, aiming to raise 1 million dollars with contributions from Britain, America, and foreign communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Park Crescent
England
America
Portland Place
Edward
Duke of Kent
Viscount Esher
Lord
Plymouth
Edward Poynter
BP. B. A
Ashton Webb
R. A
Sidney, Colvin
Whitelaw Reid
Shakespeare
Leicester Square
Missouri River Wall Aims to Shield Farm Rich Bottoms
L G Hackney of Wellington Me describes the Missouri river overflow harming crops. Locals raised funds to build a protective wall about a mile long and fifty feet high, widening from twenty feet at the top to fifty at the base, to guard valuable farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mispouri
Egypt
L. G. Hackney
Wellington
Missouri River
Marsh Land Reclamation in Louisiana Drains to Prosperity
The article notes ongoing drainage projects in the marshes of Louisiana aimed at transforming the region into a thriving agricultural area. It explains Lent as the forty day pre Easter fast, detailing its historical names across Greek Latin and several European languages and its meaning of spring fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisians
Moses
Elias
Christ
Grover Cleveland's Early Life and Rise to Fame
The piece traces Grover Cleveland's origins in Caldwell New Jersey and Fayetteville New York, detailing his father Rev Stephen B Cleveland, his schooling, early work at the New York Institution For the Blind, and a noted friendship with Fanny Crosby. It covers his path to law, service as assistant district attorney, sheriff of Erie County, mayor of Buffalo, and his 1884 presidential nomination, highlighting his reputation as a practical, economy minded leader and his ascent from obscurity to national prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell, N.J
New York
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
United States
Stephen B. Cleveland
Ann Neal
Baltimore
Grover
Parson Cleveland
Fayetteville
N. Y
Clinton
Cleveland
Holland Patent
Princeton College
New York Institution For the Blind
New York City
Fanny Crosby
Shy
Miss Crosby
Buffalo
I Elis
Chicago
Republica
Democratic Party
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W. H. Durmee
J. A. Cope
Gioto
Gov
Oak & Broadway
Tri-City
Eultor
Illing
Tod & Stad P. Hiesi
Offce
Fulton
Illinois
G. H. Thompson
Soclock A.m
Hansen
Fulton, Illinois
Co. G
Prlie Workers of the World
Pel Ton Lodge
1.C. C. F. Hall On
Yorthias Ma Grom
Nellie Downs
Mres
Lucy. Rowe
Mike
Pat
Lew
Ehals
Fudge's Library
Atchison Globe
Wilfer
Dudge
Bocisn
John Hall
London Tatler
Enicker
Jonés
Ooker
York
Lower
Bengs
Vkke
Fulton Journal
Trust
Sagan
Naples
Teddy, Sr
Teddy, Jr
Harrisburg
Taft
Hughes
Harry Thaw
Roosevelt
Indiana
Anothag
Vienna
South Africa
Australia
South America
Cairo
India
East Asia
Harry Chadwick
Chadwick
Winston Spencer Leonard Churchil
Ustick
Henry Wiersema
John Boyd
Ustick Toeaday
N. G.club
J. G. Green
HE. P. Baker
Edwin McFadden
George Stapleton
Clyde
Meters
John Gridley
Chris Rick
Fred Farwell
Alexander McCullagh Bee
Arthur Church
William McKee
Morrison
John Montgomery
Francis Hook
Dr. Fairchild
Alex McCullagh
Ella
John Meyers
Lathrop
DeKalb
Thomas McKee
Lloyd McFadden
Clifford
William Jamison
Falton
Henry Baker
Meers
South Dakota
Thoms McKee
CG. E. Patterson
CG. R. McKee
LaVeda Jacobsen
John Irion
I. Francis Hook
Mamie Emmons
Hillsdale
Fred Foy
Drie
Ivy Givena
Fenton
Henry Allen
Madison
Wis
Henry
Herbert Denison
Bertha Sigman
Walnut
William Greenman
Glenn Howlett
Dixon College
George Howlett
H. B.evitta
Fred Shanks
Charles Welch
P. A. McMillan
M. Ackerman
Seminole
Okla
Mollie McMillen
Decatur
T. M. Wylie
A. W. Arnold
George Isherwood
John Reagan
Glenn Steadman
White Pigeon
W. H. Milton
William Hall’ Milton
London Standard
Pr. Shrude
Wigg
Experiece
Boston Transcript
Mamma
Mamima
Missouri
Caldwell
N.jd
Stephen Grover
Gerover Cleveland
Scott
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