Empress Elizabeth of Austria in Ireland Riding Frolics
Elizabeth of Austria visited Meath and Summerhill Wexford crowds swarmed to see her. She rode daily despite danger and discomfort, turning a boudoir into a gymnasium, donning a tight habit and enduring many falls with sturdy resolve. She rode with a fine seat and great endurance, often hiding behind a large fan to shield from sun and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
George Cornwallis West
Randolph Churchill
Elizabeth of
Austria
Meath
Summerhill
Vienna
Bg Middleton
Circus in a Wheat Field Wins and Wages War of Reapers
Field tests of harvesting machines became a fierce spectacle as rival reapers clashed in a designated wheat field. Judges marked off sections, crowds surged, and farmers saw both dramatic sport and a push toward higher precision and higher costs as manufacturers competed to outdo each other.
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Reaper
A. E. Mayer
Herbert N. Cus
Navy ship Appendix and a drugstore friend's wild voyage
On board the Appendix a medical squadron led by Surgeon-Admiral Squills cures a gale with peppermint capsules and cod liver oil. An earthquake at Pango Pango is quelled by quinine pills morphine capsules and soda. Squills dives to secure the cable as the crew jokes about reforming the navy and renaming ships after medical disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmacy
Navy Club
Billie Wigglesworth
NBS
Jenkins
Billie
United States
Syhills
Wigglesworth
Squills
Sawhone
Dyself
College of Phyna Surgeons
Amira
Squilly
New York
Washitton
Sawhones
Tme
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Department of Therapeutics
Secretary of Pharmacy
Annapolis
Croton
Sauills
Taft
Antipodes
Pango Pango Islands
Mount Maeterlinck
Vermont
Point Papakaliktum
Pango Pango
Sauils
Connecticut
Oregon
Maine
Texas
White House
Hayes
Missouri
Blilfe
Briny
Sargossa
Jenkins, I Wished I Was Back In Little Old
Eighth Avenue
Mosquablito
Bille
Mosquabito
Mars
Admiral Squills
Washington
Aexsculapius
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
The
Ananias Club of America
Sailor Surgeon Admiral Squills and a World of Quackery
A narrator recalls a fantastical voyage with Admiral Squills and surgeon aides who treat seasickness and pirates with absurd medical theatrics. A mix of satire and tall tale describes marooned pirates, cranial trepanning, and a reforming navy, all framed as a humorously credulous confession from a shipboard witness.
Improvisation Reveals Old Favorite at Caswell Soiree
Mrs Caswell asked the renowned musician to name the piece he just played at her gathering. He replied with a glare that it was an improvisation. The exchange highlights the playful tension between patron and artist during a high priced entertainment.
Name Your Boy Peter or Paul, a witty old quip
A Nashville American quotation playfully suggests naming a newborn boy Peter or Paul. The joke notes that Peter is the unfortunate one eternally robbed to pay Paul, highlighting a tongue in cheek distinction between the two names.
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Peter
Paul
Nashville American
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Golden Valley Chronicle
Brinton Bros
J. W. Brinton
Beach
North Dakota
Elizabeth OF Austria
Aa Circus
John Kendrick Bangs
Saquills
South Sea Islands
Mosqualito
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