The Start The Funny Things One Sees Smiling Round the World
A humorous travelogue recounts a rail journey from Newton to the Grand Canyon. Passengers include an Irish woman, an English-voiced socialite with a daughter and maid, and a talkative porter. Vignettes cover quirky fellow travelers, tea costs, and cultural clashes as the trip threads through Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail
Nita
Sforzando
San Francisco
America
England
Leslie Carter
Grand Canyon
Nearsighted banter at carnival bronco ride
John A. Gill jokes about his friend Carlton Crane in a New York Central Flood building scene while recalling a Palo Alto carnival and misreading a parade of riders as professors’ kids. A San Francisco Chronicle quote frames the friendly dig and glasses suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Fitzsimmons
John A. Gill
Carlton C. Crane
New York Central
Palo Alto
Carlton
San Francisco Chronicle
Drago Doctrine Author Rise and Legal Claim
Luis Drago of Argentina emerged publicly as a judge and author before entering politics as attorney general at Buenos Ayres. He argued that provinces could be sued in court but judgments should not be collected by force. His doctrine influenced the peace conference in a modified form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Drago
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Drago
The Comeback on the Board That Gave Me Pay
An English wolf hunt tale closes as I take a paid post on the city board of local improvements after a bitter aldermanic race. I faced foes who alleged bribery, but accepted the four thousand dollar yearly salary to serve, repay treachery, and fund debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Artemus Ward
Board of Local Improvements
Order of
School Board
Library Board
Manchester
Moses
Dead Sea
Ernest
Joseph B Bowls
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Marshall P, Wilder
Byright
Joseph B. Bowles
Marshall P. Wilder
Tandy
Kipling
Nellie
Ganymede
Newton
Kan
Colorado
Arizona
Kansas City
County Down
Porter
Agif
George
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Worth
el Paso
California
Ernest M’gaffey
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