Four Flushers and Reform Tactics in City Politics
An aged column lampoons political four flushers who use independent candidates and court actions to mislead voters. It recounts reform schemes from dummy runs to court injunctions and a colorful tale of a hotelkeeper offered aldermanic honor, exposed by a wry city clerk.
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Law Department
Bill Botsford
Joe Sammons
Pete Highball
Iobster
Mac
State Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Summer Widower Myth in Washington Star Satire
A Washington Star columnist debunks the idea that summer widowers are carefree men of city life. He portrays them as miserable, neglected husbands who return home to untidy flats, dull routines, and lonely evenings, while critics stereotype their behavior as wild and carefree.
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Washington Star
Washington
Julius Q. Caesar
Dizzy Dames
Mary
Mabel
Kind-Hearted Auntie Brightens Shop in Washington
On a hot Washington afternoon a generous elderly Black woman from Virginia handed a saleswoman four pennies and a nickel and urged her to buy herself a lady, her kind gesture drawing attention at the ribbon counter near the soda fountain.
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Washington
Ole Virginny
Vesuvius
Duff Green's Row and the Old Capitol Prison
The piece notes Duff Green's Row and the Old Capitol Prison occupy the same site at Second Street and A Street Northeast. It recalls the capitol's destruction by British vandals, the congress occupying Duff Green's Row briefly, and forty years later a Civil War prison for Confederates housed there. It laments no preservation effort for this historical landmark.
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Duff Green
Old Capitol
Great Britain
Congress
Second Street
Saskatoon Picnic Turns Sun Warmed Beer Lesson
A Washington writer recalls a Saskatoon custom of drinking beer warm in the sun during a prairie luncheon at Smith's Bluff. Hosts remove ice in winter and use sun warmed beer for summer meals, a habit tied to endless cold that locals endure.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Washington
Mercury
Smith's Bluff
Smith’s Bluf
States
Bathing under a bridge and romance in verse
A humorous personal excursion on a hot day ends with a makeshift bath under a bridge beside a lake. The narrator recalls awkward dressing, sand in the hair, and a comic mishap, then transitions to rhymed verse about love, home, and waiting for Katie. The piece closes with wry reflections on bathing attire and a dream of a cemetery in Rome with millions buried.
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Rome
Uncle Joe Cannon Mistakes Actor for Bryan at Lincoln Event
The Revered Uncle Joe Cannon, speaker of the House, stared in disbelief as a performer walked on stage, thinking William Jennings Bryan was present in Lincoln. A bystander corrected him, revealing the impersonation by Charles Hanford the actor, and the band continued.
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Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Washington, D. C
Mr. Speaker
Uncle Joe
Mr. Bryan
Charles Hanford
Bryan
Washington Star
Horses to Get Vacations Under U S Post Office Plan
Uncle Sam will grant 30 days of annual leave to post office department horses in Washington. Horses will be sent in small groups to a Maryland pasture for rest. The plan mirrors 30 days of leave and 30 days sick leave for government employees, with summers chosen for the rest period.
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Sam
Post Office Department
Washington
Maryland
Rotterdam’s Newest Liner Aboard Flower Gardened Palm Court
The Holland America Line ship Rotterdam is described as the heaviest afloat with a gross tonnage of 25 000 and capacity for 3 585 passengers plus 475 crew. Notable features include a palm court with flower beds and ferns, a dry center led by a grand dome, creating a striking atrium aboard the liner.
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Ernest McGaffey
Supreme Courts
Boniface
Anest M'Garfry
Joenh
Bowles
Hie
Asom WI
Katie
Nktr
Speaker Cannon
W. J. Bryan
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