Drink habit among New York women alarms expert
Prof John Duncan Quackenbos warns in the Sunday World that drinking among New York women is rising and overindulgence is common. He cites hotels and restaurants as scenes of excess, notes many women do not want to be cured, and blames counterfeit liquor and social pressures. He warns of Cocaine and beer issues and recounts a related anecdote about Bellevue’s ward and a doctor’s observations.
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EW York
John Duncan Quackenbos
Columbia University
New York
Sunday World
New York City
Bellevue
New Yorkers Becoming Hysterical and Inebriety Rising
An editorial warns New Yorkers are increasingly hysterical and undisciplined amid restless city life. It cites rising drunkenness, notes Bellevue hospital records show limited local data, and calls for thorough study and effective measures to ease urban strain and curb dissipation.
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New York
Condi
Fragmentary Description of Effects of Drug Use
A fragment notes dull sunken eyes and pinched faces as the continued drug use causes nervous wreckage de lirium and insanity, signaling deteriorating health from sustained intake. The line reflects medical concern over addiction and its mental decline effects.
Letter posted 32 years ago travels to Norway to reach Captain Nielsen
A letter mailed from Garmstad Norway 32 years ago and addressed to Captain Thomas Nielsen of the Harmonia was delivered to him by a New York dispatch. The envelope and its contents moved him to tears recalling old friends and relatives in Norway, many now dead. Nielsen, 68, long retired, learns of an accident described in the letter from his wife Alviner and his brother John.
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Nicholas
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Minuteteon
Mexico
Garmstad
Norway
Thomas Nielsen
Harmonia
Atlantic
New York
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Capt
Nielsen
Alviner
John
Bargain Debate over Stock Drops at Broker’s Office
A wife defends buying Z X and Y stock at 14 after seeing the broker mark it down from 45, while the husband questions why she pulled savings from the bank for the deal. The exchange, quoted from Success Magazine, highlights a cautionary tale about market timing and perceived bargains.
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Success Magazine
It Is a Fact That Women Drink More in New York
Dr. Parkhurst cites Dr Quackenbos and warns that the drink habit grows among New York women. He links prosperity, idleness, and lax enforcement of laws to rising liquor use among the rich, criticizing authorities and calling for enforceable pure food and other laws.
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Sunday World
Quackenbos
Charles Parkhurst
New York
Albany
Growing Too Fast The National Rent Bill Looms Large
A historical newspaper piece critiques rising federal rent costs, noting the 370 123.66 dollar annual rent and projections toward half a million as departments outgrow buildings. It highlights Treasury Interior Agriculture and others paying high Washington rents, plus anecdotes about access to Secretary of State and a remark about Holdie.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
State Department
White House
Treasury Department
Treasury
War Department
State and Navy
Navy Department
Department of the Interior
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Education
Patent Office
Land Office
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Birthday Candles Stir a Washington Family Feud
A tenth birthday party for a representative’s daughter features ten candles on a cake while a guest’s birthday cake for a senator’s daughter has eight. The discrepancy sparks a family comparison in Washington as a satirical note contrasts two nations’ drinking habits.
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Washington
Mary
Rat in Fur Coat Terrifies Washington Street Crowd
A fashionable woman on F Street in Washington discarded a Persian lamb cloak after a rodent escaped from its lining. Onlookers gasped and called for help as the rat fled into the garment, prompting screams and a swift departure. The incident began when the coat, taken from cold storage, caused diners to leap to chairs during the lunch hour.
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F Street
Washington
Old F Street
Charlton Praised for Single Page Legal Instructions
Paul Charlton, a former Omaha lawyer, becomes a War Department legal adviser in Washington. He provides concise instructions to a bureau, while superiors expect lengthy opinions. Taft lauds the efficient approach, noting the value of clear one page guidance.
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Paul Charlton
Insular Bureau
The
War Department
Charlton
Omaha
Taft
Washington
Bureau
Mr. Charlton
Beau Hickman Testifies Under Cross Examination
A Washington witness nicknamed Beau Hickman testified in a pending case about a client’s alleged penniless state. Under cross examination the lawyer pressed for exact wording and Hickman admitted the client told him he had no money. The exchange included a claim the client had been robbed, and the judge later ruled the case against the opposing side.
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Beau” Hickman
Washington
Hickman
Cvent
Inverted Painting Tops Amateur Exhibition
A Washington artist, self‑styled impressionist, hung a color‑heavy work at an amateur show. A friend praised it as the best piece yet, but the artist realized it was hung upside down. The piece had sold earlier for nineteen dollars.
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Artlet
Washington
Sled Race Rivalry In Makeshift Town Tale
A whimsical 1907 reminiscence by Byron Williams recounts a sled race among local boys named Stub, Fatty, and Bill. The narrator recalls a grand Pegasus sled built by a grandfather, boasts and brash bets, and a dramatic finish at the hill by the bridge as rivals accuse each other of cheating while plans for judges and a prize arise.
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Stubbie
Fatty
Bill
Stub
Billy
Bill White
Pegasus
Such Foolishness and Literary Musings in Illinois and Indiana
A column jokes about a boy asking for more verses and a fond reminiscence of Stubbie and family. It shifts to Indiana burglars as poets, then to Mark Twain buying a Connecticut summer home and an Illinois literary landscape. The piece playfully catalogs local figures and places in a satirical, editorial voice.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Tom
Anna
Darkey
Indiana
Mark Twain
Connecticut
Mark
Glen Ellyn
Illinois
Chicago
Shakespeare
Inland
Strickland Gillilan
Richard Henry Little
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Jmaty
Sam
Mr. Root
Edward Savoy
Holdie
Toklo
Egbert
Russia
Yonkers Statesman
What HE
Byron Williams
Mit
Ruth Brown
Ron
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