House Adopts Riotous Adjournment Of Sixtieth Congress
In Washington the first session of the Sixtieth Congress closes with Democrats and Republicans from north and south joining in exuberant celebration after the government liability bill passes. Speakers offer songs and toasts as Rep Cannon receives a grateful sendoff from the chamber, with members chanting and singing throughout the adjournment.
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J. Warren Kiefer
Senate
House
Uncle Joe
Real Reason Why La Follette Filibuster Failed
The article recalls the La Follette currency bill defeat as a parade of comic missteps. Senators Scott and Carter host the day, with others like Stone, Gore, and Jeff Davis mentioned as absent or engaged elsewhere, while dispensers of drinks boast of the senators appetite and spending.
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Congress
Scott
Carter
Stone
Missouri
Senator Stone
Mr. Stone
la Follette
Senate
Gore
Mr. Gore
Jeff Davis
Little Rock
James Bryce Beats Old Guard, Ventures Through Washington
James Bryce, the new British style ambassador, travels on foot to meet governors in Washington and mingle with leaders in New York and other cities. He calls on governors, entertains Bryan and Carnegie, and aims to write about the governors’ meeting. His fresh approach disrupts the traditional diplomat’s quiet routine.
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James Biryce
Washington
Mr.Tryce
New York
Mr. Bryce
James Uryce
Kryece
Bryan
John Mitchell
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Sue Mr. Bryce
Where the President Buys His Coffee
A Washington grocery, off Pennsylvania avenue, began supplying the White House after a White House observer noticed a wagon bearing the sign We Roost Our Own Coffee. The president praised the coffee and ordered ten pounds weekly. The sign’s misspelt "rest" led to the tale becoming the firm’s trade mark and a possible miniature White House imagery.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Washington
Remembering Peter F Dailey When One Of A Kind Entertainer
The article honors Peter F Dailey a unique comedian with urban wit and improvisational skill. It notes his stage persona Pete Dailey and his specialty in burlesque, his appeal in major cities, and a famous Lake Michigan boat joke with Eugene Field.
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Peter F. Dailey
Sui Generis
Wis
Pete” Dailey
Broadway
Randolph Street
Mr. Dailey
Dailey
Mr. Daney
New York
Chicago
Eugene Field
Gene” Field
Field
Lake Michigan
Dalley
Rose Stahl on Shakespeare in modern cinema
Rose Stahl argues that Shakespeare would adapt Hamlet with a moving picture machine, showing the murder of the father in twentieth century style and predicts a bold actor will attempt the innovation.
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Rose Stahl
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Stage stars distinguish audiences and notice latecomers
E H Sothern and others in Chicago theater recount instances of spotting individuals in the audience. Sothern tells how he played to a man in a box who seemed artistic, while Lew Fields counts late arrivals and refuses to proceed until they settle. Mabel Taliaferro and David Warfield describe not perceiving applause or faces, yet noting latecomers and adjusting their performance.
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E. H. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Chicago
Mr. Sothern
Heinrich
Lew Fields
Fields
Mabel Taliaferro
David Warfield
Mischief Makers to Open in Hoston This October
Gossip of the stage notes Henry 8 Harris to produce Charles Klein's The Mischief Makers, premiering in Hoston around October 30. Various stars and productions are listed with engagements in London Paris Calais and New York, plus scenery and summer plans for Maude Adams and others.
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Charles Klein
Henry 8. Harris
Hoston
John Drew
Jack Straw
William Somerset Maugham
Charles Hawtry
Vaudeville Theater
London
Louis James
Mansfield
Maude Adams
Catskill Mountains
Ethel [Arrymore
Join Drew
Easthampton
L. I
Marie Doro
Joondon
Hattie Williams
Paris
Otis Skinner
Fontainbleau
France
Billia Burke
Santa Barbara
Cal
William Collier
Los Angeles
Francis Wilson
Australia
William H. Crane
Nice
William Gillette
Parla
Endurance Story of Mrs Payne and Kidney Pills Endorsed
An Mississippi woman recounts severe back and kidney pains and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring health. The ad claims the product cures by showing quick relief and invites readers to buy at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. A collage of short humor lines and testimonials appears around the main notice.
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A. S. Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Onions Touted As Pneumonia Cure In New Jersey
Health boards in northern New Jersey report a Washington New Jersey remedy for pneumonia. The method uses six to ten onions chopped and simmered with rye meal and vinegar to make a thick paste applied in hot poultices, with repeated reheating until perspiration. The claim says the poultice cures pneumonia in hours with three to four applications.
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Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Papers of
Washington
Hingland
Emersons debate on class tags at dinner table
At Emersa dinner talk a famed lion hunter is described as a snob by Mrs. Emerson. Mr. Emerson objects to that harsh label and asks how to describe her. He suggests she is a person having great sympathy with success, spoken slowly.
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Emersa
A Noted Woman Proves Talent Beyond Poesy
A dialogue recalls a remarkable woman whose talents span singing painting and more. The exchange questions how to doubt her abilities as peers acknowledge her feats. The missing piece of her breadth is hinted by the speaker’s claim of untested pies.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
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New York Sun
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