Insanity Brands Of Great Minds In Grasset Study
A long exploration of Prof Grasset's book on the demi-fous and related brands of insanity argues that all great men carry some degree of madness. It catalogs types such as erotomaniac, dipsomaniac, monomania, and megatomania, and cites Tolstoy Socrates Napoleon and many others as examples of semi insane genius with vivid anecdotes.
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Grasset
Prof. Grasset
New York Sunday World
Prof
Tolsto
Tolstoi
Dr. Berce
Ossip Laurie
Athens
Pascal
Auguste Comte
Lake d'Enghein
Walter Scott
Gorki
Juy de Maupassant
Tie
Paul Bourget
Villemain
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ife
Gerard de Nerval
Tuileries
Sheba
Dle
Palais Raval Draesing
Paris
Baudelaire
Lfe
Alfred de Musset
Cafe de la Regence
de Musset
Napoleon
Ola
Edgar Allan Poe
Haller
Newton
Beethoven
Henry 8. Atkins
St. Louis Asylum For
Atkins
Moody
Syrus
Axion
Man With Eight Day Beard Seeks Music In A Diner
A man with an eight day beard enters a modest restaurant with a music box. He inserts coins but the five cent piece jams the machine. after failing to get a note he buys a roast beef sandwich and departs, saying the money is in the machine.
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New York Press
Bolivia erased from maps in a diplomatic ruse
An Indianapolis News excerpt claims Bolivia was supposedly wiped off the map after a British ambassador dinner sparked a dispute. The tale describes a punitive 24 hour expulsion, mapmakers altering world maps, and Bolivian citizens told their country no longer existed.
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Bolvia
Hughie
Priunk Roberson
Bolivia
Huntalo
Great Britain
Indianapolis News
Ice in Dentistry and the Old Freezing System
The article traces early use of ice in dental operations, called the freezing system, first used in America and later discontinued in London. Patients endured ice bags fitting the jaw to numb teeth, then modern cold water methods replaced the painful, cumbersome technique.
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London
America
Capitol Life and the Budgets of Senators and Representatives
The article surveys the Washington Capitol, detailing allowances for stationery and the broad array of items in the stationery room. It describes barbering, baths, resting rooms, restaurants, and the pairwise facilities for senate and house, plus banks, libraries, and post offices. It notes Elliott Woods as superintendent and outlines the complex, overlapping authority among officers and boards governing Capitol operations.
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United States
Senate
Capitol
House
Elliott Woods
Wooods
Capital
When the President Receives Hat Rules at White House Receptions
A Washington social note recalls unwritten dress codes at presidential and diplomatic receptions. Hats must be worn to the evening event, with maids enforcing headgear at the levee. While formal dress varies, the most striking outfits appear at diplomatic and military functions. Schoolgirls and new students are briefly admitted to some White House events.
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Washington
White House
Farmers' Bulletins Popular Government Publications
The government’s most popular publications are farmers' bulletins issued by the Department of Agriculture. That year 485 bulletins were issued, 42 new with 1,100,000 editions and 443 reprints with 5,269,000 editions, totaling 6,649,000 copies. The previous year saw 14,015 publications totaling 52,3863 pages. The department’s total publications reached nearly 17,000,600 copies, with over 300,000 letters handled and about 10,000,000 envelopes used for document distribution and over 6,000,000 names and addresses written.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Old Treasury Building and Washington Early Fire History
In 1800 the national capital moved to Washington with Abigail Adams describing it as a bare city. The early treasury building on Fifteenth Street suffered repeated fires and losses, with records moved to Sears' store and later destroyed. A 1842 building cost $461,000 and stands today, but its front is now slated for demolition.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Abigail Adams
White House
National Capital
Treasury Department
Fifteenth Street
Department
Sears’ Store
Treasury
Congress
Prince Vincent Winds Up Washington Embassy Post
Austria sends aristocrat Vincent Mare Gabriel prince of Windisch Graetz as honorary attaché to the Austro Hungarian embassy in Washington for the new year. The 25 year old mediatized noble may marry royalty and inherits titles from his father. His family holds estates in the Syrian mountains and homes in Vienna Prague and a Tachau chateau.
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Austria
New York
Vincent Alfred Guillaume Mare Gabriel
Windisch-Graetz
Baron de Waldstein
Count Szechenyi
Prince Vincent
Syrian Mountains
Vienna
Prague
Tachau
Woman Wears Foreign Decoration by Courtesy
A Washington society sister wore a foreign decoration given to her brother after he was honored abroad. The ambassador then asked her to return the order, noting it should be worn only by the recipient for a specific act or occasion.
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Congress
Washington
Miadam
Milford granite pillars for Treasury building front
A dozen or more monolithic pillars have been quarried at Milford New York for shipment to Washington to adorn the front of the Treasury Department. Each pillar for earlier porticos stands over 66 feet high and weighs about 30 tons. The granite must match existing material, with New England quarries providing the closest match to Milford and Dix Island sources.
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Treasury Department
Milford
N. Y
Washington
Treasury
New England
Dix Island
Ex Senator Popular at Capital
Six Senator Stewart of Nevada at eighty eight remains erect and sturdy. A Washington resident, he is often seen on the Senate floor chatting with old friends and meeting new ones, and few around the capitol do not know him well.
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Stewart
Nevada
Senate
Washington
Capitol
Evening in the Nettie Dere Montin Fishing Scene
A reflective verse from a fisherman named JI celebrates peaceful life by the water. He rejects fame for contentment with sunsets, ripples, and simple fishing aboard the Nettie Dere, urging readers toward a humble life over worldly success. Nearby quips mix poems with brief notes on morals and local characters.
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