President outlines peaceful aims and reform plan in address
The speech emphasizes acting as a good neighbor toward other nations while resisting impositions. It praises the ague peace conference and urges Congress to back postal savings banks to mobilize idle savings. Other proposals include extending parcel post, deepening inland waterways, tariff repeal on forest products, reforming public land laws, retaining mineral lands, expanding national forests, Porto Rico citizenship, freer local government for Alaska, boosting merchant marine, remitting Boxer indemnity, and allowing Chinese students to study in America.
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Postal Savings Banks
Congress
Postal
Postmaster General
Porto Rico
Alanka
Wolves Fear Iron and Poisonized Baits Harden Wolf Lessons
Ernest Thompson Seton argues in American Magazine that wolves now avoid iron objects and poisoned baits, learning to guard carcasses with horse shoes and gear. He notes wolves’ increasing numbers since the late 1880s as civilization introduces new dangers they adapt to.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
American Magazine
Riding Backward Health Tip From Historic Advice
A New York Press item cites a travel tip urging riders to face away from the engine to stay warm in feet and keep the head cool. It advises having the berth pillow toward the engine to drive blood downward, noting this as a family rule of health and warning to head first in an accident.
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New York Press
Endowment of noble qualities shown by envy-free life
Quotation attributed to La Rochefoucaid emphasizes that true nobility lies in being free from envy. It reflects a moral standard where inner virtue outshines envy toward others.
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la Rochefoucau
Tell Her She Must The Doctor's Mistake Corrected
A husband consults a family physician about his wife in poor health. The doctor advises restraint and supervision, then reframes the command to avoid saying must, suggesting guidance aligned with her judgment and marriage dynamics. The exchange highlights medical paternalism and marital negotiation.
Rice reserves shaped Toyotomi Korea invasion plan
The tale recounts Hideyoshi's demand for 3,000,000 koku of rice to fuel the Korea campaign. Nagamasa worries over spoils and transport, while Hideyoshi wagers on Koreans seizing supplies to force enemy transport, a plan that allegedly led to Japanese recapturing rice carried off by Koreans.
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Korea
Hideyoshi
Asana Nagamasa
Walter Deming
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Why He is a Bachelor
An uptown club joke depicts a lifelong bachelor recounting near misses with matrimony. He blames the confiding habit of women who share secrets in strict confidence, a trait he says undermines trust and prospects of marriage. The cynics remark that he may remain single.
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New York Globe
A Bargain in a Comic Exchange
A playful dialogue shows He Miss Hunt lamenting a drop from $10,000 to a few hundred and a bold suitor declaring love despite the change. She counters with enthusiasm calling it a bargain and agreeing to take him, ending with a cheeky kiss of fate.
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Miss Hunt
Her Expense Account
A clipped exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a joke about a drummer and a bookkeeper swearing as he checks off items described as face powder and fudge in a light office banter. The fragment suggests an amusing domestic or workplace vignette without further context.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Poem for Today by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow centennial note
Centenary reflections on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born February twenty seventh eighteen oh seven at Portland Maine died March twenty fourth eighteen eighty two. The piece recalls the poet at Craigie House Cambridge and a memory of his first wife as the being beautiful who loved him and died.
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Longfellow
Portland
Cambridge
Mass
Kipling
United States
Craigie House
Fear of the Forest and the Lost Wanderer
An Outing magazine reflection on independence in the woods. The author describes fear and awe while following an obscure trail, hearing unseen voices of the forest, and the panic of being truly lost before finding resolve to return.
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Outing Magazine
Thirls of the Ich and a Young Couple’s Lottery Life
A poor but ambitious young man and his wife wed and soon prospered. She boasted of a bright future, a baby, a $1,000 bank balance, and no debt, while friends doubted prudence. Five years later the tale continues with a social check-in.
Wealth and Worry Across Five Years in a Wife's Tale
A wife reflects on money, real estate, stocks, and bonds across three meetings over five years. She notes repairs, taxes, mortgage interest, and a tenant defaulting. then stock concerns. finally a half million tied in investments and government bonds, with persistent unease about wealth and perception.
Memory Aid String For Remembering Fertility
Dialogue recounts a wife using a string tied to her finger as a memory aid. Uncle Bob notes she removes the string when she has a fertiliser to remember and then recalls why it is absent. The exchange highlights quirky folk reasoning in a rural setting.
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Bob
Aline B
Mysteries of Paris Lingo Fascinates Boarder
A Cincinnati Enquirer note recalls a literary boarder speaking on the famed Mysteries of Paris. The boarder, who has traveled with a personally conducted tour, declares the greatest mystery to be language.
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Paris
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Poor Must Be Liberally Cared For Quote
A Wintlhrog attributed remark urges liberal care for the poor to deter mendacity and crime, reflecting a welfare minded stance and social critique.
Child Pleads for Drum as Father Refuses Sleep Peace
A Life magazine joke panel shows a child asking to buy a drum while the father resists, fearing noise. The child insists the drum will only sound when the father is asleep, highlighting a light domestic moment.
Warships at Night and the Old Navy Traditions
A Chicago News item explains the night routine aboard battleships. It covers first call five minutes before sundown, color and evening quarters, stand by hammocks, billets with numbered hammocks, and a quiet period until nine. Tattoo ends with taps and an inspection by the master at arms.
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Chicago News
A Universal Word Across Languages
The text notes that early speech includes mama and papa in many languages. It lists forms such as Madr in Persian, Matr in Sanskrit, Meter in Greek, Mater in Latin, Madre in Italian, Mere in French, Moder in Swedish, Moder in Danish, Moeder in Dutch, Mutter in German, Mater in Russian, and Mathair in Celtic.
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Madr
Matr
Meter
Mater
Madre
Mere
Moder
Moeder
Mutter
Mathair
Odd Use For the Tongue on Eye Cinders
A New Orleans Times-Democrat quotation recounts a brakeman and conductor discussing a crude remedy for cinders in the eye. The conductor claims the tongue removes cinders better than any instrument, noting the painless, sweeping sensation.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
A Queer Epitaph In Epworth Church Yard
A fragment from London Notes and Queries recalls a stone once in Epworth churchyard for Richard Towris. The inscription playfully asks Who lies here Who do you think and ends with Richard Towris, and he liked drink. Drink Drink for why Because Richard Towris was always dry.
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Epworth
Richard Towris
London
Rainy Day Exchange At Milkman's Stop
A milk man forecast rain as he delivers a quart to a housewife who responds with restrained resolve. The scene from a New Orleans Times-Democrat blurs the line between weather and mood as the milk man leaves, burdened by his load.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
After the Races and the Parting Day Scene
A playful note from the Washington Herald describing a game of shell and pea style misdirection, likening racing crowds to a curious herd moving toward the sea and the famous shell game as a metaphor for sporting ambiguity.
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Washington Herald
It Is Not A Question Of How Much A Man Knows
A paraphrase attributed to Holland emphasizes applying knowledge over accumulation. The quote highlights practical use of understanding rather than sheer volume of learning.
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Holland
Evils of Alcohol Inspire Childrens Essays in Gateshead
In a Yorkshire paper a Gateshead primary school assignment required 6000 children to write on Physical Deterioration and Alcohol. Readable quips reveal a temperance stance with lines about fatty liver, dull speech, and bowlegs, ending with a self penned teetotal poem.
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Yorkshire
England
Gateshead
Yorkshire Paper
Livingstone Vanity and the Victoria Falls Discovery
The article notes the Victoria Falls as the world’s largest cataract discovered by Dr. Livingstone in 1855. It mentions the carved initials "D. L." on a nearby tree and Livingston’s confession of vanity about that moment. The Brit ish South Africa Company preserves the initials with native guidance.
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Livingstone
Victoria
Zambezi River
Africa
Nitgara
D. L
British South Africa Company
His Present Joke at Wedding Day Gift Reveal
A man recalls his father in law promising a handsome present on their wedding day. He waited a week and finally asked, only to hear the father retort that he had already given his daughter. The anecdote hinges on a quip about a dowry-like gift.
Ready For Anything Said On Marital Ideals
A Philadelphia Press item notes a woman once swore she would marry only an ideal man, while the counterpart in the Indianapolis Star jokes that money talks with its favorite remark being goodbye.
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Philadelphia Press
Indianapolis Star
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