Campaign notes on candidates and policy shifts in early 1900s
The article surveys political figures including Essa Hopkins and George Adams as potential U S senate contenders and notes labor expectations in wartime style mobilization. It discusses Taft Philippines salaries, Canadian Yellowstone park plans, smallpox in Toluca, vaccination, and speculation on Prof Calhoun possibly running for county superintendent with praise for his fit and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof Calhoun
Ieseojourn
Marshall Ounty
Henry
The Old Maid Denby and the Greek Count Balloon Parade
Miss Sophronia Denby, an aging dressmaker living quietly in Chicago, falls for a foreign count who claims to plan a grand wedding and balloon flights. Neighbors gossip about money and romance as a staged romance unfolds with a comic twist ending at a dramatic balloon plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denby
Denkly
Lerett
Miss Denby
Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Jones
Gallegher
Byilaing
Mss Derby
Phelim Gallagher
France
Sophronia
A Story of Tennyson and Tea in London Chronicles
Escott recounts a London Journal tale about Tennyson’s Freshwater visit with a shy American author. The piece notes their dinner, the poet’s flowing manner, and a single bottle of port. It then shifts to tea's chemical notes, debating theine versus tannin and the value of young tea shoots sent to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Freshwater
Russia
England
London Chronicle
Boris Suday- Peper
Popular Quotations and Misquoted Maxims
A discussion notes how familiar sayings such as Salus populi suprema lex and the Delphic oracle reply are often misattributed. It cites Roman, Greek, and anonymous sources to illustrate errors in translating and quoting ancient lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churton Collins
Polycrates
Bois
Boarding of Standardy Itohir Pattip Discussed
A chaotic dialogue fragment references boarding, tickets, and a Chicago Daily News tone. Characters debate love, marriage, and orders while a stock broker milieu hints at family, social expectations, and witty exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandardy
Itohir—Pattip
Chicago Daily News
Whisky tax relief debated as Congress weighs 70 cent rate
Distillers push for a cut from 1.10 to 0.70 per gallon with lawmakers warned the cut may be less than hoped. Advocates claim pressure from the whisky trade across states. Also noted in London circles is Miss Roosevelt's planned trip to attend King Edward's coronation and a Berlin visit as guest of Ambassador White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
London
Mother's cure all pills and railroads shine in 19th century clues
Excerpts offer an nineteenth century ad for a fever remedy claiming to cure teething and worms with 9 cents, plus local notes on Bureau county rail growth and social gossip about an Earlville family dispute and a Southern tour by Venona ladies.
Praise for Newspaper Men at Brooklyn Church
The Rev Dr Madison C Peters lauds newspaper men at his farewell sermon at Summer Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn. He thanks the press for shaping national audience and declares newspapers the most influential force in American life while praising their honesty and sobriety amid hard work and low pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison C Peters Paidia
Fairwell
Summer Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
America
Fireman's Close Call and a Cure with Bitters
Burling ton Iowa locomotive fireman C W Bellamy reports a severe collapse before taking electric Bitters. He says the tonic restored his strength and appetite, promising renewed vigor for weak and run down people with satisfaction guaranteed by Dr Powell at 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Bellamy
Burlington
Towa
Dr Powell
Pies Marked by Mrs J M and 2 M in Witty Bake Sale
A Washington Times snippet describes a dear old lady admiring a row of decorated pies and revealing a scheme to remember which pie is for company. She explains she marked pies with J M for Tis Mince and 2 M for Taint Mince, joked by her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Times
Chicago board clears Phillips in rye dealings
The Chicago board of trade finds Phillips Morris grain Apecalutn blameless in rye trades and attributes his failures to optimism. An asylum for the incurable at Peoria gains broad approval among observers of the state’s insane. The Republican office advertises notes and receipt books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade of Chicago
Phillips
Morris
Peoria
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Essa Hopkins
Bull Ulg
Eorge— Adams
Isde
United States
Nate
Sam
Ygara Mason
Dawes and Hopkinga
Chicago
Art
WBA
Harry ’. New
Indianapolis
William Johnson
New Jersey
Inipolis Journal
Taft
Philippines
Inall
Amer‘gang
Canida
Rocky ‘Mountains
Yellowstone Park
Toluca
Jenon
Oklahoma
Haid
Porrid
Clarice Fritters
Miss Bragg
Miss Cynic
Ally Sloper
Jack Ford
Lessie
Stillman
Mashem
Ming—Creaus
Miss Cresus
Dom
Aly Sloper
George
Amelia
King
Sue
Grereet—Poendera
Allen
Olmstead, LeRoy, N
Bureau County
Hennepin Canal
Princeton Republican
Venona
A. Mtererr
Hardwatu
Tll
Souvenir Group
Prince Henry
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