Household humor and rushed engagements in a chatty scene
In a playful exchange Miss Brown teases Smith about living in a Nat for six months and a noisy carpet sweeper. Mr B recalls Jack on Mount Vesuvius, who is homesick for housecleaning days. Grace notes Edith is believed to be engaged to her fiancé Tingy and mentions a ring given the same day.
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Brown
Smith
Miss B
Jack
Mount Vesuvius
Mr. B
Miss R
Grace
Edith
Gussie
Bright woman who runs Chicago's schools
Ella Flagg Young was named superintendent of Chicago public schools at a salary of 10 000 dollars a year. The only woman directing a large city's schools, she spoke of empowering women and noted her long career from teacher to professor and district superintendent.
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Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Young
Buffalo
University of Chicago
Chicago Normal School
John Ryana
Tivana
Board of Education
Bila Flage Young
Mra. Young
Itawalle
Harper
Pene
Heave
Whso
The Bridge of Yearo and a Halfhearted Card Game
A garbled reminiscence describes a game of bridge and solitaire. The narrator recalls attempts to read meaning into hands and the mood of playing on despite confusion, with phrases hinting at a tense or comic miscommunication between players.
Judicial Endorsement of Rubber Hoses for Boys
A Chicago grand jury upheld using a rubber hose to discipline boys at the St. Charles state school, setting aside older tools like the hickory switch and ruler. Superintendent BR Adams argued the hose does not cut flesh though it leaves dark marks, amid complaints from the Illinois Humane Society and concerns for 361,686 Chicago boys of chastiseable age.
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BR. Adams
State School For Boys
St. Charles
Tllinois State Humane Society
Trustees Choose Humane Hose for Flogging in School Debate
The St. Charles institution trustees select the hose as a humane flogging method, signaling a push to reinstate corporal punishment in schools. The board approving the decision includes Judge Tut Hill and Stanley Field of Chicago, Henry Davis of Springfield, Pekin Mayor William J. Conzelman, and Elin M. Rainey, wife of Congressman Rainey.
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St. Charles Institution
Benjamin Carpenter
Richard 8. Tuthill
T. D. Hurley
Stanley Field
Chicago
Henry Davis
Springfield
William J. Conzelman
Pekin
Mra
Elin M. Rainey
Congressman Rainey
Poor Lion in a Grave Company at a Country Hotel
Gilbert recalls a luncheon with three cycling clergymen at a rural hotel. When they learned his identity a clergyman asked how he felt in such company. He replied that he felt like a lion in a den of Daniels with a grave and reverend crowd.
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Boston Transcript
Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert
Ground floor trap door reveals hidden basement
A common architectural feature shows a trap door in the ground floor that opens to reveal the basement below. The mechanism often blends with flooring and may require careful handling to access the lower level.
Plagiarium A Tacit Acknowledgment in Speech
A quirky note defines plagiarium as the tacit acknowledgment that someone else can say it better than you can. The term is framed as a casual remark about speaking or writing style.
Fashions in Photographs at Annapolis Parade
The undergraduate wears a jaunty kilted skirt with yoke top and a loose tunic in blue and old gold. Contrasting cuffs collar and hem enhance the tunic with an embroidered emblem. The dress features anchors and reflects college spirit at Annapolis.
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Dling Mater
Annapolis
Woman Hopes to Live 200 Years in Germ Proof Home
From the New York American, an imagined regime by Professor Metchnikoff proposes a house designed to eradicate dust and germs. Curved rooms, vacuum cleaning, antiseptic nets, ventilators, and sterilization would create a germ free life extension plan for Mme Theresa Megard in Paris.
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New York American
Elio Mitchhikoff
Pantour Institute
Paris
Onsy
Metehmikoff
Mme
Theresa Megard
Iife
Earth
Metchnikoff
Professor Metchnikoff
Walla
Hands and Eyes Lost to Love at Cousin's Funeral
The quoted poem by Theodosia Garrison laments scarred hands and dimmed eyes given in service to a loved one. A military band plays at a cousin's funeral in Omaha, though the deceased had no military ties, wishing to provoke collective sorrow.
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Theodosia Garrison
Harper's Bazar
All Were Sorry When He Died
A humorous exchange cites a San Francisco Argonaut item addressed to a Omaha band leader. The piece recalls a notorious local remark that the man was “the worst in seven different states” and references a Kansas City Journal item about staging a Henry James sentence with two commas and semicolon pauses.
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Omaha
San Francisco
The
Kansas City Journal
Steinheil Case Near Verdict as Trial Winds Down
Paris reports the murder trial of Mme Steinheil nears its end as prosecutors rest and defense begins witness examination. A chauffeur testified Mme Steinheil paid him four francs to locate the blue automobile seen near the Impasse Ronain residence on the eve of the crime.
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Paris
Mme. Steinhell
Adolphe Steinhell
Mme. Japy
Mme. Steinheill
Steinhell
Ronain
Mme. Steinheil
Locomotive Firemen Demand Wage Increase Across West
Chicago officials report 42 railroads west of Chicago face wage hikes from 2 to 26 percent. About 300 men participate, seeking a uniform schedule and recognition to legislate for engineers in the firemen’s union. A hearing before western railroad managers is urged to expedite negotiations.
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Chicago
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
West
Two Preachers Lead Raid on an Illicit Joint
In Leavenworth Kansas on November 13 two ministers Rev F H Brown Baptist and Rev E L Cunningham Christian led a raid on an illicit saloon on Cherokee Street. Police seized 20 cases of beer and two jugs of whisky after soldiers frequented the joint on pay day at Fort Leavenworth.
Jamaica Isolated From Rest Of World
Weather reports from Kingston Jamaica have not arrived since last Saturday. Officials suspect a submarine earthquake caused the interruption. No earthquake of any magnitude has been recorded by seismographs or the coast and predictive survey corps.
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Jamaica
Island
Washington
Kingston
Jamiaica
Weather Bureau
West Indian Island
Pointe
Indian Islands
Fire destroys United States Packing Co plant in Hutchinson
Eleven thousand chickens burned to death when a fire swept through the United States Packing Co plant in Hutchinson Kansas early today. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars. The company heads are based in Chicago.
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Hutchinson
Kan
United States Packing Core CO
United States Packing Company
Chicago
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Howser
Aix
Aolitaire
Steinheil
Leavenworth Ministers
New Orleans
WEA
King House
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