Congress as a Landlord with Marble Palaces for Senators
Rene Bache in Harper’s Weekly describes soon to be completed two marble annexes to the Capitol, costing 2,509,000 dollars, each a large block of offices for Representatives and Senators. The structures include 410 rooms for Representatives, 99 suites for Senators, extensive dining rooms, underground railways, and a distinctive circular subway station at the rotunda.
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Wisdom Notes From Various Authors And Reformers
A collage of aphorisms and quotes on happiness education hope and virtue from Evan R Rob erty Fiehte Scottish Reformers and the Christian Register. The passages urge joy in giving seek opportunity in work and education shaping character through disciplined habits and hopeful thinking.
Roland for an Oliver phrase origin explained
The New York Globe notes the saying Roland for an Oliver stems from medieval romancers. Roland and Oliver, famed peers of Charlemagne, were depicted in exaggerated tales, turning their names into symbols for pairing two incredible lies.
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Health and Hunger in Modern Life Ties to Diet and Exercise
Health and hunger themes echo in debates on diet, exercise, and longevity. Doctors answer readers and society debates holiday health, graft, and morality. Wealthy and workers alike seek rest, nourishment, or activity, amid vegetarian critiques and public health talk as publishers echo the era’s wellness concerns.
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Auberon Herbert's Sudden Conversion Tale
Alfred J. Church recounts Auberon Herbert's abrupt shift from Tory to Radical views after reading a Carlyle volume at North Pinder's Roth erfield Greys Vicarage near Henley on Thames. The instant change led to discarding his former political identity.
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Trick of a Student Forgery Exposed at Harvard Crimson
A Harvard Crimson notice reveals a student forged Professor Spalding's name on a notice about a cancelled meeting. The edition laments the act as cowardly forgery used to dodge attendance and stresses forgery as a non monetary crime in colleges.
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Streetcar and steam road deaths rise in yearly report
The Railroad Commissioners report 317 streetcar related deaths and 2014 injuries in the state, up from 240 killed and 929 injured last year. in Greater New York, 63 passenger deaths and 1037 injuries, with many caused by getting off moving cars and rear-end collisions. Steam roads show 959 killed and 2105 injured, compared with 903 killed and 1961 injured the prior year.
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