Benches of City Hall Park Preserve New York History
Charles M. Faye recalls City Hall park benches as historic lunch and farewell spots used by figures like A. T. Stewart Fernando Wood Daniel Sickles and Charles Dana. When plans to remove them arose in 10 years later he and Dana urged keeping the benches, leading to Sun editorials supporting their preservation.
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City Hall Park
New York
Charles M. Faye
Chicago Daily News
City Hall
New York City
Chambers Street
A. T. Stewart
America
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Fernando Wood
Daniel BE. Sickles
Congress
Gettysburg
Charles A. Dana
New York Tribune
Mr. Dana
New York Sun
The
Sun
E. J. Edwards
Ol Cloth as a Cure for Sleepwalking Guest
A hotel guest who is a somnambulist asks for two strips of oil cloth after being assigned a room. The clerk notes they keep off cloth in reserve for such guests to place on the floor beside the bed to awaken the sleep walker and prevent nocturnal wandering.
Proctor Knott on Humor and a Duluth Speech
The 19th century statesman Proctor Knott who died at eighty one years rose to fame for the Duluth speech praising the city as the zenith of the unsalted seas. He later told an observer that such humor hurt his public career and that serious work mattered more.
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Proctor Knott
Congress
Duluth
Minn
House of Representatives
National Capitol
E. J. Edwards
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Westinghouse
South
Wall Street
Bis Man
Grover Cleveland
B. J. Edwards
Cleveland Trustee Stance on Policyholder Representation
Grover Cleveland led three trustees for Equitable Life, including Westinghouse and Justice Morgan J. O’Brien, to secure policyholder input for board vacancies. A Tennessee applicant’s tale prompted Cleveland to value earned wealth over inherited riches, asserting a frugal rising man’s worth can surpass vast fortunes.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Grover Cleveland
George Westinghouse
Morgan J. O’brien
New York State
Biypreme Court
Theociety
Cleveland
United States
Board of Directors
Tennessee
K. W. Gnou
Freshman Pang Sung Wong Pursues Potatoes to Grow Taller
Pang Sung Wong of Shanghai a University of Pennsylvania freshman subsists two weeks on Irish potatoes hoping to gain height to impress chorus girls. He consulted Miss Mary Adams in the Bodine dorm who advised eating potatoes to grow tall. Wong measured himself with a yardstick and found no height gain yet.
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Pang Sung Wong
Shanghai
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mary. Adams
Bodine House
Wong
Death Rate Mystery In Halehearty Hills
A weary stenographer seeks autumn solitude in Halehearty and encounters a district relic while asking for Halehearty death rate. A local walking advertisement cryptically assures a steady death rate, sparking intrigue about the town.
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Halehearty
Angler’s Bait Case Recalls Petersborough Nest Incident
A well known angler in Petersborough reportedly obtained a wasp nest containing numerous grubs and placed it in the kitchen oven to fry the grubs for bait. The event was noted in local records as a curious misuse of common kitchen space.
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Petersborough
Theo
Quote Exchange Over Gossip Truth Revealed
In a compact dialogue, Caroline defends gossip as truth while Pauline cautions that truth often worsens gossip. The two voices explore reliability and consequences of speaking candidly.
Man searches for wife in Philadelphia department store
A tall German man with beads of perspiration darted through a Philadelphia department store. Store salespeople watched as he exclaimed he could not find his wife, shouting that he was looking for men s clothing, not men s clothing.
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Philadelphia
Clothing Department
Lippincott’s
How Fido Lost Out
A humorous exchange centers on a pug named Pido who refused the wife’s cooking, while the husband claims the edge he gained after marriage came from feeding the dog. The quip frames domestic kitchen rivalry with a light tone.
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Fido
Pido
The Humor of St Stella Shopping Exchange
In a light exchange Bella asks if you were shopping today and replies yes with plans to exchange items. The chat hints at casual talk about purchases and a playful tone.
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St. Stella
Bella
Howler's Pride Over Mrs Howler's Singing Sparks Confusion
In a humorous scene, Howler beams as Mrs Howler performs There is a Garden in My Face, praising her voice to a neighbor who cannot hear him over the noisy crowd. The neighbor mishears, prompting a comic exchange about the performance.
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Howler
Witzboodles
Porcupines Trail of Destruction and a Broncho Bob Exchange
Porcupines are adept climbers and strip apple trees and young spruces, razing orchards when fruit is scarce. The text notes mystery why they nibble spruce shoots and mentions Broncho Bob quipping about juries and small settlement debates.
Little Wallace-Pa Corn Pop Question Asked
A brief note from Little Wallace-Pa contains a playful exchange about why corn pops. The father answers that, like men, it does not know any better. No further context on people or events is provided.
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Wallace
England the proper home for perfect English writing
Scribbleigh asserts England suits an author aiming for pristine English as writers reflect their environment. He asks Lord Mizgleton if he shares the view. The lord agrees warmly, praising the idea in light humor.
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Scribbleigh
England
Mizgleton
Jonve
Old Top
Harper’s Weekly
A Word of Wisdom on Marital Support
Mrs Maloney of the charity kitchen warns against a married woman taking over family support if the husband is out of work. She advises that if such a husband returns home and cries over unemployment the wife should not cry with him but rather wait for him to find work again.
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Mrs. Maloney
Coffee Debate Sparks Health Claims and Postum Appeal
A letter from a major Southern roaster prompts a clash over coffee health effects, touting Postum as a safe alternative. The piece denounces caffeine harms, cites Leech statistics, and highlights Postum as a nourishing wheat drink with molasses in a public factory tour context.
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Equitable
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Monroe
Caroline
Pauline
Tree Destroyers
Broncho Bob
Big
Coffee Trust
Journal of Commerce
Gov’t
Postum
Brazil
Leech
New Orleans
Postum Cereal ‘Company,’ Limited
Battle: ‘Creek
Michigan
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