This Looks Like a Slip-up Said by Tilden Ally Hewitt
Abram Hewitt recaps the 1876 Hayes Tilden dispute and Tilden’s calm reaction after reports of a Hayes victory. Hewitt recalls Tilden’s whispered line This looks like a slip up and its impact on Democratic hopes. The interview reflects on memory of election night and the electoral crisis.
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Hayes
Abram S. Hewitt
Democratic National Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
New York City
Henry George
Theodore Roosevelt
Tilden
Hewitt
John Bigelow
Charles O’conor
Andrew H. Green
Governor Tilden
Gramercy Square
New York
E. J. Edwards
Education That Lasted
A concise reflection on lifelong learning noting the enduring value of childhood habits of observing plants, birds, and insects over formal college or library study as articulated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The Last Hole A Quick Funeral Sermon Exchange
Figg and Fogg exchange a line about a funeral sermon using the phrase He has finished his course. The parson adopts the text for Brassie's funeral in a humorous exchange.
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Figg
Brassie
Fogg
Wendell Phillips Portraits Anecdotes From Yale Era
The article recalls William H. Moseley of New Haven who hosted Yale visitors and shared private details about Wendell Phillips. It notes Phillips odd habits such as sleeping between blankets and brewing tea by gas, his lucrative lecture career, and questions about his estate and charitable use of earnings after his 1884 death.
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William H. Moseley
New Haven
Conn
Wendell Phillips
Yale University
Moseley
Yale
Daniel O'Connell
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Moseley
Boston
John B. Gough
J. Edwards
Specter of Stephens Attends 1880 Congress Opening
On the opening day of the 1880 session in Washington, the Capitol crowd gasped as Alexander H. Stephens appeared in an invalid chair. The former Confederate vice president spoke once, displaying his famed willpower. He later left Congress life to return to Georgia, dying in March 1883 as governor.
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Congress
Capitol
House of Representatives
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
Randall
Horse of Representatives
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederate States of America
Mr. Stephens
Stephens
Georgia
America
BE. J. Edwards
Horns of Mystery Do Not Require Duty Exemption
A customs official and traveler argued over the duty on mounted horns from a mountain animal. Lacking a precedent in the tariff book, they debated whether the horns qualified as ivory or livestock. A bystander finally suggested classifying the horns as old wearing apparel in use and they entered free.
Lots in a Name and a Journalist's Exchange
The text recaps David Graham Phillips advising journalists to prove their reputation before chasing magazines. He recounts confronting a magazine editor in his room after submitting three stories and asserting his talent and future. The editor responds with a sharp quip about turning talent into a past before advancing.
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David Graham Phillips
Authors’ Club
New York
Maiden Woman Parallels A Sea Captain Story
A sea captain's wife recalls a voyage with a strong willed maiden sister of an owner. Recounted dinner table arguments end with the captain’s wife discreetly kicking the mate to curb airs. A sharp shin pain reveals the crewman bore the voyage’s true harshness.
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Mr. Brown
Bard of Odon celebrates eighty six years
Rev George F Culmer known as the bard of Odon marked his eighty six birthday yesterday. Born May 22 1825 in Kent England during George IVs reign he was named for the monarch. A longtime Methodist Episcopal minister he retired due to age and is noted as a scholar and poet with poems frequently published in magazines and newspapers.
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George F. Culmer
Odon
Mr. Culmer
Kent
England
George Frederick
George IV
John Quincy Adams
United States
Culmer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington Correspondence
Indianapolis News
Freshman Misnames Proxy Vote at University Meeting
Albert Tiedemann of the University of Pennsylvania hesitated over a ballot as a companion explained he would vote by proxy. Curious, Albert asked for Proxy’s first name while preparing his ballot in the gathering.
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Albert Tiedemann
University of Pennsylvania
Albert
Proxy
Oysters Questioned Over Brains in Exchange
A witty exchange questions if oysters have brains with a punchy quip about their quiet behavior. The humor hinges on the idea that oysters remain silent, prompting a playful debate on animal cognition.
Saskatoon Growth Era Promotes Family Land Ownership
The note touts Saskatoon as a thriving English speaking agricultural community with population rising from 113 to over 16,000 in seven years. It urges families to obtain land to keep the family together and directs readers to write the Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saskatoon for information.
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Saskatoon
Board of Trade
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Tea Time In Chile Serves Tea From Morn To Night
In Chile tea or yerba mate is served at 4:00 p m in homes clubs restaurants and hotels and many businesses. A cup with a roll or small cake costs eight to twelve cents US gold in clubs or hotels while businesses serve it free to keep clerks at work.
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Chile
United States
Old Superstition Compared to A Night Crossroad Rite
The old belief claimed that ague sufferers could bury a newly laid egg at a crossroad five times at night to cure the illness. If the ritual failed, practitioners blamed an unlucky incident on the journey.
Sleepy Foreigner Seeks Night Sleep at Crowded Police Station
A dejected blue eyed immigrant from Chicago seeks rest at a crowded central police station. An officer suggests the only available space is a bank already occupied by a Black man. The man declines, preferring not to sleep in darkness and agrees to look for another option.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Guardian bank official compared to Taft sparks joke
Assistant Treasurer James A. Mathews of the Guardian bank endured taunts about resembling President Taft until a recent dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon. Their young daughter Dorothy was asked if she shared the view, and she replied that Mathews does not resemble Taft in the face.
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James A. Mathews
Guardian Bank
Taft
Mathews
Uncle Jim
Cleveland
Ade compliments actress over flame color skirt
First Alderman George Ade praised a well known actress at lunch in Chicago. She wore a flame color harem skirt and he asked the color name. She replied Tramme de Vesuve flame of Vesuvius. Ade quipped about a pretty crater.
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George Ade
Chicago
Mr. Ade
Vesuvius
Mind and digestion a Postum tale by C W Post
A human interest piece explains how the mind influences digestion. It recounts Pavlovian experiments with dogs showing anticipation triggers digestive juices even without stomach food, urging a peaceful mindset at meals and vivid appetizing settings to promote prime health.
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Pawlow
Pavioff
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