Theodore N Vail new Western Union president and telegraph history
The article chronicles Theodore N Vail rising from Morristown youth to Western Union president replacing Col Robert C Clowry. It notes his family background at Speedwell iron works, early telegraph work with Morse code via Alfred Vail, and his career advancing through Union Pacific, railway mail service, and Bell Telephone to help build AT&T.
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Theodore N. Vail
Western Union Telegraph Company
Robert C. Clowry
Morristown
N. J
Speedwell Iron Works
Morse
Alfred Vail
Theodore Vail
Carroll County
Ohio
Theodore
Vails
Western Union
New York
Iowa
Vail
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Grenville M. Dodge
Union Pacific
Washington
Graham Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tribute for Moody as Justice to retire from Supreme Court
The public note reveals a letter from the Supreme Court to Associate Justice William H. Moody upon his retirement due to ill health. Signatories include Presiding Justice Harlan and Justices White McKenna Holmes Day, with Justices Lorton and Hughes adding a postscript. The message honors Moody’s faithful, dispassionate decision making and long service to the country.
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William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Moody
Lorton
Hughes
Harlan
White
McKenna
Holmes
Day
Brother Moody
War scare explained by War Secretary Dickinson
Secretary of War Dickinson offers an explanation for the war scare that unsettled Washington after a report to Congress was suppressed. The piece notes a bureau misstep, miscommunication about presidential awareness, and that Major General Wood prepared the report while Dickinson was absent. The president did not see the confidential document until protests arrived.
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Dickinson
Congress
Washington
Wood
New University President George E Vincent Named
Dr George Edgar Vincent dean of arts literature and science at the University of Chicago has been chosen president of the University of Minnesota by its board of regents. He will assume the post April 1 at a salary of 10000 a year. Vincent born March 21 1864 in Rockford Illinois has long served at Chicago including roles as dean and sociology professor.
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George Edgar Vincent
University of Chicago
Bsen
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Cyrus W. Northrup
Vincent
Rockford, Jr
John H. Vincent
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chautauqua
N. Y
Yale
One From the Cashier at the Cigar Counter
A harmless customer chats with the new cashier as he hands over his dinner check. The cashier retorts that money exists to be spent, joking that if money were meant to stay with him, mint coins would come with wands.
Bavarian immigrant hides money as lumps on body
Charles H Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on shoulders elbows and spine. An immigration doctor doubted the lumps but Rosenberg revealed they contained cash totaling 11 000 dollars and 500 dollar samples. He planned to buy an Oregon apple orchard after entry.
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Charles H. Rosenberg
Bavaria
Hamburg
Oregon
Rosenberg
Mr. Rosenberg
New York Tribune
Why He Laughed in the Old South
Miss Mattie entertains a distinguished guest at her home. She sends Tillie to fetch water and offer a bath, but Tillie’s retelling makes the guest laugh hard. The maid’s exact words are quoted in a humorous exchange from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Tillie
Where He Was Queer and the Whitewashing Joke
A short excerpt from Macis's National Monthly describes a colored patriarch testing a new resident Ale Hall, a reputed whitewasher, by asking him to whitewash a chicken house. The exchange highlights humor and cultural nuance in language.
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Ale Hall
Jacob
Macis
National Monthly
Growing Old Brings Sunny Gleams of Love and Hope
A reflective verse about finding happiness despite misfortune. It notes constant springs of happiness hidden in human hearts and the warm lovelight that grows as years pass. The speaker hints at optimistic resilience and enduring affection in aging.
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Lée
Landlady Questions Paying Guest's Authenticity
A scene unfolds with a landlady doubting whether her new boarder is a foreign nobleman. The guest insists, while noting he has not paid any rent yet, leaving the truth uncertain and the potential for a genuine nobleman in doubt.
More Human Nature Grouchily Denies Edigars for Savings
In a curt exchange, Grouchly jokes about saving money by denying himself ten cent edigars daily for twenty years, claiming about $2,190 saved. Moxley asks to see the tobacco, Grouchly confirms the timeframe.
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Grouchly
Edigars
Moxley
Vague vaudeville quip sparks race dialogue in town
In a local vaudeville show a black-face comedian is loudly applauded while Uncle Hiram whispers excitedly about the coming colored race and a city man calls the performer a self-made negro, highlighting racial attitudes of the period.
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Uncle Hiram
Lo the Rich Indian and his vast wealth
The Red Man reports on Indian wealth per capita about 3130 dollars versus 1300 dollars for others. Indian lands hold oil timber and resources with millions in agricultural land value. Rangelands support 690000 head of livestock leased for over 272000 dollars in revenue to tribes.
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United States
Red Man
No Slang for Her and The League of Politeness
A comic exchange in a lunchroom features a young man seeking eggs up while a waitress identifies slang. The piece notes the League of Politeness formed in Berlin, led by Fraulein Cecelie Meyer, promoting courtesy with an Italian motto Pro gentilezza and a symbolic talisman medal. It also mentions Gray's Elegy and a recent Gazette order forbidding ordinary interments in St. Giles Churchyard Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire.
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League of Politeness
Berlin
Fraulein Cecelie Meyer
Rome
Gray
St. Giles
Stoke Poges
Buckinghamshire
the Gazette
How She Learned
A mother recalls her three children. The oldest John is slow, Am is improving, and Edith the baby is the quickest learner. John declares the baby’s speed comes from having them and not having us.
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John
Edith
Georgia Governor Candler famed for southern humor
The late former Governor Allen Dol Candler of Georgia was known for quaint humor. A Gainesville man recalls Candler once quit cigars for a pipe at year start and kept to it, joking that he saved a sum this year but cannot find the exact amount.
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Allen Dol. Candler
Georgia
South
Candler
Gainesville
Moslem Traditions Ramadan Significance
The Christian Herald describes Ramadan as the holy month when the Koran was revealed to Gabriel in sections and when prophets like Mohammed Abraham and Moses received revelations. It notes doors to heaven open and hell closed while devils are chained.
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Gabriel
Mohammed
Mecca
Cave of
Hira
Abraham
Moses
Heaven
Hell
Satan
Medical Compromise Advising Conflicting Doctors
In a late night consultation two doctors provided differing recommendations. One urged one approach while the other suggested an alternative. The patient faced a deadlock until they decided to combine the two treatments.
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Consultantio
Hard off the Mare on Cumberland Gap bus
A Cumberland Gap bus climbs a steep grade as a rear door slams repeatedly. Passengers hush a mare rumored to be frightened by the door, fearing it will force her to get off and walk, while the driver cautions them to keep quiet.
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Cumberland Gap
Exaggeration and youth a Paris to New York tale
Sara Bernhardt arrives in New York and, answering praise of her youth, jokes she is a great grandmother and worries friends exaggerate. She laughs at the crowd and notes boulevard life is busier than Paris streets while admitting some disbelief in gossip. A nurse urges haste as a boy longs to see a man run over in a crowd.
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New York
Sara Bernhardt
Mme. Hermardt
Gtri
Sal
Retraction Sparks Courtroom Tone In Brief Exchange
A terse exchange unfolds with a conciliatory remark scolding an insult while a vindictive responder defends the value of the man, quipping that no one should imply he is worth only 40 cents a pound.
Blissful Ignorance in a Proposals Tale
A sentimental speaker asks Mr. Meekton if he was nervous proposing to his wife. He answers no, but adds that if he could foresee the next ten years he would have been. The remark hints at future misunderstandings and enduring humor in married life.
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Mr. Meekton
Economy in Art
Mr. Sirius Barker discusses his view on artistic education for his daughter. He favors singing over art or literature, arguing that painting spoils canvas and literature wastes paper, while singing only creates a temporary disturbance of the atmosphere.
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Sirius Barker
Home Thought in the Hotel Earthquake
Mrs Bassim asks her husband about his first thoughts after awakening in a hotel room during an earthquake. He recalls alarms, a vase striking him, a chair whirling toward him, and books with a framed picture raining down. He also notes her anger that evening.
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Mack' S National Monthly
New Glass Staining Method Promises Pebbled Window Glow
A found process colors glass then fires it at high heat to fuse pigment with the glass. The result yields a pebbled surface texture that softens light, with panels formed separately and assembled in a metal frame for large windows.
Voices in the Traincar Conversation and Songs
A fragment reflecting on a group of young people riding a train and sharing observations on voices and harmony. It muses on conversational soprano tones, youthful behavior, and the contrast with temptations, ending with a reflection on truth and a brief allusion to Holmes.
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Hes
Holmes
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