Carnegie Plays Golf With Tom Morris In Scotland
Andrew Carnegie and golf great Tom Morris meet at the old course in St. Andrews after Carnegie is made a burgess. Carnegie praises Morris as the greatest man in the world and asks for clubs and a potential match to claim he has played himself against Tom Morris.
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Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's
Lords Elgin
Balfour of
Burleigh
Tom Morris
Carnegie
Nestor
Tom
Mr. Carnegie
T. Morris
Legacy Spent On Lobsters The Prince's Comic Gaffe
A droll excerpt from Youth's Companion recounts a grand heir who squandered a fortune chasing a passion for shellfish. In Ivan at Home, H Barry notes the prince’s attempt to acclimatize lobsters on a freshwater estate failed because the water was not salt, leaving him impecunious.
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Garmand
Repartee In the House Between Hepburn and Grosvenor
A heated House exchange pits Col. Hepburn of Iowa against Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio. Grosvenor accuses the Iowa leader of always doubting sincerity in public advocacy, while Hepburn retorts that his line lies with Ohio people and jokes about his own senility amid the dispute.
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Col. Hepburn
Iowa
Gen. Grosvenor
Ohio
Chance for Research in a Child's Curiosity
Five-year-old Georgie shows brisk interest in physiology and anatomy. While studying a porcupine and its bones, he spots the girls dismantling an old lounge and urges quick action to study physiology now that the lounge is torn apart.
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Georgie
Little Chronicle
Remarkable 1861 Pension Claim Spurs Pearce Bill
A Maryland Congressman introduces a bill claiming a child in arms in 1861 was so frightened by Yankee invaders that he was paralyzed for life and unable to work. The unusual petition draws chatter about championing Pearce in Congress.
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Congress
Congressman Pearce
Maryland
Timber Lands Misconception in British North America
The piece argues that vast timber resources are overestimated in British North America. It notes scarce black walnut, red cedar, and white oak north of Toronto, with a line from Quebec to Sault Ste Marie delimiting northern limits for beech elm and birch. Sugar maple would lie beyond the north shore of Lake Superior.
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Canada
British North America
Toronto
Quebec
Sault Ste
Lake Superior
Men Leaving Public School Teaching Falls From 41 to 29 Percent
The United States Commissioner of Education Harris notes a steady drop in male teachers from 41 percent in 1870 to 29 percent in 1900. The main cause cited is insufficient pay.
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United States
Harris
Cornell Dinner Toast Echoes English Exam Jokes
Dean Crane of Cornell, representing President Schurman at the Waldorf dinner, opened with a quip likening himself to a youth facing a Cornell English entrance exam. He recited a student’s mock answer using indicative conditional and other moods, ending with God help me.
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Dean Crane
Cornell
Schurman
Waldorf
New York Times
Hanna and His Hash at the Capitol Dining Room
A humorous legend about Senator Hanna who loves corn beef hash at the capitol restaurant. The head waiter orders it as “One corned beef hash for Senator Hanna,” and the kitchen notes after fourteen calls, prompting the chef to warn that another such order could make Hanna founder himself.
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Senator Hanna
Capitol
Shaw
Senate
Hanna
Hannah
The Woman In Business Engages On Rings Debate
A dialogue contrasts engagement and wedding rings. A new woman rejects the wedding ring as a symbol of tyranny while accepting the engagement ring as a practical matter, noting the diamond versus plain gold distinction often matters in practice.
Canadian Statesman in Washington Visits Senate
William Ross of Port Perry Ontario a member of the Canadian Parliament was escorted into the Senate chamber by Dolliver of Iowa. He informed American statesmen that no cloture rule exists in Ottawa parliament and this claim was noted in the Senate by Mr Hoar.
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Washington
King Edward
William Ross
Port Perry
Ont
Senate
Dolliver
Iowa
American Statesman
Ross
Ottawa
Hoar
Mixed-Up Embassy Call Reveals Chambrun Bachelor Status
An anonymous caller questioned the French Embassy in Washington about Marquis De Chambrun's wife. After a back-and-forth about four Chambruns and their American brides, it was revealed the Marquis is a bachelor with no wife to join the embassy staff.
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Washington
Marquis de Chambrun
Rhodes Scholarships Awarded in Rhodesia for Oxford
The Tablet reports the first Rhodes' Scholarships at Oxford under the will have been granted by the Rhodesian government. Both scholars are Roman Catholics and Bulawayo Jesuit college students. Lord Grey praises the Jesuit Fathers work among whites and blacks in Rhodesia in his nomination letter.
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Oxford
Rhodes
Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Lord Grey
Look Here Debate Sparks Over Seeing in Odd Pair
Mr and Mrs Chuckster clash in a domestic quarrel over language forms and perception. Amanda insists the proper form is look here while Oliver counters that looking implies seeing. The exchange highlights their belief they do not observe alike though they look alike.
Further Aft, Sir, Turducken of the Dinner Table
A gentleman carving Christmas turkey is urged by a waiter with a seafaring past. The waiter, watching the carving struggle, whispers in a hoarse tone to move the stuffing further aft. The old salt voice anchors the humorous moment at the holiday meal.
Generous Gift to New Orleans Named to Isidore Newman
The Picayune lovins cup for 1902 goes to Isidore Newman head of Isidore Newman Sr and Sons for donating a manual training school to the Jewish Orphans Home. His gift totaled about 310000. His other public benefits to New Orleans are described as many and generous.
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New Orleans
German Police Tour Sees New York Police Admired
Count von Bernsdorf president of Berlin police returned from the United States with a written narrative praising New York police. He observed no harassment by dissolute women, admired officers’ size, uniforms, and well ordered stations. He noted Berlin fire engines take three to four minutes to start versus New York’s thirty seconds.
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Count von Bernsdorf
Berlin
Germany
United States
William
America
New York
Diplomat Service
Potsdam
Paris
Bohemia
West Indies
Greene
Odor of Sanctity Smell Sparks Country Church Contrast
A Boston Episcopal church sexton recalls visitors remarks about festive greenery during Christmas. An old woman lingered in the aisle sniffing the air and asked if it smelled solemn, noting the church lacked such trimmings. She admits she hadn’t understood the phrase before.
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Sexton
Boston
Snuff Use Rising in United States
Snuff users in the United States have increased by about six per cent per year for several years. Based on yearly consumption, the total weight of snuff taken last year reached 18,000,000 pounds.
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United States
Fragmented 19th Century Ads and Vignettes
An assortment of brief, disjointed lines including an old time medicine claim for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup noting teething relief and wind colic, a puzzling Cinderella fragment frustrated with a car change, a Putnam color dye claim, and a hotel register exchange about advancing payment.
Peruna Promoted For Grip Relief Across the Nation
The advertisement extols Peruna as a universal cure for la grippe and epidemic catarrh. It cites testimonials from individuals including Joseph A. Flinn and D L Wallace in New York and Minneapolis, claiming rapid recovery, improved digestion, steadier nerves, and restored appetite after using Peruna. It invites readers to seek Dr. Hartman’s advice if results vary.
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Peruna
New York
Joseph A. Flinn
Fifth District
Christopher Street
New York City
Board of Health
D. L. Wallace
International Barber's Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
O. H. Perry
Atchison, Kansas
Manalin
House of Representativ
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
George H. White
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Hall's Catarrh Cure: internal remedy for blood and mucous
An old advertisement-style text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment. It claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally with tonics and blood purifiers. Endorsed by physicians, it invites testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. as manufacturers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Price Hall
Defiance Starch and Dr Sure Question Squeedunk Romance
A humorous exchange challenges a suitor about marriage and rheumatism in Squeedunk. Defiance Starch and Doctor Sure are invoked in a lighthearted, locally flavored quip. The dialogue hints at social norms and playful bravado within a small town setting.
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Yue
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Gulf OF Mexico
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Mamie
Sadie
Freeman
Henpeck
Baxter
California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
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New York, N. Y
W. L. Douglas
Heyl
Douglas
Brock Ton
NA Salzer Seed CO
D. M. Ferry & Co
Detroit
Mich
New Yorker
Salzer
Roun Asalzerseed CO
la Crosse
Wis
ENSIO
Washington, D.C
Rosecutes
Pension Bureau
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