Timely Topics Reflections On Morals And News
A collage of stray opinions and topical jabs covers marriage liberty crime and fashion. It mentions Emma Goldman and Rev Dr Herron on marriage privacy and the lax morals debate while noting laws on poisons and pistols and recalling Commodore Perry as a naval honor. The column blends humor and commentary on society politics and current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goldman
Dr. Herron
Iown
San
New Jersey
Herron
Public reception handshakes ridiculed as unhealthy burden
The piece recalls earlier U S Japan relations with Perry and Ito commemorations in Kurihama and notes a drop in cigarette sales amid anti smoking campaigns. It laments mass public handshakes at presidential receptions as unproductive and unsanitary, urging an end to indiscriminate handshaking by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Matthew Perry
Kurihama
Marquis Ito
Beardslee
Perry
Roosevelt as a college graduate with whiskers in 1880
The article notes Roosevelt wore a beard in 1880, the year he graduated from Harvard, contrasting his later images as President. It references class photographs showing him with whiskers, a stark change from his more familiar later appearances.
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Roosevelt
United States
Harvard
Narrow Escape for Bass in Grand Canyon Tale
William Bass, famed as the only real guide into the Grand Canyon, recounts a perilous expedition with McKinney to find the Havasupai. After a near-fatal ascent and fears of execution upon return, a friendly Indian saved the tale by revealing McKinney was alive. McKinney later fled Williams aboard a train, never to be seen again.
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William Bass
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Williams
McKinney
Havasupa
Bass
Hass
Havasupais
Scott
Hurd
Base
America's Handsome Woman Dies of Typhoid in Virginia
Eve Maure Coleman Woods, hailed as North America’s most beautiful blonde, died at age 23 from typhoid fever at the Morrie family home in Hanover County Virginia. Daughter of Micajah Woods a Confederate army major, she attended the Virginia Female Institute and was a Pan American Exposition beauty pick. Her retiring nature contrasted with public attention from the exposition selection.
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Eve
Gunny Southland
Atorne
Maure Coleman Woods
North America
Morrie
Hanover County
Misa Woods
Mike M.upe
Virginia Female Institute
Micajah Woods
Oldest W R C member Mrs Maria Allen of Elyria dies... (trimmed)
Mrs Maria Lowndes Allen known as Grandma Allen, oldest member of the Women's Relief Corps in Elyria Ohio, recently celebrated her 99th birthday. She joined the Elyria corps as the first charter member in 1880s, sent three sons to service in the Civil War and Spanish American War, lived in Elyria 67 years, and hoped to reach 100.
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Maria Lowndes Allen
Grandma Allen
Elyria
Ohio
Women's Relief Corps
Allen
Elyria Corps
William
Savannah
U. S. S. Fort Jackson
Ion
Richard Allen
Eighth
Fredericksburg
Douglas Hospital
Washington
James Allen
One Hundred and Third
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Cape Horn
Relief Corps
Lord Strathcona A Target Of London Prominent Attacks
The article notes bitter attacks by Canadian colony leaders in London aiming to dislodge Lord Strathcona from the post of high commissioner of Canada. It details his many honors including chancellor of McGill, Hudson Bay Company governor, Bank of Montreal president, and director roles at railroads. It recalls his rise from a poor lad to a Montreal figure with a grand home.
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Lord Strathcona
Lord
Strathcona
Mount Royal
London
Canada
Edward
Dominion
Lord Ethatroonaust
McGill University
Hudson Bay Company
Bank of Montreal
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Great Northern Railroad
Montreal
Private Cars Built From Old Pullman Coaches
A New York City refitting firm converts old Pullman coaches into private cars tailored to buyer wishes. Customers order parlor or dining room arrangements with varied price ranges from fifteen hundred to fifteen thousand dollars, creating stylish, comfortable private travel from castaway cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Revolutionary War Claim Liquidated by Treasury Department
A Revolution War claim for 400 dollars with a special value of 46 dollars was settled under the 1779 act. The liquidation by the Treasury Department shows total interest and principal of 12,906.20 dollars. The text references Rooking Reet and a dialogue involving Naggsby and a judge about rights at home.
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Treasury Department
Rooking
Quips and Quirks From a Roaring Patchwork Page
A collage of jokes and wry one liners from Punch Philadelphia Bulletin Philadelphia Press Boston Traveler Tit-Bits Cleveland Plain Dealer and others. The snippets feature puns mishearings duels with medicine dogs and poets and a mix of social blunders and curious observations.
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Commodore Perry
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Oliver Hasaré
Matthew Gelbraith Perry
Lake
Temple of Music
Buffalo
McKinley
Chicago Tribune
Hhis
Lees
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
Aecen
Tommy
Punch
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Tippecanoe
Philadelphia Press
Matie
Boston
Mr. Waters
Boston Transcript
Johnny
Billie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mia
Gadabout
Spink
Silas
Jason
Surfton
Ohio State Journal
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Reginald
Reginald Trallowe
Detroit Free Press
Washingston Star
Gotham
Iit
Yonkers Statesman
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