Brief Fun Anecdotes From Various Papers
Collected quips and short items retreating into humor from the Washington Star Philadelphia Press Ohio State Journal and other papers. Snatches include a boy wary of medicine schedules a dressmaker praising fitting a gown a farmer debating prices and a mix of light exchanges about ice cream and confederate money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Philadelphia Press
Johnnie
Ohio State Journal
Corntosel
Washington Star
How Demosthenes Won Out
A. D. An accidental stutterer Demosthenes overcame speech flaws by training with teachers and practice. He entered an annual oratorical contest and bet everything on a bold impersonation of a bashful stuttering youth, winning the medal and securing vaudeville work. His tale ends with a quip on finding one’s best stunt and using it to succeed.
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Sim
Isaac Anderton
N. Y
Social Rank of Hobart Under McKinley Era Noted
The Ladies' Home Journal reports that Vice President Hobart was regarded as equal to Crown princes socially, after inquiries by Lord Pauncefote into the custom shared with European monarchies. The ruling placed Hobart on a social footing with royal heads and high-ranking royals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Hoci
Pauncefote
Hobart
Ate
Bome Journal
Qualities of a Good Cigar in Tobacco Growing
The London Tit-Bita notes three key factors for cigar tobacco: color, burning style, and texture. A uniform light cinnamon brown, non moulded leaf that leaves a light ash, burning freely, and a soft glossy texture are required. Northern-grown tobaccos can achieve burn and texture but elusive flavor remains tied to soil and fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gure
London
Can Women Read More Readably Through Clubs and Classes
A writer cites a claim that many people cannot read well and skim gossip rather than important pages. She notes that women, influenced by clubs and classes, are increasingly reading more systematically and intelligently, improving the overall reading culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Joy White
Woman's Home Companion
Atmospheric depth estimates vary among scientists
The Belgian royal meteorological observatory published diverse calculations on air depth around Earth. Estimates range from Blot at 40 miles to Ritter at 216 miles, with British early 19th century figures at 47 miles. Sir Robert Ball notes meteors seen beyond 200 miles, suggesting Ritter’s higher estimate more accurate.
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Belgian
Royal Meteorological Observatory
Blot
Bravais
Mann
Callandrau
Schiaparelli
Marie Davy
Thitter
Great Britain
Robert Ball
Ritter
Whistler and the Misfit Hat in a London Shop
Lillian Baynee Griffin notes James Abbott McNeill Whistler as the most picturesque figure in American art today. He lives in England and stories about his eccentricities circulate. A London customer mistook him for a clerk and complained the hat did not fit. Whistler retorted that the coat did not fit either and disliked the trousers color.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Lillian Baynee Griffin
Ladies’ Home Journal
England
London
Old Bille Young Williams in Town Names
In Atchison Globe readers note a curious town quirk with many elder residents named Bill and young ones dubbed William, revealing local naming quirks and social nicknames.
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Old Bille
Young Williams
Bill
William
County Happenings in Hereinsville and Nearby
County news from Hereinsville lists visits by Philip Beamer in McCune Kansas and many locals in towns like Kumar City Dover Lexington and Blackburn. It notes relatives and shoppers from Kansas City St Louis and Independence plus holiday travels and church entertainments with extensive neighborly mentions and a shoe store sales note.
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Philip Beamer
McCune Kausas
F. L. Beach
Kumar City
Aay
Wellington and vicinity public schools close Friday
Local notes report a round of social visits and travel between Wellington and nearby towns. Residents include Dack and Carlisle in Lexington, Miss Boutlal Boom in Kansas City, Manns visiting Lexington, and many others from Wellington traveling for holidays and family gatherings. A serious assault case surfaces with Dr Braden, wound healing as investigations proceed.
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W. M. Dack
Lexington
Minnie Daniels
Kansas City
J. A. Emison
A. N. Woodard
Gevan Church
W. M. Jackson
Ethel Emison
M. M. Lockhart
Edgar Hamm
Chillicothe Normal School
H. W. Carter
J. F. Larkin
J. A. Lockhart Hay
Dr. Braden
Braden
Wellington
Waterloo
Fine Lafayette Farms For Sale Nine good farms offered
Nine farms range 108 to 200 acres located between Higginsville Dover Higginnville Aullville and Johneon county plus 480 acre Krngman county wheat belt farm. Properties lie near railroad schools and churches with liberal payment terms and some 2 to 3 year options. For details inquire Todhun ter and Bon in Rayt-Deak room Intelligencer office.
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Lafayette
Higginsville
Dover
Higginnville
Aullville
Higginsville Sodone
Johneon County
Kansas
Krngman County
Todhunter
Bon
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Liebe
Demosthenes
Gwnply
Whistler and the Misfit Hat
County News
Hereinsville
Sam Fowler
Sid Wilson
Corder
Weitherluy
Henry Herson
Wowa
Near Corder
Wesley Huddleston
Miss Pearl Roberts
Pascal Beamer
Blackburn
Clarence Vivian
Fletcher Groves
Mrs. Blakely
C. P. Benton
Lee Benton
Joe Page
St. Louis
Arthur Breipohl
H. H. McDaniel
Racine
Wis
Will Barnes
Oklahoma
A. Barnes
Roe Lawrence
Walter Gray
Assumption, Ill
Annie Tabb
J. L. Hitt
Wigginsville
John Summers
Alma
Philips
F. W. Dailey
Mayview
Edith Barger
Eureka
Kan
L. L. Dake
Mabel Monroe
Bessie Mathews
John W. Willis
Barton Bros. Shoe Co
Walter McPherson
EB. V. Jobnett
M. Summers
Vear Alma
Lafayette Groves
L. E. Hartman
L. L. Cassell
Little Son of Independence
Dooley
J. W. Browning
A. Hickman
Will Griffith
Will Browning
Minnie Moore
Grand Pass
Misses Hartman
Reading
Ida Beasley
Sweet Springs
J. C. Beasley
M. T. Hartman
Laura Noyes
Mollie Peddicord
Teachers’ Association
Arthur Knipmeyer
State University
Hy, Knipmeyer
Lotta Corder
Pickertt College
Glasgow
John Wilson
Edwin Meinershagen
Quincy
Ill
Will Payne
A A. Bonham
Jennie Shone
Sam Downing
Shelbyville
S. A. Vermillion
Roadhouse
Lil
Santa
Mary McCollum
Missouri City
Effie Craig
Gratz A Co
Wellington and Vicinity
Uy Leanma
Frank Carlisle
Lesington
de F W. Mann
Henry Belnkman
J. L. Mann & Co
F. F. Moeller
J. Ajr. Chamberlin
Greenton
Oscar Westerman
Chana Cole
Price Crutsinger
Henry Bartlett
EB. J. Westerhouse
Havana
Cuba
George Chamberlin
R. F. Mahony
Bates City
Delphia Dillinghaus
Susie Thomas
Walter Moke
Warrensburg Normal School
Town
W. J. Carpenter
Independence
B. D. Ragland
Robert
Jackson Carter
A. F. Oberhelman
Napoleon
William Tuecker
G. W. Alenbaugh
Lexington Township
George McVeey Sedalia
George Stovall
J. A. Mann
Rayt
Deak
Intelligencer
Grand Opera Hovse
Ino
Fitz & Webster’s
George W. Bates
the Equitable Life Insurance Co
of New York
Lexington, Mo
W. P. Aull
Lexington, Fo
Jacobs
Tuitesville
Ray County
Muo
Liza Mattox
Wilbur Brown
New Grand Opera House
New England
New York City
Manhattan Theatre
Great Academy of Music
D. Heeckers Bakery and Candy Kitchen
Lucy Jackson
Probate Court of
Lafayette Conty
Migseuri
Clatma Agatnet
Henry
Wallace
Adiminteree Tne
Traders Tank
Said Traders Bank
Otis
McCatsland
Cihtexsnaw
Tiemerntwrr
Dee
Burlington
Illington
Daly Colorado
Utah
Black Hilh
Seashore
Adirondacks
Ada
Michigan Lakes
Mackinaw
Chicago
Cleveland
Everth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ia Superior
California
THF
Eco York
America
Staudstone
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