Townsend Seeks Absence on Roll Call in Bureaucratic Tale
Congressman Edward Townsend of New Jersey jokes he would rather be reported dead or absent than vote, recounting a story of a newspaper prank about a man who telegraphed his wife that he died. The piece contrasts Western banking credit based on reputation with Eastern security lending and notes a population dynamic where a simple ladder can clear a path for a crowd.
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Edward W. Townsend
New Jersey
Chimmie Fadden
Townsend
Caraon City
Nev
St. Louis
Tie
Seattle
National Bank
New York
San Francisco
Free Pleasures in London and the Swanage Relics
A London chronicler notes pleasures available for nothing as a down and out woman recalls Lent evenings from Westminster Abbey to St. Albans and Soho. The Swanage town displays moved London relics including the Mercers Hall facade and a Gothic clock tower from London Bridge, with iron street posts bearing St Ann's Soho and St Martin's-in-the-Field.
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London
Westminster Abbey
St. Alban's
Holborn
Soho
Clement's Inn
Swanage
Mercers' Hall
Cheapside
High Street
London Bridge
Duke of Wllington
St. Ann's Soho
St. Martin's-in-the-Field
London Chronicle
Rural Financier Dicker With Farmer Over Hauling Fee
Boggs escapes in his car and asks a passing farmer for help to move a machine. The farmer proposes one day of team use for $5 and jokes that after earning $5 he won’t work again until tomorrow. The dialogue reflects a humorous rural snag over labor and payment terms.
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Boggs
Harper's Weekly
When Roasting Meat In Oven Water Basins Prevent Scorch
Practical kitchen tip advises placing a basin of water in the oven while roasting to create steam. The steam reduces burning and helps the meat cook more evenly, improving results.
Fashion Note Watches vs Muffs for Seasonal Style
In a lighthearted note from the Dallas News a columnist endorses wearing a wrist watch in warm weather while suggesting men look better carrying a muff in winter. The piece plays with seasonal fashion norms in a playful tone.
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Dallaa News
Wigwam to Tent Conversions Among Montagnais
The Southern Workman notes drastic life shifts among Montagnais near Lake St. John as canvas tents replace birch bark wigwams. It highlights rapid setup, reduced wood use, and seasonal nomad patterns with camps forming and dispersing within days.
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Lake St. John
No Job for the Editor in Garden City Telegram
The Garden City Telegram quotes a pamphlet titled How to feed the baby and quips that as a single man with no baby the feeding would be handled by someone else, implying no personal stake in the advice.
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Garden City Telegram
Use for Household Pets as Mosquito Preventives
A Boston psychologist proposes using pets to combat despair and mosquito control in the Canal Zone. He cites cats and parrots as life anchors, while Army sanitary officials test concrete ditch linings and wind effects to reduce malaria transmission.
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Colin A. Scott
Boston Normal School
Chicago
Canal Zone
William C. Gorgas
Medical Corps
Army
Army and Navy Journal
Christmas Means Freedom for the Shopgirl
A persuasive note argues Christmas should be enjoyed by workers, insisting that extra preholiday labor harms the season. It urges forethought to spare shopgirls undue strain and ensure they can celebrate properly.
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Red&t
Manic Habits Named at Neurology Congress
A neurology congress reports labeled behaviors of growing men as maniacs of vanity moustache stroke mania for lip hair, drum major cane twirlers as strep zorhabdomania, ear finger touching as otodactylo mania, nail biting as onychophagomaniacs, finger drumming as harmoniomaniacs, and leg shaking as trepodo maniacs.
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Neurology
Depression's drag. cautious optimism questioned
In a Washington Star exchange, Mr Growcher admits the constant professional optimism wears thin as he resists the insistence on a perpetual cheerful attitude. The dialogue highlights the strain of forced positivity.
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Mr. Growcher
Washington Star
Lanterns in Belfry Signalled by Madcap Sexton Tale
A Boston Journal reminiscence recounts how a sexton allegedly hung lanterns in the Old North Church belfry after overhearing English officers. His muddy shoes led officers to misread the signal, prompting a chain of misunderstood actions and locked doors. The article then shifts to smallpox vaccination strides, noting low cases among U.S. troops and improved sanitation. It cites Dr. Rockhill's glycerine iodine treatment and red light room care as methods to reduce pockmarks and speed recovery.
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Wily Sexton
Old North Church
Boston Journal
Philippines
Army
Porto Rico
Rockhill
Cincinnati
Odor Detection Across Varied Environments
A nasal sense can discern hygienic and unhygienic odors such as sewer gas cellar air illuminating gas decaying fruit coal gas putrid meat new moon hay fresh country breezes frosty morning and ozone after a thunder shower.
Why the Ghost Walks on Pay Day
The New York Journal notes a cryptic exchange about a phrase linked to payday. The dialogue hints at spirits waging rage as workers receive wages, implying economic strain or social tension tied to salary timing.
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Jack
Steve
New York Journal
Defending the Guilty Man From a Chicago Court Tale
Frederick A Brown recalls defending a guilty highway robber in Judge Brentano s court The defendant admitted guilt after a clerk offered to waive the habitual criminal count for a guilty plea leading to the minimum sentence The man thanked the attorney for an easy path to punishment.
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Frederick A. Brown
Chicago
Brentano
Thirty-ninth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Darky
Foss
Died Cheering the Kaiser on a German Gun Boat
A Titanic era incident recalls German gun boat Iltis which sank near China on August 26, 1896. Survivor described how crew cheered the Kaiser as the band played with disciplined parade while officers and men went down.
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Birkenhead
Iltis
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