Clever Ruse for Information From a Banker
A Parig merchant trades with Japan and seeks the name of Yokohama’s failed firm. He offers a banker a ten-name list to identify the firm without naming it. The banker agrees, fearing responsibility. The merchant reveals only one name is genuine. all others are fictitious, exposing the ruse. Also included are brief jokes about a doctor mistaking a half penny for a sovereign and a man returning home unable to stay in hotels.
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Parig
Japan
Yokohama
London Mail
London Family Herald
Quips on Knights and Ladies Gloves from Papers
A Baltimore American quip contrasts old knights rejoicing on receiving a lady's glove with modern humor about a girl giving back a mitten. The Chicago Recordstter reflects on Mrs. Grundy and distant in-laws in a light, humorous tone.
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Knights of Old
Baltimore American
Liberty's Nose and Arm Lengths of Statue of Liberty
The Baltimore American notes measurements of the statue in New York Harbor. The nose is four feet six inches long. The eye span across is two feet six inches. The right arm holding the torch reaches forty two feet.
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Liberty
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
The Human Factory and the Mind as Engine
A reflection inspired by Gerald Stanley Lee in Atlantic Magazine compares a human to a factory. The brain acts as headquarters while subconscious "machines" labor in the basement, supplying power and perception as the person grows.
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Gerald Stanley Lee
Atlantic Magazine
Birth of German Empire After Versailles Proclamation
The piece notes the German Empire's formation with William I crowned emperor after the 1870 71 events, beginning with the North German Confederation parliament requesting the Prussian king to assume the imperial title and the Versailles proclamation on January 18 1871, followed by the opening of the first Reichstag in Berlin on March 25 and the constitutional adoption on April 14 1871. It then shifts to brief quips: The Tramp's Excuse from Meggendorfer Blatter, a description of the bagpipes with notes and Gaelic terms, and a witty remark on reluctance in doing sleazy work.
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German Empire
North German Confederation
Baden
Hesse-Darmstadt
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Williiam
Prussia
William I
Versailles
Berlin
Philadelphia Press
Tariff Session Delayed Currency Bills to December
Washington reports Major ty Leader Underwood says the president will call an extraordinary session within days to focus on tariff revisions. He notes banking and currency legislation may be addressed next December, with committees organized to prepare currency bills. Plans include Philippine independence debate if tariff moves stall.
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Underwood
House
Washington
Wilson
White House
Congress
Senate
House Banking
Jones
Mirginia
Joe Cannon
Danville
Speaker Admitted to Bar to Help Friends
Washington March 13 Speaker Champ Clark was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the United States on Judge Sheppard Bartlay's motion. Clark said he delayed for ten years but would not likely have any business before the court, yet many friends urged him to obtain admission to move their applications.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Sheppard Bartlay
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Delaware House Passes 55 Hour Week for Women and Child Labor Law
Dover March 18 Delaware enacts a 55 hour week for women with labor limits not covering house servants or nurses. The house also approves a child labor bill permitting widows and mothers to have their children help at home while barring under fours from factory work except in summer, and restricting newspaper vending.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
Cuba veto blocks gambling privileges for horse racing
In Havana on March 13 President Gomeís vetoed a bill that would have allowed gambling privileges for horse racing and jai alai betting. The measure, passed as a favor to the Cuban Sporting association, was backed by American and Cuban capital.
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Cuba
Havana
Gomeés
Cuban Sporting Association
Guardsmen mobbed suffragist parade in Washington
Witnesses before the senate investigating committee described rough policemen and weak crowd control at the suffrage parade. Elizabeth Ballock called the special police coarse and flippant while others noted ineffective enforcement. Some crowd disruptions included a guard assault on a float and a drunken intruder, though public order members defended the police’s efforts given crowd density.
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Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Elizabeth A. Ballock
Joe H. Hasbrouck
Randolph Forrest
Hasbrouck
Mila Waimbaugh
Cambridge
Citizens’ Committee On Public Order
Walter A. Brown
T. Percy Meyers
Mr. Brown
Fiery speech tube burns electrician's eyebrow
James Henderson of Drake Avenue New Rochelle suffered a burn to his right eyebrow when a lighting match ignited paraffin insulation inside a speaking tube used to repair a bell at 242 Main Street. A gust blew down the tube causing the flame to travel from the lower end.
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New York
James Henderson
Drake Avenue
New Rochelle
Henderson
Main Street
Knight Bill Prohibits All Gambling at Race Tracks
Albany March 14 A new anti race track gambling bill introduced by Assemblyman Knight seeks to overturn a recent appellate division decision. It would bar any betting on tracks and deems participation in selling bookmaking or recording bets as a misdemeanor.
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Knight
Albany
N. Y
Appellate Division
Assemblyman Knight
Weather forecast shows increasing clouds and rain likely
Increasing cloudiness today with rain probable tonight and tomorrow. Moderate to brisk southeast winds.
Our Universe of Stars and Curious Ancient Economics
Readings from the Lick observatory reveal our universe is larger than thought and the sun drifts northward at twelve miles per second. The north star is a triple system. A New York American note surveys historical metal values through centuries, while London Answers warns of drinking eau de cologne and lavender essence as intoxicants. A Kansas City Star quip sketches a freshman and a senior pun over pneumonia. Mrs Dorkins chides John for dozing as she speaks, and he answers with a sly drift into a quip about plogogiuiing.
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Lick Observatory
Graduate Astronomical Department
University of California
San Francisco Argonaut
London
England
Politeness in a Housewife Toward Her Husband
A Chicago Tribune quote defines politeness as a housewife’s consistent consideration for her husband even when he spills coffee on the tablecloth. The remark frames everyday courtesy as a flexible virtue extended to intimate family ties.
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Chicago Tribune
Too Successful Republics Law in Berlin and a Dishonest Traveler
Two anecdotes appear in this clipping. First a German unfair competition law bans physicians from curing rheumatism, prompting expulsion of an English doctor who claimed cures. The second tale involves a detective testing a stranger at a foreign hotel who hands over a bill of fare as a passport description, yielding a humorous misread of his meals.
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Berlin
Germany
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Tate
Boston
How Unfortunate Deaths in a Fractured Note
Fragmentary text references a person named Richart and a death, with disjoint phrases like She- Fea,yoo and Filegende Blatter appearing as garbled names. The readable core notes an unfortunate event tied to a death date but lacks coherent facts, locations, or actions to confirm details or context.
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Richart
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