Suave Henry McKinley and the Stony Harrison Stare
Washington report profiles President McKinley and President Harrison in contrasting styles for handling office seekers. It recalls Senator Teller’s Colorado moments, Nevada’s William M. Stewart, and Missouri’s Cockrell, depicting long tenure and curating power in the Senate.
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Teller
Senate
Cockrell
Missouri
Washington
McKinley
White House
Cleveland
Harrison
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Jefferson County
Denver
Senator Teller
Misplaced Tandem Tease Ends With Narrow Exit
A cyclist named Baxter spots a girl in cycling attire near a tandem and misreads the scene. He asks if she seeks an accomplice, they ride off, then return the bike, and she stops nearby leaving Baxter to slip away into darkness. The piece captures a comic mix up and social misread on a city avenue.
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Baxter
Tandem Ag
Cycling Gazette
The Feathered Hobo Sparrows Hop Free Rides
Depot superintendent Sanford notes English sparrows as tramp birds riding the pilot of one locomotive to another during long trips. A reporter observes a flock beneath the union depot sheds as a Missouri Pacific engine arrives and sparrows hop onto a Burlington engine before the train departs.
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Sanford
Burlington
Kansas City Times
Burns Wins Dinner With Two Strangers in Ayr Tale
The youth Robert Burns in Ayr dines with two strangers who challenge him to rhyme for the meal. Burns writes a verse about Johnny Peep and sheep, prompting the diners to exclaim that he must be Robbie Burns. The tale appears in the New Castle Chronicle.
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Burns
Robert Burns
Ayr
Johnny Peep
Robbie Burns
New Castle
England
Chronicle
Sundial Bets Change Watch Story From Grand Jury Dinner
A west of Ireland grand jury foreman shows a gold watch at a dinner and bets arise on accuracy. When no clear winner is found one quips that the sundial in the garden and a lantern will settle the bets, adding humor to the tale.
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Senate
Senator Cockrell
Missouri
Aateta W. Downe. Brin
Ireland
The Sapper and the Sentry at Gibraltar
A London Globe witticism recounts a sentry and sapper exchange near Gibraltar where the sapper boasts of his companion and the sentry grants passage. A Chicago News quip contrasts time waste with punctuality, as a minister and a businessman debate time lost to others' appointments.
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Gibraltar
Sapper
London Globe
Chicago Newa
Filibustering Tactics In Both Houses Of Congress
Forty years ago politics and procedure in Washington differed from today. The piece notes a proposal to raise topographical survey funding, discusses how filibusters function in both chambers, and contrasts historical record keeping with modern parliaments, highlighting figures like Cannon and Reed and mentioning regional mineral interests and building bills.
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Congress
Omar Khayyam through a spring of sorrow
A literary excerpt notes Omar Khayyam with lines on spring and sorrows, as quoted by Arthur J. Stringer in Bookman. The passage evokes memory and water imagery to reflect on time and loss.
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Arthur J. Stringer
Bookman
Isotherms explained beyond school definitions
The piece clarifies isotherms on maps show sea level temperatures and latitude effects, not true elevations. It notes altitude lowers observed temperatures and gives examples from Pike's Peak to sea level adjustments, with Mill's explanation of 1 F per 270 feet. Weather charts differ by recording actual readings.
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Beography
Pike’s Peak
Coney Island
H. R. Mill
Tropics
New York Sun
William Black Idle on Public Admiration of His Characters
Sir Wemyss Reid recalls William Black rarely discussed his work and once spoke by the Brighton sea front about writing sane, honest characters. He argued many people are not villains and he seeks to portray sane people rather than sensational moral deformities.
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William Black
Sir Wemyss Reid
Reid
Black
Brighton
Some Went to Glory in The Cornhill Magazine
A district nurse describes sick cases during the narrator’s absence. She blends professional restraint with tactful candor, noting some patients have "gone straight to glory" while others are "nicely on the mend."
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Cornhill
A Deadly Grudge Sparks Harsh Word Exchange
The Detroit Journal notes sharp exchanges and biting jibes over trust and loyalty as readers share opinions on rivals. Quotes from Chicago News and New York Law illustrate public digs and sly wisdom about advice and wealth.
King Row in Senate Faces Unlucky Tag and Power Seats
Senate’s famed king row on the Republican side hosts influential members like Allison Hale Hoar Proctor Lodge Pettigrew Wolcott McMillan with fears of bad luck for re election. Maps for schools bill seeks public school distribution of US Geological maps. Edwin De Leon heirs await $471.11 claim passage. Speaker Reed backs the old claim after Dolliver’s investigation and urging. Hoar has long made Washington address a yearly hobby by reading George Washington’s farewell.
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Congress
Senate
House
Reed
Committee On Rules
Messrs
Henderson
Dalzell
Bailey and Richardson
Washington
Tech
Allison
Hale
Hoar
Proctor
Lodge
Pettigrew
Wolcott
McMillan
Elkins
West Virginia
Chandler
King Row
Gear
Iowa
Dawes
Massachusetts
Dolph
Oregon
Dubois
Idaho
Davis
Minnesota
United States
General Land Office
Binger Hermann
The
Land Office
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France
Russia
Mexico
Oregon Territory
Bill
Garfield Hospital
Agnes
Marie de Leon
Edwin de Leon
Egypt
Treasury Department
Treasury
Dolliver
Committee On
Committee On Claims
Senator Hoar
George Washington
John J. Ingalls
Ingalls
Senator Walcott
Colorado
Arthur W. DuNn
Remarkable 18th Century Cutter Joanne Koetren Described
A Lewiston Journal feature recounts the life of Joanne Koetren born in Amsterdam about 200 years ago. She set aside painting music and embroidery to master paper cutting producing landscapes marine views flowers and portraits praised by Peter the Great and German empresses. Her works were valued by rulers and now rest in favorites of Vienna's Royal Art Gallery.
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Joanne Koetren
Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
Peter the Great
Germany
Leopold
Royal Art Gallery
Vienna
Adrian Block
Lewiston Journal
The Lady The Winner In An Elevator Gaffe
In a Chicago office building a mixed group riding an elevator created a playful scene. A clerk and several workers mistook the next floor for the intended stop as the car jostled upward after the conductor misread a call. The conductor remarked that the lady wins as the car moved on.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
Insider recounts early near defeat and fraud fear
A congressman recalls his first bid for office ending in a narrow loss due to a precinct’s fraud risk. An old ally oversaw votes and later sent the ballots to ensure his defeat could not be repeated, prompting him to demand honest, knowledgeable oversight in politics.
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Washington Star
Congress
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North American Review
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