Renovations Reveal Bright Red Brownstone Statuary Hall
The Statuary Hall restoration funded by a 15060 appropriation updates include an iron roof replaced by plaster casts, a gilded ceiling with a lantern skylight, 800 hidden electric lights, and a new marble paneling with sienna tones. Government printing office expands to 4000+ staff as patents surge with 45562 mechanical patents in the past year. The British embassy undergoes interior modernization while chrysanthemums bloom at the Agriculture Department exhibit. The White House alters entrances with the north door reserved for the president and family, new eastern basement entry to be used by visitors.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Government Printing Office
Connecticut Avenue
Michael Henry Herbert
England
Washington
White House
Carl Schofield
Dickens Relives Harrowing 1842 Cleveland Sandusky Ride
The article recounts Charles Dickens 1842 voyage by stagecoach from Cleveland to Sandusky describing corkscrew turns, rider jolts, and a corduroy road landscape. It notes American roads then poor but improved since, with emphasis on a nation’s transport condition half a century ago.
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Dickens
Cleveland
Sandusky
Charles Dickens
America
Samus Oo
St. Paul's
Village Names in Peking And Words On Kindness
Curious village names from Peking such as The Street of the Roasted Corn and Sun Family Bull Village illustrate local naming traditions. The piece also cautions against thoughtless words, urging kindness and timely expressions of appreciation before those spoken to are gone. It also notes painless death myths and praises the fearless humming bird in conflicts with larger foes.
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Peking
Sun
Wang
Arthur H. Smith
China
Humming Bird
Frost Alarm Bells for California Fruit Crops
Electric frost alarm devices using a relay coil thermometer and bell warn growers when temperatures drop below a set point. Adjustable for use in greenhouses, the system sounds the alarm a few degrees above danger to protect crops.
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California
Scotch butler commands beef plate for master
A frugal Scotish servant at a significant dinner, after failing to persuade, places a beef plate before his master and declares he cannot find another customer for it. The reminiscence hints at Balderstone through economical speech and a stern gift of serving.
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Caleb Balderstone
Two Charms of Wealth and Health in Comic Dialogue
A short humorous piece features Miss Millyan One praising health and money and Deadbroke replying that unity needs both. The exchange appears in the Illustrated Bits section as light entertainment dialogue.
Why They No Longer Speak
A fragmentary romance themed exchange questions reunion in the hereafter. An unnamed speaker offers to endure fire for a loved one as the Pittsburg Presa is referenced as the source.
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Pittsburg
DANGER IN POISON IVY AND SIMPLE REMEDIES
A New York Tribune summary explains how to identify poison ivy Rhus toxico dendron and related plants Rhus radicans and Rhus venenata. It notes ivy is a low shrub or vine with three leaflets and greenish berries, warns visitors to avoid it, and suggests baking soda solution as a first aid antidote.
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Gue
New York Tribune
Artist finds bread and kindness in Connecticut farm
An artist traveling through a Connecticut countryside sketches a barn scene. Lacking a rubber eraser he asks the farmer for a dry bread eraser, but the farmer’s wife offers a full meal saying she cares not why he is hungry and he shall have a good dinner.
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Connecticut
Fagners
The Nest of the Kingfisher
Maurice Thompson describes the kingfisher as a prolific hole borer, noting its round bank entrances and jug shaped nests. He admires the bird's swoops into clear brook water, its turquoise gleam, and its tireless appetite for minnows while angling.
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Kingfisher
Maurice Thompson
Two Things That Scare a Negro in Southern Legend
A fragment lists two fears of Southern African Americans the cracking of finger joints and being stepped over while lying on the ground. It connects finger joints with bone rattling and claims stepping over harms adults and inhibits children’s growth. A boy commands a friend to reverse stepping over to break the spell.
Uncle Sam's Recruits Qualifications for Soldiers
The article lists age limits from twenty to twenty five, enough strength to lift a 100 pound weight to chest level, a height of at least 4 feet 8 inches, the ability to run seven miles in an hour, and good character as requirements for recruits.
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Uncle Sam
Measles inquiry echoes in young boy’s concern
In a Harper's Bazar dialogue, William Slimson asks his mother if kindness to the sick is valued. Mrs. W. Slimson affirms and explains her wish to always show care, prompted by his concern for a measles-struck neighbor.
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William Slimson, Jr
W. Slimson
Willie
William
Harper’s Bazar
The Poet's Explanation in a Chicago News Snippet
A humorous exchange frames a poet and his wife discussing the meaning of embers of the dying year. The husband hints that November and December symbolize the waning months with a fiendish grin.
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Chicago News
Long Time Between Meals
A humorous quip from a child in the Atlanta Constitution about eating only on publication dates, suggesting readers may go hungry between issues.
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Atlanta Constitution
Quite Strennons, Summer Hotel Proprietor
The piece presents a humorous exchange at a hotel where proprietor Quite Strennons boasts that nearly all his waiters are college students. A guest comments on their service implying they provide attentive guests experiences while working through college.
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Coleg
Brooklyn Lite
To Guard the Treasure Customer What News
A short, garbled exchange discusses guarding a coal delivery and guarantees safe transport. The snippet shows a dealer affirming delivery and guards being sent to ensure security. Names and clear context are missing due to OCR errors.
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Sgtra
Life in Peril and Recovery with Electric Bitters
Alfred Bee of We, Texas describes severe biliousness and fatigue that left him unable to eat or sleep. After using Electric Bitters, he reports restored sleep, appetite, strength, and energy for work. The ad claims the remedy brings health to weak, sickly people and urges a purchase at 50¢ in H. Scallin's drug store.
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Alfred Bee
Tex
An Artist's Lament And Promised Health Boost
Otto Lasins notes a Zurich walk with Bocklin as the artist marvels at autumn colors and sky. The diary then extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic that increases blood quality, nourishes nerves, and builds lasting strength without alcohol or stimulants.
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Otto Lasins
Bocklin
Zurich
Pierce
Golden
Uncle Lige Leaves Wife for Excessive Virtue in Mountain Cabin
In a North Carolina mountain tale, Uncle Lige Downs laments his wife Aunt Hootie’s saintly goodness. He cannot endure such virtue, says the cabin shines with glory yet he remains a “black spot” unfit beside her. He plans to go alone to find space for himself.
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Lise
North Carolina
Old Lige Downs
Uncle Lige
Missy
Yessum
Hootie
Hull
Lige
Rippling Language of Hawaii Provokes Laughs
A Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman visiting the Hawaiian Islands noted the musical euphony of names like Honolulu Oahu Kilauea Hilo Mauna Loa and Liliuokalani. He recalled one town Spreckelsville as an exception and told a joke about a steamer trip to Nawilly-willy that always drew laughs.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Oahu
Kilauea
Hilo
Mauna Loa
Kamahamaha
Liliuokalani
Brooklyn
Spreckelsville
Nawilly-willy
New York Tribune
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Gale Block
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LAW
Fiitchell, S. D
E. F. Reamer, M. D
Mitchell, South Dakota
May & Luchy
Cailors
Burkart
Main Street
Sapolio
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg
Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Ill
L. E. Stair
Tyagi
Cires
Iana Loe
L.E. Stair
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J. &. Walsh
West Et
Mecough Side
Iowa
D. W. Burright
Security Bank
F. H. Hart
Will
Davison
Salem, S. D
Peaung
SPAAK
Gotzian Propuer
Propariators of Minnesota Swee Co
St.paul,minn
Sont
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