Controversy Over Early American Presidential Titles
A history note recalls the 1789 Senate debate on bestowing royal style upon Washington. Delegates proposed titles like His Highness and a throne for the president, while Jefferson and Maclay opposed such forms as improper for a republic. The motion to strike the prefatory words failed to gain lasting momentum.
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United States
Senate
Washington
United States of America
John Adams
William Maclay
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Maclay
Robert Morris
Pennsylvania
New York
John Randolph
Adame
Jefferson
Europe
Committee On Titles
Barries Hat Recalled in Barrie Greenwood Dinner Tale
The allk tall hat worn by Sir James M. Barrie at early play rehearsals was likely the same hat bought to impress Frederick Greenwood. Barrie recalled buying his first silk hat to impress Greenwood the day he arrived in London and keeping it for decades as it influenced his literary career.
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Barrie
Tom
James M. Barrie
Atll
Frederick Greenwood
Greenwood
John Morley
London
Pilgrim
Thrums
St. James's Gazette
Westminster
Eng
The Sun May Collapse In a Crowded Sky
In a Syracuse Journal excerpt readers are warned by astronomers that the sun, aging and shrinking by 92 million miles in radius, could end its life in a solar system ending finale. The piece likens cosmic crowding to a three room apartment crowded by relatives during summer.
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Syracuse Journal
Diplomacy and kindness to the poor discussed
A brief dialogue contrasts Harold and Doris on be generous to the poor. Doris warns that fortunes can swing quickly and the poor may rise, urging ongoing compassion.
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Harold
Doris
Righteous Indignation Exchange Over Sleepless Baby
A dramatic line exchanges between Mrs. Jones and Jones reveal tension over a wakeful baby. Jones accuses the infant’s sleeplessness as hereditary, blaming late-night caregiving as the cause.
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Mrs. Jones
Jones
Bulb Trade Struggles Amid War Disruptions
Wartime shortages ravage the Dutch bulb industry once thriving on hyacinths, snowdrops, and crocuses. Growers report bulbs fed to hogs as prices collapse from earlier high values. Despite shortages, experts expect the trade to rebound after the conflict, with the season starting as hyacinths bloom in spring.
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Netherlands
ALways Lovers of Liberty Quote from Burke
A passage presents Edmund Burke praising American colonial zeal for liberty. It argues colonists resist coercion, prize freedom under English principles, and oppose abstract liberty detached from tradition and law.
Oldest Tree in Anuradhapura Revered Bo Tree Stands
In the ruined city of Anuradhapura a venerable Bo tree, possibly the world’s oldest, remains green and thriving. Pilgrims visit the shrine as ancient priests guard the spot, while tiny monkeys swing in the branches, seen as sacred by faith.
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Anuradhapura
India
California
Gautama
Anuradha-pure
Unsuited to His Use in Hotel Luggage Sale
The Indianapolis News reports supervisor Pfirman at a leading hotel gathers unclaimed guest items for an annual auction. A guest left a new suit with a note for the man who can use it best, and Pfirman finds it suited to his use. A pink modish corset also arrives for sale as unclaimed property.
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Si Pfirman
Pfirman
Indianapolis News
A Little Unreasonable Baseball Wardrobe Debate
A mother wants Johnny to be neat and orderly while the father argues against over reproving him for returning with a mussed baseball suit. The exchange reflects parental tension over standards and fairness in child discipline.
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Johnny
Mother
Father
Saving Pa’s Money Thrifty Thrift Stamp Demand
A light exchange on teaching children thrift ends with a quip that kids beg for quarters to buy thrift stamps. The pair humorously notes the cost of saving and the frequent requests from the youngsters.
A Victim Relieved in War Draft Ban Clothes Joke
The quotation reveals relief after enlisting in the draft. A speaker jokes that now none of his relatives may borrow his clothes, since his status has changed and is legally protected from family borrowing.
Mischief Maker Says One Peacemaking Effort
A quotation exchange notes that quarrels can start from one meddlesome person, countering the idea that two are always needed. The line hints at blame and responsibility in conflict, with the phrase it takes two to make a quarrel challenged by a single instigator.
Dictaphone Record of Orders Prevents Dispatch Errors on Rail
A Missouri electric railway dispatcher uses a dictaphone attached to the telephone to record orders given to conductors along the line. The device starts when the receiver is lifted and records dated instructions for later reference in disputes over how orders were issued.
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Popular Mechanics
Missouri
Frightfulness Under Nighttime Burglary Fear
In a tense exchange, a child named Dot ponders deception to protect herself from a break-in. The dialogue with Mamma reveals a plan to convince a burglar there is a savage mouse by scratching the bedpost. The tone mixes fear with practical improvised defense.
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Little Dot
Dot
Right on the Job In Airplane Propeller Incident
A Birmingham Age-Herald item notes a man who previously disrupted a boat scene was seen recently. He reportedly stuck his walking cane into the propeller of an airplane during a mechanic's test, an act described as damp and hooligan in tone.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
At the Asylum Visitor and Keeper Exchange Curious Exchange
A visitor at the asylum remarks on a patient jabbering over his paper while the keeper explains the man began by trying to fill a questionnaire unaided. The exchange highlights the patient's initial independence and subsequent difficulties.
Embarrassing Witness in Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom exchange questions how close a person must be to recognize a cow on land. The witness replies the distance from the counsel is sufficient to illustrate the judge may not expect precise recognition. The remark highlights courtroom wit in a humor magazine excerpt.
Briggins Targeted as Grafter Not Profiteer
In a discussion on Briggins GMALL FRY classifies him as a grafter rather than a profiteer, noting he avoids the large figures and stays away from the three syllable class of schemes.
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Briggins
Notions of Enmity and Temper in Wartime Rhetoric
The exchange notes dissent on hatred toward enemies and proposes maintaining composure to defeat opponents efficiently. It reflects wartime debate over discipline, strategy, and the humane aspects of conflict.
Calves Rested In Cow Slips Joke Prompted Attentive Banter
A humorous exchange among men about calf bedding ends with a joke that calves are dressed in cow slips. The quip showcases light wit and the newspaper’s lighthearted tone.
Local Exchange Echoes A Humorous Quip
A clipped domestic exchange features Mrs. Jagsby mocking a gay crowd remark and Mr. Jabsby retorting about an hour earlier when they believed themselves among the group. The dialogue captures social tension and humor in a brief domestic vignette.
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Mrs. Jagsby
Mr. Jabsby
Birmingham Age-Herald
Three's a Crowd Entertainer Plans Visitor for Soldier
A rookie reports a young woman offering every Tuesday night at her camp to entertain a soldier with cake hot chocolate singing and company. The sergeant declines and asks for her address to enforce limits.
Domestic relations court hearing described as frail woman vs brute
A brief exchange in court depicts a frail woman with a husband described as a brute petitioning a judge for relief in a domestic relations case. The caller notes the case as a rather pathetic example in the morning session.
Two Falls to Fear in Wartime Romance
A woman frets for her sweetheart sent to war. She fears he may die in battle or fall in love with a Red Cross nurse if he survives. The dialogue frames a domestic wartime anxiety over love and danger.
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Red Cross
Daylight Saving Debate Affects Domestic Talk
A saver quotes a wife asking her husband about daylight saving and he muses that he stays out at night, suggesting he would prefer not to have daylight at all.
Tools Needed to Make a Modern Rifle
The Popular Science Monthly notes that 997 cutting tools are needed to manufacture a modern rifle with the twist drill among the busiest. To produce 1,000,000 rifles, 94,000,000 holes must be drilled. Other weapons and devices such as shrapnel torpedoes machine guns biplanes motor trucks and antiaircraft guns require 70 to 5,000 holes each.
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Popular Science Monthly
Making Good and the Never-Ending Push for Success
A New York World passage extols relentless self-improvement. It compares continuous achievement to a Walter editor’s duty: keep producing quality work, then surpass past feats to earn lasting respect. The piece links this ethic to business and personal ambition across eras.
Oldest Living Woman Near 134 in German PosEn
The city of Posen in the German province awaits the arrival of Frau Gretchen Dutkiewitz who is said to be approaching her 134th birthday. She has spent most of her life in Posen and was young during Napoleon's era, according to the latest European news reaching the city.
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Frederick the Great
Fraud Dutkiewits
Voltaire
Europe
America
New York World
Posen
Gretchen Dutkiewitz
Fearless cooks praised by a Paris journalist
M Paul Biraults, editor of the Bulletin des Armees de la Republique, after visiting the British front, said the Royal Dublin Fusiliers’ cooks impressed him most, cooking unarmed under shell fire as their mobile kitchen rolled into view.
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M. Paul Biraults
Bulletin Des Armees de la Republique
Paris
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Why so unhappy my man I embezzler confesses
A joke in the Sunday Herald quotes a man confessing embezzlement. He says he has paid back the money and will not be sent to jail, but loses his job, lamenting the loss of a soft snap.
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Tve
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Women Pay on the Dot Rent Reform from War Surplus
The war has shifted purchasing power in the British Isles to women. Landlords report rent is paid more regularly, reflecting this change in economic conditions during the European conflict.
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British Isles
Caution From Doctor On Throat Remedy Warns Against Overdose
A singer recalls a family doctor warning him about a powerful throat remedy given to aid singing. The doctor cautions to beware an overdose while he jokes with Miss Caustique about cautious doctors.
Socialist rogue hides in business rhetoric
A satirical quip: “A socialist is never a business” mocks the idea by noting the only socialist the speaker knew pursued profit for himself and friends, always calculating how much of the world could be taken for a current possess.
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