International Wrangle Over New Baghdad Railway
The Bardad railway project becomes an international dispute as Russia joins Germany against Britain and France. Turkey consents to a line to Constantinople, with routes through the Taurus passes to Mosul and Baghdad, while British plans for a direct transcontinental route may counter this. Historic sites along the line would be accessible to travelers including Rebekah well and Nesebur ruins.
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Bardad
Europe
Potsdam
Russia
Great Britain
France
Germany
Bagdad
Persia
Constantinople
Mediterranean
Wregli-Borgulu
Mosul
Rowell
Persian Gulf
India
Bagdad Road
Rebekah
Nesebur
Haran
Ter
Nabanaid
Crassus
Congress set to name Underwood as Ways and Means Chair
The Sixty-second Congress will see Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama named chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. A Kentucky native and 16-year House veteran, Underwood is regarded as Speaker-designate Champ Clark’s choice and leads the Democratic minority on the panel.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Underwood
House
Champ Clark
Kentucky
National House of Representatives
Birmingham
New South
Guderwooad
Flo
Aked Epigram on Brigotes Pup of Ore Brilliance
The text presents Br. Aked speaking at Path Avenue Baptist Church New York likening the Brigotes to a pup of ore and a brilliant light. It conveys a metaphor comparing illumination to effort and outcome in a concise preacherly remark.
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Chapman Catt
Colony Club
New York
Mrs. Chapman Cait
Br. Aked
Chutes
Trunk Expresses Itself and Trains for Collars
A whimsical tale of a trunk that learns to speak and causes trouble for its owner. After mischief and travel from Chicago to San Francisco, a baggage master orders it checked to end the disturbance. Included are riddles, games, and childlike reflections from a 19th or early 20th century page.
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San Pfranesco
Chicago
Lim
Bobby the Master of Smiles in Youth's Companion Verse
A playful portrait recalls “Our Bobby, M.O.” as a joyful figure not pursuing a degree yet always cheerful. The stanza hints at his nickname Master of Smiles and ties to Youth's Companion with light humor.
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Bobby
Education and Instinct in Two Vignettes
A Detroit Free Press poem by Edgar A. Guest warns of trouble approaching quietly as a warning against prying. The piece contrasts quiet patience with inevitable confrontation and ends with a quip about recognizing trouble. A Success Magazine anecdote features Jacob Wendell Jr. dining when a man claims he can bark better as the dog in Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird. Wendell replies that he had to learn.
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Mister Trouble
Edgar A. Guest
Detroit Free Press
Jacob Wendell, Jr
Maeterstack
Weill
Wendell
Success Magazine
What is a gent and other brief satirical clippings
A collage of humorous if dated exchanges from various papers. The excerpts mock social manners with lines about a gent, bread, calisthenics, and a street encounter, illustrating light satire on class and propriety.
Frantic Essay Advice: Front Word Choice Questioned
A professor at Pumpernickel College questions a student's use of the word front in an English essay. The exchange reveals tensions over vocabulary and writing style in the classroom setting.
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Dobbson
Pumpernickel College
Gabble’s Wife Quiet After Portrait Payoff
In Baltimore American remarks on Gabble's wife who once spoke constantly now silent. A fashionable artist painted her miniature and was paid extra to say her mouth looked adorable in repose.
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Gabble
Baltimore
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West Virginia
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United States
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San Diego
Caspian Sea
St. Augustine
Rochester
Hindustan
China
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Sea of Kamchatka
Bay of Bengal
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Mamma
Jittie Leland
Vermont
NEW York Telephone Company
C. R. Bedell
Grocer
Franklin and Vreeland Aves., Nutley, N. J
KODAK
Blackmore
Bank Street
Academy Street
Newark
New Jersey
Edward J. Blackmore
Trouble
Debby
Harper’s Weekly
Mr. Jones
Slary
Mrs. Jones
Chicago News
Mary
Lucy
John
Delsarte
Baltimore Sun
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jamaica Tumor
Jamaica
New Chemical Company
Binghamon
Henry T. Lefferts
Passaic and
Nutley Aves
Nutley
Passaic Ave
Nutley Terrace
Paterson Ave
Princeton
St. Elmo Hotel
John Hart P.O
Powershon
S. E. Blair
Prop
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N. J
Notley
Avondale
Hillier & CO
D. G. Decker
Market St
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Hayes & Robinson
Chestnut Street
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