Poets, Smoking Laws, Explorers and Centenarians in Brief
A mix of curiosities notes the Japanese emperor as a prolific private poet, Icelandic youths punished for smoking, explorations in Sumatra yielding tuna specimens for Penn and the Academy of Natural Science, and a global comparison showing centenarians. Warm climates host more centenarians than cold, with Serbia’s 100-plus count highlighted.
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A. C. Harrison, Jr
H. H. Miller
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Sumatra
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Natural Science
German Empire
France
England
Scotland
Sweden
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Spain
Switzerland
Servia
Danish Women Trade Union Strength and State Library Plan
The Danish women's trade unions include 7,248 members with 5,244 in Copenhagen and encompass 14 trades, notably strong in bookbinding, textiles, and tobacco. The Minois state historical society seeks a 250000 appropriation for a state historical library and 50000 from the St Louis exposition funds to equip a historical panorama in the Illinois building, with Champagne Illinois discussed as a possible library site.
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Ons
Denmark
Copenhagen
The
Minois
Historic notes on collectors and art center expansion
Miss Anna C. Wallberg of Boston, famed for translating Scandinavian literature, has gathered valuable jewelry including a unique ring once given by a queen’s ancestor for service in battle. A $50,000 fund fuels the Chicago Art Institute expansion, adding a sculpture hall corridor completing the hollow square. Mrs Harrie Brownell of Providence shelters 1,400 valuable teapots with historic ties and fine craftsmanship. The coronation year yields a notable Central Asia flower from a Holborn firm, described as growing on a saucer without soil and water, with a three-foot umbrella leaf once watered.
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Anna C. Wallberg
Boston
United States
Chicago Art Institute
Sculpture
Harrie Brownell
Providence
R. 1
Central Asia
England
Holborn
Georgia names Stephens and Long for national statue list
The Georgia commission formally selected Alexander H. Stephens and Dr. Crawford W. Long as the subjects for two statues to be placed in Statutory Hall in Washington. A July meeting is needed to finalize the selection. The commission preferred state funding, but the attorney general ruled constitutional appropriation not permissible.
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Georgia
Alexander H. Stephens
Crawford W. Long
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Washington
Terre
Samuel M C Lindsay Nominated For Education Commissioner
Samuel McCune Lindsay an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania has been nominated as commissioner of education in Porto Rico He was born in Pittsburg Pa in 1869 and earned a PhB from his university He studied in Berlin Hallé Vienna Rome and Paris Lindsay served as a special agent for the Senate Finance Committee reporting on wholesale prices in Europe and as an export agent for the United States Industrial Commission on railroad labor years 1892 and 1899 1900.
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Samuel McCune Lindsay
University of Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
Pittsburg
Berlin
Hallé
Vienna
Rome
Paris
Lindsay
Senate Finance Committee
Europe
United States Industrial Commission
Surplus Estimate for Iowa Billions Echoed in State Talks
Des Moines February reports show Iowa lawmakers debating extraordinary appropriations exceeding seven hundred thousand dollars with total needs near four million. The auditor and treasurer estimate available surplus around 697,672 dollars, potentially rising to 800k, with receipts for the biennial period near 5.78 million and expenditures about 5.08 million.
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State University
State Agricultural College
Quick Comedic Exchanges Highlight 1920s Newspaper Fare
A string of brief jokes and dialogue snippets from Chicago and Washington papers. Topics touch on engagements, political graft, and shipboard puns. The bits showcase era humor and characteristic conservative wit, including a senator’s quip about funding and a shipboard exported transport joke.
Rose of White and Red Roses in Love Note
The speaker sent a white rose for pure love and a red rose for passion to a beloved. He asks her to wear the white rose if hope remains or the red rose if she loves another. She passes in a yellow rose, smiling, prompting the narrator to hope. Chicago Record-Herald reports.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago
Humorous Vignette Snippets From Various Papers
A collection of brief jokes and quotes from Chicago American Chicago Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer and other papers including exchanges about engagements wardrobe humor and playful banter. The items feature witty lines about love fashion and social pretensions with light satirical tone and urban newsroom flavor.
Mrs Peck Reads About Missing Wife Case
Mr Peck overhears a report of a woman who packed the furniture and vanished while her husband worked. Henry shows sudden buoyant hope, suspecting women may be swayed by newspaper stories. The scene unfolds as Mrs Peck reacts to the tale in Baltimore.
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Mr. Peck
Mrs. Peck
Henry
Baltimore American
Her Specialty Bargain Driver Sparks Barroom Debate
A spirited note describes a woman who can bend men with chatter and jargon to her will, a deft bargainer who may not fix tacks but excels at sealing deals, provoking discussion of charm versus manipulation in social scenes.
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Chicago Daily News
Wit and whimsy echo in a comic scramble of letters
A collage of quips and banter from the era reveals sly turns of phrase about care for children, perseverance, and courtroom humor. Notable lines include a homespun exchange about placing children with strangers, a boast on Providence’s timing, and a sharp joke about genuine letters lacking post scripts.
Fair Bargain At Highland Station With Rastus And Uncle Benjamin
A humorous Royal Times style exchange unfolds about hay and a horse at a Highland village railway station. A tourist notes few passengers arriving as a minister and an old woman disembark, while a porter remarks only a few souls present.
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Benjamin
Rastus
N. Y
Dugald
Fery
Transitions Shape a World of Snow and Slush
A Washington Star quote notes the world shifts from beautiful snow to horrible slush, illustrating how delicate balance and rapid change define everyday conditions and mood.
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Mrs. de Moyer
Washington Star
Quotations and Quips From Newspaper Comic Snippets
A collage of satirical exchanges and witticisms from Chicago Daily News Philadelphia Press and Chicago Times Herald. The snippets poke fun at manners speech and talkativeness with brisk one liners and humorous asides.
Patriotic Blood and a Manchester Irishman's Misstep
A Cincinnati Irishman painting a telegraph pole bright green slips and splashes the sidewalk. A second Irishman, noting the paint, asks with concern how his countryman fares, saying Doherty, Doherty, how ye had a him orrhage.
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Cincinnati
Doherty
Great Northern cuts settlers' rail fares west of Minnesota in 1902
From March 1 to end of April 1902 Great Northern Railway sells one way second class settlers tickets at very low rates to main line west of St Paul Minneapolis. Rates from St Paul and Chicago to Montana and Washington points outlined with limited 10 day stopovers. Information available via Great Northern agents or Max Bass and F I Whitney in Chicago and St Paul.
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Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Great Northern
Chicago
Montana
Washington
Read Northern Railway
Havre
Mont
Great Northwest
Max Bass
Clark St
F. I. Whitney
Minn
Handsomest Calendar of the Season
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Pauls Railway issues a six sheet calendar 12 by 14 inches, each with a ten color watercolor of a popular actress by Leon Moran. Copyright belongs to the railway. Limited edition priced at 25 cents per calendar of six sheets, mailed on receipt of payment. A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pauls Railway Co
Leon Moran
A. Miller
Chicago
Tramp Over Wall Seeks Food for Dog After Bull Incident
A tramp escapes a bull by climbing a wall and asks a woman to feed his dog, adding a plea grounded in humanity. The scene portrays a humane moment as the man seeks aid for his companion amid peril.
Florida Excursions via Virginia and Carolina Resorts
Travel items list winter resort excursions including Hot Springs Charleston Exposition and Old Point Comfort with War information address W. C. Conklyn N. W. P. Agt. Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. 234 Clark St. Chicago.
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Florida
Virginia
Carolina
Hot Springs
Old Point Comfort
Southern Pines
W. C. Conklyn
N. W. P. Agt
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clark St
Chicago
Arithmetic and wise cracks in old newspapers
A collage of lighthearted quips and ads from early 20th century papers. Jokes about multiplication and division, telegram-style blurbs, and mock dialogues appear alongside purveyors of remedies like Laxative Bromo Quinine and Hale's Honey of Horehound. References include the Chicago Daily News, Indianapolis News, Atchison Globe, and Ocean Grove testimonials from 1900.
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Rodrick
This
van Albert
Niagara
South Dakota
Chicago Daily News
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