Judges with a Dry Humor In Indiana Campaign Anecdotes
An old column recounts Judge William W. Rucker of Missouri and Judge J M Robinson of Indiana sharing campaign tales from the 1900 era. It includes Abigail Adams as a patriotic figure, wedding memories, and cloakroom chatter about political foes and administrations.
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Champ Clark
William W. Rucker
Second
Missouri
Little
Rucker
Bates
Sultan of Sulu
Smith
Livingston County
Indiana
Congress
White House
John
Abigail
Massachusetts
New England
Posse
Pollard's Poultry Farm Noted for White Plymouth Rock Stock
Pollard's Poultry Farm in South Attleboro Mass, famed in poultry circles, spans fifty acres devoted entirely to White Plume stock and related operations.
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Pollard
South Attleboro
Mass
Turkey Hen Makes a Record in 1900 Eggs
Mrs A S Devore reports a Rhode Island style record hen from Charleston Tennessee. A flock started with nine Mammoth Bronze eggs and yielded seven hatchlings before a dog killed one. The hen laid fifty four eggs while brooding and seventy four total eggs in the season. She laid eggs at regular intervals from every other day to daily to every three days.
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Charleston
A. S. Devore
Poultry Journal
Misleading pictures in USDA bulletin on fowls spark critique
A Baltimore Sun opinion complains that USDA bulletin No. 20 "American Breed of Fowls" misrepresents plumage and barring in Barred Plymouth Rocks, noting the ben beak and colors are off. The writer urges using accurate photographs of prize birds to improve recognition.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Baltimore Bun
Woman's Curiosity During a Roosevelt Hospital Operation
A dangerous operation at Roosevelt Hospital is observed by Dr A and several assistants. An old German doctor, lively and kind, commands a female patient to lie down after she strains to watch the procedure. The patient briefly rises and looks on with wide eyes as the operation continues under the surgeon's insistence on patient rest.
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Colonel Heary
Mississippi
Aly
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Dr. A
Unclear fragmentary headline from archival text
Incomplete historic text fragment mentions art knowledge and business success, with garbled spellings and names unclear. No coherent event or entities clearly identifiable for a factual summary.
Silk Tailor Mades Sets and Skirts for Next Summer
June Chonugr describes ultra fashionable tailor mades, jacket and skirt suits, and dresses in black motre and silk fabrics trimmed with velvet bands. Taffeta and peau de soie outfits with jeweled buttons, lace collars, and chic bolero-ready looks are highlighted, with chiffon, embroidery, and leaf applique details noted.
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Eton
Taffeta
Guernsey’s Clameur de Haro Injunction Rite Revealed
A late 19th or early 20th century account describes Guernsey’s historic Clameur de Haro. A resident may invoke this ancient privilege by presenting a sworn statement to two witnesses, kneeling before the bailiff and crying Oh Rollo my prince succor me I am wronged. The act acts as an injunction until court adjudication. The rite is tied to Norse founder Rollo and the early Norman duchy.
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Normandy
Guernsey
Ialand
Rollo
Guerngey
Ilrolf
Hothouse Beaches Questioned by Dukes at Café de Paris
The fragment recalls Wan Searce once a distinguished Russian grand duke charged twenty francs for hothouse beaches at Café de Paris in Paris. He asks if hothouse beaches go scarce midwinter and is told that but not dukes.
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Searce
Cafe de Paris
Ty Midwinter
The Worm and the Wedding Fare Mix Up
A Philadelphia Press item recounts a cabman encounter over a fare and a mistaken payment. A husband’s reaction and a tale of two sovereigns and four shillings surface, ending with the cabman returning money to the house after honesty is cited as a claim to not losing out.
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Don Cabman
Womin
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