Reminiscences of Honorable Humorists in Congress
A condensed portrait of John M Allen known as Private John Allen of Mississippi and the cadre of congressional humorists. It contrasts Lincoln with party humorists, recounts Allen’s rise via a campaign joke, his maiden speech and cloakroom triumphs, and anecdotes with Governor Dingley and General Grosvenor.
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Congressional
Congress
John Allen
Coprricht
Champ Clark
Tom Corwin
Abraham Libcaln
Samuel Sullivan Cox
J. Proctor Kit
John M. Allen
Corwin
Cox
Knott
Allen
Minere
House
John Alien
McKinley
Bryan
Roosevelt
Mississippi
John” Allen
Tupelo
John
Claakroom
Dingley
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
JobLun
Grosvenor
House of Representatives
William McKinley
Spain
Charles Henry Grosvenor
Ohio
Jouth
Sweeping Pensioned Ex-Officer of East India Company
Ex-collector Thomas Snodgrass of Ganjam Madras was expelled for extravagance and sought a pension. He wore ragged clothes and swept a London crossing in front of the East India House, shocking the city until the company granted his pension. The king urged him to stop, but Snodgrass complied only after pension was awarded.
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Thomas Snodgrass
Ganjam
Madras
East India Company
Lenadenhall Street
East India House
London
Snodgrass
Green and Sun Tied by Ancient Celtic Speech
The text argues Celts worshiped dawn and sunrise and suggests the color green spread from a mishearing of the Celtic sun word. It proposes Irish language slips shaped green associations and explains greenhouses derive from sun catching design rather than mere plant care.
Dean Recovers Umbrella In Shape Of Cathedral Mural
A famous English dean joked of a stolen umbrella in a sermon at the cathedral. He promised to reveal nothing if the thief tossed it back over the deanery wall that night. The next morning he found his umbrella and forty five others in the same spot.
Dusky sharks as game fish misfit in sport fishing
Forest and Stream notes that the dusky shark, the most common game fish of its kind, circles the surface when hooked and often bites through lines. If the line cannot be cut, the struggle is fierce but brief, with the shark yielding far sooner than landlocked game fish like channel bass or salt water trout.
Mis First Year of Law. Young Lawyer-Domestic economy.
Chicago News reports on a young lawyer in his first year of practice, focusing on domestic economy and early career challenges. The feature highlights his courtroom experiences, client work, and the practicalities of building a practice in a bustling law market.
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Mis
Chicago News
A Home For The Horse Stable Plans Promote Healthy Design
An article argues for sanitary, health-focused horse stables and presents a two-story carriage house design. The plan features a left-hand stable with a manure pit, multiple stalls with sloped floors to a gutter, a right-hand carriage area with washing facilities, ample light and ventilation, and a spruce brace-frame build with white pine trim. Dimensions: frontage 62 feet, depth 26 feet, first-story height 14 feet, second 11 feet.
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C. H. Vern
West Twenty-fourth Street
New York
Willy Nilly
Bersea
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Tucker
Yonder Hill
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Mantalini
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Thoes
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Tennessee
Sherman Inn
Josiah
Sarmack
Patterson
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Boas
Artioe de Bat Sanitary Pointe
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van Dran Bros
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Depp
Corner Court and
Johnson Streets
Pendleton, Oregon
M. F. Kelly
Oel S. Geo
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