Private phones and royal anecdotes span a winter night
The piece recounts private telephone usage by notable figures including Senator Lodge, who could not access his own residence number during a storm and was forced to seek help through a messenger. It interweaves tales of Abdul Hamid, Theodore Roosevelt era politics, and other famous personages with humorous and cautionary notes on privacy, prestige, and public life across eras.
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Denny Cabot Lodge
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Jane “Hele
Gist
Lodge
Lorg England
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Timothy J. Woodruff
New Fork
Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Mar Hanna
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Roosevelt
Woodruff
Corneling N. Bliss
Woodriff
Ragna
New Yorker
Tim
Hanna
Senate Chamber
Severna Konsaver
Yale
Asnna
William Jennings
Bryan
Steaven
Nebraska Statesman
Japan
Shiba Park
Lowatert
Tokio
Myryan
Revival of Loggats Game In Western Canada
A new club forms in western Canada to revive loggats, an old English game once played at country feasts. The sport involves throwing a log at a mark, with the closest throw winning. Historical notes mention Steevank the Shakespear ean commentator claiming the game spread across counties during harvest feasts and that winners were titled for fleece rewards. The item also includes an unrelated drug advertisement for Foluy’s Honey and Tar.
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Canada
Steevank
Believed Mermaid Myth in the 1688 Almanac Noted
The Aberdon Almanats of New Prognostications for the Fear Wiss predicts mermaids and mermen may appear in summer. It cites dates in May and notes observers could see a pretty company of mermaids and hear their charming views along the coast near the German Ocean.
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Aberdon
Opium Habit Common in French Navy Officers
Dr Jeanelme of Paris Faculty of Medicine says opium habit is widespread among French navy officers and may explain recent naval misfortunes. He cites estimates of addiction rates: Mentonial infantry regiments 18 percent, Torotyn region 20 percent, Waroneans in native regiments 26 percent, with widespread use reported in Toulon and Cherbourg.
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Jeanelme
Paris Faculty of
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API
Toulon
Nachsforl
Cherbourg
Park
Cowardly an Un- Ineaning by lise Gardner
An elderly man argues with a younger companion about the desire to recapture childhood happiness. The elder condemns such sentiment as a sign of failure, while the younger challenges the view, insisting grown life offers ongoing growth beyond childhood. The exchange ends as the elder watches his companion leave in a car.
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Leo “Tolstoi
Josiah Plynt
Lise Gardner
Tye
Faney Cnaveh
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