Brackenridge Park Renamed Waterworks Park Reconsidered
City council debates restoring Brackenridge park name after Mayor Callaghan shifted it to Waterworks park amid personal antagonism. Alderman Boynton proposed immediate change. five aldermen opposed suspending rules, blocking the move. Those voting against suspension: Lambert Kenney Mauermann Lucas Wickeland.
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Callaghan
Brackenridge Park
Waterworks Park
Brackenridge
Boynton
George W. Brackenridge
Lambert
Kenney
Mauermann
Lucas
Wickeland
Losing Irish Votes and the Colonel’s Riffs
The piece argues the colonel cannot win Irish votes after taking sides in a row about Irish politics. It notes his Chicago address with Garry Owen and warns that singing Croppies Lie Down or Garry Owen risks alienating Ulster supporters. The author suggests no middle ground exists in an Irish fight and the colonel will lose votes regardless of denials or calls someone a liar.
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Boyne
south-of-Ireland
Ulster
Cork
Garry Owen
Belfast
Iree
Cavalry Boy Scouts Plan Draws Fire From Morally Charged Critic
A column critiques Ambassador Curtis Guild Jr for proposing U S government support for boy scouts to travel to Washington with ponies. The piece argues such imperial imagery echoes autocracy and promotes warlike myths, contrasting it with the utilitarian use of horses for artillery and cavalry. It also rails at Mordell as a critic of Plato and Milton, defending classical thinkers as historically valuable.
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Curtis Guild Jr
United States
St. Petersburg
Boy Scouts
Guild
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Rhodesia
Seneca
Plato
Marcus Aurelius
Epictetus
Thomas A Kenpis
St. Augustine
Bunyan
Pascal
Pindar
Aeschylus
Dante
Tasso
Spenser
Milton
Mr. Mordell
Mordell
Greece
Europe
Aristotle
Thucydides
Plutarch
Lucian
Lucretius
Tacitus
Horacéd
Machiavelli
Montaigne
Chaucer
Bacon
Spinoza
Cervantes
Moliere
Fielding
Sterne
Voltaire
Diderot
Goethe
Martial music and Irish regiments in British army votes
The piece notes how Custer favored a marching air played by Irish regiments in Britain, used before cavalry charges in Virginia and on the plains. It describes the tune as martial yet weak for drawing the Irish vote, comparing its appeal to other campaign songs like The Bonnie Blue Flag and Through Georgia in different states.
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George Custer
Virginia
Fermanagh
Cork
Waterford
Massachusetts
Georgia
Albert Mordell Critique on Classics Sparks Debate
A Philadelphia man Albert Mordell challenges prevailing tastes in classic literature, arguing many writers are overpraised by modern critics. The exchange invokes the burgomaster metaphor to suggest individual iconoclasm challenges established canon.
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Monsieur le Bourgemaster
Albert Mordell
Philadelphia Pa
Heating a Flat Tron Bedtime Woodcut
Mrs. Rogers frets about Huldah sleeping in a heated or unheated room as a subzero night approaches. The kitchen maid says she used a flat iron to keep warm, and Mrs. Rogers learns the method after a cold dawn.
Woman Learns Accident In Auto Filled With Civic News
The text relates an anecdote about a newly elected official and a private car purchase. On the day of arrival, the mother and Mrs. O'Brien ride along while a cautious chauffeur concentrates on driving. A humorous slip reveals the friend fell out near the machine, prompting quiet embarrassment.
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Mike
Courage Tested by a Cowardly Rescue Plan
In Springton, Overdown plots a staged capture with Dr. Sperring and others to surprise Miller and Blain at a house. Overdown falters during the raid, abandons his post, and returns home confessing cowardice to his wife Violet, who reveals she knew he fled and had followed his movements.
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Springton
John Harleigh
Dr. Sperring
Overdown
Parsons
Phillip Overdown
Harleigh
Yates
Miller
Ruffian Blain
Violet
Phil
Phi
Beauty Formula and the Medicine Ball in Miss Dresser's Regimen
The interview shows Miss Louise Dresser denying drastic beauty rituals and promoting healthful living. She favors simple toilet preparations, warns against magical remedies, and explains how daily medicine-ball exercises helped her stay fit and mentally alert during stage life.
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Miss Dresser
Paris
Margaret Hubbard Ayer
Miss Nobody From Starland at Grand Opera House Delights
The musical comedy returns to the Grand Opera House with Olive Vail as Sylvia Martin. Frederick Halliday and Preston Halliday vie for the widow Mrs Patterson while Nina the Italian girl and detective William Pierce spark comic misadventure. Luminaries include Charles J. Lammers and Jessie Maker with Joe Niemeyer adding Texas flair.
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Eeeeeseees
Harry B. Jones
Elaine Halliday
Lillian Cohan
Harold Halliday
Joseph Niemeyer Cabin Boy
C.seeseseese
Albert Redack
Wm. Pierce
Detective Bureau
Tabeceesest
Caneases Oteese Otto
Boerner Sensick
Robert Schoenecker
Preston
Raymond Castellina
Jessie Maker Gallo
Robert Sherwood Steward
Lorenz Gillette
Jack Burton
Carl Minch
Geo. Ferrell John
Geo. Castel
Chas. Fillmore
Joseph Niemeyer
George Smith
Lawrence Comer
Robert Sherwood
Sylvia Martin
Olive Vail
Flossie DeLong
DeVona Mae
Harry Jones
Percy Vere de Vere
Preston Halliday
Erys
Chas
Lamimer Andy
Albert Redack Bimnby
Csecyetes Coopers
Sylvia
Starland
New York Harbor
Patterson
Frederick Halliday
William Pierce
Pierce
Hieve
Mrs. Press
Nina
The
Golden Inn
Mrs. Patterson
Miss Vail
Charles J. Lammers
Jessie Maker
Texas
The Smith Manufacturing Co Glared Sign Mystery
An elderly traveler in a large city reads a glaring sign for The Smith Manufacturing Company and jokes about never knowing where Smiths are made. The moment hints at curiosity and urban life.
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Smith Manufacturing Company
Mercy
Smiths
National Monthly
Unsigned Quotation on Neighborly Efforts Cited
A quotation reflects on social efforts as many people focus on reforming neighbors rather than improving themselves. The remark attributed to Sudge comments on communal ethics and self-improvement within society.
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Sudge
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