The Senator From Virginia Fights Hill in Senate
In 1881 General William Mahone, known as the Hero of the Crater, faced a partisan attack led by Senator Benjamin H. Hill of Georgia after joining the Republicans. The confrontation on the senate floor drew public attention to Mahone's eccentric appearance and steadfast defiance. His daughter asked if he would be attacked again. he reassured her he would take care of himself as he always had in battle. Mahone's later hotel reunion with Senator Jones ended the day’s clash with no further attacks.
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William Mahone
United States Senate
Virginia
Petersburg
Mahone
Senate
Readjusters
Repubicans
John €. Culhboun
Dauntles
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Pill
Aishone
Washington
Servicor Pill
Senator Hill
Hill
Senator Mahone
John P. Jones
Nevada
Papa
Mrs Stowe and Florida's orange boom of 1867
In 1867 Harriet Beecher Stowe bought an orange grove near Mandarin Florida and built a winter home. E K Foster Jr recalls her tourism and faith in Florida as an orange producing state influencing north south reconciliation through northern investment. Her presence shifted Florida from despair to prosperity and challenged racial ostracism fears.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s River
Stanford
E. K. Foster, Jr
New Haven
Abraham Lincoln
Florida
Foster
Mandarin
Ership
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Professor Stowe
New England
Beecher Stowe
United States
E. J. Edwards
Edmunds Breaks Rule On Patronage For Marsh in Italy
Vermont figures Justin Morrill and George F. Edmunds shaped Senate patronage norms. Edmunds repeatedly urged presidents to appoint George P. Marsh as minister to Italy, even breaking his own policy. Marsh served from 1861 until his death, the longest tenure for a US minister to Italy.
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Vermont
George P. Marsh
Italy
Constantinople
Europe
Lincoln
Seward
Marsh
United States
Grant
Hayes
Edmunds
Garfield
Quirinal
Mr. Marsh
E. J. Edwards
The Masterful Borrower
In a brief exchange Mrs. Wilbur laments Mrs. Nesbitt’s control over borrowing irons. A caller asks if they will be returned. Nesbitt refuses, arguing pressing a dress is less important than family washing. Mrs. Wilbur resigns to being without irons.
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Mrs Wilbur
Taft Lookalike Joke Returns Over Dinner
The Cleveland Leader recalls Guardian bank Assistant Treasurer James A. Mathews who is joked about resembling President Taft. After denying disturbance, the gag resurfaces during a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mathews and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon, when Dorothy Harmon replies that Uncle Jim does not look like the president in the face.
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James A. Mathews
Guardian Bank
Taft
Mathews
Uncle Jim
Cleveland
The Old Gag on Harem Skirts Stirring Denver Ad Talk
Miss Lillian B. Rowe at a Denver writers dinner quips that the harem skirt will be widely worn and a revived 40s gag could target women. She cites a fake ad, promising lessons for preserving skirts, and a sharp reply telling wearers to “Wear Knickers.”
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Lillian B. Rowe
Denver
Pass Request Sparks Odd Legal Quip in The Way
A humorously philosophical exchange centers on an antipass law granting free transport to caretakers of livestock fruit and poultry. A man insists he qualifies via a pretended aunt and others, quipping about a poultry, fruit, and livestock lineup to obtain a pass.
Clothes and equality in law a sharp social quip
The quote mocks gendered clothing norms asserting men choose easy outfits while women endure toil and expense for attire and questions what legal equality would mean if it restarts gendered standards. It appears in a Puck humorous commentary.
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Puck
Deaf Beggar Hears Laughable Flat Misunderstanding
A Milwaukee resident recalls a deaf and dumb applicant delivering an aid appeal to his door. Laughter followed when the aid seeker’s knock led to a door slammed and the resident returned to bed, amused by the mix up.
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Milwaukee
Cholly Champleigh and Caustique Dialog Sparks Provocative Banter
The exchange pairs Cholly Champleigh with Miss Caustique in a terse suggestive dialogue about leaving home. Caustique hints at risky enticement if she sees him coming and the back door is unlocked, implying secretive trysts.
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Cholly Champleigh
Miss Caustique
The Worth of the Voice
A meditation on the human voice as the organ of the soul and the clearest reveal of inner truth. The voice betrays the eternal fountain within, while intellect and heart show on the forehead and countenance, yet the soul speaks aloud through sound.
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Longfellow
Hyperion
Wise Broker Outfoxed in a Matrimonial Scheme
A marriage broker who planned to take ten percent of a girl's estate for pairing her with a French marquis instead seized the whole fortune by marrying the girl himself. Wiggs questions how this happened and the tale explains the broker’s ploy.
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Jiggs
Wiggs
A Heartless Father and a Delicate Daughter
A woman confronts her husband about their daughter who is described as delicate yet excels in basketball. He accuses her of neglecting school work while she is praised for gymnasium prowess and sports ambition. The exchange exposes parental tensions and gender expectations.
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Jim
Jim Jenkins
Australia Marks 141st Captain Cook Landing Anniversary
Historic note recalls the 1770 arrival of HMS Endeavor at Botany Bay then Stins Bays Harbour. The ship stayed eight days, raised the British flag, and on the anniversary the flag is unfurled again and saluted by warships in the harbor. Socrates quote appears at end.
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Australia
Captain Cook
I. M. S. Endeavor
Stins Bays Harbor
Botany Bay
The Mind’s Role in Digestion Through Anticipation
A discussion of how mental state affects digestion, citing Pavlov experiments with dogs. It explains that anticipation triggers digestive juices even before food reaches the stomach, and that a calm, pleasant mindset enhances digestion while worry or anger suppresses it.
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Pawlow
Pavioff
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Cholly
Wise Broker
Socrates
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