Indians Dining With Senator Warren Stun Washington
In Washington Senator Warren hosted a party of Arapaho and Shoshone Indians at the Senate restaurant. The visitors, transacting business with the interior department, behaved with unusual civility, eating pie and salad with forks, using napkins, and even familiar with the menu. Noted elder Little Wolf and diplomat Yellow Dog joined the meal, drawing astonishment from onlookers about civilized behavior. Many guests were Carlisle alumni, prompting questions about their upbringings.
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Ashington
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Washington
Interior Department
Executive Mansion
War Department
Warren
Leach
Senator Me
Mock Turtle
Little Wolf
Arapahoes
Yellow Dog
Massachusetts Avenue
Fenimore Cooper
Carlisle
Tepee
Plains
Sneezing Fit Stirs House as Lawmakers Sneeze in Row
In a peculiar session, Representative Sulloway’s exaggerated pose triggered a sneeze that set off laughter in the visitors’ gallery. Then Murdock’s comic grimace and sneezes spread across the chamber as Speaker Cannon, overwhelmed, also sneezed. Pages were caught sprinkling sneeze powder behind doors.
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Oy" Sulloway
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Sulloway
Murdock
Harbor Ice
Cannon
Milk Tops and White House Roses Drive Schoolboy Bargain
Quentin Roosevelt ships daily bouquets from the White House Conservatory sparked by a boy’s milk tape disks game. A bargain with the president’s son provided blooms in exchange for milk tops, until Quentin’s red ink prank drew parental rebuke as he left Washington.
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Quentin Roosevelt I
Force
Quentin
White House
Washington
Senate aging shifts as seven three-term members stand
Younger men rapidly fill the Senate as old-timers dwindle. Mor gan and Whyte have just left, others near retirement include Hale Frye Aldrich Cullom Teller and Daniel. Ages range from 36 at demise to late seventies, with Allison the dean at 79 and Teller poised to end his term within a year.
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Senate
Morgan
Whyte
Pottum
Hale
Frye
Aldrich
Cullom
Teller
Daniel
Allison
Senator Cullom
Trinda
Tatura
Lowa
Jone
Nobby Gets Helpful Advice On Dress From Husband
Mrs. Hammond praises her husband William for his household support and taste in gowns. A curious cousin recalls prior conversations about colors as the couple debate between green or brown for winter attire. Mrs. Hammond asserts brown makes her look older but green may fade, yet her husband’s interest and guidance simplify her choice.
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Mr. Hammond
Brutal Interrogation Duel Ends in Obedient Silence
A brusque examiner named Abernethy silences a voluble mother to test a sick daughter. After multiple interruptions, he commands the mother to stick out her tongue and then continues with the examination, leaving the scene thoroughly overawed.
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Abernethy
Grand Magazine
Burning Up Old Letters on a Rainy Day
A writer laments the task of destroying personal letters, noting how sentimental owners hoard even when not valuable. Sacred letters should be marked private to prevent harm from disclosure, as careless bundling has caused estrangements and sorrow.
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Jidas
Hercules
Circumstantial Evidence Explained by a School Lesson
A teacher explains circumstantial evidence with Tommy in a tale from Youth's. The instructor notes clues of a freshly eaten apple observed indirectly, while Tommy answers that it means eating apples to school. The anecdote uses a simple illustration to define the concept.
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Tommy
Muddled Query From A Vague Historical Note
A garbled historical line mentions England and noses and cropped ears, but the fragment is unclear and lacks identifiable subjects, dates, or reliable context to form a factual card.
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England
Read 12 Ominous Notes Drive Maxon Toward Arlington
Maxon receives a cryptic note reading ready at 12 and suspects a plot tied to his wife Rena and friend Coyle. He frets over a plan involving Dick and a kidnapping or escape, while his brother Sam worries as Perry’s day unfolds amid mounting tension and intrigue.
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Maxon
Coyle
Harry Coyle
Rena
Harry
Tick
Sam's
Tarley
Sam
Perry Maxon
Mr. Tarley
Aquor
Perry
Wife Captures Coons and Scolds Missing Wood
A New Jersey man skinned three coons and nailed the skins to his barn door with a sign claiming his wife did not kill them. His wife later fights two coons that fall from a hollow log, kills one with an ax, and dispatches the other. She then asks him to chop wood while she cooks coon. The tale shifts to a memorial note about Mrs. Ellen O. Applebee, last survivor of Adams inauguration witnesses, who dies at 98 in New Hampshire.
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Jehu
Mick
Perry
Perry Maxon
Rena
Lucy
Dad
Maxon
Jake
Harry
Bat Maxon
Bernard Johnson
Chesapeake
N. J
Johnson
New York World
Mrs. Johnson
Ellen O. Applebee
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Parker's Station
Goffstown
N. H
Vermont Hills
Embalming Specialist Ad for J H Weaver
An obituary style notice announces J H Weaver a graduate of Philadelphia College at Eebalmbers specializing in embalming. The ad claims a competent female assistant available for duties with prompt responses to inquiries and notes service details for late hours.
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Phihiwelphn College
London
England
College of Music
Johnsgaard
Bottineau
Oforte
Teaching The Young Idea At The People's Drug Store
An ad style notice from The People's Drug Store claims efforts to please customers with high class stationery for home school and office use. It pledges best values and fixed prices aimed at satisfaction.
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Nobby
Wee Rene Menrones
Daily Story Pub. Co
J. H. Weaver
Phare
Boruxear
Dacor
the People’s Drug Store
Livingstone & Stewart
Emil Johnsgaard
M. W. Mathews
F.N. C.M
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