Millionaires Focus on Jail Reform in Osburn Dialogue
In a thread from a 1916 New York Tribune piece, Birsky and Zapp debate prison reform led by Osburn. They discuss tiled bathrooms, grand operas, and reform vs revenge as millionaires grow interest in Sing Sing. They reference Morse and bankers, real estate, and tax schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birsky
Zapp
Osburn
Barnett Zapp
Wasserbauer
Louis Birsky
Waldorf- Astoria
Palm Beach
Hueten
Sing Sing
Mount Sinai
Mr. Osborn
Will
J. van Rensselaer Mezummen
Office of the Register of the
County of Westchester
Sen K. Rayvoch
Mommer
Morse
Pennsylvania Station
Mr. Osburn
Pessimism At Breakfast Provokes Wry Grandmother Quip
A grandmother cursed with a morose outlook declares she feels well now but fears worse times ahead. The remark reflects a humorous, rueful take on foreboding moods at the breakfast table.
Uncle Wiggily Helps Susie With a Broken Doll
Susie Littletail visits Uncle Wiggily in his stump bungalow to seek help for her Christmas gift talking and singing doll that no longer sings. The elderly rabbit asks for the doll's name as he decides how to fix the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birsky
Tzree Margonin
Moving Pictures
Zapp
Uncle Wiggily
Tommie Tucker
Susie Littletail
Hollow Stump
Gentleman Rabbit
Susie
Bully No-Tail
Frog Boy
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily Fixes Susies Singing Doll
Uncle Wiggily retrieves Susies talking doll from a toy shop after it fails to sing. A monkey-doodle shopkeeper repairs the doll, enabling Susie to hear it sing again. On the snowy street the bunny helps Little Tommie Tucker sing for his supper using the fixed doll, per Mother Goose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Bo Peep
Uncle Wiggily
Monkey- Doodle
Uncle
Tommie
Mother Goose
Tommie Tucker
Uncle Wighly
Susie Littletail
Tommy Tucker
Wiggily
Pussy Cat "Mole
Conceited officer upstages rookies at Fort Sheridan camp
A noisy officer strutted through the rookie camp at Fort Sheridan during rifle practice, declaring I will show you how to shoot, boys. The scene captured a swaggering display amid new recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Noted Sharpshooter Demonstrates Aim in Quick Sequence
A man grabbed a gun and fired, missing first. He then praised his shot and fired again, hitting the bull's eye. He claimed, That is how I shoot, as bystanders watched the quick display.
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Brigge
the Tribune
The
New York Tribune
Board of Education
Caruso
Pavlova
Mobile Mobile
Pain ‘True
J. T. Adams
Ph. G. Oph. D
DR. Adams
Spring Hill Avenue
Dauphin Street
South Side
Bienville Square
Howard R. Garis
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Papa
Mama
Gerardy
Southern Art Glass Mirror
H. Piiemme
Prop
Bell Phone
Mobile
Ala
F. L. Tapia
Britton
New York
Mallory Line
Mallory Steamship CO
B. F. du Bois
Apsules
Hill’s
BELL
HOME
T. L. Adkison
Conti and Wilkinson
Sts
Walker County
Bomousy
Tayk
W.3
McCrary
Carbon Hill
Alabama
A. H. McLeod & CO
Cor
Dauphin and Commerce
Queen's Bone
Box K. Chatsworth
Chichester
Metallica
Union Savings Bank
N. Royal St
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ill
ST. Louis
Washington
New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, MO
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