Hopping Prince and Senator Tillman at a Washington dinner
A Washington dinner party features Senator Tillman and topics on ambassador duties. The dialogue recalls a host’s Afghan anecdote with a hopping royal guest, a Moroccan carpet tale, and commentary on diplomatic understanding amid various quips.
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Tillman
Washington
Afghanistan
Hin
Shahzada
Government offices adopt modern business aids and systems
A historical newspaper column surveys how federal government offices embrace time saving devices and office automation. It highlights the White House use of card indexes, secret telegraph codes, wireless communication, phonographs for dictation and reporting, typewriters, and specialized furniture. It notes the push toward a centralized purchasing agency to standardize supplies and spur further innovations across departments.
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oMee
Lessoni Ag
Uncle Sam
Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot
Aldai
White House
Wees
Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
War Department
State Department
White Mouse
Senate
House of Representatives
Fred W. Carpenter
Army
Uncle Bam
Cain
United States
Ste
James Powers
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Evory
Treasury Department
Omca
Central Purchasing Agency
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New York's Literary Girls Baffle Bookshop Clerk
A 17 year old girl in a Fife avenue bookstore asked for Prometheus Upbound by a man named Kelly or Sheeta or similar. The clerk corrected her to Shelley's Prometheus Unbound and she preferred a bound copy to keep pages from loosening, noting it as easy to lose pages.
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New York
Trollope
Fife Avenue
Kelly
Sheeta
Shelley
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