George W Smalley Denied Century Club Membership
George W Smalley long associated with British leaning is refused membership in the Century Club of New York after critics say his writings reveal anti American bias. Smalley served as London correspondent for the Times and wrote for American papers, drawing mixed reactions in both nations.
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Century Club
Eorge W. Smalley
Century Association
New York
London Times
London
New York Tribune
Europe
George W. Smalley
Smalley
Senate
Gladstone
England
Young Explorer William Chanler’s Adventurous Life Told
San Francisco hosts William Astor Chanler, heir to the Astor fortune and Harvard graduate. The intrepid traveler has ranged from Arizona and New Mexico aiding troops against Apaches to pioneering safaris in Africa. He led Zan zibari caravans across Masailand and in 1892 organized another famed expedition with his aide George Garwin and an Austrian lieutenant.
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Chanler
New York City
Africa
San Francisco
William Astor Chanler
John Winthrop Chanler
New York
William B. Astor
Harvard
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Mr. Chanler
William A. Chanler
Kilimanjaro
Cypress Wood Noted for Durability and Longevity
An exchange extols cypress wood as exceptionally durable and resistant to weather and water. It notes trees grow slowly, yet the fibers resist breakdown, with examples of cypress stockades from 1730 still intact and greenhouse use lasting over fifty years.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
America
Irish Methodist Rev J C Johnson visiting the United States
Rev R Crawford Johnson an Irish Methodist clergyman from Belfast visits the United States. He leads city missions in Belfast and promotes the forward movement providing libraries reading rooms and training schools. He travels with his wife and son to study American institutions and bring ideas back to Belfast.
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United States
R. Crawford Johnson
Belfast
J. C. Johnson
Johnson
Emerald Isle
Antrim
Ireland
Didsbury College
Manchester
Grosvenor Pearl
America
Vice and Virtue in Excess
A quotation on virtue and vice explains that vices are virtues carried to excess. Rev. J. J. Lainer notes the close link between moral traits when unmoderated.
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J. J. Lainer
Yale Captain Treadway Heads England Bound Crew
Ralph Treadway of Yale leads the crew that will sail to England for the Henley regatta. The Iowa native and Yale captain is praised as a outstanding athlete and college leader while preparing for the voyage and season.
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Captain Treadway
Iowa
Yale
Ekogand
Vassar College
Owa
Ralph Treadway
England
Treadway
New England
United States
Thames
Seaboard
Augustus Thomas
Nat Goodwin
The
University of Iowa
Bouhours Beats Huret In 50 Km Paria Pace Race
In Paris Florida rider M Bouhours defeats Constant Huret by two laps in a 50 km paced race at Palais des Arts Libreaux Paris. Bouhours sets records for 20 and 30 kilos as Huret overworks himself. French rider M Jacquelin defeats Jaap Eden in 2000 m race at Seinetrack Paris with a final heat win by four yards. Verheyen Brothers also win 2000 m tandem race in 2m 45 4s and set first lap record. Frank Parmelee of Omaha will attend the E C shoot and call p p pull in championship events.
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Huret
Paria M. Bouhours
Constant Huret
Palais Des Arts Libreaux
Paris
Bouhours
M. Jacquelin
Jaap Eden
Seinetrack
Piette
Verheyen Brothers
Gleam of Gold and College Satire in The Jokers Corner
A compact fragment from The Jokers Corner parodies political jabs from the Tammany era and a Washington Star quip about college life. The poem's tone mocks elegance and longing, while the joke sketches tease farmer wisdom on education and social status.
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Gald
Wuatsede
Mystery Man Bails From Ticket Sale In Indy's Humorous Tale
A young man declines to buy three tickets for a mush and milk supper, claiming a pressing engagement. Moments later he is seen entering a trousers-creased-while-you-wait establishment, prompting the woman to muse if he was joshing her.
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Vassar
Elizabeth Vassar
Miss Vassar
Vassar Oval
Indianapolis Journal
Baseball Season Nears Amid Easter Egg Metaphor
A Washington Star snippet quotes an enthusiast noting baseball season will start soon and contrasting old-time fan fervor with a reluctance to rush. The exchange uses Easter eggs and goose eggs as humorous comparisons to preseason pacing.
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Washington Star
Law and liquor clash in New York tale
A humorous, clipped dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal mocks a New York law forbidding a saloon within two hundred feet of a church. Hogan quips that after leaving a saloon a man must walk two hundred feet to decide if another drink is needed before entering the church.
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Indianapolis Journal
Grogan
New York
Hogan
Wasting a Season and June Weddings
A witty reflection contrasts personal disdain for June weddings with the idea of a summer wasted. The quote explores time, romance, and the sentiment of missed moments in a single, pithy line.
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New Jersey Athletic Club
Charles H. Kilpatrick
Tommy Conneff
Champiionship of
Belgrave Grounds
Leicester
George Crossland
Manchester Harriers
Harry Watkins
Birchfield Harriers
Percy Bliss
Highgate Harriers
Crossland
Watkins
Bliss
Philadelphia
L. A. Collmn
Coronado
Cal
Will Evans
Lansing
Mich
Evans
Pickard
Hatton
Pugh
Gerwing
Edwards
Hannahs
Eberhardt
Felix
Frank Parmelee
Omaha
Neb
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Jokers
Thayer
Hezekiah
Farmer Stackins
Pat
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