A Very Popular Chinaman Wu Ting Fang Profile
The opinion favors Wu Ting Fang as China’s councilor to the foreign office. He is praised for sagacity and justice, with a history in England, China, and the United States. His congenial diplomacy, popularity, and seven-year Washington tenure are noted alongside his peace mission to Japan.
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Wu Ting Fang
Foreign Office
China
United States
Li Hung Chang
Foreign and Home Service
Canton
England
Chilea
Washington
Spain
Mexico
Peru
Japan
Pekin
Cardinal Merry del Val The Vatican Diplomat In Spotlight
The cardinal secretary of state Rafael Merry del Val, a London born diplomat of mixed Celt and British Irish Spanish heritage, holds a central role in Vatican diplomacy. Educated across England, Belgium and Italy, he has served prominently since 1893, speaking five languages and handling crises in France, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
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Holy See
Rafael Merry del Val
Spain
London
Mies Willcox
Cardinal Merry del Val
England
Belgium
Italy
Leo XIII
Queen Victoria
William
Germany
Vatican
Francia Joseph
Austria
Edward
Camelieri Segreto Participante
Alfonso
France
Portugal
Swanson Named Virginia’s New Senator to Succeed Late Daniel
Claude A. Swanson, former Virginia governor and congressman, is appointed by Governor Mann to fill the late Daniel’s Senate seat. The term expires next March, with Swanson expected to run for a full term. Born March 31, 1862, in Pittsylvania County, Swanson rose from a Danville grocery clerk to law, then congressman, governor in 1906, and prominent social leader in Richmond and Washington.
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Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Mann
Daniel
Swanson
Congress
Virginia Democrats
Author Honored by King George V at Marlborough House
King George V invested Thomas Hardy with the Order of Merit at Marlborough House, a sincere tribute from a reader to a favorite author. Hardy, admired by the king, began writing in the 1860s after early schooling and private Latin and French tuition, later becoming an ecclesiastical architect’s apprentice and Royal Institute prize winner. His novels include Under the Greenwood Tree, A Pair of Blue Eyes, and Far From the Madding Crowd, published in 1865, 1871, and 1874 respectively, around his 1874 marriage to Emma, Archdeacon Giffard’s niece.
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Marlborough House
George V
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Elizabeth
Anne
Victoria
Perio Ty Hardy
Worrios
King’s College
Royal ‘Institute of British Architects
Emma
Archdeacon Giffard
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised Cure Claim
An old advertisement claims Dean's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys with a testimonial from S. E. Vaughan of Iola Kansas. It describes diabetes complications and milky secretions, stating the remedy restored health after other attempts failed. Available at dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
S. E. Vaughan
South St. Iola
Kan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Why He Was Sorry
A West Philadelphia mother learns training children in conduct can be tough. An eight year old boy trips in the hall dropping a chair and shouts a pirate like oath. He apologizes but explains his Sunday forgetfulness as the cause.
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West Philadelphia
Cuticura Remedies Cited In Eczema Cure Claim
A 1909 letter from Mrs Albertson of Battle Creek praises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after years of severe eczema, claiming complete recovery nine years prior and inviting correspondence. The page also contains brief notes on malaria cures with lemons, a Fourth of July reading of the Declaration, and light quips about a surprise party.
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Ablertson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Wordplay and Wit Amid Domestic Dinner Talk
A fragmented newspaper snippet features a quip about invitation etiquette and humor. It includes lines like His Friend No, she thinks I've invited you to dinner and a humorous aphorism about being self made versus wife made. The garbled text suggests a humor column or caption from a periodical.
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Jean Qui Rit
Nothing Doing in the Rainy Day Chatter
Tramp pleads for help amid bitter weather as Mr Jinks notes a rough spell and laments days gone by. A terse street scene captures bleak conditions and mutual chiming weariness between two characters.
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Mr. Jinks
So I was coming through the hall I saw a bald headed gentleman
A professor offers a humorous parable on cruelty to insects to illustrate forethought. He tells of a fly landing on his head as he speaks, then recalls a tale about Senator Smoot and Harriman involving a cut-off in a Salt Lake project. The anecdote ends with the photographer omitting Harriman from the printed group photo.
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Egypt
Senator Smoot
Utah
BE. HW. Harriman
Salt Lake
Canada
Brainerd
Minn
Paasib
Landis
Sask
A Wise Old Owl and a Small Town Dream
A playful dialogue unfolds as a woman in a trim bathing suit flirts with a man who praises intellect yet questions beauty. He admits admiration, she calls him a flatterer, and a quip about ambitions in a small town versus a big town ends the vignette with wry humor.
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Eczema
William Smith
Bill
Lily
Aareres Rehnaa Cerat
Botlen
cRres Windcolla
Lewis
Shakespeare
Hess
Samuelptorer
Tre Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Castoria
Western Canada
Muldstone
Rose
Coeur d’Alene
Leona
Shutler
Statler
Alberta
Forest
Dows
Towa
Sean
Frank J. Zimmour
Richart Henry Ebinger
Taylors Fulle
Bralgo
Cauirose
Axel Nordstrom
Wilton
North Dakota
Tor
Peter A. Neon
J. S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansas City
J. Broughton
Merchants Loan & Trust
Chicago, Ll
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Florida
Florida Homeland Company
Celery Farms
Sanford
Florida Home Herald
Atlantic Nations Bank
Jacksonville
Defiance
Ww. N. Ust. Louis
Putnam
Monroe Drug CO
Quincy
Blindes
Thompson’s
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