The Curious Cigars That Helped Hayes Navy Pick
Story recounts how Secretary Richard W. Thompson, famed for a tobacco habit, was courted for favors with cigars. Senator Voorhees explains a rule: offer no cigars to Thompson to avoid bias. Thompson led the Navy until shortly before Hayes left office and died in 1900 at age 91.
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Cea
Navy
Thompson
Washington
Department
Voorhees
Sol
Dick Thompson
Navy Department
Hayes
EB. J. Edwards
Political Years Shape a Central Figure’s Rise and Rivalry
A historical account recalls Edwin D. Morgan and Reuben E. Fenton in New York politics and national Republican leadership. It notes Morgan’s roles as war governor, U S senator, and party chairman, and explains how Fenton’s early ambition for vice president altered Morgan’s Senate fate. The vignette reflects internal party maneuvers during Grant era and a late legislative shift that enabled Fenton to succeed Morgan in the Senate.
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New York
United States
Republican National Committee
Edwin D. Morgan
Empire State
Reuben E. Fenton
Morgan
Senate
Fenton
George Bliss
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur
Lincoln
Fente
Grant
Colon Bilas
Newpork
Illinois
Tom Murphy
Murphy
Up State
New York City
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
EB J. Edwards
Grant’s Cabinet Joke Delays Wake Nomination
An 1874 White House visit with Salmon P. Chase led to a joke about naming a successor to Chief Justice Chase. General Grant considered several names, including Caleb Cushing, before settling on Morgan R. Wake of Ohio. Mrs. Grant pressed for the choice, prompting a playful denial and a laughed misunderstanding.
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Frederick T. Dent
A. 8. Grant
White House
Salmon P. Chase
Chase
Senate
Caleb Cush
Cushing
Noman
Eral Grant
George Williams
Oregon
Mia It
General rDrant
E. J. Edwards
Smoking on Train Sparks 50 Ruble Fine inTashkent
A traveler smoked in a non smoking railway carriage on a train to Tashkent despite protests. A judge aboard heard witnesses and fined him 50 rubles. Unable to pay, he was detained at the next station until the sum could be dispatched.
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E Journal de St. Petersburg
Tashkent
Resourceful Young Man Patronage Request
A caller from the club endorses a small charity scheme and seeks to name a lady as one of the patronesses. The message conveys support for involving a prominent local figure in the fundraising effort.
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Seadlong
Indorsement
Neighborly Quip About Brain Food Sparks School Rivalry
A witty exchange about neighbor children at school shows a sharp remark on brains and behavior. The quip implies parental judgments and competitive social tones in a small community.
All He Knew in Spain Romance Across Mountains
A traveler quotes a motorist describing Spain as romantic with some rough mountain roads entering the country, while the roads in the male region are generally decent. The exchange highlights contrasting impressions of Spain's landscapes and travel conditions.
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Spain
His Friendly Act in Life Magazine Quote Parlay
A fragment reflects a sharp exchange about reputations and loyalties. The speakers discuss uploading rotten stock on Jones, suggesting betrayal by a close confidant as the crux of the moment. The line implies personal scheming within a circle of friends or colleagues.
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Jones
Rural telephones urged to boost Belton area growth
An editorial from the Belton Times argues for widespread rural telephone connections, claiming 200 homes linked to the Belton exchange would unite farmers with town residents, promote farm prosperity, and spur road development. It invites farmer letters and offers cooperation with Bell and Southern Bell, listing contact details in Atlanta.
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Belton
South Carolina
Times
Belton Times
Beton
Universal Bell System
Bell Telephone Manager
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
South Pryor Street
Atlanta
Monument to Franklin Memo rial Planned in Waterbury
Elisha Leavenworth’s will left 15000 for a Franklin memorial on the public square, but he was defeated by Waterbury city fathers. News notes include paper pulp from lallang grass studied in Negri Sembilan Malaysian state and Consul DuBois on potential market pulp. The patent office sees a aviation control boom with about three new applications daily. Walter Seymour narrates a world wandering life, with travels through Argentina, Paraguay, Italy, Palestine, Australia, Egypt, and Roumania. An American near Sonora waters grows olive trees, yet the grove yields no crops in its second year.
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Elisha Leavenworth
Waterbury
Federated Malay State
Patent Office
Walter Seymour
Paraguay
Italy
Palestine
Australia
Egypt
Roumania
Yaqui
Sonora
Louis «Ostetter
eHmasillo
Penniless Immigrant Becomes University of Maryland Law Faculty Member
Samuel Want, who arrived penniless from Newcastle England ten years ago, earns a place on the University of Maryland law faculty in Baltimore. At twenty two he is an instructor in commercial law, assistant editor of major law encyclopedias, and a Maryland bar member, noted for rapid study, broad scholarship, and a personal history of hard work from clerk to professor.
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Baltimore
Samuel Want
University of Maryland
Want
Eastern High School
Maryland Bar
Harlan
University
Newcastle
England
Young Want
Darlington
D. C
Hogland
Btockbridge
Gorter
Rose
John P. Pog
School of Hard Knocks
Americans Learn Spanish Influence in Boston Schools
Boston pupils show strong interest in Spanish in schools as term ends at Columbia University conference on Cervantes. Boston mayor mandates Spanish in curricula. U S firms see value in bilingual employees for expanding markets in South and Central America, aiming for long term influence.
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Boston
Mass
Columbia University
Cervantes
United States
South America
Central America
Hunt's Cure praised by Mrs. Pitchford for itching relief
Mrs John W Pitchford of Aspen North Carolina declares Hunt's Cure cured her family's itching outbreak from January 1911. She praises the remedy as fast acting and urges others to follow directions to avoid sleepless nights and spreading the rash. Manufactured by A B Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas.
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Hunt
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
John W. Ecr
Aspen
N. G
An Invitation and Domestic Frailties Sketch
An invitation scene features Harry Nort discussing plans aboard an ale ship while Flatman hosts. Judge Parry reflects on sympathetic domestic frailties in a humorous sketch about a man backing his wife in an unbelievable tale.
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Harry Nort
Flatman
Parry
The Proper Way to Answer Political Questions
A fragmented excerpt contrasts dogmatic responses with categorical answers about public health and political life in a free land. It mentions Dr. Pierce pills claimed to cure various ailments and notes the cost of waiting in line at political polls in a nation described as great and glorious.
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Land of the
Free
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Avanta, Ga
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