Musings of Cannon and Summer Brain Teasers
Fragmented reminiscences and fancies from a political figure diary. The speaker muses on summer pleasures reading Gibbon and the Bible, poker fantasies with inflated currency, and a humorous anecdote about Taft kissing a Cincinnati child. Also notes the Sins Cannon debate and a joke about undergarments and automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tihelo
Indy Earl
Rome
Matthew
John
Isaiah
Uncle Joe
Thatis W. Sins
Tennessee
Sins
Sias
Senate
Full Linen Closets Study On Household Linen Purchases
A systematic housekeeper maintains a yearly rule to stock linen, buying a dozen face towels a pair of sheets at least one tablecloth four bath towels and a dozen napkins. The approach tracks supply to decide what must be discarded each year and recycles worn items into towels or napkins for kitchen use.
Senate Pronunciation Studies Highlight Regional Variants
A former Senate reading clerk and various senators reveal quirky pronunciations during tariff debates. Southern lawmakers say tobacco as terbacker, government as ruv'ment, and statistics as stastistics. Henry Teller mispronounces Cuba as Cuby, eliciting a sharp retort about birth in Cuby.
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Senate
United States
Crockett
A. J. Hopkins
Wormer
Henry M. Teller
Cuba
Cuby
Adverbial Name Causes Laugh at Baltimore Hotel
A bellboy at the Hotel Baltimore cried A Cordiiply to an amused lobby, prompting a puzzled inquiry from a large lounger. The exchange leads to the name Alred Cordingly Danver Col, noted by a Kansas City Journal report.
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Hotel
Baltimore
Alred Cordingly
Danver
Kansas City Journal
Five Years Before Dr Miles Heart Remedy Cure Claim
Five years of heart trouble with left side pain and breathlessness improved after taking Dr Miles Heart Remedy. Mrs C Gorkey of Northfield Virginia says after six bottles she was cured. The ad notes heart weakness due to overwork and promises a money-back guarantee if no benefit.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
C. Gorkey
Northfield
Stories by Senator Taylor and the Taylor Boys
Senator Taylor tells of an old woman who pleaded for her husband’s pardon after a hog theft, recalling a Tennessee governor’s era. The tale, linked to “Fiddling Bob,” frames how public speakers win crowds. The piece notes the Taylor brothers, one Republican, one Democrat, once campaigned in Tennessee.
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United States Senate
Robert L . Taylor
Bob
Depew
Senate
Tennessee
Taylor Brothers
Darkey
Washington to set example against billboard nuisance
Washington plans a new Union Station designed by Daniel H. Burnham to greet visitors with a controlled display of signs. The project features a large plaza and a semicircular arrangement with designated sites for billboards, signaling a bold public approach to advertising in the capital.
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Washington
National Capital
Union Station
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
Uat
Had Fits For 6 Years
A testimony from Min. J.D. Paluics of Amsterdam New York claims Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills cured his son after six years of epileptic fits. The boy recovered quickly with improved color and calm demeanor. The notice urges purchase through dealers and lists affiliates in Buffalo and New York.
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Yale
W. Ghale
J.D. Paluics
Wark St
Amsterdam
A. I. Chase
A. W. Obase
W& Bux
Uedis
A. W. Shand
Buffulu
N.Y
A. W. Ubaas
Campaign to remove billboards near public buildings in Washington
A historical report notes officials plan to ban and remove advertising boards near the central Washington area. Enterprising painters decorated house facades near a station with loud ads, prompting a broader campaign by the American Public Advertising Association to suppress billboard advertising around public places and parks in major cities.
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Smnaranding
Cantral
Pew Senate
Forde
Bill
Moread
Washington
American Elvic Association Ia
Chiteago
New York
Brownlow and Jefferson Bible Price Tale
A Louisville Courier Journal item recounts a 19th century anecdote about Congress authorizing a Jefferson Bible facsimile and the later price drop from $2.50 to $1.25. A caller informs Representative Brownlow he can buy “a whole Bible for 26 canta.” The narrative shifts to nostalgic memory of Bloomsbury Belgravia and Old London, referencing St James Street, White’s, Crockford’s, and past social scenes, ending with a vivid reminiscence attributed to the city’s past luxuries and figures.
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Walter Brownlow
Tennessee
Brownlow
Bloomsbury
Belgravia
Berkley Square
Mount Street
Piccadilly
Billingsgatesand Houndsditch
Tottenham Court Road
Elephant and Castle
Bouncer
Jermyn Street
St. James
White's
Crockford’s
Lou and Hazzard
Whitehall
Holland House
St. James Chapel
Louieville
Famous Precious Stones and their storied gems
The article recounts famed stones like the Cullinan and Orloff diamonds. It notes Cullinan’s naming after T. M. Cullinan from Queenstown and its discovery at Hlandsfontein after the Boer War, later presented to King Edward. The Orloff diamond, tied to Catherine the Great, was stolen from an idol and later set in Russia’s imperial scepter with remarkable clarity.
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Cullinan
T. M. Cullinan
Queenstown
Caps Colony
Hlandsfontein
Prinslov
Hdward
Orloff
Hippresa Catherine
Russia
Count Orloff
Catherine
Orlot
Roundabout Danation and a Charity Errand
A confused mistranscribed tale centers on a woman who leaves for a grocery with an oil can for light, meets a neighbor, and explains her errand is merely to donate, while others gossip about a councilor and a man named Lieut Shackleton. The passage weaves a humorous, erroneous dialogue about charity, dinners, and birds, with garbled names and odd phrasing.
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Kearuseus
Uosighbor
Chicago University
Big Horn Basin Irrigation Promise Sparks Wyoming Growth
The piece extols a seven million dollar dam project in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. It describes Uncle Sam funding irrigation, creating grids of canals, and enabling 150,000 acres to blossom. It highlights towns like Cody and Thermopolis, rail expansion, rich crops, minerals, and a push for settlers to build independent farms and communities.
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Tinele Sam
Finatiron
Uncle Sam
Sam
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Valley of the Nile
BEC
Cody
Buffalo Bill
National Park
Hong of
Annare
Thither
Burlington
Thermopola
Arterly
Athar Bney
Denver
Cady, Basin
Worland
Gatland
Porwell
Thermopolias
Big Horn
Absoraka
Pryor
Owl
Frank W. Mondell
Committee On Public Lands
House of Representatives
United States
West
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Uci
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Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estmerville, Wa
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Crab Wills Anti Bank
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