ArbitRARY Senate clash signals fight over prerogatives
Washington, Feb 10. The House resistance to Senate encroachments on legislative prerogatives sparks talk of a lively battle. Analysts note past concessions on tariff bills and urge the House to assert rights, with speculation on potential filibuster risks and future conflicts over claim bills and reciprocity schemes. Annrivur W. Dunn.
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House of Representatives
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Quay
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Anrrivur W. Dunn
Child's Play Belief in Patent Medicines Spark Healings
A testimonial extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and related remedies for women's health, claiming long warded off illness after years of poor health. Mrs. S. E. Whalen of Holden Missouri credits the treatment with restoring strength, ending bed confinement, and curing constipation without further doctor visits.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Farmer Escapes After 100 Foot Slope Crash
La Crosse Wisconsin February 8 John Meinertz a farmer near the city drove a wood load down a steep icy bluff. The horses slipped and fell 100 feet with the sleigh and load. both horses were killed, the sleigh broken. Meinertz escaped unharmed.
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la Crosse
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John Mejhertz
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Rice water nutritious alternative in oriental cooking
The article notes that discarded rice water retains most nutrition and can sustain strength during shortages. It recounts a historical Indian siege where natives preferred the cooking water, later aiding Europeans in cholera cases. Properly boiled, the water forms a jelly like blancmange and can be flavor enhanced for Western tastes.
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India
Orient
A Fourth Dimension Explained Through Flatland Analogy
A lay explanation compares a two dimensional world to our space by imagining a fourth dimension. It uses a sphere and a dungeon to illustrate how beings confined to a plane or three dimensions could access higher dimensions and pass through barriers.
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Euclid
Earth
Flatland
Study Finds Sheepskin Passes as Lookalike Book Leathers
A Society of Arts committee report shows leathers named as Levant morocco, hard grain morocco, straight grain morocco, pigskin, calfskin, crocodile and alligator skins were actually ordinary sheepskin stamped to imitate real skins. The group notes both binders and librarians often believed they were purchasing genuine leathers.
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Levant
Morocco
London Globe
Peasant Workshops and Barracks Share Spartan Comforts
The piece notes that many Russian peasants spend days and nights in shared workshop rooms with minimal beds, using a long fixed wooden bench along all walls for work and sleep. Similar sparse arrangements appear in factories prisons and military barracks, with rudimentary chairs and tables often self made by the workers.
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Saturday Review
Medical advances and future hopes for immunity
The piece envisions the twentieth century bringing widespread medical progress with vaccines and treatments creating lasting immunity. It anticipates devices like antitoxins and potential cures for many diseases, predicting extended youth and common vaccines for aging populations.
Fishermen as caddies and quirky Scots identity
Odd notes on Scotland's fishing seasons inspire caddie imagery as fishermen wear woolen jerseys and brace trousers to the armpits. A humorous exchange shows a man named Breeks being called by that nickname, while his real name is Broon.
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Scotland
Broon
D'Orsay and the Privileged Tailors of His Day
A historical anecdote notes modistes and admen profiting from patrons with free garments in exchange for ads. It recounts D'Orsay's stint as a premier tailor to privilege, a pocket-lining incident, and a tale of Queen Scotia and the Scottish thistle becoming a dynastic badge after a battlefield victory.
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Belief Test in Grimm Tale Ends in Thaler Oath
A Chicago Record-Herald Berlin Letter recalls Jacob Grimm anecdote where a Jewish girl asks a servant to give Grimm a thaler when he returns, claiming she owes him the money for not believing the wolf story. The coin prompts inquiry about the sender and purpose, and the girl reveals she owes it herself for disbelief.
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Berlin
Chicago Record-Herald
Braekstad Sifts Through Swedish Dialect Tales
A London Chronicle note recalls how H L Braekstad received a volume of Swedish tales in a dialect not native Swedish yet readable when spoken aloud. The dialect resembled Danish speech, and Braekstad learned it by phonetic reading, uncovering the book’s Swedish roots.
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H. L. Braekstad
Denmark
London Chronicle
Lantern and lamp maintainer in seventeenth century London
The excerpt describes John Cooke bequeathing £10 to keep a lantern at the corner of St Michael's lane Thames street from Michaelmas to Lady day with lights for travelers after dark. In a separate scene a man asks Mr Goldrock for his daughter’s hand, and Goldrock quips about education and reading newspapers before luck.
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John Cooke
St. Michael's Lane
Thames Street
Rome
Prospective Cook and Mistress Debate Breakfast Time
A dialogue notes a prospective cook asking about breakfast time. The mistress replies seven, then suggests seven thirty or eight. a trial wake is implied as a potential outcome in front of a judge.
Minnick and Sionick Debate on Courage and Action
A fragment shows Minnick defending a friend from abuse and Sionick asserting readiness to intervene. The dialogue contrasts prejudice with readiness to act. The quote adds a proverb about timing and character, noting spring planting as a metaphor for cultivation of virtue.
The Point of the Joke in Chicago
English visitors in Chicago hear Chicagoans perform and tell stories at dinner. An Englishman who cannot see the humor remains puzzled until a poem about an Englishman dead ten years reveals the joke. The table erupts as the punch line lands with the storyteller.
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PICKINGS FROM FICTION AND FOL LIES IN ARITHMETIC
A stitched collection of quotes and wry insights from various authors and works. The lines explore morality, temptation, realism, class, and social norms with a light satirical voice. Each quip reflects on desire, virtue, and human folly in sharp, aphoristic strokes.
Jump, is it? Do you think I'd jump for money earned?
A Portland Oregonian excerpt recounts a railroad worker telling of rescuing a new Irish brakeman named Mike during a runaway train incident. The man recalls grabbing the derailed train car tops to slow it and Mike defying danger, insisting he would not jump despite fear, while earning 8 cents a mile.
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Mike
Portland Oregonian
With bated breath in fairy tales explained
In a dialogue, Mamma defines the phrase as an elastic, dubious term used for effect in fairy tales. She notes it has no specific meaning linked to bait or fishing and is common only due to long-standing usage in such stories. The exchange ends with Emerson understanding.
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Whiadelphia Inquirer
Emerson
Mamma
Unusual Septembers in Cromwell and Stuart History
The article notes recurring Septembers in Cromwellian dates and highlights 88 as a fatal thread for the Stuarts. It lists Robert II dying in 1888, James II at Roxburgh 1488, Mary Queen of Scots beheaded 1588, James VII dethroned 1688, and Bonnie Prince Charlie dying in 1788, linking dates across eras.
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Ajax the Angora Cat Leads Double Life
A humorous note from a Chicago Tribune item reveals Ajax the Angora cat visits the neighbor’s home for feeding and petting each morning while his owners, Horace and his wife, ponder the cat’s many escapades. The piece also mentions Betel nuts, the areca palm product, used as a chew and in small crafts with a Kew Museum walking stick crafted from these nuts.
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A Zoo Discussion Gags About Monkeys and Editors
A Washington Star joke features an orang outang and chimpanzee debating human descent and effort to rise again while a Philadelphia Press quip notes a slow editor and a rapid twelve stories in a minute when the elevator broke.
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Magistrate Questions Papered Fight Over Black Eye
The magistrate hears a wife complain that her husband was not a physical wreck until after he struck her. The husband replies that he became a wreck only after receiving the blow, indicating a domestic dispute discussed in court.
Teething Irritability Quoted By A Mother
A fond mother explains irritability due to teething while Mr. Oldbatch comments on the matter, in a St. Louis Republic item. The exchange captures a domestic tone and curious phrasing of the era.
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St. Louis Republic
Why Big Fish Get Away
It explains why larger fish are likelier to escape due to greater weight, activity, and experience. The piece notes their cunning can compromise gear and lead anglers to misjudge critical moments, citing an example from a Saturday Evening Post issue in Cleveland.
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Didn’t Get the Credit for Ellen’s Expensive Wedding Gift
A Philadelphia Bulletin item notes a donor’s costly wedding present was displayed without the donor’s cards, prompting questions about acknowledgment and credit for the gift.
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Defining a bore in Bishop Selwyn dialogue
The passage quotes a question about what a bore is, with Selwyn remarking a bore is someone who talks about himself while you wish to talk about yourself. Coleridge notes Tobin’s habit of pestering with stories of Godwin’s dullness and Godwin’s post departure comment that Tobin was duller.
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