Firing of Kerby and railroad bill clash roil Senate
Washington dispatch details confusion over long and short haul amendments to the railroad bill with Aldrich Bacon and insurgents debating victory. Ballinger dismisses Kerby as scrutiny grows on the Lawler memorandum and Glavis case while Supreme Court set trials for tobacco trust and Standard Oil. Washington arts scene notes Capitol statue debates and a forthcoming art commission.
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Taft
Ballinger
Kerby
Washington
Senate
Inite
Aldrich
Bacon
Cummins
Meyburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Commerce Court
Elba
Dolliver
la Follette
Beveridge
Clapp
Bristow
Frederick M. Kerby
Interior Department
Lawler
Gravis
Pinehbet
Supreme Court
Tobaco Trust
Standard Oil Company
Justice Brewer
Standard Oil
Starter To Work Makes Wife Laugh In Plumber Tale
A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts a husband who bravely agrees to fetch water as plumbers prepare to fix the house. His wife teases him for bringing buckets from the cistern while the faucet remains on, prompting his quiet embarrassment and retreat downtown.
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Hubby
Kansas City Star
Humor and Philosophy Reflections on Nerves and Naughties
A collection of wry maxims about honesty, courage, and social quirks. It muses on nerves needed for dentist visits, the pull of revenge, the value of humor, and the dull duty of everyday life with compact, paradoxical sayings.
The Frugal Newport Man and His Doomed Installment Plan
A Newport man lived on installment credit and saved matches to fund purchases. His aim to own a car, lumber yard, and many goods led to continuous buying with minimal cash, paying in nickel steps. He died gradually, unable to settle nature's debt, ending in a drawn out demise.
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Newport
Simple earth and heart in Stopford Brooke verse
The excerpt speaks of earth and humanity with imagery of sun rain wind and forest life. It emphasizes simple love trust and hopeful change while noting the enduring magic of the earth and the heart of man across ten thousand years.
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Stopford A. Brooke
Difference Between a Trained Nurse and One Not Trained
A trained nurse receives attention while a nurse that isn't trained gives attention.
Witness Box Confessional In Courtroom Exchange
In a terse courtroom moment a witness admits ignorance to a judge and asserts the line of questioning came from counsel not versed in the case. The exchange highlights legal strategy as the trial proceeds with tense testimony and evasive answers.
A Time Table Joke At The Junction
A branch line trains story follows a junction newsdealer who recalls an odd passenger who missed his train and asked for a joke book. He instead bought a time table. The humor hinges on the inevitable delay and the man's clever selection.
Amputation Pun in Brief Exchange
A brief comic exchange jokes about rheumatism with a quip on cutting it out. The punchline hinges on a misheard question and a pun about amputation and rheumatism. No individuals or organizations are named.
Quiet Place Exchange Sparks Town Gun Talk
A tension-filled scene shows residents arguing over gun ownership and political power with lines about government by shotgun and local bravado. One speaker calls claims baseless while another defends the town’s simple six-shooter reality.
A Holiday Yacht Trip Ends in Courtroom Surprise
A Chicago wine merchant and a Chicago judge shared two weeks at sea on a yachting trip. On return the agent was summoned for jury duty and faced the judge in court. He claimed business pressure, the judge asked about his line, and the exchange revealed the agent sold or drank wine. The judge ordered a ten day rest.
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Chicago
Saturday Evening Post
Standoff Over Burke Causes Mild Confusion
In a brief exchange a passerby asks why Burke is absent and what he is doing. The response notes Burke is busy this morning and a previous sighting left the observer uncertain if he was fixing a typewriter or enriching the language.
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Burke
Almanac Helps Amateur Astronomer Predict Comets
A light local joke notes an amateur astronomer son who supposedly predicts comets by consulting the almanac. The quip plays on old meteorology and astronomy tropes.
Water on the Brain Submerged Debate Sparks Banter
A light, ribbing exchange centers on a quip about water and immersion. The dialogue suggests a playful, teasing tone as participants discuss whether something is submerged and express doubt and certainty in turn.
Women’s club meeting orderly and orderly
A humorous exchange describes a women’s club business meeting where participants spoke in turn, never more than three at a time, conveying an orderly session.
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Women’s Club
Just a Little Dubious
Uncle Solon Winslow plans a fifth marriage after four wives died in twenty years. A neighbor jokes while Solon reveals the wedding depends on Parson Frost's three months’ leave. Susan plans to start with Parson Corner at the Center and see how it goes.
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Solon Winslow
Solon
Parson Frost
Susan
Uncle Solon
Whistler Joke Sparks Irishman and Venison Tale
A London horse dealer and a picture buyer misinterpret a Whistler painting, yielding a comic exchange about a “roarer” Whistler. An Irish observer questions a cured tuberculosis lung in a jar. A country doctor crashes a venison dinner anticipating next door’s roast, prompting playful banter about sharing the meal.
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Lippincott’s
London
Duty as a guiding power through life
The text posits duty as a power that grows with us each morning and fades with us at night. It equals our intellect in scope and follows us everywhere, only leaving when we end our life.
Night Clerk Dossiers and Pinochle Quest at Desk
A Chicago traveler Abe Perlmutter asks a night clerk to locate someone for a pinochle game for an hour or two. The clerk calls Mr. Gutwillig and later dispatches pages to arrange the match while a buzz of barroom chatter grows. A separate scene has a Missouri county clerk confronted by a woman seeking a marriage license who recounts a near wedding canceled by the groom’s sudden cold feet.
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Abe Perlmutter
Chicago
Mr. Gutwillig
Kelly
O'Brien
Success Magazine
Lucky Jim
Missouri
Sam
Jim Jones
Jim
Noted Woman Recovers Nerves with Pinkham’s Remedy
A series of testimonials from Missouri readers describe relief from nervous prostration bearing down and backache after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Reports hail improved digestion dizziness and irregularities with claims of cure for female ills.
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Oronogo
Lydia KB
Pinkham
Mae McKnnetty
Oronoge
St. Louis
youa_ E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eminent specialist cures chronic diseases without fee
Shhallenberger, a renowned physician, treats chronic illnesses and sends incurables home free of charge. He boasts rapid diagnosis within two minutes and covers catarrh throat and lung issues eye ear stomach liver kidneys stomach and bladder diseases paralysis neuralgia nervous and heart diseases epilepsy Bright's disease and early consumption. Also offers stammering cure, piles ruptures, and eye nose throat problems with glasses and cataract services.
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Tir Shhallenberger
Speec
Nervous Debility and Private Diseases Advertisement
Nervous debility with symptoms of fatigue lack of energy memory loss sleeplessness and irritability urged to seek treatment. Sexual weakness and private diseases are specialty areas offered with confidential services and medical guidance.
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