Uncle Joe Declines as Cannon Refuses President Bid
Washington Post column notes Joseph G Cannon, aged veteran of Illinois politics, declining the Republican nomination in 1906. It surveys his long career from Lincoln era through Speakership, and weighs the era of prosperity under gold standard, currency debates, and party dynamics with references to Cleveland and McKinley. It also touches on New York betting, farming wealth, and street life attitudes toward automotives.
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Washburn
Trumbull
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Moe
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Cleveland
McKinley
Buchanan
New York
Wwe
Hearst
Jersey Reubens
Cuba
Palma
Br. Murphy
Je- Toma
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago Daily News
A column of aphorisms on gender, kindness, love, and social norms. It jokes about women’s age, men’s vanity, and the idea that fortune comes from appearance or charm, noting how temperament and missteps shape happiness and misery.
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Chicago Daily News
Alma
Political satire and civic satire in a storm of quotes
A collage of sharp riffs on politicians, public notices, and social quirks. The piece mocks campaign rhetoric and fiscal folly while noting local curiosities in Sterling and New York culture, with jabs at Bryan, Sullivan, Churchill, and Hobson. It also notes a matrimony club for young Sterling ladies and a cemetery sexton enforcing no spooning.
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Sexton
Sterling
Aunt Sarah Thorne Mistaken Witness in Dublin Theatre
A Succession story recalls Miss Sarah Thorne reading as a "The Masked Prince" actress at Theatre Royal Dublin. She skips a scene, misplaces her cue, and in a courtroom moment tells the judge to "Ask that man" causing confusion before the curtain falls.
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Sarah Thorne
Theatre Royal
Dublin
Misa Thorne
Mr. @illmore
Jman
Life in Atlanta Yet: Witty Bits From The Press
A compact montage of humorous clips and jokes from multiple papers. It riffs on weather and shows, bootleg humor, and regional banter. The sequence references clever lines about moonshine, taxes, accents, and a joke about motor cars versus the dead.
Baron Pistelkors Villain in a Russian Tragedy
An elaborate Russian scandal centres on Gen. Baron Pistelkors accused of taking a million rubles for an undefended divorce from his wife who wed Grand Duke Paul. The wife, Mme Andrejief, is famed as a lavish hostess in St Petersburg society. The saga involves murder by the husband of her Jewish father, a split with the Czar’s family, and a courtly exodus to Paris. Grand Duke Paul is pardoned but exiled from Russia. Meanwhile delays in diplomatic audiences haunt the Ottoman court as ambassadors press the Sultan for action amid turmoil.
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Gen
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Wharty
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Paut
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Winter Palace
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Granduke
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Hohenfelgan
Bavaria
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Avenus Bois de Boulogne
Jus
Russia
Leishman
Porte
Napoleon III
Ibrahim Pasha
Niahan
Turkey
Servia
Henry Elliot
Midhat Pasha
Sultan Murad
Sir Henry
Ottoman Empire
Fetvah
Murad
Abdul Hamf É
Constantinople
Hubert Cahenaan
Col Charias
V. Townshend
C. B
Marquis of Townshend
Prince Ferdinand de Faucigny-Ludagest de Coligny
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Marquish De.fontenoz
Dr Wiley’s Gotham Drink and a Verbal Parade
A column of vivid anecdotes unfolds from Washington scenes. Dr Wiley samples a gin wash at the New Willard while a gelatin maker sniffs for the real thing. A parade of street theater follows from a mother and child on a verge to a pickaninny in a car and a witty chatter about Chevy Chase. Three clubmen in a midnight shooting gallery, a pension joke on a shop sign, and a procession of colorful locals close the tale.
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New Willards
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Mike
Fourteenth Street
Marines
Chevy Chase
Fourteenth
U Streets
Chevy Chage
Mr. Johnson
Washington
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Willard
Fighting Bob Had the Facts In a Naval Bombardment Tale
An Untold Harper Weekly story recounts Admiral Evans letter predicting bombardment actions during the Spanish American War. It aligns Sampson’s Havana plan with Evans's stated distances and reveals why Sampson chose 86 yards, noting Spaniards fixed targets at 200 yards earlier. The piece frames Evans as precise and bold in wartime reasoning.
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Harpor'a
Naval Review
Oyster Bay
Rabe Jey D. Evans
Sampson
Havans
Evans
Harper's Weekly
Iowa
Indiana
Maine
Seanpson
Watwington
Havana
Chance
New York
Evens
Lfe
Arizona Has Her Oddities by a Desert Painter
Albert Groll, a New York painter visiting Arizona, recounts a desert encounter sixty miles southwest of his sketching area. He meets a six‑foot gunman with two revolvers, who speaks German and English, keeps two wives, and has lived on the desert for years while buying blankets from Indians.
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Mr Groll
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Arizona
G van Miller
Remington
Bismarck
von Moltke
Kaiser
Tim
Germas
Wesern Gun Toter
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Nuremburg
Evolution with a plutocrat from the Pittsburgh Fest
The fragment recounts a playful verse about a character Gotrox, who greets a growing narrator with a nod and a cheerful, evolving salutation. The piece hints at wealth and status as the narrator advances, ending with a forward looking, affectionate note.
Seaver’s Bad Form Beats by Poor Opponent at Boston Dinner
Tennis expert R C Seaver, after a dinner in Boston, described a match where his poor form led to a defeat by a weaker player. He recalled his anger when taunted by the victor and drew a vivid parallel to a stock broker who refused to share his wardrobe, highlighting the humbling moment.
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R. C Seaver
Boston
Mr. Seaver
Boas
He Lost Nothing From Harper's Weeds
In a short tale, Harry's mother asks if he peeled his apple before eating it and, curious about the peelings, learns he ate them, illustrating a humorous moral from Harper's Weeds about resourcefulness or mischief.
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Harper's
Harry
Reflections of Four Bachelor Pro in The New York Press
Fragmented humor column notes what four women like about presents and costs in daily life. It recalls home comforts, drinking whisky by doctor's order, a boy recognizing relatives on birthdays, and a wife discussing expenditures with friends, hinting at social norms and financial ideas of the era.
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New York
Trytte
German System Praised by Dresden Visitor in Washington
Jacob Schroeder of Dresden argues in favor of Germany's military system and paternalist government, claiming three years of service builds methodical citizens and benefits the state. Representative John A. F. Hull, English actor Puller Melish, and remarks on English theatre contrast with American audiences and actors.
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Dresden
Germany
Ian
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