Young Indiana Senator Beveridge Rivaled by Debut of Fred Landis
Washington sparkles as Indiana’s Fred Landis, a lanky new congressman, delivers a maiden floor speech attacking the national insurance system. Landis, from a prominent clan including Charlie Landis and Kensaw Mountain Landis, rises after beating long-time incumbent George Steele. His rapid ascent and praised oratorical debut draw wide attention.
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Fred. Landis
Indiana
Beveridge
Hoossier
Fred Landis
Joe” Cannon
Mr. Landis
Charlie
Kensaw Mountain Landis
Gresham
United States
Ilinois
Porto Rico
Fred
George Steele
Congress
Steele
Washington
Landis
House
A Finished Orator Beveridge in the Senate
Senator Beveridge of Indiana is hailed as a finished orator and debater with a notable literary reputation. A misinterpreted request to forward a job application leads to a humorous misnaming of Smithsonian material as Smiths Onion and Smithsonian. The piece notes the public appetite for government reading matter and the breadth of official literature.
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Enator Beverings
Indiana
Senate
Congress
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Beveridge
C. R. I. & P. Railroad
Smith
Enator Daniel
Virginia
Smithsonian
Sam
Tom Dunn Dead Ex sheriff known for wit dies in New York
In New York the death is mourned for Tom Dunn ex sheriff of the county a familiar figure in the twenty sixth assembly district and loved for his good natured practical jokes. At a Delaware club ball he teased a well dressed newcomer with a quip about wearing a dress suit.
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New York
Tom” Dunn
Twenty-Sixth Assembly
Dunn
Delaware Club
Fina
Russian Chalk and Red Flannel Cure for Erysipelas
A reader recounts a Russian home remedy for erysipelas using red flannel mask and powdered chalk applied to the face, claiming rapid relief without medicine. The note praises the method, cites prior cases cured on legs and feet, and asks for the formula of gentian sop. Also includes letters about cold feet and nurse training guidance from Dr. David H. Reeder.
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Reeder
Papa
Revil
Russia
Minneapolis
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
C. H
Oklahoma
Home Health Club
E. E
Wisconsin Miss Requests Return Address Postage Reply
A Wisconsin woman Miss A B asks that anyone who enclosed 25 cents postage in a letter write back with full name and address. The writer promises a cheerful compliance to the request.
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A. B
Wisconsin
Dear Doctor Reeder Letter Reflects Family Medicinal Practices
An Indiana reader writes to Dr. David H. Reeder praising his plant medicine lectures. She recalls childhood walks with her mother gathering herbs and roots for family remedies, noting August September gathering and a single doctor visit in her mother’s life.
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Indiana
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Cake Snowballs Recipe Idea Turns Cake Into Snowballs
Cut crusts off white cake and cut into one to two inch pieces. Dip each piece in rich white frosting, then roll in freshly grated coconut until fully coated to resemble snowballs.
Potato Salad From Old Recipe
Boil and mash four potatoes then mix with minced onions and a dressing of mashed yolks from three hard boiled eggs with vinegar mustard melted butter salt sugar and chopped egg whites. Garnish with rings of whites and lettuce for serving.
Whipped Chocolate Preparation Tip
Whipped chocolate is delicious and simple to make. Boil milk thoroughly then beat over heat with an egg beater, churn until yeasty froth forms. The foam holds long, and when served stir in some whipped cream for a richer texture.
Bullocks and brides Prize Sparks From Rural Pageant
A village near Braga held a birthday celebration for King Carlos of Portugal with a bullock race where a farmer offered himself as the prize. Seven girls rode bareback on bullocks. chaos followed as a rival won and spectators ducked the judge. Similar past contests included bicycle races in New Brunswick and dresses swapped at Brussels to win a groom.
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Carlos
Portugal
Braga
Coethe
New Brunswick
Havre
Boniface
Vienna
Fatal Mistake In Stranger Case Heard In Court
A terse New York Sun item notes a fatal mistake in a custody confrontation as a woman asks about a missing father and references a subpoena server in a terse courtroom moment. The fragment hints at a dramatic, personal dispute with legal overtones.
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N. Y. Sun
His Crude Idea
A humorous exchange notes a student rejecting the presumption of innocence, while a teacher cites law and a sharp retort from the pupil about lawyers accepting payment. The dialogue lampoons legal fairness in a Chicago Tribune quotation.
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Chicago Tribune
At the Piano Note Lost Recalled in Banter
A brief, humorous exchange recalls a lost five dollar note tied to a lamp and a planner. The Billville youth asks the singer to hold the lamp so he can look for the missing bill, noting he never got over losing it last year.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Champion Tree Choppers
Three Snohomish loggers felled 260 trees in eight days totaling 700 800 feet of lumber in a remarkable feat of logging prowess.
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Champion Tree Choppers
Snohomish
Longest Canal: Bengal Canal Reaches 900 Miles
The Bengal canal extends 900 miles, making it the longest artificial water course in the world. It highlights engineering scale and regional impact of drainage and navigation projects.
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Bengal Canal
Annual Trek of Caribou: Herd Moves South Across Topsails
A recent report describes the autumn caribou migration in the third week of November. Hundreds pass over Topsails with fawns, adults bearing many horn points, and a scent-driven movement toward windward routes. At the Harry River headwaters the herd tightens, with 500 caribou fed at once. horns show 30 to 40 points.
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Harry River
Slow Horses at a Sawmill Camp Dinner Table Debate
In a mess hour at a sawmill camp, locals weigh in on slow horses. Kelly's old gray, Johnson's black mare, Old Water, and a day mare named Water are praised for their reluctance to move. Shepard recalls waiting 20 minutes as his day mare stood still.
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Kelly
Johnson
Shepard
Myers
San Francisco Chronicle
Little New York Girl Seeks Queen Victoria’s Floor
In Philadelphia a young girl from New York, raised in an apartment, looked at photos with relatives. She studied a view of Windsor Castle and asked, with childlike honesty, which floor Queen Victoria inhabited.
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New York
Philadelphia
Lippincott
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Football in Austria and Bohemia gains noble club links
In Austria and Austria-Hungary football grows with elite clubs in Prague joined by a nobles-only team. Oxford and Cambridge are set to visit Bohemia to play the new club nicknamed Prinzbarogarten, reflecting a fashion in the sport among aristocrats.
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Austria
Austria-Hungary
Prague
Oxford
Cambridge
Bohemia
Prinzbarorgarten
Royal Forester Diploma Hidden in Royal Biography
Royal King Edward holds a forestry diploma from a noted school in Nancy France and studies in Germany, revealing a lesser known aspect of his scholarly pursuits in the science of forestry.
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Royal Forester
Edward
School of Forestry
Nancy
France
Germany
Queer Present Tour and Imperial Circus Gift
The last Czar Alexander III of Russia was reportedly embarrassed by a circus of performing ideas sent by Prince Henry I of Reuss as a birthday present, reflecting quirky court intrigue around a notable imperial figure.
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Alexander III
Russia
Prince Henry I of
Reuss
Fiendish Joy Found in One Sin
A Boston transcript notes a provocative saying that there is more joy in earth over one sin found than over ninety nine sins forsaken, reflecting a dramatic moral contrast in scripture.
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Boston ‘Transcript
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Laporte, Ind
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