Portraits of Speakers Past Fill the Speaker's Lobby
A detailed walk through the Speaker's lobby recounts portraits of former Speakers from the First through the Thirteenth Congresses. It notes attire, age, and portraits of figures like Clay, Calhoun, and Reed, with commentary on painting quality and historical context. The article mentions Amos T. Crisp and a living judge of the gallery, plus an anecdote at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee Couse
Pimirevica
Aavaceed Gothole
Henry Clay
S Callow
Peecles
Langdon Cheeves
South Carolina
Hank
Crisp
Senate
Amos. Domaines
Telephones in Churches Spark Clerical Debate in New York
In New York City a discussion unfolds over using telephones to transmit sermons and music to distant worshipers. Clergymen from Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Presbyterian churches offer varied views on whether personal presence is essential or if remote listening can convey the divine presence. A Bell System official notes potential feasibility but no experiments have been done yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peres Miven Wasurseris
Yentlen
Iors
House of Represtotatives
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
New York City
England
Bradford
Chesterfield
Litchfeld
Canon Wilcox
Arthur Ritchie
Anglicas
Father Colton
Metilyne
Parkhurst
Corrigan
Richie
Hobart
Collyer
Anne of
Metropolis
Father Charles H. Colton
Pas Stephen
Arshur Rueble
Episcops Church of St
Charles H. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Mount of Olives
Teach
Fourth Avenua
Henry Ward Beecher
John Hall
Wirth Avenue
Hey
Palmer
Hurlbert
Marble Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
Twenty
Rowan Catholic Church
Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company
Varios
James Redxam Shirley
Telegraphers Converse Across Wires in Morning Rituals
A Washington Star excerpt describes telegraph operators greeting with ge and good morning phrases and farewells like g n. The dialogue shows health checks and humorous exchanges. Signals such as ha and hs convey amusement and smiles.
Brown's Iron Bit Cures Dyspepsia and Debility
An old advertisement declares Brown's Iron Bit relieves dyspepsia indigestion and general debility. It markets the tonic as a cure all for weak digestion and lingering stomach troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Aude's Tennis Court 4 A Rural Summer Court Fetes Two Visitors
A humorous sketch recounts Maude and Uncle Henry hosting two summer guests for tennis on a small court near Quiniehurs t. Atkins and Bland meet playful mishaps, sun, shade, and a grassy court as early morning sessions and a rainy afternoon test endurance and sport.
Amateur Racquet Club Mingle Leads to Racket Borrowing Incident
At about ten o clock the next fate Bland Atking and Adams played. Adams boasted of star proofing a safe, then joined doubles. Jennie invited friends for the morrow inviting more play. A racket theft accusation sparks tension as Stevens family, uninvited, note the borrowed equipment as a breach of etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bland
Mr. Atking
Mr. Adams
Atkine
Mr. Blang
Jonnie
Mau Ide
Mrs. Adans
Mr. Atkige
Bland
Jennie
Mr. Adama
Stevens
Nothht
Stevene
Family Feud Over Tennis Court Sparks Domestic Turmoil
A large party tensions arise as Jennie Mantle is left out and disputes over inviting Stevens prompt a sequence of tennis matches on various courts. Accusations and offended feelings spread among Jennie, Maude, Adams, Rockwoods and others, while Uncle Henry alone seems to grasp the messy situation. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as a calmant and healer amid the quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Quininehurst
Maude
Quiniehurst
Quiniiehurst
Jennle
Mantle
Stevens
Adams
Agathe
Jennie
Meg Stevens
Teanis Mateh
Mra
Mr. Atkins
Mr. Hiand
Jonnie
Morelog
Dewy Wee
Woods
Her
Rockwoods
Adameos i
O Janale
Janale
Uncle Henry
Hood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amos J Cummings Waitas
Sprakeh
James
Wlalye
Wheo
Tannor
Erigon Langlag
Duert
Fiearga Dont
Maryland
Nathan Ot Macon
Pruderick A. Muhlenburg
Pennsylvania
Jonathan Tromon
Connecticut
Trumbull
Tie
Repub
Jonethan Dayton
Charles Somner
Elena
Thia
Congres
Theodore Sedgewick
Mavearhwoetes Ee
Prumbull
Tromtsili
Selewiek
Clay
Hanen
Joseph B. Varnum
Mazeqnhustts Fe
Ter
Bie Stain
Weneral
Varoum
Aci
Aubiro
Ho Clay
Kentucky
Mac
Esnvas
Degao
Cheeves
Philip Barfour
Virginia
Old Dominion
Cnausson
Barbour
Andrew Jackson
Supreme Court
Mr. Barbour
Andrew Stevenson
Marbour
Stevenson
Spea
George TV
Tke
Willem Henry Harrison
Dans G. Cantrene
Sim
Jamra K Balk
United States
Hunter
John White
Kenticks
John W. Jones
Jobe W. Davis
Indiana
Davis Bat
Maguth
Cate
Roscoe Conkling
Robert C. Winthrop
Massachusetts
Winthrop
Robert Toombs
Phineas T. Barnum
Cobb
Buchanan
Treasury
Nertig
Linn Bord
Nathaniel P. Banks
Banks
Stero
Perre
Republican Party
James L. Orr
Orr
Hlathatet Cobb
William Pennington
New Jersey
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvenia
Pennington
Peter Stuyvesant
Hiy Oatire
Grow
Schuyler Colfax
James Gi. Blaine
Statesman
Maine
Blaine
Michanl C. Kerr
House
Samuel J. Randall
Congress
Tiber
J. War
Gald
Fiuess
Thomas H Reed
Martlatic
Maud
Tom
Hin
Harper's Basar
Onarkes F, Orise
Wrymouth
Wright
Childern
Ty Pietsant
Alaria
Aude's Tennis Court
Fielding
Jenole
Messrs
Atkins
Hlood
Jenenis
At Maude
Jeanin
Jenure
Tepele
Mr. Atkine
Mrs. Adams
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