Washington Letter on Senate Riches and New Public Buildings
Senator Elkins questions sensational millionaire estimates in the Senate noting many members are self made with modest fortunes. A quarter have salaries only while another quarter boast 20 000 to 50 000 fortunes. Public buildings funding, including a new engraving building and a post office near Union Station, moves through Congress. Major Logan recovers a Masonic ring after a long search tied to Fort Belknap and Nez Perce history. Sheds for farmers proposed for Haymarket square funded by anticipated fees.
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Elkins
West Virgiia
Congress
Senate
Senator Elkins
Mr. Elkins
Bartholdt
Burleigh
Howeil
Brantley
Thomas
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington City Post Office
Union Station
Denver
Chicago
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce and Labor
Hall of Records
Carter and
Dixon
Montana
Ww. R. Logan
Fort Belknap Reservation
Major Logan
Captain Logan
United States Army
Battle of
Big Hole
Masonic Fraternity
Old Fort Benton
Haymarket
Tenth
Twelfth
Little B
W. C. Haskell
Maryland
Virginia
Carl Schofteld
Peru
John Milton
Columbia University
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
London
Charles F. Brush
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Robert Hart
Unappreciated Singer and Naval Gout Jokes Highlight Era Clips
A fragment from a Washington Star page recalls a melodious but humble tenor praised in church and mocked by a stern sexton. It also passes along humor about Admiral Evans with gout and a Chicago doctor recounting Dr. Senn and a history exam joke about Caesar and Hannibal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nicholas Senn
Senn
Rush Medical College
Sean
Hannibal
Caesar
High Prices for Antique Furniture in Historic Sales
The piece notes France and India auction records for antique furniture. A Louis XVI settee group sold for 5,000 dollars while a French collector paid 100,000 for six Louis XIV chairs in tapestry. Other sales include Duveen and Page Turner pieces, and a Rajah of Durbahangab purchase of ivory regency items once gifted by Tippoo Sahib.
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Charles Wertheime
Marie Antoinette
Lelong
Paris
Messrs
Duveen
Londesborough
Rajab
Durbahangab
Tippoo Sahib
Warren Hastings
Westminster Gazette
Tree Trunk Water Filter Promises Quick Drinkable Sea Water
An Austrian engineer reports trunks of trees can filter sea water to produce drinkable water for ships. He describes a pump drawing sea water into a trunk filter, with drinkable output within one to three minutes depending on wood type.
Independent Esperanto State Proposed in Europe Frontier
Professor Roy a French Esperantist urges creation of an independent Esperanto state on a neutral frontier near Aix-la-Chapelle in Moresuet. The 3000 inhabitants would have Esperanto as official language and funding from global Esperantist subscriptions. The plan includes an Esperanto theater a daily Esperanto Gazette and a periodic Esperantist parliament to govern the small territory.
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Roy
Europe
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Aix-la-Chapelle
Moresuet
German drive to restore whipping post debated in Reichstag
Representative Strasser urged a lash for malefactors in a speech to the house of deputies. The Berliner Tageblatt reports strong applause from his party. The proposed punishments include whipping pillory branding and knout tying to historic penalties.
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Germany
House of Deputies
Strasser
Berliner Tageblatt
Henry James revising Daisy Miller amid Philadelphia anecdote
A Chicago publisher relays a Philadelphia tale about Henry James during a visit. Two downtown housemaids recall his strict habits and an incident where he caught a maid using his razor to pry a window open, causing a loud disturbance and sparking talk of fresh air.
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Henry James
Daisy Miller
Chicago
James
Philadelphia
Chilocco pupil loses arm skin grafts saved
Katherine Beaulieu of the Chilocco Indian school Oklahoma suffered a severe steam mangle injury when her hand was drawn into the machine. Doctors grafted fifty pieces of skin to seal the wound and volunteers among pupils offered to contribute epidermal grafts. Her arm was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Beaulieu
Chilocco
Oklahoma
Maligned Barber Sparks Senate Hairdressing Quip Inquiry
A barber in the French senate faced an inquiry after a rumor claimed he joked there was no danger of wearing out his scissors because a sponge sufficed to dress the senators hair. Several senators complained but the barber proved he was maligned and kept his post.
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Bob Evans
America
Rio de Janeiro
Admiral Evans
Washington
Strait of Magellan
Evans
Bob
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Frech Senate
Odd Tidbits Span Mirth Risk and Global Life
A survey of curious items includes nine to manage a tiger versus five to hold a lion, a Lusitania clock fleet, murder via mince pies, Belgian gun making, an elephant in a vaudeville train, a rear signal bag for bicycles, and an owl’s firelit escape. Also notes emigration to the U S from Sicily, carbolic acid bath danger, naval headquarters plans at Tientsin, tobacco import efforts in Burma, Indian motor transport feasibility, a massive eating challenge in New York, and a Paris church material recipe using old papers and eggs. Collected odds and ends from politics, science, travel, crime, and culture.
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Lusitania
Mnister
Chart House
Theodore Sutro
Belgium
Liege
Coverach
Cornwall
England
Sicily
Palermo
United States
Board of War
Tientsin
Burma Agricultural Department
Havana
Virginia
India
Joe Rivers
Chateauguay
N. Y
Ellen Toothaker
South Harpswell
Paris
Humor of the Hour in a Washington Streetcar
A Washington Post anecdote recalls a Monday morning streetcar scene between two colored women. One plans a divorce from Jim while the other jokes about thrashing their child. The exchange blends comic misreadings with generous dialect and social quirks of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Jane
Jim
Liza
Sleeper Job On Local Railway In 1915
A humorous dialogue references Horace taking a sleeper job on the local railway in 1915. Monty asks the role while two motorists discuss next state roads, noting they are smooth but lack the block system. The piece carries a wry tone typical of the Catholic Standard and Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Monty
Puck
Foreign in law names hinder harmony says Cumrox
In a Washington Star excerpt Mr Cumrox jokes that both families struggle to pronounce each other’s names so well they avoid quarrels over intimacy. The light remark notes language barrier as a humorous obstacle to closeness between in laws.
Humorous Exchanges Across Several Papers
Anecdotes and quips from multiple newspapers show quick wit about wealth, honesty, and old sailors. The Philadelphia Press cites a line on silver spoons, Chicago News notes a skeptical wife, St. Paul Pioneer Press mocks wealth, Detroit Tribune plays with usefulness, and Baltimore American puns on Captain Tarkem’s roughness.
Welsh farm names Reveal Local Quirks and History
The article lists distinctive Welsh farm names such as Stammering Arm Red Finger the Bees Nest and Cold Water illustrating regional humor and identity captured in place names and local history.
Printing quality and business success in balance
The text asserts thoughts and words paired with ideas, executed well, yield profit, while poor printing is costly. It warns businessmen cannot afford bad printing any more than unattractive stores, shabby wagons, or untidy clerks.
Individuality in Expression as a Life Quality
A reflection on how unique expression elevates thoughts beyond similar ideas. It argues that value rests in how thoughts are expressed, noting that true power of expression often differs between individuals.
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Cpt Sert
Egypt
New England
Salem
Gloucester
Sexton
Washington Star
Baltimore Sun
Indian Courage
Utica
Reading
Humor OF the Hour
Binks
Harper’s Weekly
Bohemian Magazine
Stinjay
Catholic Standard and Times
Philadelphia Press
Homer
Mrs. Hilow
Caller
Chicago News
St. Paul
Milkins
Bilkins
Detroit Tribune
Tarkem
Sophia
Baltimore American
Lydia E Pinkham
Perrian
Lillian Ross
Deere Lafayette
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia Marie Stolteman
Laurel
Lydia B. Pinkham
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Keowanee, Ill
Lydia E.pinkham
C. Yone
Puonn, & Co
Scientific American
Ournal
Janet
St. Washington
Office
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