Impeachment talk on Judge Wilfley ties to Shanghai courts
Washington letter notes the consular court system in Shanghai handles American cases and estates while U S judges preside over criminal matters and maritime law. It also discusses The Paul Jones Commemoration book and bones claim, widows pension rise, and public land values near the Sixth Street line.
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L. R. Wilfley
Shanghai
Far East
Orient
China
Wilfley
Paul Jones
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Second Street
Fifteenth Street
Mystery green bag attracts attention in Washington scene
The Washington story centers on Representative Gardner of Massachusetts and his famous green bag. Observers note its Boston roots and unique presence in the capital, with Gardner carrying it everywhere from committee rooms to dining chairs. References to other political quips follow, including remarks by Ben nett and a West Africa inequality tale.
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Missouri
Congress
Champ Clark
Clark
Walliam Jennings Bryan
Stone
Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Boston
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Boston Common
Mr. Gardner
Boston Herald
Naturalization Confusion and Victorian Curiosities
A humorously clipped dialogue shows a man named Lipsitz seeking naturalization with Ireland as his homeland while the clerk questions origins. The excerpt shifts to Melbourne’s convict carved fountain story, then a Paris hare and cats anecdote, and ends with a critique of Portugal’s monarchic system as depicted by the Louisville Times.
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Melbourne
William Stanford
Stanford
Champ
Dundee Advertiser
Evaporation Study Planned Around Salton Sea
The United States Weather Bureau will install a chain of stations around the Salton Sea to measure evaporation and track the sea's level decline. The 40 square mile lake will provide a valuable record of evaporation rates in the arid region as salt content rises in the basin.
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United States
Bureatin
Salton Basin
Salton
Lions Encounter in British East Africa End With Three Killed
Major G. C. Buxton reports a morning chase as a lion stalked his camp. After a three mile pursuit he fired from sixty yards, killing the lion with a Mauser. A second lion fell to another Mauser shot, and a lioness was killed with a Mauser follow up.
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G. C. Buxton
British East Africa
Uxton
Humor of the Hour and Social Snatches
A collection of short, pointed quips from early 20th century papers. A sobbing beauty learns her husband hid a double life and saved over $11,000 plus life insurance. A child remarks on having two half brothers, and a society friend muses on women’s draw to wealth and loss.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Dorothy
Pele Mele dialogue on family roles and patience
A brief exchange features a nephew telling an uncle he is not able to act, followed by the line you’re sitting there yourself. The fragment presents a streetwise, parental style remark attributed to Pele Mele.
Misdiagnosis Revealed in Doctor Tales
A quip recalls a physician who mistook a patient’s abdominal issue as stomach ache. The next day he learns the man’s wealth would have funded an appendectomy, exposing the risk of misreading symptoms for financial motives.
Misrepresentation Divorce Claim Cited in Quip
A quip from Lippincott's notes a divorce case where the wife accuses her husband of misrepresentation claiming he lied about being well off before marriage. The husband defends by saying he was well off but did not know it.
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Lippincott’s
Expanded Egoism and Mars Inhabitants Debate
The dialogue notes Briggins claiming superior knowledge and arrogance. Miss Cayenne retorts that Mars being inhabited is a stronger assertion, highlighting a clash over belief versus evidence in a Washington Star quotation.
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Briggins
Earth
Miss Cayenne
Mars
Washington Star
Why They Are Sad Humorists and Comedians
A cheeky quip notes humorists endure abuse for their craft. The exchange suggests why comedians often appear somber, implying that constant criticism shapes their public demeanor. Mouston: Post.
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Mouston
Post
Headache Varieties Cited By Doctors in Chicago Tribune
In a light exchange from the Chicago Tribune Baldwin jokes about doctors listing over fifty headache types. Rambo replies that he has experienced many of them in one morning, underscoring the humor in medical cataloging.
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Baldwin
Chicago Tribune
Silent Stage Exchange Sparks Hidden Confession
In a courtroom style exchange an actress urges secrecy while an actor reassures the quiet audience that her words will be heard despite the empty seats. A judge oversees the moment implying a theatrical confession or confidential revelation.
In Rolling Chairs
A brief quotation from Lippincott's contrasts time and money with riding in rolling chairs, noting a lighthearted exchange between Sporty and Sportleigh about constraints.
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Sportleigh
Lippincott’s
Knights, Mail and Typewriters in Philadelphia Bulletin
A playful verse contrasts old knightly battles with modern duels, noting how a small clash breaks only two ruined typewriters while armor and weapons stay intact. The piece humorously comments on the diminished stakes of contemporary scuffles.
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Philadelphia
Bulletin
Nature's Vengeance Earthquake Reflections Across Ages
A historic account recalls Pliny on multiple Asia Minor cities swallowed by one night quakes and lists major earthquakes from 115 Antioch to 1822 Aleppo. The piece wades into dramatic, sweeping mortality figures, then abruptly shifts to a stray, garbled modern dialogue about a bay mare and a car ride.
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Asia Minor
Antioch
Port Royal
Jamaica
Sicily
Catalonia
Lisbon
Aleppo
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Sufferer
Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio writes of passing through the Change of Life and relief from nervousness headaches and other symptoms after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard cure for female ills including displacements ulcers irregularities and backache and invites others to try it with address in Lynn Massachusetts.
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E. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Value of Good Printing for Business Standing
A businessman cannot afford poor printing or an unattractive storefront. Quality printing at a reasonable price yields profit while shoddy presentation costs more in the long run.
Individuality in Expression Defines Life’s Details
The quote argues that individuality is evident in every detail of life. Language translates thoughts into words, but many share thoughts. the value lies in expressive power. No two people share identical expression or the same quality of articulation.
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China
Japan
Egypt
Africa
Shanghai
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