L'Enfant and Washington Plan Honor at Capitol Doors
Special correspondence recalls Major Pierre Charles L Enfant who designed Washington and the plan’s fate. Latrobe’s critique, L Enfant’s poverty, and his burial at Chillum Manor frame a narrative of national capital design, now celebrated by bronze doors planned for the Capitol representing America’s apotheosis and progress.
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Congress
Pierre Charles L’enfant
Washington
L’enfant
America
Lafayette
City of
Capitol
Louis Amateis
Ogreree
Senator Isaxe Steubenson Demonstrates Wealth Power
A Chicago News recounts Senator Isaxe Steubenson of Wisconsin delivering a blunt reply to reporters at the White House. He boasts 3,000 men in Wisconsin woods and warns a rival reporter that he carries weight in the wrong place for employment, while stressing daily dedication to his office.
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Isaxe Steubenson
Lumberam
Wisconsin
White House
Cibher
Taft
Makup
Chicago News
Martins Tea Scene Sparks Hints of Authenticity and Fashion
An actress recalls Frederick Townsend Martin’s Plaza teas as a dazzling mix of beauty, painters, leaders, and novelists while he rails against faked blue blood and counterfeit heirlooms. A separate note quotes Mrs. Patrick Campbell criticizing an English critic and ends with a voyage anecdote about a seasick misfortune and life saving apparatus marked gear.
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Frederick Townsend Martin
New York
Curiosity Shop
Mr. Martin
The
Plaza
London
Patrick Campbell
Bryan Attacks Trusts In Interview With San Francisco Correspondent
William Jennings Bryan says trusts attack courts and government after conviction. He compares them to a man brought before a dour Lincoln magistrate who was asked why he knocked the gentleman down and replies that the other proved he lied.
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William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Lincoln
Dow
Essay on Clergymen Baffles Clergy at Dinner
A Coopers town schoolboy humorously classifies clergymen into three kinds bishops rectors and curates. The piece notes the clergy laugh along as the boy explains that bistros tell the rectors to work while curates must labor, and a curat becomes fuller and can preach longer sermons when a rector.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
A New Terrible Cannon and Other Fragments
A mixed clip of items: a French artillery cannon of steel wire with a long bore and high strength, claiming greater range at lower cost. an anecdote of Colonel Brownson defending his title won in the Mexican War. a Vienna Volksoper incident where tenor Adolf Sussmann was beaten by chorus members after insulting the director, prompting contract disputes and lawsuits. and ending note on American readers misreading the event as an American settlement.
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M. Schultz
George Gregory
Metropolitan Magazine
Brownson
Volksoper
Vienna
Zeit
Hoffmann
Adolf Sussmann
Simons
A Royal Cigarette Factory in the Sultan’s Palace
The Turkish sultan has long smoked the finest cigarettes, and a small royal factory in the palace turns out delicate hand crafted cigarettes. Exquisite Turkish tobacco is used, with strict selection, and price in the range of a quarter per cigarette.
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Turkey
New York Press
Artful committee tests Handel claim in hymn book
Sir Frederick Bridge recounts a committee drawn Wesleyan hymn book that proposed a tune claimed to be by Handel. He rejected it saying Handel would grimace. The committee redid the tune with a pianissimo mark to spare Handel’s memory.
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Frederick Bridge
Sir Frederick
Handel
London Globe
Carnegie on love and writing a book of poems
The London M. A. P. recalls a quip by Andrew Carnegie. Asked if he should write a book of love poems, he replies he has been in love and sensibly would not publish such an unpleasant experience.
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Carnegie
London
Startling Truth About Mortality Statistics Learned by Hart
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard history professor, pursues statistics with zeal. He expresses a morbid remark to Professor Grandgent about mortality figures, joking that every breath he takes shortens life. The anecdote appears in ippincott's.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Professor Grandgent
Grandgent
Ippincott's
Humor of the Hour in a Suspect Flat Hunt
A sharp nosed matron inspects a flat for a rental and finds nothing wrong beyond the couple’s planned move. The owner notes their planned purchase of a house as the reason to leave, while the two exchange pointed, humorous questions and polite deflections. The Chicago Tribune quotation frames the scene.
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Chicago Tribune
A Man Eating Shark and a Cow Kicking Jase
A note from Lippincott's Magazine explains why Jase was late to school. His mother writes that a cow kicked him in the back, leaving it black and blue, and that this is the fourth such incident. She asks for excuse and mentions potentially selling the cow.
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Jase
Barber Corrects Misunderstanding Over Soap Brand
A reader quote from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch depicts a victim in a chair asking about the toothpaste or shaving soap used by a barber. The barber clarifies it is shaving soap and the victim pleads for no more in his mouth.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Greatly Enjoyed It Borus and Naggus Trade Reactions
The Chicago Tribune quotes Borus praising his latest book and Naggus admitting he intended to read the entire evening but fell asleep after five minutes. The exchange captures a cheeky literary banter between author and editor.
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Borus
Naggus
Chicago Tribune
Monkey cashier plan shocks city dream
In a Chicago News brief the Monkey says he will move to the city next week and work as a cashier for an organ grinder. The Ape questions the plan as the Monkey outlines his unusual employment choice.
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Chicago News
Inmate Questions Sanity as Freedom Hope Fades
An asylum inmate challenges his mental state with the remark that wanting release proves his sanity. The response implies the doubt about granting freedom remains unresolved in the Ledger report.
Sympathetic Views Provoked by Philadelphia Press Quip
A Philadelphia Press remark mocks a so called sympathy. The quote questions the genuine concern shown to ailing individuals and frames it as patronizing. The exchange highlights humor at the expense of pretended compassion.
Near-Strike Tale of a Baltimore Woman
A Baltimore American excerpt notes a woman who fears appearing overly eager yet nearly struck by lightning last summer, illustrating how close encounters with danger can shape public perception of restraint and bravado.
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Baltimore American
Chauffeur Denies Fault in Pedestrian Collision
Detroit Tribune notes two drivers claim innocence after a pedestrian incident. The first driver says he ran down three men but asserts no fault. The second questions the lack of a law to curb reckless pedestrian behavior.
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Detroit Tribune
Why She Worried Neighbors In New Home Mystery
A humorous exchange from Smart Set shows a wife fretting over not knowing about their new neighbors, her husband asking what worries her and she sighing at the lack of information.
Dream of Owning a Genuine Vandyck
A witty exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Harker hints at future wealth and art collecting. The brief dialogue notes a Vandyck as a coveted possession, reflecting lighthearted curiosity about status and taste. The source presents a playful domestic moment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Mr. Harker
Vandyck
Mrs. Harker
H’m! Beard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Recognized Its Quality Wifey
A playful exchange recalls a wife praising coffee while a husband questions the label or type, set within a casual domestic moment. The Kansas City Times reference hints at a period newspaper context and a lighthearted tone.
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Kansas City Times
Light and Airy. Reggy Sapp-Ah in a Tangled Thought Scene
Light and airy dialogue fragments feature Reggy Sapp-Ah and Miss Tabasco-Gracious in a playful exchange from a Chicago newspaper clip. The scene hints at whimsical banter and fictional character interplay without a clear narrative arc.
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Reggy Sapp
Tabasco
Reggy
Chicago News
The London Gunpowder Blast and a Child's Mystery
A London gunpowder blast in the last month of Charles I's reign follows a chandler's candle spark. Fifty houses fall, many killed, including a mother whose fate remains unknown. A baby is found unharmed in a cradle atop church leads, later adopted and growing up with a tied fate to Allhallows church.
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London
Church of Allhallows
Sir Walter Be ‘Sant’s
Open government in a glass house and public scrutiny
The London Chronicle notes America’s openness and media scrutiny as a societal norm. It cites a controversial Englishman who built a high brick wall on Chicago’s edge, illustrating tensions over privacy versus visibility in American life.
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America
Chicago
London Chronicle
Farmer seeks runaway bull in red coat alert
London Opinion reports a farmer asking locals to report a loose bull described as wearing a red coat. The call urges anyone who spots the animal to chase or direct it toward the farmer, who is eager to recover the bull.
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Farmer
London
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Latrobe
Benjamin H. Latrobe
L'Enfant
West Point Military Academy
Chilluin Manor
Prince George County
New Capitol
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Carl Schofield
Humor OF the Hour
Lippincott’s Magazine
Couse
Philadelphia Ledger
New England Telephone
Railroad Street
Revere
Columbia Square
Winthrop
Suburban Gas and Electric
Jean Henri
Napoleon
vyyTy
Tews - CopyricuTs &c
Munn—&Co
Scientific American
Alliow
York Munn
Atte
New Y York St. Washington
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