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Spurious letters; not by Seba Smith or Charles Augustus Davis. cf. Sabin. Bibl. amer., v. 20, p. 576; Blair, Walter. Native American humor [1937] p. 41. Also available in digital form. LC copy: Source: Gift Alfred Whital Stern July 10, 1952. LAC knj 2019-05-13 update (1 card)
THE HUMOR OF POLITICS Some Good Stories Told of Public Men by Hon Joint J Ingalls Some of the very best stories of poli tics were contributed recently to the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post by ExSenator John Ingalls First he says Charles Sumner had no more sense of humor than a hippopotamus but there was something excessively hu morous about his colossal selfconscious ness of which it is no paradox to say he was apparently unconscious llis egotism was inordinately vast though innocent in its simplicity it was far from conceit and led to no dis paragement of his associates Indeed 1 doubt if lie ever instituted compari sons Probably Irant whom he hated and abused came the nearest to sizing him up when he said The reason Sumner doesnt believe in the Bible is because he didnt write it himself lie bad large intellectual powers but not so large as he imagined He had no inliuence on legislation He was un able to endure opposition If he could not have his own will he would do noth ing But this is not intended as an an alysis of his work or his character 1 started out to say that
GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE W M BoitSdHr a S WarOtn Manager UonardC DUN Buthfi Manag ID1TOR SAL PAGE A Daily Bible Thought JOY ON THE SABBATH A day in thy courts better than a thou sand I had rather be a doorkeeper in the hiise of my God than to dwell in the tents of wicked nessPsalm 8410 PRESIDENT HARDING ON PROPAGANDA PRESIDENT HARDING is an experienced newspaper edi tor When he wrote a letter to the newspaper men which was read be fore the National Press convention at its recent meeting in Honolulu he wrote as a newspaper man rath er than as president of the United States and he touched a subject that is a live issue with all think ing newspaper editors He warned them against propaganda He said in part I cannot but feel that the primary purpose of the press as a social institution is the opening of mens minds rather than the closing of them Propaganda aims primarily at shutting up the mind against other conclusions than those which the propagandists de sign to implant Education on the contrary aims to open the mind to prepare it to make it receptive and to urge
GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE W M Bok Editor a Wanitn Managmr UenardC DMti Bustrws Managt IDITORIAL PACK r A Daily Bible Thought A LOVE FEASTBetter is a dinner of herbs love is than a stalled ox and hat r red therewith Proverbs 1517 J THE IDEAL NEWSPAPER A GREAT many persons know how a newspaper should be run much better than any newspa per editor can know it And they are free to make a present of their advice without money and without price to the newspaper men Thé latter receive such advice gratefully and generally ignore it We judge from a recent article in the Boston Herald that Monfield Storey a well known public writer and speaker of that city has been tell ing the public and the newspaper men just what sort of a daily news paper they ought to have and have not got in the city of Boston and the Boston Herald takes him to task about his opinions as follows He would not waste paper now so dear upon senselesscolored vulgarities This is the old issue of the colored comic in the Sunday newspaper What has been our American experience with it Time was when
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Introduction signed: Edw'd E. Townsend. Also available in digital form.
Page 2 signed: Emily L. Morse. Letter dated Brownhelm. O. Feb. 20, 1864. Also available in digital form. LAC knj 2021-04-24 update (1 card) LAc ecr 2021-04-28 review
Relief shown pictorially. "Copyright 1908, by G. E. Bula." In lower left corner: GEB 2-'08. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.