The Oriental Rug Trade and Its Many Weaves
A detailed look at oriental rug origins from Central Asia to Caucasus. It explains knotting and weaving methods, pattern language, regional varieties such as Persian Kurdistan Kirman and Daghestan, value factors, and buyer cautions against fakes. It notes the cultural role of rugs in nomadic life and the difficulty of authenticating high quality pieces.
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Specia
Constantinople
United States
Europe
Central Asia
Ain
Teheran
Khorassan
Kurdistan
Kaosh+ kai
Kirman
Caucasus
Daghestan
Samakh
Persia
East
Assia
Nnion
Smyrna
Gregor Karmanofy
Shaw Talks of Taming the Trusts at Kickapoo Club Event
In Peoria at the Coliseum the Kickapoo Club held its annual vanquey with five hundred thirty guests. Speakers included Leslie M. Shaw secretary of the treasury and Charles Emory Smith of the Philadelphia post office department. Frank P. Sargent attended. Shaw urged controlled capital to curb monopolies and warned against allowing profits to turn laborers to beggars as statesmanship must guide associated capital to reduce evils.
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Alme Saventh
Kickapoo Club
Coliseum
Peoria
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Emory Smith
Post Office Department of
Philadelphia
Frank P. Sargent
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Shaw
Curious Suit for Damages In Anderson Indiana
Mrs Laura G Hosier faced a civil suit in Anderson Indiana for 3000 dollars claiming she secretly administered a drug to her brother to curb his desire for alcohol. The result allegedly made liquor disagreeable and deprived him of pleasure by destroying his throat.
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Anderson
Ind
Laura G. Hosier
Women of New Hampshire Painted as Barbaric in Campaign
Mrs. Stanton Blotch of the Eqia Suffrage League of New York laments harsh living conditions for New Hampshire women under the factory system. She contrasts rural toil with limited personal development, noting small physique and domestic duties while acknowledging wartime troops hailed as the region’s largest soldiers.
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Stanton Blotch
Eqia Suffrage League of
New York
Life Campaign
New Hampshire
New York Exchange
New England
Plunge Under Ice During Skating Incident
A Philadelphian skating on cracking ice fell through and spent about six to seven minutes in water beneath the ice. He emerged with only his head, arms, and shoulders above water and warmed by the surface. His hands suffered cold, but the body felt no major distress. A plank was used to escape.
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Philadelphia
Tiny U S Cities By Population Spark Debate
The Washington Star notes several U S towns labeled as cities with minuscule populations. Examples include Jobason New Mexico with 16 residents, Coronado California with under ten, and Kansas spots like Krd 88 Brainerd 70 Ford 62 Kveeport 83 Horace 00 Hugoton 04 Highfield 61 Tribune 62 Ulysses 40. Rainy Lake Minnesota leads at 7 residents.
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United States
Washington Star
Jobason
Num
Ain
Coronado
Kansan
Krd
Brainerd
Ford
Kveeport
Horace
Hugoton
Highfield
Tribune
Ulysses
Siloam Springs
Brigantine
N.J
Lavallette
Rainy Lake
Mion
Why Humans Are Not Alike
A Chicago Inter Ocean report notes that no two people are exactly alike and differences persist even among nearly identical twins. It cites Chicago resident L. A. Vaught who has been working on a method to determine how many variations exist.
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Chicago
Vaught
When Life’s Plans Unfold in God’s Quiet Wisdom
The poem speaks of faith through sorrow, promising that God’s plans are wiser than human judgment. In enduring trials, patience reveals that timing and divine purpose, not human lashes, shape life’s gifts and deepens trust in outcomes we cannot yet see.
Vast human diversity and a tree yielding vegetable silk
The author notes 42 genetic faculties forming 2.8 quintillion possible human mind combinations, promising immense diversity across time. He cites Paraguay's tree producing a vegetable silk used mainly for quilts and cushions.
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Paraguay
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BUGS
Women OF
Surest Seeds
Ferry
Etty
M. Ferry & Company
Detroit
Mich
Builders’ Paper
Frudden Lonber Company
Roosevelt Brothers
Knickerbocker Flour Mill
Carter Harrison
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