American Artists Abroad Dominate Paris and London Exhibits
An American artist once again holds top honor at the Royal Academy in London with Abbey’s Columbus scene joining Sargent’s prestige. Paris and Paris Luxembourg shows feature many Americans including Whistler Melchers Cassatt and Tanner. The Metropolitan’s past suspicion fades as a new donor fund supports American works and a foreign director shifts public recognition.
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Royal Academy
London
Sargent
Abbey
Columbus Landing
New World
Paris
New York
France
England
Luxembourg Museum
Louvre
Whistler
Winslow Homer
la Farge
Alexander Haprison
Henry Mosier
Walter MacEwen
Gari Melchers
Miss Cassatt
Edwin L. Weeks
H. O. Tanner
Metropolitan
Purdon Clarke
George A. Hearn
Turkey with Wooden Leg Tales From Old Sportsmen
A Forest and Stream note recounts veteran hunters using muzzle loaders and tracking birds with sharp game knowledge. Captain Pete, a sailor, recalls a 40 pound wild turkey near the Rappahannock river with a wooden leg and a half breast shared by eighteen men in a feast.
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Pete
United States
Virginna
Rappahannock River
Sar
Game One
Reading tenants and the Chicago apartment game
A Chicago Inter Ocean profile quotes a city apartment superintendent on how couples reveal character during apartment viewings. He asserts patterns show happiness or trouble, notes Sunday showings exhaust landlords, and claims men prefer staying put over moving despite poor conditions.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Henry
Natural arm chair grown from vine in Korea
A Korean gardener formed a natural armchair by twisting a vine into shape and studding it with gingko seeds that grew into the fiber. After being cut from the ground, dried, and polished, it resembles mahogany. The chair stands 38 feet 4 inches high, 25 inches wide, and weighs over 100 pounds.
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Korea
Student Quotation Highlights Shakespeare Interest
A fragment from a Shakes student discussion shows a girl quoting Shakespeare while a youth responds with a witty takeaway. The brief exchange captures youthful engagement with classic drama and a playful tone in a school setting.
The Lawn and Lawn Mower Tips from Chicago Chronicle
The article advises regular cleaning and oiling of lawn mowers, avoiding heavy oil, and thinning kerosene. It notes self sharpening blades, care to prevent dulling from stones, and recommends mowing twice weekly with clippings left on the ground when conditions suit. It also contrasts wheel types and stresses keeping all parts apart for seasonal cleaning.
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Chicago Chronicle
German girls schooling and pensions in Germany
The piece contrasts German girls leaving school at about 15 with basic homemaking skills to American girls in colleges. It describes German pension arrangements where widows or aunts take young women into their homes for a year or more to be guided in culture, social life, and polish, including concerts and balls. It ends with travel rates and contact details for Ada, I T.
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Germany
Hanover
Frau von H
Ada Souvenir Views Preview Collins Ada album highlights local life
Ada National Bank introduces a partial list of half tone views for a planned Souvenir Album. The catalog shows interiors, churches, schools, businesses, farms, livestock, and industrial sites across Ada and nearby areas, with numerous named local figures and firms featured.
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Ada
Harris Hotel
Parnell
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
New Methodist Church
Christian Church
Cumberland Press
North Side
South Side
Wileon Lumber Yard
Ada Fire Department
National Bank
Citizens “ Kyle
Sledge & ‘Tolbert
Carney’s
Sorosis Club
Century Club
Ada Flouring Mill
P C Swine
Haddleston Berkshire Swine
Floyd P Cswine
Daniel Hayes Duncan
United States
Ada Int
Haynes’ H’dw’re
Crawford & Bolen
Ramesey’s Drug
Cox-Greer Dry Goods
Mason Drug Store
Powers’ Hardware
Browall & Faust
Dr. Martin
Ada Fur. & Coffin Co
Webb & Ennis
Duke Stone
Crowder’s
Epperson & Dean
L C Andrews
Duncan
S M Torbert
B Tolbert
W Hardin
Martin
McMillan
H Constant
FM Harris
UG Winn
Simpson
Hodges
BA Mason
Brents
Jao L Barringer
Dr Nolen
Shands
Frank Jones
Dr Browall
Tom Hope
M Chauncey
B Donaghey
C Graves
Mj Little
Frank Jackson
LT Walters
H Dorland
Broadfoot
Sledge LC Andrews
J L Miles
Horse and Horseless
A Cadiz Indiana farmer jacks up his car to shell corn and cut fodder for livestock while horses share the feed with no hostility toward the automobile. An Oregon farmer notes the irony of owning a car and the related marvels of progress.
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Cadiz
Ind
Auto
Oregon
Getting Crew for Whaler in Harper's Magazine
Clifford W. Ashley recounts the comic chaos of assembling a whaler crew for a Harper's Magazine piece. Sailors tumble from a wagon, crowd the street, and resist departure as clerks scramble to round up each man multiple times before voyage underway.
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Harper's Magazine
Clifford W. Ashley
Mr. Ashley
Timely Floral Notes About Garden Perennials
Oriental poppies with large peony like blooms show from late May to early June and can be transplanted with care. Foxgloves and Canterbury bells offer tall spikes and colorful blooms in late spring. both are biennials and look best in back of peonies or with sweet williams. Marigolds and zinnias brighten October shows and house decor. Ida D Bennett reports salvia splendens reaching five feet in marsh bed with ample watering. salvia thrives with hot sun and steady moisture.
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Sweet Williams
Canterbury
Ida D. Bennett
Michigan Live Stock Journal
How to Fry Thin Sliced Potatoes to Crisp Golden Brown
The guide describes washing and thin slicing medium potatoes, chilling them until firm, drying in a white cloth, then frying in hot lard until delicate brown. Salt is added while warm. Best when fresh, with damp weather reducing crispness.
Italian King Visits Vesuvius In Diplomatic Tale
A German paper recalls a royal courtier style moment with a Spanish royal in attendance. The King asks for the time and the courtier admits he cannot find his watch, replying that the time is whatever time his majesty dictates.
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Italy
Vesuvius
Coteree Moe
Spain
Brown Bread Recipe From Old Cookbook
A printed baking note describes Brown Bread using one cup each of black molasses buttermilk and water with salt soda and baking powder, plus a quart of flour and graham flour. Mixes fill three one pound baking powder cans half full, lids on, bake one hour in a moderate oven.
Safety Pin Tale Teases Hidden Invention History
A clerk discusses a "safety pin" joke with a customer. The English inventor, praised and knighted for a 30 to 40 year old invention, is revealed to have borrowed a 2,000 year old design later found in Pompeii. The tale questions originality and fame.
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Pompeii
Mikados Self Denial in Cold Manchurian Winter
The article notes the 1904 1906 Manchurian winter when the Mikado ordered no heating in the palace to share in soldiers’ suffering. Count Hikijata reported grim conditions at front camps, prompting the emperor to accept harsher conditions rather than ease at home.
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Mikado
Hijikata
How to Make Peanut Butter at Home
The article explains making peanut butter by grinding roasted shelled peanuts until creamy, using the nut oil as a base. If needed add a little pure olive oil, then salt to taste and pack in small jars for storage.
Insect Bite Home Remedy Guidance
The article advises applying dampened salt over the bite and binding it tightly to the spot. This method is claimed to relieve pain and usually cure the issue quickly.
Comet ene Jom Gore Beard f Directors
Comet ene reports changes in leadership as Jom Gore and F. McKee depart and new directors take roles at the organization.
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Comet Ene
Jom Gore Beard
F. McKee
Electric Bitters Advertised As Cure For Various Ailments
A Southern advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal tonic claiming to aid stomach and liver troubles and other ailments. It cites S A Brown of Bennettsville S C praising a wife’s recovery from dyspepsia and torpid liver. The notice lists benefits and price 50 cents.
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India
S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
S. C
M. Ramsey
F. Z. Holley
Local Train Schedule and Fare Notice
West bound trains list Meteor Eastern Exp Local Freight with times in p m. Local freight trains carry passengers with permits and tickets offer ten percent off round trips. Signed by T. McNair agent. Time stamp 8:58 a m.
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Frisco
Southwest
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
McNair
Ada
I. T
T. McNair
Texas cities listed include Houston Dallas and San Antonio
A fragment lists Texas cities Houston Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Galveston indicating regional references and locations within the state.
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Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth
San Antonio
Galveston
Texas
Eyond
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Mexico City
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ADA National Bank
State of I of Business
Indian Territory
Pontatoches
Nk Jones
Ashier
Jane
K. McKinley
Whaler
Saratoga
The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
St. Louis
Kansas City
Panes
Rae Assenger
Missouri
Kansas
Ter
Hanibal
Junction City
Oklahoma City
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