Lovers In A Room Full Of Plaster Figures
In a shared apartment three bachelor maids keep vows of not falling in love as Phyllis Forrester entertains guests near the Apollo statue while Angus Macneil watches. The East Wind plaster cast sways in the firelight and Apollo seems to wink as Phyllis and Angus confess their love after the East Wind and Apollo seem to approve. The following morning Phyllis declares she loves him too and the plaster lovers appear to approve their romance.
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Apollo
Phyllis Forrester
Angus Macneil
Phyllis
Angus
Macneil
Tam
Chicago Tribune
Dreaming shopper hands foulard samples on crowded streetcar
A young woman on an uptown Ninth Street car, lost in reverie, hands foulard fabric samples from her pocketbook to the conductor as she searches for a ticket. The moment amuses nearby riders while her blush reveals her embarrassment at the attention.
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Ninth Street
Earth
Washington Post
Parallel Line Drafting Tool With Grooved Stock
A new chalk holder rapidly draws parallel lines on a blackboard using a wooden stock with transverse grooves. Crayons sit in the grooves and are held by a flat spring crossing them at right angles, while a spring grip is gripped by the hand.
Angora Postoffice Battles Lincoln County Oregon Rename
Lincoln County residents secure consent from the post office department to christen their post office Angora. The first postmaster is Thomas Tom, a curious coincidence noted in local records.
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Oregon
Lincoln County
Angora
Thomas Tom
Costly mysteries of national political conventions
The article probes the secretive accounting behind national political conventions. It notes committees control money, tickets are guarded against counterfeiting, and many costs remain undisclosed. Estimates place average costs from twenty to forty thousand dollars, with final figures hidden from the public.
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National Committee
Chicago
Kochs Researches on Malaria in Italy
Professor Koch reports that relapse cases sustain malaria year round, bridging fever seasons. Relapse-free districts would see malaria vanish as mosquitoes lack germs in early summer. The aestivo autumnal fevers are identical to tropical malaria.
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Kochs
Italy
Prof
Koch
Harpoon Found in Whale Indicates Shot Over Three Decades Ago
A whale discovered bearing a harpoon mark proves it was struck at least thirty six years earlier. The marked weapon confirms an old hunting incident tied to the whale and its voyage history.
Prohibition and Democratic National Conventions Travel Ad
Prohibition convention at Chicago June 27 28 1900 and Democratic convention at Kansas City July 4 1900 with ticket sales and travel on the Chicago Great Western Maple Leaf Route. One fare round trip with vestibuled trains free chair cars dining car service and sleeping car accommodations. Contact Chicago Great Western agents or F H Lord G P and T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
The Queen of Italy Admired For Beauty And Learning
The queen is praised as among the most beautiful and highly educated European queens. She speaks English French German and Spanish reads Latin and Greek and studies poetry theology science and Darwin Ruskin. She is a botanist geologist and dedicates time to charitable works.
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Italy
Poeta
Allen's Foot-Base Powder Promises Comfort in Tight Shoes
Advert says the powder makes tight or new shoes fit with ease. Claims relief for swollen hot sweating feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 85 cents with a free mail trial offer to Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Yocatan Chill Tonite Shows Superior Tonic Promise
An ad touts Yocatan Chill Tonite Improved as superior to tasteless tonics for delicate stomachs priced at 50 cents. The copy warns that rumors spread faster than the average man, signaling the era’s brisk belief in sensational health claims.
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Immortals
Vrowe
DATIC
Mansas City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mae Wee
Santa FE Excursions
Texas State Teachers’ Association
EL Paso
New Mexico
Colorado
Mit
Chicago University
Santa Fe
Keenan
Rootbeer
Thompson
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