The Book Trust Knocked Out Card to the Public
An announcement from B. S. Peale & Co. in Chicago promotes a reprint of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 25 volumes offered at 1.50 per volume, claiming vast sales and low price versus English and Scribner editions. Delivery by small payments and express options shown. volume 1 credit toward the set.
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Book Trust
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wms
Wwe
Edinburgh
Am @ican
Express
B.S. Peale & CO
Wabash Ave
Chicaeo
Reception of Columbus at Palos and Barcelona
The narrative recounts Columbus smaller Palos triumph and a grand Barcelona reception. It details townsfolk’s joy, Pinzon’s quiet return, royal honors, and the later Spanish court celebration with Indians, parrots, gold ornaments, and a Te Deum, emphasizing Providence and national gratitude.
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Granada
Seville
Columbus
Don Christopher Columbus
Ocean
Indies
Soverigns
Barcelona
Indiana
New World
Spain
Juan
Castile
Valentia
Catalonia
Arragon
Las Casas
Royal Chapel
Las
Columbus Aims for Holy Crusade Behind Discovery
The text portrays Christopher Columbus as believing his voyages would fund a holy crusade to rescue the holy sepulcher. It details his vow to raise armies of four thousand horse and fifty thousand foot within seven years and again within five more years, funded by his discoveries. It notes royal references and a letter to Pope Alexander VI, arguing the vision shaped his motives beyond mere wealth.
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Columanes
Sover Igns
Alexander VI
Columbus
Courageous Girl Graduates and the Model Husband Tale
A column extracts a century old anecdote about Miss Lillian Perry of Covington winning a prize for an essay on The Model Husband and a Minneapolis man Freemont Reed pursuing marriage after reading it in a newspaper. The piece treats gender expectations, marriage and social mobility with a witty tone. It also notes a nationwide shortage of hired girls and comments on labor, household skills, and women’s roles in society.
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Memphis
Covington
Lillian Perry
New
Minneapolitan
Miss Perry
Mr. Reed
Reed
Paria
Minerva
Kate Field
Washington
Minneapolis
India
Forage Millets and a Mix of Oddities in One Page
Notes on common millet and Hungarian grass for forage, seeding rates, and growth notes. A digression on hair snakes, Cincinnati inclines, a large scalps collection, and early sprinkler systems. Also items on Bar Harbor sweaters, Delft panels, Royal Worcester vases, lamp shades, and bird and flower motifs in jewelry.
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National Museum
Mountain Meadows
Washington Star
Bar Harbor
Boston Globe
Delft
Royal Worcester
Dh Norlin
What is a perfect neck in art science and humor
A reader surveys authorities on art to define a perfect neck as twice its circumference in length, praising proportional harmony and heritage like a finger or ankle. The piece weaves quotes from New York Col Pittsburg Leader Washington A Complete Surprise Harper's Bazar and Washington Post, highlighting quirks and light humor about misused lines and poems, with a joke about Snodgrass and a loan giving a playful contrast to serious dialogue.
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New York Telegram
New York
Col
Pittsburg
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Bingham
Geo. McGinness
Springfield
Cleveland
Ohio
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Irving
Palos
Paros
Paris
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Bay of
Pinton
Pinzon
Tts
Cuba
I H
Jon OF Columbus
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St. Louis Republic
Cincinnati
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Union
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Rosea
2Phro Medicine Company
ST Washington St
Chicago
Ill
L. M. Bosworth
Awes
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Mineapo
Mason City
Peoria
Weer
Pest
Louis
Kansea
Kansae City
Wnd
Alia
Samay
Grand Palace Hotel
N. Clark Street
Furnalia
Aphroditin
Obemantee Seeares i
Froscort
Ames
Russell Sage
New York Epoch
Johnny
Zoggs
Harper's Bazar
Washington Post
Freddy
Pat
Harper
the Park Lumber
H. L Munn, Propr
É&C
Aceon City Park
Bfalliday Wind Mills
J. F. McElain
Geo. D. Loud
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Commonwealth
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Great West
Sprague
Wash
Advertiser
New York Journal
Harry
Cums
New York Sun
Co.a.snow&co
Washington, D.C
Toledo
Ohe
Betener & CO
Bosworth
Organ Company
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