American Sculptors Bid 49000 For Sheridan Statue In Chicago
The article reports American sculptors competing for a $49,000 commission to carve a Gen Sheridan statue with pedestal and bronze casting costs. Sculptor Ellicott of Washington submitted a model. the piece stands on a revolving circular base. The work uses a unique clay from a French maker, purchased in two tons, expected to be unveiled next fall in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nele Sam
Gen. Sheridan
Ellicott
Washington
Government Keeps Cats to Save It Money
A letter from C L Fox of Weg Liberty Iowa proposes replacing post office cats with his rat cure at 250 dollars but payment only after trial. He cites varying annual cat stipends from St Paul New York Omaha Richmond and notes most offices rely on cat aides and clerks tips.
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Post Office Department
C. L. Fox
Weg Liberty
Iowa
Department
St. Paul
New York
Omaha
Richmond
For the Fair Sex New Philosophy of Life in Women
A New York visit by a German woman introduces a philosophy of life for women. Mind mood dictates beauty. antidotes include flowers for jealousy, play with children for grief, poetry for ill temper, dancing for boredom, and music for envy. Attire features a sweater under a dressy blouse, bloomers under skirts, and long boots with a jaunty hat and adaptable visors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tennyson
Longfellow
Jean Ingelow
Demorest
Sheridan Ride Statue and Hancock Memorial Moves
The article details sculpture work including a clay model carved for a Sheridan statue to be produced in bronze by Gorham Manufacturing. It notes Ellicott’s design of a rider charging over broken cannon and references a possible Sherman statue. It also mentions Hancock’s remains relocation talks and a rise in sequoia wood demand for pencils.
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Gorham Manufacturing Company
Providence
Hancock
Ellicott
Gen. Sheridan
Sheridan
Charles Yerkes
Chicago
Washington
The
Society of the Army of Tennessee
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Norristown
National Cemetery At
Arlington
Europe
California
Japanese Art Dominates In Craft but Not in Animal Portraits
The article notes Japan leads in ivory and wood carving lacquer work pottery and vases and excels in painting flowers and birds. It says Japanese artists cannot paint horses or portraits of foreigners due to a lack of suitable horses, describing them as runty rough-looking knotty brutes.
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Japan
Odd Facts and Theories From Across Europe
France is the leading wheat growing nation in Europe surpassing even Russia. Stockholm records the world’s highest alcoholism death toll with ninety in a thousand dying from excess use. Crocodile tears are cited as an ancient superstition about tears after killing. Sir Robert Ball, Ireland’s royal astronomer, predicts future sun powered machinery. Displays and dress reflect patriarchal wealth as women’s adornment.
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France
Europe
Russia
Stockholm
Robert Ball
Ireland
Stateliness in Women and Independence of Mind
The London Spectator argues that female stateliness stems from independence of mind and self justification, not outward gifts. It notes Marie Theresa and Queen Isabella as examples and explains why men feel affronted by aloofness, often misreading stateliness as hauteur or unkindness.
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Isabella
Spain
Marie Theresa
London Spectator
Should Sewing Become a Public School Subject
A Brooklyn Eagle argument urges adding sewing to the curriculum. It notes sewing as essential, benefits girls with two hours weekly for four years, and cites stock-stocking repairs, moral improvements, and reduced demand for cheap goods as reasons. It mentions sweat shop concerns and chiropodists as supporting points.
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Board of Education
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Skirt Styles Highlight Exercise Wear in New York
Divided skirts bloomers and knick erbockers are worn by "wheel" women in New York. The preferred outfit shown features a short skirt and Eton bodice with pale brown covert suit. The skirt sits snug at the hips and the bodice has a coat back more becoming than a cut-off Eton back with neat tailoring on all edges.
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New York
Eton
Bride Fashion Reads Modest After Marriage
The latest trend favors modest shoulders and neck for brides. Evening gowns feature simple lines with ivory gray broadcloth, dull blue satin puff sleeves, and gray satin epaulettes edged in blue, gray, silver, and green. Mirror chiffon adds subtle gray blue and green folds over the bodice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousseau
Origin of Spring Cleaning Noted by Philadelphia Housewives
The piece traces spring cleaning origins to Hebrew women preparing for Passover and notes American Gentiles adopting the practice. It contrasts May pole celebrations with cleansing customs and observes households scrubbing kitchens, cabinets, attics, and cellars as spring moves in.
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Philadelphia
America
Care and cleaning tips for brushes and home ware
Practical guidance on cleaning silver and ivory brushes with careful brushing and alcohol, storing combs and brushes in a covered case, using cardboard to protect door knobs during polishing, and choosing cheerful new china. Instructions for washing brushes monthly with warm water ammonia and pearline to preserve bristles and prolong life.
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France
Delft
For Boys and Girls. Origin of You're It Learning to Walk
A playful verse about toddlers learning to walk and the comic misadventures aboard a bus or train. The narrator recalls the floor rising to strike as they practice balance, while a conductor’s grin accompanies an accidental mishap that ends with the conductor calmly pocketing a broken finger.
Two Kansas City Tots Walk Out Over Naughty Word
Two young children in Kansas City attend Sabbath services with grandma as they grow restless and leave after hearing the preacher say the word devil. They later visit another grandma and recount the incident, calling out the offending term.
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Kansas City
Lucy
Bessie
Grandma
Devil
Why English Dropped the H in It and Hit
A professor explains that old English children dropped the letter H from words like hit and it. The habit continued through generations and crossed to America. He warns boys not to tell the teacher or she will urge them to say hit again.
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England
America
Picnic Tale of Bear and Blind Faith
The president of the Ancient Order of Ananias recalls a five year old Rockies trip. A bear approached while fishing with no weapon on hand and he chose to sit still as the bear began to attack, letting it eat him rather than risk a leap into the pool.
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Order of
Ananias
Rockies
Chicago
Ute Pass
Frigid Travel Tale From Glinton Wintertime
A traveling man recalls a bitter cold journey to Glinton last winter where a fireman shoveled smoke from the engine and a conductor shouted tickets as the door froze. The scene highlights the frozen breath and the word tickets seen in the frosty air.
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Glinton
Rogen
Just a City Boy and the Electric Cars
A country lady frets at a street crossing about electric cars that allegedly derail. A sharp boy explains there is no safety in the steps and cars can climb them when they choose. The woman peers, recognizes mischief, and the boy wheels away with a knowing grin.
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Ennybody
Water Toboggan in Perak Draws Large Crowds
In Perak, a granite river rock becomes a water toboggan for Malays, including men women and children. They slide down in shallow two inch water from a 60 foot smooth rock into a pool, sometimes forming lines of up to eight riders. The sport draws as many as 200 participants on sunny mornings with minimal danger.
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Perak
Straits Settlements
Boy's Composition on Sailors From an English School
A schoolboy's humorous composition describes sailors as stout red and brown faced men, wearing ill fitting clothes and blackened boots. He jokes that they avoid colors, bind clothes with handkerchiefs, and often drink to “roll about” like on the ocean.
A Bird Imprisoned in a Flower in New Orleans Garden
A humming bird first appeared in a New Orleans garden sipping nectar from flowers. It hovered near an annuncia tion spike and later, in the lily bed, a lily bell closed trapping the bird inside. The bird may have overdrawn honey causing the flower to collapse.
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New Orleans
A Blind Lamb and Careful Sheep
A writer recalls a blind twin lamb cared for by its mother and an alert sibling. The mother and brother protect the vulnerable lamb, guiding it away from danger with sharp but gentle nudges, suggesting a bond beyond instinct.
Passing of the Atom and a clerical parable
A clerical friend offers an apt illustration on mortality. He recalls a man who leaps from a moving horse car and survives as the car rolls on, using it to remind that life ends quietly while the world continues.
Hangings Reported in Murphysboro for Winter Murder
Douglas Henderson and Frank Jeffrey were hanged at Murphysboro Illinois for the murder of J Toyle in Carterville last winter. Henderson walked to the gallows smoking a cigar and both men ascended the scaffold. Jeffrey showed nervousness and proclaimed he would die for a crime he never committed.
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Douglas Henderson
Frank Jeffrey
Murphysboro
Ill
J. Toyle
Carterville
Henderson
Jeffrey
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W. S. Hancock
Winfield S. Hancock
St. Louis
Gen. Winfield
Boggan
Boy's Composition
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