Court of the Fountains Lights Pan American Show in Buffalo
The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo showcases the Court of the Fountains with elaborate illumination, Louis XIV style sculpture by Minerva, Architecture, Music, and Painting figures, and a central dancing woman on a globe by Philip Martiny. Isidore Konti and Janet Scudder contributed pieces, with Carrere guiding the design and Akoun expanding Oriental exhibits and a seven-street cosmopolitan city featuring Cairo Constantinople Algiers Syria Morocco Tunis Persia and an Arab nomad encampment.
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Europe
Grand Basin
Louis XIV
Philip Martiny
Isidore Konti
United States
Charles Albert Lopez
Minerva
John M. Carrere
Janet Scudder
Gaston Akoun
Cairo
Orient
Buffalo
Marseilles
France
Akoun
Far East
Constantinople
Algiers
Syria
Morocco
Tunis
Persia
Cireat
Sahara
Whistling Habit an American Trait
An observer from New Orleans describes whistling as peculiarly American, noting it appears in cities and daily life. He compares habits across Germany, England, and France, and speculates the puckered mouth could influence facial muscles and possibly be inherited in future generations.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Europe
New Orleans
Batk
Germany
Berlin
London
France
Paris
America
Opera Comique
Telephone Service in Rural Life in Urbana Ohio
The Chicago Record-Herald notes the telephone transforms rural life with wide rural networks in Ohio and Massachusetts. In Urbana Champaign county farmers pay $12 yearly for home lines. sermons, prayers, and market quotes travel over the lines. The independent system links families by blood ties and helps farmers sell grain at target prices.
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Chicago Record-Herald
United States
Massachusetts
Illinois
Isline
Ohio
Urbana
Champaign County
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Lipton troubles mirror yacht club row over Independence
The New York Yacht Club faces public scrutiny over its stance on Thomas Lawson's Independence entry. The club claims its control over the cup races blocks outsiders, while Lawson insists he would sail only under true colors. The dispute echoes past Valkyrie controversy as Shamrock II survives a near disaster.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Thomas W. Lawson
Independence
New York
Lawson
England
Shamrock
Lawcen
Dunraven
Lawsor
Shamrock I
Columbia
Constitution
American Yacht Club
King Edward
Nuisance of Silly Reformers
A Kansas City Star sketch skewers reform cries for laws by emotional crowds. It lampoons proposals restricting appearance and weather wear insisting laws spring from public alarm over trivial issues.
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The
Kansas City Star
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Edward Bellamy
Thomas Lipton
Edward
Brittanla and Shamrock
Coal Cutters
Qld Colony
Chicago
Cortlandt St
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