Shepherd Boy of Cevennes Gains Paris Salon Fame
France hails Paul Darde as a rising sculptor likened to Rodin. The Cevennes shepherd turned artist won the Prix National of the Salon for 1920 with Fame, drawing attention from critics for two major works a huge stone faun and Medusa head.
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Paul Darde
France
Rodin
Cevennes
Medusa
Paul Durde
Paris
L’illustration
Athena
Perseus
Hell
Paris Gaulois
Darde
Michelangelo
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
London Morning Post
Darole
Department of the Arts
M. Armand Dayot
Ehcole Des Beaux Arts
Italy
Aglin
Conseil, Superieur Des Beaux Arts
Pardoned Texas farmer half a lifetime after murder sentence
Eastland residents recall Flo Edwards who served about ten years for murder and, on turning seventy, accepted a pardon from Gov Hobby after relatives held his farm and wealth in escrow during imprisonment. Oil discovery on his hillside lands boosted his fortune and prompted a humane plan for future use.
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Eastland
Tex
Uniete
Gla. Rogers
Flo
Hobby
Relf
Edwards
Colquitt
Ferguson
Bui
Weather and water in the sky
The excerpt explains how atmospheric moisture keeps Earth warm, prevents desertification, and enables rain and drinking water. It notes the impact of dry air on temperatures and the need to work to avoid freezing. It ends by offering consoling reflections during bad weather.
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Food, Inc
Mountains Furnish Wealth in Western Range
The article extols western mountains, noting their snow stores feed midsummer irrigation for desert valleys, host valuable minerals, provide water power, and yield commercial timber for mine props, lumber, firewood, and fence posts to farmers. It highlights the region’s economic value from natural resources and water.
Money Makers Arrested In Swindling Case In New York
Stanley Waitkas twenty five and Martin Koleja forty were held on ten thousand bail each for examination on grand larceny charges. Affidavits state they swindled Joseph Norwich of two thousand two hundred fifty dollars on May 18 by selling a so called money making machine. Since August 3, 1919, detectives say they have netted not less than thirty seven thousand dollars from victims in New York Boston Bridgeport Bayonne Philadelphia Newark Arlington and Bangor by selling machines to twenty four people, mostly foreigners. The pair allegedly gauged each victim’s savings before naming a price for the device.
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New York
Stanley Waitkas
Martin Koleja
Joseph Norwich
Wales Avenue
Boston
Bridgeport
Bayonne
Philadelphia
Newark
Arlington
Mass
Bangor
Rancher pinned fifteen hours by fallen horse
N D farmer Olson was trapped for fifteen hours after a horse fell with him into a valley near town. He lay under brush as the animal struggled, later freeing itself but bruising Olson in the process.
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Concrete
N. D
al Olson
Olson
Terbury
Sunday Reflections on Memory and Monday Slips
A compact saying notes that many churchgoers, after a quiet Sunday, face forgetfulness or lapses on Monday, highlighting a common mood of Sunday to weekday contrast without specifics.
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp Root
Drug advertisements tout Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims to strengthen organs and aid their function and urges readers to buy or sample a bottle by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co. at Binghamton New York with the newspaper name noted.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer&Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Something Job Never Did
Mr and Mrs Brown drive a new motorcar that breaks down early. The car stalls with mulelike persistence. Brown crawls beneath the vehicle and becomes entangled, provoking loud language from under the car while his wife pleads for patience and references Job.
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John
Job
Mr. Brown
Untold Advice From a Summer Romance
A lighthearted item notes a man should not kiss and tell while acknowledging that some summer romances involve sharing flirtations. The piece lightly reflects social norms and playful attitudes toward courting and gossip.
Ornate Rose Silk Telephone Screens Conceal Phones
A ruffled decorative telephone screen made of rose silk and lace appears in pretty rooms, with every telephone nowadays concealed by an attractive conceit.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Rich Color for All Fabrics
Ad promotes Diamond Dyes with simple directions enabling any woman to dye wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. Each package includes a color card with 16 rich colors and a druggist offers the product and guarantees satisfactory results.
Untitled dialogue fragment from a 19th century column
A clipped exchange shows a mysterious line about a recipe and a confided title. Uncle Bill Bottle top replies that the idea sounds interesting but has never been known to work.
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Bill Bottletop
Washington's Millionaire Colony Grows in Capital
Washington becomes a magnet for wealthy residents. Estimates based on income tax returns show at least 150 individuals with annual incomes of 50,000 dollars or more living in the District of Columbia. The number of millionaires settling in the national capital increases each season due to social opportunities.
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Washington
District of Columbia
The Tattooed Man in the Circus Relives His Fame
A shabby narrator recalls a bygone heyday as the tattooed man in a circus. He speaks over cocoa about once being the cynosure of eyes and how public taste shifted with the advent of moving pictures, leading to his job loss.
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Robert Dawson
Loutaville
Christine Tepper
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dawson
Louisville
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Greece
Posei
Auguste Rodin
Paz Dardé
Terval Parr
Portratt F
Jolstot
Texas Penitentiary
Bayer
Brown
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