Sage funds and ironies in a curious era
A lengthy miscellany of social commentary and anecdotes from a late era column. It notes Mrs. Russell Sage’s effort to extend a ten million dollar charity endowment, jokes about dyeing and fashion, and reflections on poverty, birth rates, and public figures. The piece surveys satire on industry, politics, and human folly with many named figures and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Ross
Ross
England
Mathematical Department
London University
London Fabian Society
London
Expiatory Dead in Dreyfus Case Haunt Enemies of Truth
A long passage lists a string of alleged deaths tied to the Dreyfus affair. The author laments a pattern of prominent figures connected to forgery and crime being found dead, arguing a fate of expiation and destiny pursuing those who opposed truth and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyfus
Relmach
Lemercier-Picard
Rue de Sevres
Henry
Felix Faurie
Captain Atel
Lebrun-Renault
Rocher
Alain
Barreme
Paris
Gare St. Lazare
Laurenceau
Lorimler
Guenee
Paria
Muniier
Pantozardi
Munier
English Schoolroom Tales From A Distant Paper
A New York Press item recounts humorous English schoolroom stories and a late night tavern anecdote. A boy’s answer about Elijah and a quip on Moses reveal childlike misreadings, while a somber man feeds his horse oysters to warm himself by a tavern stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Elijah
Queen Elizabeth
Moses
Westchester
New York Press
Society Girl Claims Never Hearing Opera
Mise Chatterton boasted she has never heard an opera, while others insist she is a society figure who attends the season's operas, possibly from a box party. The Philadelphia Press notes the contradiction in her statements and social sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Chatterton
Philadelphia Press
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Athena Press
F. B. Boyd
Russell Sage
Exeshell
Jenks
Corell
Brill
Brander Matthews
France
Pisymuvezallaskiviteh
Russia
Herbert St. Bigelow
New Mexico
Italy
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
Ls Baer
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Rennes
Lucie Dreyfus
Madame Dreyfus
Suewens Magazine
Columbia Aniversity
Howells
Phil Press
Tantal Tatngly
Houston Post
Milwaukee Sentinel
S. F. Sharp
Athena
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. E. Froome
Pxor
ST. Nichols
Harry M’bride
North Side Street
Athean
Ore
Oran
Oregon
Suon Line
Union Pacific
Pullman Standard
Omaha
Ulcao
Kansas’ City
Pullman
Feo
Endieton
Annive
Spokane
Walla Walla
Peo
Dieton
Pendieton
LaGrande
Baker City
Halon
Portland
Astoria
Willamette Valley
Callforo
Tanomh
Seattle
Pendleton
Walla
Sherwin-Williams
Umatilla
THE
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
Jack Weir
Touchet
Wash
Adams and
Freewater
Preston-Parton Milling Go
Waitsburg, Wash
Lund
Branchiel
Pindle Medicine Company
Hawk’s
Pioneer Drug Store
Cousis
Cures
Ais
Wonder Worker
DR. King’s
Dr. King
Eva Uncapher
Grovertown
Ind
W. M. McBride
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