Jamestown Island Exposition Revives Virginia’s Historic Isle
A long account visits Jamestown Island and nearby sites as the era of electric travel opens tours to Yorktown Williamsburg and James Town. The writer portrays Pocahontas and Captain John Smith legends amid ruins old churches Ambler mansion and the first Burgesses site while noting plans for a national park and renewed pilgrimages to Tidewater Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gray
Captain Smith
Virginia
Jamestown
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Jamestown Island
Great
Tidewater
New World
Williams
Congress
Charles II
John Smith
Ambler
Mary Clary
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Rebecca Burwell
House of Burgesses
America
Bacon
Williamsboro
Newton
Craft Revival: Hand Made Arts Rise Amid Machine Age
The article traces a surge in handicrafts as educated wealth grows, blending hand work with factory goods. It notes small, signature workshops in cities, the revival of rag carpet weaving, and how charity institutions support crafts. It includes a Bavarian craftsman and shifts in consumer taste driving the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennevento Cellinis
Jong bin
Kimberley Tips Cause Stock Frenzy On Mine Beetle
Arthur Watson and Ethel Gladding fall for Kimberley’s stock tip leading to a chaotic trading scene at the exchange. Kimberley orchestrates a profitable scheme, but the couple discovers the depth of the deception as Congressman stock collapses while Beetle soars. In the end Watson marries Ethel amid a toast by Hon. Bill Kimberley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina
Kimberley
Bill
Young Watson
Ethel Gladding
Watson
Ethel
Bill Kimberley
Haive
Jered
Joe
Arthur
Gladding
Ein
Ethe
Herble Eves
Ter
Martin Gladding
Congressman Atock
Atock
Elde Gladding
Arthur Watson
Comstock
Consolidated Virginia
Hale
Norcross
Stock Exchange
Miss Napoleon
Finance
Arthur “Watson
Beetle
Swifty
Alta
Washington
Ethel Giladding
Mr. Plant
Congressman
Congressman Stock
Broker Plant
Son
Congress
The Rag Carpet Weaving Craft and Its Labor
An exploration of rag carpet making detailing warp quality, materials such as cotton wool and silk, and the artistry of the trained weaver. It explains loom limitations, the sixfold handling from rag to carpet, and the labor intensity valuing skilled craft over time and cost.
Maiden in May Success in Early Business Careers
Many young men start business ventures by building from ground up, not by relying on inherited wealth. Character, reliability, and hard work outweigh capital in gaining credit. Those who sweep floors and rise to management prove creditworthy. inheritors with no business aptitude often struggle to obtain credit. Red Necktie as a Charm is noted as a humorous postscript about a lawyer who credited luck to a red necktie in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
J. Howard Jacobs
Pennsylvania
Reading
Mr. Jacobs
Kia Maker
Coungel
Mc. Jacobs
Bett
St. Peter
Wine Cardus Promise for Strong Healthy Mothers
A Benton Harbor woman testifies how Wine Cardus restored her strength after childbirth. The letter extols wine’s power to prevent miscarriage, ease childbirth, hasten recovery, and aid fertility, asserting it builds up the womanly in generation and empowers expectant mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Nancy
Cardui
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Frances Berkeley
James Blair
William and Mary College
Willamsburg
Sarah
Benjamin Harrison
Lyeth
William Sherwood
White Chapelle
London
Greastworko
Bavaria
New York
Bond Street
Lafayette Place
Fred Varath
Territorial Street
Benton Harbor, Mich
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