On the Trail of Uncle Kluss and Gotham Figures
Our New York correspondent recalls Russell Sage’s reputation and his widow’s defense of a misunderstood generosity. The piece moves to Gotham pastor Dr John Punnett Peters of St Michael’s Church, praised for open pulpit access and a blend of scholarship, social duty, and right living.
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New York
Russell Sage
Willy Nilly
Kluss
Kuss
Kim
Mrs. Sage
Gotham
Peters
Madison Clinton
John Punnett
Big St. Michael's Church
John
University of Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Museum of Natural History
Allan
America
Hebeater
Dr. Peters
House of Bishops
St. Michael's
Moon
Constantinople
The Critic Visits Hammerstein’s Roof Garden Transformation
The piece notes Oscar Hammerstein’s plan to convert the Manhattan Opera House roof into a winter tropical garden with palms and orchards. It highlights his public image as a promoter and his view of critics, while mentioning artists like Melba and Garden and detailing the author’s impression of Hammerstein’s conversations about critics.
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Dr. Peters
God
Allah
Mohammed
Koran
Gotham
Oscar Slammerstein
Manhattan Opera
Iteuse
Europe
Opera
Hammerstein
Manhattan
Opera House
de Bussy
Melba
Tetravaini
Mary Garden
Mr. Hammerstein
Charing Cross History and the Lost Medieval Cross
The article recounts how Eleanor died en route to Westminster in 1201 and her funeral cortege drew crowds that spurred the erection of a memorial cross at Charing, later destroyed in 1647. The current Charing Cross was built by the Southern Railway in 1863.
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Charing Cross
Britain
Eleanor
Scotland
Grantham
Westminster
Charing
Charlies
Southern Railway Company
Capture of the San Philippe and Dawn of English Trade
Drake captures the San Philippe on the six of Tune 1587, a huge East Indian merchant ship valued cargo over a million sterling. The prize reveals ship papers and accounts detailing East India trade, spurring the rise of the East India Company and English imperial commerce.
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Tune
Drake
Byin
Cadiz
Spain
England
East India Company
Imperial
London Spectator
Throwing Mud and the Limits of Language
A London note recalls a tale from Covent Garden where a teacher showed a hayfield picture to poor children. When asked what men were throwing into a cart they replied mud, revealing how familiar contexts shape vocabulary and understanding.
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Church of St. Paul’s
Covent Garden
Mudi
London
Tar as Sailor Etymology and Tarpaulin Link Explored
The piece weighs theories on why tar means sailor. It weighs steam from Stephano’s song and Burns usage against the tarpaulin origin. It notes Clarendon and others use tarpaulin to refer to seamen, linking tar to tarred pall coverings.
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Stephano
Burns
Clarendon
Administrator's Sale of Mary Patten Estate Real Estate
Notice of private sale by administrator of Mary Patten estate to highest cash bidder. Sale subject to district court confirmation on September 1 1908 at Patrick Patten ranch Sweetgrass County Montana. Property includes land in section 4 township 1 north range 19 east plus water rights and irrigation ditches. Ten percent payment due day of sale with deed at purchaser expense.
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District Court
Sweetgrass
Montana
Mary Patten
Patrick Patten
White Neaver Creek
Patrick Parrsy
Restoration to Entry of Lands in National Forest
Patent public notice declares lands within Yellowstone National Forest Montana totaling about 283 acres open for settlement and entry under homestead laws. It lists two tracts on unsurveyed sections near the Main Boulder River claimed by William Sherwood and A B Gould with prior settlement dates and detailed bearing measurements. The notice names S V Proudfit as acting GLO commissioner and Frank Pierce as Interior Department official.
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National Forest
Yellowstone National Forest
Montana
United States
United States Land Office
Bozeman
M. Ma
Clara C
Boulder
William Sherwood
Contact
Boulder River
A. B. Gould
Contract
S. V. Proudfit
General Land Office
Frank Pierce
Interior
Lands in National Mores set for settlement in 1908 Montana
Notice lists approx 73 acres within Yellowstone National Forest Montana subject to homestead laws and entry on September 28, 1908 at Bozeman land office. Preference given to those who lived on land for agricultural use before 1906 and not abandoned. Describes land location, surveyed status, and applicant F J Bryant of Nye Montana with prior settlement in 1901.
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Grey Cliff
Mont
M. P.M
C. N. Skillman
U. S
Bigtimber
Montana
Joseph Tay
Herman T. Fieming
Plemnbol
Reed Point
Frank McComas
M. R. Wixsey
Register
Yellowstone National Forest
United States
United States Land Office
Bozeman
M.M
F. J. Bryant
Nye
S. V. Proudeil
General Land Office
Frank Pigrce
the Interior
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Benjamin I. Fogleson
Melville
Seria
U.S. Land Office
Margaret Mullen
U.S
William Young
Joseph Deeney
Paul Carlton
Eathan Austin
Merrill
Mont. M
Winsos
Mary F. Mullen
Charles N. Skillman
U. Ss
Butmpers
Nathan Austin
M.R. Wilson
Registerist
Montana Constitution Tax Levy Amendment Approved 1907
The text records Section 9 amending property tax rates with schedules based on total property value and a provision for a two and one half mill cap at higher values, plus sections detailing ballot wording for the November 1908 election and effective date. The act was approved March 7, 1907.
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State of
Montana
Tve
Montana Secretary certifies constitutional amendment copy
A. N. Yoder, Secretary of State, verifies a true copy of an act submitting to qualified voters an amendment to Article 12 of Montana’s Constitution. The measure, approved March 7, 1907, concerns revenue and taxation and levies. The seal and signature authenticate the document at Helena.
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State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
United States OF America
State of Montana
A. N. Yoder
Tenth Legislative Assembly
State
Hidena
Aln
Yoder
Notice of Montana constitutional money depository amendment
Public notice announces an election item for Montana voters at the next general election in 1908. It details amendments to sections in the state constitution on care of public moneys, a State Depository Board, and deposits by the State Treasurer with penalties for misuse.
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Montana
Bert Byacren
Moniana
Pilatine
Oach
Amendment to Section 14 of Article XII constitutional change
Secretary of State announces enactment of an amendment to Section 14 of Article XII authorizing a State Depository Board to direct state money deposits. The act was approved March 6, 1907, and the document was signed in Helena on July 13, 1908 with the Great Seal affixed.
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United States OF America
State of Montana
Ss. I. A
Tenth Legislative Assembly
Montana
Helena
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