Plain Living and High Thinking in Art Imports
A fragment notes the value of imported works of art during eleven months of the fiscal year, contrasting with a calmer, more domestic approach to culture and taste. The tone suggests reflection on art trade versus everyday life.
Rockefeller billion dream and old time thrift tale
A column discusses John D. Rockefeller as a youth saving $700, noting inflation and wages, then describes his frugal early habits and cautionary path to wealth. It contrasts farming labor with beer politics and references Madero’s shifting applause, highlighting changing heroics.
The Deliberative Life in American Society
A critique urges a shift from the strenuous life to a rational deliberative approach. It notes rising insanity rumors tied to fast pace, cites public health gains, and questions whether Sugar Trust testimony would differ if Kreary Havemeyer were alive while pondering the fate of Prohibition era imports.
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Spy Memoir of an American in Revolutionary Mexico
An unnamed narrator describes secret service work in Mexico during the revolution. Controlling a hidden letter, feigning rebel sympathy, and evading insurrecto groups, he travels through Chihuahua Coahuila Monterey and San Luis Potosi before narrowly escaping discovery by Molina. He conceals the document in his waistcoat and uses a forged role to survive. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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Back to the South draws editors’ praise for growth
The Buffalo News editorial extols the southern rebirth highlighting boards of trade railway bureaus and regional wealth. It argues the south has shown greater progress in two decades than other regions with rich iron coal and mineral resources drawing northern residents home.
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Wind Instrument Players Live Longer Than Strings Says Study
A New York World report reviews Dr Forcheimer and James J Rogers analyses on wind versus stringed instrument players. It finds wind players average 63.5 years to stringed players 62, with trumpets and cornets showing the longest lifespans among wind performers.
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Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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New York World
Ventilation Boosts Factory Output and Wages
A Berlin Ontario shirt and collar firm showed business doubled and wages rose 50 percent after four years of better ventilation. Absenteeism fell, with 430 workers doing 90 percent more in a year than 522 workers did previously.
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Lenbach Declares He Paints Beads Not Buttons
After Franz Lenbach painted Emperor Wilhelm I a privy councilor asked for clearer button details on the uniform. Lenbach replied he paints beads, not buttons, a quip the emperor found very amusing as the reply reached him.
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Wilhelm I
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Boys' wash quits at 1-2 price at The Fashion Store
A brief notice reports a sale item titled boys wash quits at one to two price offered by The Fashion Store dated June 27, 1931. The item notes a special discount on boys wear.
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