Young Edison on Temptation and Miss Vauclain’s Horse Ambitions
Edison declines to offer guidance on temptation citing no experience. He jokes about urging young people to work hard to avoid temptation. The piece also profiles 18 year old Constance Vauclain who owns a million dollar stable and competes with Judge William H Moore for top horse show honors at Rosemount Pennsylvania with her father Samuel W Vauclain supporting her ambitions.
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Constance Vauclain
America
William H. Moore
Sheila
New York
Lady Seaton
Miss Vauclain
Rosemount
Penn
Lilliputians Wed in Greenwich in Odd Wedding Tale
Lilliputians Elizabeth Jenicke 28 from Germany and Joseph S. Alpuente 42 of New Orleans, both under 4 feet tall, wed recently in Greenwich Cont. Alpuente, a vaudeville veteran, now runs a restaurant in Aureenwich. The piece also recalls Hadley's remark on work and quotes Frick on hard work and perseverance.
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Elizabeth Jenicke
Krafelt
Germany
Joseph S. Alpuente
New Orleans
Lilliputians
Greenwich
Alpuente
Woman becomes first female Senate committee clerk in Congress
Miss Jessie L. Simpson of St. Louis is appointed clerk of the Senate committee on foreign relations and secretary to Senator Stone, the highest paid woman employee in Congress at 3000 dollars a year. The note adds Robert George Lloyd and Roosevelt musings on architecture and buffalo motifs.
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Stone
Missouri
Jessie L. Simpson
St. Louis
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Miss Simpson
Congress
Senator Stone
Miss Simipson
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Glory to the Conquerors Crowning Work of Antonin Mercie
French artist Antonin Mercie has died in Paris at 69. His works Gloria Victis and Gloria Victoribus symbolize France from 1870 71 to 1914 17 and gained Salon honors in 1873. A writer in L Illustration notes the debate over glorifying defeated soldiers.
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Antonin Mercie
France
Paris
Gloria Victis
Mercie
Gloria Victis and Glorius Victibus Deemed Final Works
The article reflects on memories of a distant past and dedicates praise to the sculpture titled Gloria Victis as the last work of a gifted artist. It notes the piece’s statue like quality, yet smaller in size due to the artist’s aging hands and expresses longing for a companion work that would be bold and dynamic.
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America
Roosevelt
American Institute of Architects
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue
Glorius Victoribus
Henry Torborg Dies at 73 Leaving $500000 Estate
Henry Torborg, a Blue Island line streetcar conductor in Chicago, died at work at age 73. He amassed about $500,000, largely from his savings and real estate investments that appreciated significantly over four decades.
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Henry Torborg
Strat
Blue Island
Chicago
Torborg
Soldier and golfer plays on one leg at Chislehurst
Corporal Jones of England returned from Flanders after losing his right leg. He balanced on his remaining leg to play a round at Chislehurst course and scored 70, a mark short of the course record 66 1/2 set by Jones previously.
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Corporal Jones
England
Flanders
Chiselhurst
Jones
Maxine Elliott Goes to Screen Amid Belgian Relief Praise
Edward Perkins reports that Miss Elliott will star in cinema after capitulating to the screen. London journals note her relief work for Belgian refugees and the wounded, calling her a tender, beautiful heroine whose nobility brings cheer to thousands.
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Maxine Elliott
United States
Edward B. Perkins
America
Miss Elliott
London
Vernon Castle Teaches Dance to French Allies in France
London despatch says Vernon Castle, serving with English aviators in France, uses off duty hours to teach modern dance to comrades and French allies. They occupy a chateau five miles behind the line with a ballroom now used daily for this recreation. Mrs. Castle will join him and plans to continue motion picture work after returning from Europe.
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London
Vernon Castle
France
Mrs. Castle
Illinois official Bates discusses career and factory law focus
Miss Jeannette Bates the second woman to hold an Illinois assistant attorney general post recalls borrowing money for her first office rent after quitting a salaried job. She says her success came quickly in general practice and notes her new role will involve prosecuting factory law violations including overtime for women workers.
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Jeannette Bates
Illinois
United States
Ardmore
Stonewall Jackson Said Name Belonged to Whole Brigade
General Jackson in a new biography by his nephew T J Arnold rejected any claim to the name Stonewall, saying it belongs to the brigade not to him. He noted the brigade would one day be proud to tell their descendants they were Stonewall. History, however, links the sobriquet inseparably to the man.
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James Morris Morgan
Morris Hicky Morgan
Harvard
Morris
Stonewall” Jackson
Jackson
T. J. Arnold
Stonewall
Stonewall Brigade
Maine
Bill Beasley
Bill
John Hobby
Schwab Wife Confirms Value of Bethlehem Steel Stake
Charles M Schwab recalls a offer of sixty million dollars for half his Bethlehem Steel holdings. He asked Mrs Schwab what to do and she replied they would not sell, noting the money would outlive them while his work defined him. The tale appears in Century Company's Succeeding With What You Have.
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Henry Clay Frick
Coke King
North Shore
Leslie’s Weekly
Carnegie Steel
Pop
Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Mrs. Schwab
Life belts and air coats improve sea safety devices
The article describes a waterproof suit with a pneumatic life belt fixed to it to ensure proper placement, plus air inflation through a mouth tube and high visibility for unconscious wearers. It also notes the self-loading pistol replacing the sword, and various advances in medical and naval hardware including anti aircraft rifles, egg shipping methods, and locomotive caution signs.
A Vain Boast of the Hapsburgs
The article cites historian Coxe on Frederick II using vowel based anagrams on royal plate and furniture. A diary note reveals the line To Austria is it given to rule the universe and German version Everything in the universe is subject to Austria. The piece argues this ambition defines Hapsburg policy.
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Austria
Hungary
House of Hapsburg
Coxe
House of Austria
Frederick Iit
Frederick
Hapsburg
Habichtsburg
Humorous Tales From a Maine Town and Nearby Laughs
A collection of short comic anecdotes features Bill Beasley negotiating debts with a playful receipt dispute. Other vignettes follow, including cheeky exchanges between children, a mistaken wordplay concert moment, dock boot gags, a confession joke, a stern mission query, and a beauty-fade joke at a restaurant.
Sir Edward Carson’s Swordlike Wit in Parliament
The British lawyer Sir Edward Carson is described as having a cavalry sword like wit. During a cross examination he cut a witness who had a red nose with the line You drink, my man. Witness-That is my business. Sir Edward replies Any other business.
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Edward Carson
Cutting
Sir Edward
New Salem Memory of Lincoln’s Early Illinois Town
New Salem, the village once home to Lincoln who tended store and wrestled. The 1833 promise fades as the hill remains, while the abandoned townsite lies within a pasture.
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New Salem
Lincoln
Limerick by Chesterton C K Noted English Author
The limerick by C K Chesterton is widely quoted and enjoyed by many literary readers as a clever nonsense verse. It is presented as a noted example of wit and playfulness from the English author.
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C. K. Chesterton
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