High Prices Paid by Americans for Pictures
Summary of leading art purchases with prices paid by US collectors for works by Velasquez Rembrandt Lawrence Turner Hals and others. Notable buyers include Mrs C P Huntington J Pierpont Morgan Otto Kahn E T Stotesbury John Wanamaker and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The article cites prices from 60 000 to 400 000 and notes sales at the Yerkes auction.
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Velasquez
E. T. Stotesbury
Miller
John Wanamaker
Rosa Bonheur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hals
Turner
Corot
Troyon
Miller’s
Frick Buys Velasquez Portrait of Philip IV for $500,000
In New York on March 2 Henry C Frick purchased Velasquez full length portrait of Philip IV in a military uniform for five hundred thousand dollars, a major talking point in art circles yesterday.
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Philip IV
Velasquez
Henry C. Frick
New York
Spain
Fraga Portrait Could Break Record Price in America
A painting known as the Fraga portrait, painted in 1644 at Fraga, is described as the finest portrait of King Philip IV next to London’s best. It is said to fetch the largest price ever paid for a single painting in America, with Velasquez works valued highly elsewhere.
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London
Fraga
Dlumach Gallery
London National Gallery
Philip IV
America
Velasquez
Europe
Frick
Maria Anna’ of
Austria
Lord Lansdowne
Rembrandt
P. Huntington
Hispanic Museum
C. P. Huntington
Bath Came Suddenly in Auto Engine Test at Plug Pond
Haverhill March 2 Three firemen were injured during an engine test at Plug Pond two council members soaked with water and several others escaped injury when a flying nozzle struck Fireman George Langley in the left eye badly cutting flesh but not the eyeball Herbert A Chase the chief's chauffeur and Kibby Drew were also knocked aside in the accident
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Haverhill
Plug Pond
George Langley
Herbert A. Chase
Kibby Drew
Firemen Injured by Backlash From Water Pipe
Three firemen on a pipe support adjusted a rod to the nozzle. When engines started the hook broke and the metal pipe snapped back striking Langley in the eye and Chase on the head. Langley was stunned and rushed home. Water sprayed toward Aldermen Bean and Wood, but the engineer halted power to spare the crowd.
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Langley
Chase
Nurse Miss Amelie Leonard Denied Theft, Bails in Jail
Miss Amelie M. Leonard, a young nurse held on $10,000 bail in Charles Street Jail, is accused of stealing jewelry and valuables from patients who later died. She tells the Post she is innocent and harmed by cruel accusations while claiming circumstances compelled her.
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Amelie M. Leonard
Charles Street
Post
Brimmer Street
Nurse Miss Leonard Denies Theft Charges in Boston Case
Frail nurse Miss Leonard sobs as she fights theft accusations over jewelry valued at 6612.50 from Miss Mary J. Lockwood. She defends herself, claiming patients bequeathed items out of gratitude and recounts hardships, foster brother Ward Cameron, and Horace Cooper connections as detectives chase motive and missing trunks bound for Bordeaux and Shelbyville.
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Mary J. Lockwood
Ward
Europe
Stillman
Cambridge
Horace Cooper
Horace
Brimmer Street
Ward Cameron
Commonwealth Avenue
Edward Carr
Tremont Building
Howard Morgan
Wood-Morgan Detective Agency
Shelbyville
Tenn
King Alfonso's Ill Little Son Prince Jaime Stricken
The illness of Prince Jaime, three, second son of King Alfonso of Spain, raises serious concern. He suffers a throat ailment and is under the care of Professor Henry Raymond, who was summoned from Geneva. Raymond is affiliated with Lausanne University and runs laryngeal clinics at Fribourg.
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Madrid
Jaime
Alfonso
Spain
Henry Raymond
Geneva
Raymond
Lausanne University
Fribourg
Prince of the
Asturias
Ena
Battenberg
Prince Jaime
Special Act to Add Names on Town Ballot
Rockland March 2 By a special act of the Legislature approved by Governor Foss three candidates for town offices whose names were left off the ballot through an oversight of Town Clerk A S Studley will have their names added to the regular ballot to be voted on at the coming town meeting The men affected are C E Vinal water commissioner Hiram W Babcock tree warden and Henry A Baker assessor.
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Rockland
Foss
A. S. Studley
C. BE. Vinal
Hiram W. Babcock
Henry A. Baker
Sunday Post Presents Weeklong Menu and Everyday Helps
The newspaper offers a full page of everyday helps and a separate section with best cooking recipes and weekly menus for next Sunday. It highlights practical tips and a complete plan for the upcoming week.
Police Head An Escaped Murderer Detained in Danville
Danville Virginia March 2 Isdear Stripling longtime Danville police chief under alias R E Morris arrested as an escaped murderer from the Atlanta prison He was tried in 1897 for murder convicted sentenced to life imprisonment and escaped pending a new trial motion Stripling confessed his identity when requisition papers were read to him.
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Danville
Isdear Stripling
R. E. Morris
Atlanta
Stripling
Wolf's My Clothier Storefront Route Guides Public Reach
Fragmentary directions describe Wolf's My Clothier shop near Haymarket Adams Scollay and Friend-Union streets. Time and transit references indicate routes from multiple squares and stations to access the location. The text preserves a street and transit orientation without full address details.
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Wolf's
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