Gerome sues dealer over altered Versailles scene
M. Gerome sues M. Brandus in Paris claiming changes to his salon work A Court Promenade in the Gardens of Versailles altered by replacing sunset moonlight with sunshine. The painting once owned by George M. Tynes and later Brandus is at issue as artists defend the painter's sole right to approve changes.
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M. Gerome
M. Prandes
Paris
Gerome
Versailles
George M. Tynes
New York
United States
M. Brandus
Delacroix
Psyche
Desert Faith and Death: A Poem by Bob Taylor
The writer cites Bob Taylor praising virtue while treading the desert and condemns the infidel for seeking all meaning within mortal life. It argues the infidel loses God, wandering hopelessly toward a bleak, silent afterlife, seeking light in darkness and life in death.
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Bob Taylor
Tennessee
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement touts a one day cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet and promises refunds from all druggists if it fails to cure. The box bears the signature E. W.
Steer Seized Dynamite in Lone Kenney Incident
A steer about 1100 pounds owned by John Alexander west of Kenney attempted to swallow a stick of dynamite on Thursday morning. The blast shattered the animal, with parts found in trees and the head described as blown to atoms. The incident was reported from Kenney, Inl., on July 30.
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Kenney
Inl
John Alexander
Missouri World's Fair vegetable display grows oddities
A cucumber two and a half feet long weighing 4% pounds was donated by Professor William and Tre lease of Shaw's Garden St. Louis It will be preserved in fluid for exhibit Also a cauliflower 84 inches in diameter and 54 pounds was collected at the St Louis station of the Missouri World's Fair Commission St Louis county has contributed to the displays and counties will be recognized in awards
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William Trelease
Shaw’a Garden
St. Louis
St. Louis Station
St. Louis County
Subpena Issued for Mrs Kelley in St Louis Grand Jury
St Louis July 31 A subpena was issued by Circuit Attorney Folk calling Mrs Blanche Kelley wife of Daniel J Kelley the legislative baking powder agent now at Niagara on the Lake Ont to appear before the St Louis grand jury August 6 as a witness The subpena could not be served as Mrs Kelley could not be found
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St. Louis
Circuit
Folk
Blanche Kelley
Daniel J. Kelley
Legislative
Niagara-on-the Lake
Ont
Kelley
Missouri Senator Cockrell Boom Denied by Editorial
The New York Sun editorial argues Senator Cockrell did not seek a presidential boom. It cites Missouri figures Governor Dockery Representative Clark and DeArmond as potential pretenders while noting Cockrell’s preference for the Senate. It praises keeping an honest man in the Senate and suggests the boom was orchestrated by others.
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New York
Evening Sun Save
Weinler
Cockrell
Missouri
Governor Dockery
C Clark
DeArmond
House
Senate
West
Grand Old Guard
Waterloo
Champ Clark
Senator Cockrell
DeArmond Anga
Dockery
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Quick Cold Cure
A brief ad-style note promises Stopa the Cold and Works off the Cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure in one day and offers no cure no pay. Price listed as 25 cents.
Children confide to arson revenge in grandmother’s home
In Kearney Missouri on July 80 a boy and girl aged 10 and 13 confessed to burning their grandmother’s house after claiming she whipped them. They planned to saturate shingles with kerosene oil. A neighbor was suspected until the pair admitted the act and they were bound over to the Nov term of court.
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Kearney
Reba
Clay Gustin
Theer
Rocky Hill Drug Firm Repeats Herbine Order
Ford and Stu of Rocky Hill Station Ky report Dr G B Lalgley requested Herbine for customers. They ordered three dozen in December and say the remedy has given great satisfaction. They repeat the order today as sales continue. Dr G B Singley endorses Herbine. 50c bottle at H L Tucker's Drug Store.
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Ford & Stu 0
Rocky Hill Station
G. B. Lalgley
G. B. Singley
H. L. Tucker
Oldest Mh Neal Manuscript Found in Syria
A newly discovered Mh Neal manuscript, dated 116 AH 738 AD, likely the oldest surviving Biblical text. Written in Samaritan script on gazelle parchment, the Pentateuch shows a 15 verse passage after the Decalogue not found in the authorized version. Proponents say it sheds light on long disputed points and predates European and American Hebrew manuscripts.
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Syria
Cairo
Europe
America
British Museum
Women Defense Leader Challenges Drinking Newspaper Rumors
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, speaking at a Worcester temperance meeting, denies widespread female drink addiction in Massachusetts. She cites not knowing drinking women personally and questions reports of women gambling or smoking, urging caution about sensational claims.
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Mary A. Livermore
Woini
Christ In Temperance Union
Toston
Dig Up Bones of Giants Found on Hedrick Farm
A prehistoric graveyard was unearthed on Solomon Hedrick’s farm in Iris county. Dozens of skeletons eight feet or taller were located beneath a 35 foot high mound. a 20 foot wide ramp led to the top. As apex was exposed, the large bones and polished teeth appeared, with ivory beads and a bone shield among the finds. Hedrick plans to continue digging the field for more artifacts.
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Solomon Hedrick
Iemry
Sizo
Hedrick
Open Day at Mrs Gardner's Venetian Boston Palace
Mrs Jack Gardner will open her mansion in Boston to the public for the first two weeks of each week. Admission is one dollar with a daily limit of 200 tickets. The palace, tied to the Jeabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum charter, was opened to showcase her imported treasures.
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Jack Gardner
Boston
Miss Helene Phelps Dies in Asheville N C
Miss Helene Phelps of Asheville dies at the sanitarium at about 1 20 a m surrounded by her father Colonel William H Phelps and relatives. The body will be shipped to Carthage Missouri for funeral services.
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Asheville
N. C
Helene Shelps
Winyah Sanitarium
William H. Phelps
Silas Phelps
Carthage
Phelps
Pensioner Cornell Found Weak and Uncashed Vouchers
J T Muskogee July 11 United States court declared Bully Cornell sane and appointed a guardian. The Civil War veteran and pensioner had not cashed vouchers for eight years though he held $1,100 worth. He is now entitled to 12 a month and the funds will support him and his wife, an ignorant Indian woman unaware of the vouchers' value.
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Muskogee
J. T
Cornell
United States Court
Clarkenville
Tith Regiment
Watch For a Chill In This Climate Warns of Malaria
A notice warns that a slight chill can be a forerunner of malaria and advises Herbine from L. Tucker's Drug as a prompt hepatic stimulant that drives malaria germs from the blood, purifies it, and restores health.
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L. Tucker
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