World boat styles span seas and rivers in vivid variety
A survey of vessels from gondolas in Venice to samaras in Samoa and caiques in the Aegean outlines the diverse boat designs across cultures. It notes gondolas in Venice, proas and junks in Asia, catamarans in Fiji, flying proas in the Ladrones, wherries in Britain, and Turkish caiques, highlighting how land and wind shape craft evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
England
Ireland
Portsmouth
Marmora
Aegean
Why the Boy Was Baptized
A luncheon discussion on apostasy recalls a wealthy New York Jewish family baptizing their first child to ease the boy’s progress. The tale echoes an Basle dinner story where a precocious child asks why people don’t all become Jews as they grow, noting a father who left the faith and a grandfather described as an awful Jew from Russia.
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Europe
Joseph Cowen
New York
Basle
Theodor Hers
New Norwegian Minister Arrives in Washington on Official Mission
Ove Gude the new Norwegian minister to the United States arrives in Washington for an official mission. At about 65 he is the son of famed painter Hans Gude. His diplomatic career includes service as attache at the Swedish Norwegian legation in Paris in 1877 and a later appointment as secretary.
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Mary
Berlin
London
China
Japan
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Ais
Gude
Copenhagen
da Stremnholm
Germany
Mmende
Hls
Lim
Washington
United States
Ove Gude
Hans Gude
Kaiser Wilhelm
Paris
Queen Alexandra's unique bungalow by the Norfolk beach
A British note describes Queen Alexandra's seaside bungalow in Snettisham Norfolk. The seafront residence features a half-boat entrance, yellow stone walls, two main rooms, a small lobby, and shells as decoration. Also cited are St Petersburg population stats and Lipton's costs in the America's Cup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Alexandra
Norfolk
Snettisham
Writer of Real Talent in Town
The editor of the Bushby Clarion praises reporter Gid Hobart for a two column tale about a fire. He laughs at a trivial setting a deserted hen-house proves his talent as readers would recognize.
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The
Bushby Clarion
Gid
Hobart
No Skin Left on Body Baby Healed by Cuticura
A Durmid Virginia family recounts extreme infant eczema in a six month old, severe breakdown with oozing blood, two doctors giving up, then Cuticura remedies including eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment leading to full recovery before age three. The notice cites James J. Smith and dates October 14 and 22, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Smith
Durmid
Defiance Starch Tops Value in Almont Sale
A reader notes the extraordinary Defiance Starch sale showing one third more starch per package for the same price. The quote about appearances and expenses suggests shoppers favor cost efficiency, while a George Eliot aphorism on death and regret closes the item.
Peruna Cures Catarrh After Twenty Five Years of Cough
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois reports lasting catarrh and a bad cough. After trying various remedies she used Peruna and states her throat cured and health improved. She recommends Peruna to friends and notes tablet form as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Kittleson
Evanston
Illinois
Hanley
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BY J.B. Gairing
Italy
John Chinaman
Canale
Venice
Atanda
Canala
Islands
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Coromandel
Madras
West Indies
South America
Fiji
Nange
QUEEN
Alexandra
St. Petersburg
Lipton
Sir Thomas Lipton
Yachia
Queen's Bungalow
Almont
George Eliot
Miss. Sophia Kottlesen
Pe-Ru-Na
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Obie
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