Gretl Urban Painting Her Way Into Hall Of Fame Arts Scene
Gretl Urban daughter of Joseph Urban climbs down from a scaffold after painting a 1680 square foot hotel ballroom wall. She credits her father with early training and now studies in Paris before returning to carry on his studio work overlooking the Hudson. Urban discusses art theory, her preference for beauty and simplicity, and her belief that hard times spur renewed interest in art.
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Fly Eating Plant Runs Up Bills In Seattle
Seattle report says N W Nye a mining executive keeps a cobra plant that eats many insects and flies. The plant once grew high in the mountains and was moved to sea level. It has a wide mouth and fine hairs to trap prey, and Nye says the family meat bill is rising. He renames the plant Wimpy.
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Transatlantic Liner Ne de France Wine Rich Crossing
A Paris report says the transatlantic liner Ne de France carried 7 200 bottles of red and white wine for passengers and 1 000 liters of ordinary wine for the crew during its crossing. Statistician and chef Gaston Magrin oversee the wine list and menus aboard the voyage.
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Paris
Gaston Magrin
Strange Malady Changes His Color in Cape Town
Harold Crosby of Capetown has developed chromidosis, a rare harmless condition causing the skin and sweat to discolor. His neck turned pink after he donned a collar and the hue shifted to violet and other colors. A physician consulted old medical records to confirm a similar case.
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Capetown
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Harold Crosby
Crosby
Violin Made From Ship Mast By W. E. Moran
In March 1893 W. E. Moran built a violin from a ship mast. The instrument, now owned by George Burton of EAST MILTON New Hampshire, uses a maple back and spruce top. It reportedly produces sweet tones and followed Boston Globe directions published at the time.
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East Milton
N. H
W. E. Moran
George Burton
Boston Globe
Dead man appears in court to claim $800 estate
Orville Cline, once missing and believed dead, surfaced in probate court in Springfield Missouri to claim an $800 estate from an uncle who died in 1918. The traveling salesman, en route to the Chicago World's Fair, stopped in his hometown and learned of the inheritance before it reverted to the state.
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Springfield
Orville Cline
Cline
California
Chicago
Sinclair Writes Two More Books About Epic Plan
San Francisco AP dispatch outlines Upton Sinclair’s EPIC plan revisions as California election campaign intensifies. It notes changes from I Governor of California to Epic Answers and Immediate Epic, with shifts in financing, tax policy, state manufacturing and bank policies, plus the political impact on Sinclair and party platforms.
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Sinclair
San Francisco
California
Upton Sinclair
Sacramento
Golden State
EPIC
Dress factory workers pressed for shorter hours
The democratic nominee predicts that sensible women will push to cut dress factory hours, freeing time to showcase existing dresses, as ten new dresses are planned for each year.
Prohibition Law Spurned in Texas Fort Worth
The article notes a split in Texas attitudes toward alcohol with the southern half openly wet and nightlife thriving, while the northern and western areas maintain tighter restriction. In Austin about forty venues sell liquor, many near the capitol, and San Antonio shows bright neon signs signaling access.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Charles Dickens
Marley
Austin
Capitol
San Antonio
Laws and liquor vote loom in Texas amid mixed enforcement
The piece notes Texas cities like Galveston and Corpus Christi relaxing liquor controls while law officers say arrests fail to yield convictions as juries balk on liquor cases. It states beer was legalized over a year ago and liquor amendments await a statewide vote, with January legislature expected to push the issue.
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Texas
City of London Demographics Surprise Visitors
The city of London reports 9,630 residents and only 83 births last year in its annual medical officer’s survey. The medieval city remains a distinct political entity with its own government police and city hall, separate from greater London. Bicycles have just invaded Uganda.
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