Paderewski The Pianist Who Shaped An Era
Ignace Paderewski, born 1860 in Podolia, rose from austere beginnings to world prominence as a pianist and composer. His early Berlin study with Leschetizky propelled a rich career, with groundbreaking appearances in Vienna Paris Berlin London and New York. His American tours drew record receipts and lasting patronage, while his opera Manura and piano works marked his broader artistic reach. He married twice, first to Rose Hassa, who died after a brief union, leaving a son who died in infancy, then remarried.
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Ignace Paderewski
Anton Rubenstein
Wee
Kurylowka
Podolia
Russian Poland
Siberia
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Berlin
Leschetitsky
Pole
Paderewski
Vienna
London
Atlantic
New York
Carnegie Hall
Critica
America
Americans
Dresden
Boston
Rose Hassa
Paderewski and Polish Efforts in World War I
The Polish leader and Mme Paderewski fled to the United States at the war’s start to aid Poles abroad. They urged Polish enlistment in a European army, gaining official support from France and the U S. A recruiting camp formed at Niagara Falls and a Polish legion went to Europe. After the armistice they returned to aid Poland’s reconstruction and republic.
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Europe
Mme. Paderewski
United States
France
Flanders
Prench
Niagara
N. Y
Paderowski
Poland
Smuts Emerges as Major Figure in African Politics
The excerpt outlines Jan Christian Smuts as the continent’s leading public figure, recounting his evolution from anti-British stance to statesmanship. It covers his roles as lawyer, general, Kruger's attorney, peace commissioner, and his pivotal influence in Reconstruction, the unity ofBoer and Briton, and his later prominence in British imperial policy.
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Louis Botha
Jan Christian Smuts
Africa
General Amuts
Transvaal
Majula Hill
England
Inw
Smuts
Jameson
Kruger
Britain
Saiute
Kitchener
Alfred Milner
Hocra
Europe
America
Tiseless
South Africa
United States
General Smuts
Botha
German Southwest Africa
East Africa
Imperial War Cabinet
British Isles
League of Nations
Osage oil boom brings wealth to Native Americans
Report from Pawhuska Oklahoma details Osage oil and gas payouts that will put about 1500 per native, plus overall incomes near 4000 yearly from royalties. Development spending of about 4.6 million is expected in the next year, driving Osage county money circulation and raising questions about Interior Department approval of a 600 thousand bonus bid.
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Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Okla
Qeage
America
Osage
Osage County
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Gypsy Oil Company
H. G. Barnard
American Pipe Line
Omac
Actress Reveals Simple Gray Hair Secret at Imperial
Joleey Williams, renowned American actress touring St. Louis, states a cheap home mix can darken and soften gray hair. She suggests combining water with a small amount of brandy rum, Barbo Conpepnd, and glyco rum, applied twice weekly to achieve darker shade.
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Joleey Willams
Imperial Theatre
St. Louis
Tuze
Howe
Attestion K of I Holds Regular Meeting
Attestation K of I reports its regular meeting held on Thursday January 9 with note on election of officers and attendance by C C Hendershot.
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Will
Thorsday
Hendershot
C. C
Deraud of Fairbanks Noted for Alaska Gold Work
E Beraud an assayer for the First National Bank of Fairbanks is en route to Paris after eleven years in Alaska. He has assayed about 45 million dollars of gold totaling eight tons in weight, a record wealth handlings for the territory. He plans to return to the gold dust trade after Paris.
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Cordova
Alaska
E. BE. Deraud
Fairbanks
Paris
First National Bank of
Beraud
Consistory Elects New Officers at Masonic Temple Meeting
Wyoming Consistory No. 1 elects officers for the ensuing year at a Monday evening gathering in the Masonic temple. Peter Cook named Master of Kadosh, with Fred Forbes as prior and William Dubola as preceptor. George Strader is chancellor, Richard H. Dewain serves as ist er of late, with Edward Stone and trustees John Riner and others completing the slate.
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Wyoming
Masonic Temple
Peter & Cook
Kadoah
Peter
Cook
Kadosh
Fred
Forbes
William RB. Dubola
George J. Strader
Richard H. Aewainister
George H. Simoner
Samuel Cot
Edward W. Stone
John A. Riner
Peter 8
Cpok
George
Strader
Funeral for Theodore Roosevelt Moves Nation to Mourning
Vice President Marshall represents Wilson at Roosevelt funeral in Oyster Bay as flags fly at half mast for 20 days. National and local mourners recall Roosevelt’s long public service and personal ties to Oyster Bay residents.
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Marchal
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Marshall
Genote
House
State, War, and Naivy Departmentas
Oyster Dey
Theodore Roosevelt
Wigan
Wr Wilson
Roosevelt
Peyton
March
War Department
Feenral
Wiliam Phillips
State Department
Cameron Winslow Wa
Daniels
Navy Department
Congressional
Senate
Oyeter Bay
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Oyster Bay
The
Cove Shoal
Roosevelt Hospital
Archibald Roosevelt
Sagemore Hill
Christchurch
A. B. Whittaker
Kermit Roosevelt
Snake Expeditionary Forest
Svgamore Hill
United States
Oday
Campaign to drop German from U S school curricula
Nation wide drive by the American Defense society urges removing German from schools and favoring French Italian Spanish and Italian instruction to bolster trade ties. Letter signed by Dr William T Hornaday cites wartime sentiment and warns German language is not essential in education.
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New York
American Defense Society
Willam T. Hornaday
America
Es Kommt Ein Tag Makes J B Laugh
London dispatch reports a British admiralty treasure a German drawing showing 4 U boats off the Thames before London with the slogan Es Kommt ein Tag. The inked image depicts St Pauls dome and Parliament, a submarine on the river with a crewman on deck and annotated German captions adjacent to the British scene.
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J. B
London
Admiralty
Thames
Parliamen
St. Paul's Cathedral
Vegee Ee
Nurated Iron Endorsed by Physicians for Safe Use
Dr Sullivan and others endorse Nurated Iron as a well known remedy not a secret cure. It is easily assimilated, does not stain teeth or upset the stomach. Manufacturers guarantee satisfaction or a refund. Distributed in the city by A E B Roedel Sands Hays Drug Store and other druggists.
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Sullivan
A. E B. Roedel
Sands-Hays Drug Store
Trial in San Francisco Echoes Neutrality Violation Case
The Sacramento neutrality case opens in San Francisco involving two German consulate officials, a dozen others, and three corporations indicted for conspiring to violate U S neutrality in 1914 15. The Sacramento later called the Alexandria carried cargo for the German fleet and helped plot arms shipments to Indian revolutionaries.
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San Francisco
Sacramento Neutrality
United States
South Pacific Ocean
Sacramento
Chile
Mazatlan
Leipzis
Guaymas
Mexico
Olson
Mahoney
Maverick
Annie Larsen
India
Alexandria
Northern and Southern Steamship Company
Swayne and Hoyt
C. D Bunker and Company
Valparaiso
Leipzig
Baden
Santa Isabel
Scharnhorst
Nurnberg
Gneisenau
British service corps planned to prepare officers for civilian jobs
The government intends to keep British officers in the field during peace talks and create an educational service corps. Courses will cover industrial and commercial organization banking insurance and correspondence. A bureau will coordinate instruction with lecturers teaching most of the material.
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London
Jan. J
Banking, Insurance and Act Correspondence Bureau
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Mr. Falthe
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