Ancient Rome onstage at Manhattan Beach NY Chicago run
A fragmented notice describes an outdoor theatrical spectacle titled Ancient Rome. It promises a lavish production by a growing business, noting locations at Monroe and 40th streets West Side and a three week run. Shoppers are urged to visit Large Brothers at Tribune Building for details and fair pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Palin
Nero
Manhattan Beach
New York
Chicago
Monroe
40Th Streets
Large Brothers
Tribune
Dearborn
Madison Streets
Poet's Rooms Over Cemetery Inspire Grim Poem Note
The poem Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight is noted as written in a room overlooking a cemetery. The text hints at a violent impulse toward the amateur reciter, revealing a dark undercurrent behind the author’s lines.
The Tobacco Trust Leader and Power Shifts in Transport
The article notes the tobacco trust chief earning S100,000 annually and remarks on the value of avoiding mistakes. It discusses electricity expanding nationwide and its impact on industry, showing 21,014 miles of single track electric powered and 416 miles by other mechanical traction, with animals at 250 miles versus 68.7 percent in 1900.
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The
Tobacco Trust
Ae Sulery
Anys
Lam
Illiteracy gaps and corruption claim in wartime debate
A Detroit Free Press critique contrasts broad corruption with limited daily impact on most people yet notes education gaps among immigrant groups. It cites British wage arbitration data and recalls a sensational case where a youth claims school punishment triggered patricidal violence, blaming sensitive youths for society's burden.
Hidden donor mystery behind $250000 Cooper Union gift
A donor gave $250000 to the Cooper Union with instructions to remain anonymous. Mr. Hewitt accepted the gift and died without revealing the giver. At the union’s annual meeting trustees admitted they do not know and will not seek the donor’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hewitt
Cooper Union
Hewitt
Union
The World Is Young A Note On Human History
The passage estimates humanity at about 20,000 years old, asserting this as a provisional figure. It argues solar shrinkage and other data imply roughly 3,000,000 years more for life to persist on Earth. Together these figures suggest humans have completed only one thirteenth of history, making the world comparatively young.
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Canadian Northwest
Toronto Globe
Rosthern
Hague
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Carnegie
Braddock
Thomas Curran
Chiss
Yale
Who is Going to Decide When Scientists Disagree
A passage notes two scientific camps debating radium and elemental origins, with one side urging reduction to original elements and fearing chaos, the other calling such theories nonsense. It highlights continual doubt and belief as new discoveries arise, leaving the unlearned perplexed.
Abandoned farms fuel debate on northward immigration boom
The piece argues abandoned Maine farms could be sold to urban buyers for country homes and game preserves, while noting Canada’s Northwest wheat expansion, autos versus horses, and a cautionary tale about hurrying to wealth and fame with examples of William Corey and a New York tiger encounter.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Music as a practical force in daily life
The piece argues that harmony and music move beyond recreation to enhance everyday work. It cites a New York publisher with a piano in every room and peaches growers in the South employing musicians to aid workers. It suggests music can boost efficiency and productivity as its development continues.
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New York
Marginalized Adventure in India Tigress Encounter
Mrs Donnett wife of an English army officer in service in India recounts a thrilling big game hunt in the Chanda Jungle. In a letter shared with a friend, she describes a tigress attacking a cow and men, the camp being alerted and the hunt beginning as roaring fills the scene.
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Mrs. Donnett
India
Chanda
Chicago
Stecord Herald
Circular Letters of Inquiry Reach Islanders and Readers
A discussion of circulating inquiries in the Channel Islands notes the fair aim of asking prominent figures what books shaped their childhoods. Classic volumes like Pilgrim's Progress and Robinson Crusoe appear beside obscure titles as readers respond. Also mentioned are Prof Skeat regretfully replying to a childhood question and General Uribe-Uribe pledging no further revolutions in Panama.
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Skeat
Cambridge University
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Detroit Free Press
Europe
British Labor Department
United Kingdom
Fly
Globe
Alaska
Great Desert
James Corrigan
Holy
Timmins
Zira Gissy
Earth
Sky
Connec
London
Goldsmiths Company
Pyx
Goldsmiths’ Company
Bank of England
Mint
Henry C. Beitler
George R. Baker
Clark and
Randolph Streets
Lena A. White
White's College OF Shorthand
Fine Arts Buil
Michigan Ave
Tom Murray
Jackson Boyl. and
Clark ST
Board OF Trade
John P. O'Shaughs
Francis O'Shaughn
O’shaughnessy
Attorneys AT Law
Ashland Block Central
Isidore H. Himes
the Superior Court
Ashland Block
Illinois
Edward B. Esher
Oxford
la Salle
Telephone Main
Randolph Street
LAW Office
Louis J. Behan
Stock Exchange Building
Clyde A. Morrison
the Rookery
Channel Islands
General Uribe-Uribe
Panama
Go0luibh, Vincent & Bradley
Adame A. Goodrich Witttem A. Vines
Ralph R. Brediey
Chamber of Commeres Bufidien
L. D, Condee
Dearborn St
M. A. Delany
Washington and Clarks
TEL
Central
Ashland Blk
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