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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
6
An elderly African American man visits the Engineer Commissioner’s office seeking a watchman post. He recounts thirty years of field labor, notes he is too old for younger workers, and pleads for a chance, despite being told to wait for the first vacancy.
A young man, James Wathaniel Edmund Combs of Great Mills Maryland, approached Policeman Hopkins at Pennsylvania avenue and Third street NW to see the president and present a devil's confession. Sanitary Officer Sroufe examined him, deemed harmless, and advised he go home.
The piece notes the rise of major American art museums since 1870 led by institutions such as the Metropolis Museum of Art in New York the Art Institute of Chicago the Corcoran Gallery in Washington and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It highlights Boston plans to house its growing collection in a new purpose built facility and emphasizes the value of original Greek art and the breadth of Asian works in American collections.
In a twilight road scene near Nashville a roguish Confederate officer corners Pauline Cushman about secret papers. She escapes, then a rescue returns a second packet and a bleeding heart flower as a symbolic sacrifice to the gods of war.
In Washington a testifying widow’s editor role for the Daughters of the Revolution defends privacy. Joe Redding’s cross examination about ages fails as the old lady cites constitutional rules. The exchange ends with a humorous stalemate.
A post office department bulletin notes careless money sending via mail. A letter from abroad to a missionary in Africa with only a name, no address, was processed through several offices and Europe before returning to the U S. The dead letter office opened it and found 400 in gold certificates. The sender is expected to get the money back. The department will not publicize the signer’s name and address.
The American collections in Boston feature Washington and Martha Washington portraits by Gilbert Stuart, Samuel Adams and John Hancock likenesses, Turner's The Slave Ship, a Madonna and Child by della Robbia, Velazquez canvases, and other storied works. The move to a new museum building promises greater access and study.
The American ambassador to Italy Henry White floats with his wife and daughter in a Venice gondola. A London Pall Mall Gazette correspondent notes locals debate his nationality as a waiter is addressed in Italian, prompting astonished reactions from the ladies.
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