The God In the Hurdy Gurdy
Pasquale Venetti, a hurdy gurdy player, tries for coins in a hostile alley as a couple argues at a nearby window. A wealthy yellow coin appears, lifting his spirits before a patrol detains him, and he carts away with the prize.
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Groover
Pasquale Venetti
Pasquale
Cdi
Dasquate
Ile
Ife
Tle
Robert
Pisqude
Asquale Venetti
Aia Chen
Thompson Named Ambassador to Mexico
David E. Thompson, a Hillsdale native born in 1844, rises from railroad service to ambassadorial post in Mexico after career as a financier and investor. He began as a truckman in Nebraska, climbed to Burlington system superintendent, retired to manage wealth, and became a leading candidate for senator before Roosevelt appointed him minister to Brazil. Thompson is noted for generosity including gifts to Lincoln children and Christmas flour giveaways, and he built a restaurant system with significant yearly revenue.
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David EE. Whowapeen
Brazil
Mexico
Agency of Energy and Brains
Mer
Thompson
Hillsdale
Mich
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington and Missouri Railroad
Tie
Burlington Road le Wal
Ings
Roosevelt
Edwin TT Conger
Omaha
Burlington Road
Sio
Memorable Musicians From the Slums Parade in New York
A New York Memorial Day parade feature is a brass band formed from street youths trained by the New York Juvenile Asylum at Dobbs Ferry. The band, once prize-winning at the Centennial Exposition, travels May 30 from Dobbs Ferry and showcases the asylum’s program turning neglected boys into useful citizens.
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New York
Oliver Wendell Sfolmen
Asylum
Musleius
Detbs Ferry
Evert Janseh* Wendell
Muuch
Hfe
Dobbs Ferry
Hell
Madison
Gossip About Prominent People from a Liberal Column
A column recalls Nicholas Murray Butler as a child in Elizabeth New Jersey noting his precocious wit. The piece also mentions corporate director fees and a Pierpont Morgan anecdote about upping New York Central board pay after a labor cost report.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Elizabeth
N. J
Hadan Elizabeth
Butler
Lata
Bsenre
Pierpont Morgan
New York Central Railroad
Merning
Carrell T. Wright
United States Labor Bureau
New York
Chicago
Pearl divers tally a record £16000 haul in Ceylon season
A world traveler visited a Ceylon pearl fishing room as the season closed and learned the enterprise yields low wages and plant costs. A friend offered a complete diver’s outfit as a memento, prompting reflections on the weight of such gear.
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Ceylon
Pearl divers Armament Clip Nostrils and Augers
A St James Gazette note describes a pearl divers gear consisting of a nostril clip and thumbs tips called cats and augers. The fragment suggests minimal equipment used by divers.
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St. James
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Barnlesvile
Peati
Hoowever
Bartlesville Examiner
Senator Knox
Henry van Dyke
Bjornson
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John M. Ward
Nicholas
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Ben. Feist
OF Collink
Mr. Leist
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Inehardée
Fataye
Byron Carson
Lethlidge
H. R. Thopipson
Choteau, Montana
Craves & Thompson, Choteat
John O’brien
Conrad, Montana
City Meat Market
Jacob Odenwald
the “Club
Lawrenge Davis
Budweiser Beer
Breen Co’s
Special Breie
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Constante
C. EL
Drake
Chotieau, Montana
Cedarwood
E.N. Haugen
Accellene
Preare
Walter Gorhas
Choteau
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