Mission of Love to the Blind by Mrs Fearn in Washington
Mrs Walker Fearn of Washington promotes the Amelioration of the Condition of the Blind in Roumania and the queen Carmen Sylva. Her lecture at Rauscher's uses stereopticon views and a Roumanian costume to urge aid for 20,000 sightless citizens and the luminous city Vatra Luminousa.
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Walker Fearn
Washington
Roumania
Louisville
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Longworth
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Indiana
Rauscher’s
Millionaire Homes Rumored for Washington Area
News spread that options have been secured by Mrs. Marshall Field and George W. Vanderbilt on a northwest Washington residence site. The half million dollar project targets the west end of the square near New Hampshire Avenue and Seventeenth Street with about 200 feet of frontage. Mount Vernon draws thousands of tourists annually, yet locals often steer visitors away from the site in favor of other attractions.
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Washington
August Belmont
Reward for Faithful Service in Congress
Congressman Theobeld Otten of Milwaukee has led a Sunday night sacred song service for guests at his Washington hotel for two years. He was presented with a gold watch fob by Crumpacker's wife who gave the presentation speech on behalf of those he served.
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Congress
Theobeld Otten
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington
Crumpacker
Landscape: gardener having his revenge in American estates
A long survey traces how landscape gardeners shifted American homes from formal colonial beds to expansive vistas. It highlights Parks like Fairmount and Central Park, the turn toward naturalistic art, and notable figures and Italian and Japanese garden influences shaping wealthy estates, with examples in Philadelphia and New York.
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Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
United States
Europe
Central Park
France
Holland
Tg Perforce Limited
New York
Charles E. Mather
Brandywine Meadow
Los Angeles
Randolph Miner
Nippon
Rome
J. H. A. Klauder
Allegheny Avenue
Italy
The Roof Tragedy and a Narrow Rescue
Steve and Martin duel over Mary on a rooftop ending with Steve’s fall. Martin cuts the rope and saves him, then they pledge change, confessing their guilt and resolving to be better.
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Martin
Steve
Gulf of Death
Gladstone's Words On Time And Thrift Echo Through History
The piece recalls William Gladstone as a model of productive use of time. His maxim urges thrift of time as a future profit and warns that time waste diminishes both intellect and character.
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Gladstone
William Gladstone
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Mrs. Fearn
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Gardner
Norwood Park
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Murry Guyrgenheim
Brokers
Brandywine Meadow Farm
Cal
Marvin Dana
Joseph B. Bowles
Mary
Flaga
Martini
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