Vanished Treasures From Louvre to Dresden Stir Obvious Plea
The St Louis Republic reports on missing masterpieces and artefacts. The Venus de Milo arm, a bronze cup from an Egyptian temple, the Dresden Marcella vase, Reynolds Countess of Derby, two Vandykes, a Rembrandt, and a Cupid cut from a Countess of Crewe portrait are all described as lost with awaiting rewards.
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Louvre
London
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Europe
Dresden
England
Reynolds
Countess of Derby
Earl of Derby
Rembrandt
Earl of Crewe
Countess of Crewe
St. Louis Republic
The Psychology of the Stage Kiss
Blanche Ring argues that stage kisses succeed when actors forget personal feelings and project artful illusion. Real tears and private enmity do not guarantee convincing stage romance, and managers avoid pairing lovers if possible to avoid biased performances.
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Blanche Ring
Cure for Indigestion From Dr Bond in London Lancet
The text cites Dr Bond recommending a dish of warm milk with a teaspoon of rum, served with a plain biscuit and mild cheese as a cure for indigestion, noting a harmony among ingredients. It also mentions 1750 England earthquakes and Horace Walpole’s notes on earthquake gowns and Turner’s cracked jar sold for higher price after the quake.
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Bond
London Lancet
England
Horace Walpole
Uncredited Admiration Sparks Polite Exchange
A blunt old bachelor and a lady exchange polite dialogue about credit and apology, she interrupts, he asserts admiration for her grace and beauty, and she accepts the gesture.
Knew She Was Pretty Scene Hint
A dialogue shows Lulie asking if she resembles her mother while the mother rebukes vanity. A pulled banknote stub end of a ren is described as rubbed to prevent rusting in the hardware end of a hinge.
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Lulie
Women hotel clerks and the art of European charges
Eleanor Franklin argues in Leslie's Weekly that European hotel clerks, often women, tempt guests with smiling politeness while adding many extras to the quoted rate. She suggests the perception of added charges varies by price level and warns that “everything included” rarely covers all costs.
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Madame
Eleanor Franklin
Leslie
The East Indies Insects That Yield Shellac
The article explains how Coccus lacca insects in India produce shellac. Females puncture twigs of trees including bo, bihar, and buten, creating incrusted, reddish resin. Dried twig resin forms guck lac and seed lac. seed lac is processed to produce shellac, a hard resin soluble in alcohol and valuable.
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India
Bihar
Buten
Fighting Fish Peculiar Siamese Waters Attract Crowds
In Siam two fighting fish species thrill locals as bowls spark deadly bouts. The creatures resemble pike without gills, with sharp fins causing gory encounters. though edible, natives prize their combat value for daily entertainment.
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Siam
Fragmentary quotes on settling and precipitation in business
The excerpt features a dialogue where Tommy-Paw asks if precipitation means settling in chemistry, and Mr Figg confirms. It contrasts scientific meaning with business usage, noting most men settle without precipitation and that people know better than they practice, acknowledging a superior law over obedience.
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Tommy
Paw
Mr. Figg
Local News in Covington and Nearby Towns
Mrs M W Kyerne visiting daughter Mrs Martin at Montezuma this week. Deputy Sheriff Twiddy helps arrange a marriage between Henry Gott of Mellett and Hottie Odeneal. Clifton couple buys Board property at Fifth and Garrison Sts and move in. James VanHook returns from Army to visit family before resuming St Louis work. Albert Vandervogen of Locust Lawn Stock Farm visits Covington to manage Oxford down sheep interests. Wade and Gray, under $50 bond for robbery, are re-arrested. bond raised tenfold and they remain jailed pending court.
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Twiddy
Henry Gott
Mellett
Esquire Martin
Hottie Odeneal
T. A. Clifton
Garrison Sts
James VanHook
Bert VanHook
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Albert Vandervogen
Richland Township
Covington
Vandervolgen
Indiana
Stephen Wade
Henry Gray
Milford
Thanking customers for millinery season from Effie Brown
A card from Effie Brown thanks customers and friends for their general patronage during the millinery season just closing, expressing sincere appreciation.
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Sincerly
Effie Brown
Ladies Aid Society Meeting at Mrs Armour Home
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church meets at Mrs A B Armour's home on Thursday June 11 for the annual election of officers. All members are requested to be present.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
A. B. Armour
Troy Township Graduates Celebrate Salem Church Commencement
The Troy Township annual commencement at Salem Church Wednesday evening featured a program with music, invocation, a class address by M. M. Dunlap on The Hoosier Galaxy, and diploma presentations by Superintendent Wiskey. Diplomas were awarded to Mont Sawyer, Nellie Haas, Opal Foley, Clifford Grady, Clifford Dice, Lela Bilsland, Corellia Smith, Mary Patterson, Ella Stucker, Louis Jackson, Lela Hershberger, Edward Thompson, June Romine, Minnie Grimes, Linnie Burnison, Frank Hershberger, and Bertha Osborn, with Stilwell orchestra providing music.
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Stilwell
M. M. Dunlap
Anderson
Edward Thompson
June Romine
Minnie Grimes
Linnie Burnison
Frank Hershberger
Bertha Osborn
Basket meeting at Kentuck Church draws old and young
A basket meeting for the old and young will be held at Kentuck Church Sunday morning and afternoon with regular evening services. John McCoy, summering near Ladoga, visited last week and is pleased with his coming crop though lonely, and will return to Covington after tending the crop.
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Kentuck Church
John McCoy
Ladoga
Covington
Sudden Ignorance on Woman Suffrage Arguments
Charles Scott writes in Pacific Monthly arguing suffrage is a justice issue not purity or outcome. He asserts women share the state burden, own property, and deserve political power in their own right, predicting voting enhances politics and equality if barriers are removed.
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