Hidden Den of Luxury and Vice Centered on White Studio
The Twenty fourth street studio owned by Stanford White, a secret nocturnal realm in New York once famed for unmatched luxury and depravity, is stripped of its splendor. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified to its private rooms, hidden passages, and vanished treasures, while investigators note its dismantling after White's death, leaving a monument to his genius and ruthlessness.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
White
Twentyfourth Street
Hyde
Jekyll
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-third
Twenty-fourth
Evelyn Thaw
Mirrors
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Virtue
Paris
New England
Evelyn Nesbit
Rose du Barry
Khorassan
Serrebend
Bokhara
Tabriz
Rubens
Gerome
Millais
Bourgione
Great World Revival Spreads From Australia to England and U S
A sweeping world revival begins in Australia led by Torrey and Alexander and expands to England Ireland Scotland New Zealand and the United States. In Chicago and New England millions respond with thousands of conversions while evangelists eschew sectarian labels to boost the revival.
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Chicago
United States
China
India
Dwight L. Moody
Torrey
Alexander
Australia
New Zealand
Australasia
London
England
Scotland
Ireland
Torrey and Alexander
Cardiff
Wales
Torrey and
New England
Boston
A. C. Dixon
Canada
Toronto
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
What the Evangelists Say on the Revival Movement
Rev. A C Dixon explains that persistent prayer over ten years has brought a world wide revival. He notes cycles of faith and waning higher criticism while predicting faith may triumph. Rev Mr Sunday's views laud large venues and broad giving as factors alongside prayer.
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Ism
A. C. Dixon
Briggs
Harper
University of Chicago
Welhausen-Grafft School
Germany
Higher Criticism
Remarkable Sheep Dogs Learn Each Sheep by Sight and Smell
A Harper's Magazine writer notes collies can memorize 200 to 300 sheep, recognizing individuals by sight and scent. Accounts describe how dogs identify stray animals amid bands, nipping to separate them, and recall lasting at least a year after losses. One dog Bourdalone guided 800 sheep onto a boat in eight minutes by selecting leaders and pushing the flock forward.
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Whatea
Watterson
Harper’s Magazine
Filon Girard
Santa Anna
Lone Pine
Filon
Pete
Bourdalone
Stockton Landing
Highlands
On Their Wedding Day Great Occasion for Sue and Bob
The Simpkins parlor frames Sue Simpkins and Bob McGuire as they wed with kin and friends gathered. Bob arrives to kiss the bride as old parson and family toast a hopeful future, with a warning to be gentle and cherish married life.
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Sue Hopkins
Bob McGuire
Simpkins
Sue Simpkins
Postoak
Ma Simpkins
Samuel Hollowell
Si Simpkins
Sally Williams
Susie
Bob
Sue
Lad
Weather Shapes Wars Through History At Royal Society Talk
At a Royal Meteorological Society meeting in England president Richard Bentley highlighted hundreds of occasions where weather altered history. Examples include fogs aiding or hindering invasions, snow on Alps aiding Hannibal and Napoleon, and storms affecting battles from Ajax to Moscow. He noted weather’s role in epidemics and military disasters such as Alcarcerquivir in 1578.
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Royal Meteorological Society of England
Richard Bentley
Mardonius
Mount Athos
Ireland
Lord Anson
Duke of Marlborough
Scheldt
Alps
Hannibal
Napoleon
Massena
Souvaroff
Macdonald
Col. Kelly
Chitral
Richard I
Ascelon
Hohenlinden
Sylau
Moscow
Marcus Aurelius
Melitene
Legio
Maurice
Antwerp
Portugal
Alcarcerquivir
Uplift Movement in Alabama Aims at Public School Improvement
Miss Latona Burns appointed by the board of education to organize a state wide movement. She will tour every city and town to form school improvement associations and awaken interest in public education among public officials and among mothers and fathers.
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Alabama
Latona Burns
Board of Education
Face Like Raphael's Angels Sparks Mocking Return
In a brief exchange a blonde claims a compliment about her face likening it to Raphael's angels, while a jealous brunette retorts that all Raphael angels were painted. Chicago Record-Herald.
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Raphael
Chicago Record-Herald
Conservatory Whisper Turns Sour Over Sweet Words
The exchange shows Mr Spoonem telling Miss Phatter she is sweet enough to eat. The jury narrator criticizes Phatter as a glutton weighing about 200 pounds.
Her Idea. Average English Woman Taller Than American
A light exchange in Yonkers Statesman between Patience and Patrice questions perceived height differences. The dialogue humorously contrasts belief and reality about English and American women.
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Patience
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Will It? A Poem on a Woman at the Polls
A lyrical meditation questions whether a voter's ballot will be fair and unprejudiced as a woman approaches the polling place. The verse frames voting as a shared civic moment and hints at concerns about bias in the electoral process.
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The
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Eden Musee
Art
West
Middle West
Salvation Army
Army
Booth
R. A. Torrey
Wm. A. Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Billy
Enthusi
Asm
Gypsy” Smith
Bill Chiles
St Simpkins
Sister Sue
Junior
Lemuel Hollowell
Si Simpkins, Jr
St. Louis Republic
John W. Chadwick
KB. Figher, Brad Pasccnera
ceLuUr Bus
Abi
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
J. A. Williamson
Toledo
Ohio
D. G. Edwards
F. & D. Railway
la Deshier
Leipsic
Licec
Ganebus Grove
Ee Ag
Sidney
Dayton
Lee
Wapakonets
Bill Heads
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