The Horse Fair and Other Tales of Fame and Housing
A long feature on Rosa Bonheur's celebrated painting The Horse Fair and its copies, tracing its origin in Paris, sales history, and multiple versions now housed in major collections including the Metropolitan. The piece touches on Bonheur’s fame in America and a blurb about artists' later lives in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Rosaondeur
A. T. Stewart
Metropolitan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Paris
Paris Omnibus Company
Ernest Gambart
Rosa Bonheur
Fale
Society of Artists of
Ghent
Mile Bonheur
Bordeaux
England
Miles Bonheur
Thomas Landseer
France
Lundseer
British National Gallery
Mile
Bonheur
London
National Gallery
Mile. Bonheur
America
Legion of Honor
New York City
New York Press
Lucky Swiss Housewife Lets Rain Do Family Washing
A New York Post feature extols Swiss housewives for using rain and village troughs to wash clothes. It highlights rain as wash day, water running through public troughs, minimal manual scrubbing, and ironing via nature with blueing and starching in the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Switzerland
Pame Nature
New York Post
His First Wig Rockefeller Wore A Wig In Public
John D Rockefeller timid about wearing a wig in public reports say. Personal bodyguard N M Briggs recounts Rockefeller entering church without the wig then trying it on in Dr Eaton's office. He admits the wig improves his appearance and acknowledges the ordeal of entering services with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
N. M. Briggs
Mr. Rockefeller
American
Oil King
Rockefeller
Dr. Eaton
297 Acres of Land on Chop Tank River in Caroline County
Property description details conveyances dating from 1898 to 1905 trace ownership of 297 acres on the Chop Tank River. The land, located in the Eighth Election District of Caroline County Maryland, has passed through Middle States Loan, Stonebraker and others, with reference to various deeds for an accurate description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linder
Enoch George, Jr
Albert G. Towers
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Hutchinson Trice
Susan Trice
John W. Stonebraker
Liber T. L. D
Clara E. Howell
J. B. Stonebraker
Ida A. Keller
J. O. Snyder
Choptank River
J. Elsworth Stonebraker
J. Ellsworth Stonebroker
Middle States Loan, Building and Construction Company
Hagerstown
C. W.H
Henry Kyd Douglass
Douglass
Hutchinson
Andersontown
Farmington
Swigett
Robert M. Jester
Elmer W. Deen
Williston
Harmony
Rice
John Rice
Albert F. Murphy
Lizzie E Wright
William S. Wright
Thomastown
Wm. Flamer
Denton Bridge
Samuel C. Vickery
Easton
Talbot County
Harrison Street
Brooketts Homestead
Geo. F. Nichkinson
Geo. F. Nickerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Centor Journal
Moward Melvin Ben
I. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Drummer
Commercial Traveler's Magazine
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington Stat
Cew
Mullin's
Wilmington
Horsey Avenue
Randolph Street
Sixth Street
C. Percy Dunning
New Street
George A. Eakyne
George M. Russum
Enoch George, Sr
Henry R. Lewis
Frank P. Covey
Riverview Farm
Ridgely
Jackson
Jack
Bickford & Huffusan
Dearborn
McCormick
Peoples National Bank
Oscar Clark
Atty. Jj.r. Clark, LP
Covey
Two Johns
Denton-Preston Road
Bureau
Terns OF Sale
F. P. Corgy
Cooper’s Livery Stables
New York State
W. J. Massey
James Temple
Auc
Dover
Del
Texago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
The
Texas Company
C. H. Stewart
Harry W. Corkran
Guardian
Janes Paul Rich
Circuit Court
William H. Adkins
James Rich
W. H. Adkins
J. Kemp Stevens
Truster's Sale
Circuit Court For
Caroliné County
W. B. Deen
Preston, Md
Board of Control
Fascosul Dy
W. H. Anderson
Ralph Griffin
Denton, Md
State of Maryland
Treasury Department
Annapolis
State of
General Assembly of
Treasury
Austin L. Crothers
WM. B. Clagett
Comptroller of the Treasury
Murray Vandiver
Harry Hemmons
Pho
M. Lawless,jr
Andersentown
J. Virgil Moore
Harrisburg
Oura
Gohl
Fequee
National Sportsman, Inc
Federal St. Mass
W. A. West
Denton, Maryland
BUY the Best
Smith & Walls
Housewives
Axminster
E. T. Orme
Andersontown, Md
Frantz Bros
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
Call Journal Office
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