Pianos and musical goods on sale and rent terms
If you plan to buy an instrument now is the time. We offer organ rental at seven dollars cash and balance in quarterly payments, pianos from three hundred twenty five to four hundred fifty cash with monthly payments until paid, or cash purchase. We guarantee reliable goods and sell sheet music violins band instruments and more from Steinway Mason and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STEINWAY & Sons
Mason & IAM
A. DB. Chasa
GC. C. Bricus
Pinnos
Mason & Hasary
Wilcox & Wattr
A. TS. Cnase
Farrand& Votrsy
Organs
A Criticism of a Hercules Sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini
The passage critiques a Hercules sculpture with vivid, harsh imagery. It accuses the work of poor anatomy and faulty placement, describing the head as indistinct and the neck poorly set, the shoulders as ungainly, the chest as baglike, and the legs detached from the trunk. The style mimics a harsh, period-appropriate tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Cucus
Benvenuto Cellini
Symonds
Unprecedented offer on platinum portraits and photos
The firm promotes a permanent platinum portrait 20x16 with a gilt or bronze frame and twelve cabinet photos for 38.50. They warrant permanence and likeness. Customers with negatives can swap cabinets for a portrait at the same rate less cabinet cost.
The Cowthorpe oak and the fabled Upas tree
The Cowthorpe oak in Yorkshire, aged about fifteen hundred years, is described in detail noting its past girth, hollow trunk, and the tale of saplings sold from it. The text also recounts legends of the deadly Upas tree, discusses early reports from Paris and Java, and references critiques by Bennett and Darwin about these myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Cowthorpe
Yorkshire
Evelyn
Jessop
Eddystone
Paris
Java
Foersch
vally
Bennett
Darwin
Eolian Harp Advice Appears in Baptist Weekly
A Boston Budget note explains how to craft an eolian harp using common household items. It guides a simple window harp with buttonhole twist and later a more elaborate catgut-string box to produce wind driven music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Weekly
Boston
The Dangers of Hair Washes from Medical Assics
A historical medical warning describes bleaching agents for hair using hydrogen peroxide, uric-regia and bronzers acid. It notes peroxide as the mild option that can turn hair gray with frequent use, while acids damage hair and skin, causing dermatitis, eczema like symptoms, and even follicle inflammation with potential hair loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
bess society
United States
Luther in song and study in Cassell's History of Music
The passage traces young Luther singing in Mannsfeld and Magdeburg for bread and drink, a Frau Cotta episode in Eisenach, and his musical training in the Cur and monastery at Erfurt. It notes his lute and flute skill, clear voice, and the solace music provided during his cloister years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Mannsfeld
Magdeburg
Eisenach
Frau Cotta
Augustine
Erfurt
Martinus
Cassell
A Fated Vessel and a Secret Pirate Spirit
Old salt stories recount the Thomaston schooner George B. McFarland cursed by a Portland medium who warned Captain Kidd’s spirit would sail her. The ship sunk into misfortune after misfortune since 1869 with Captains Strong, then his successor, meeting storms and wrecks before burning, while a separate note praises James Mortimer as an American by birth but a Frenchman in style and English in appearance, famed for exposing plagiarists’ thefts in London society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
George B. McFarland
Maine
Portland
McFarland
Capt
Kidd
Littleton Strong
A. C. Strong
Europe
pene
Strong
Capt. Strong
Lewiston
James Mortimer
Napoleon
London
Sedan
Detroit Free Press
Reading speed differences in print and silent study
The author notes slower writing speed versus faster reading, recording reading start and end times to compare word counts. They observe that more words are read in an hour and a half than a hearing child hears in a day, and report silent reading rates of 300 to 400 words per minute for fluent readers.
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Queen Anne's
Kent
Delaware and Chesapeake
Peninsula
G. LEONARD HARLEY
QUEEUN
ANNE
MARYLAND
SPRING MILLS
T FRED. GAREY
T. Fred. Garey
Denton
Geo. F. Stoan & Bro
LIGHT STREET WHARF
BALTIMORE, MD
BESTA BOLISEE
GEORGE O. STEVENS
Light St
Balto
EDWARD A. HARTMAN
NATHAN DUNBRACCO
Baltimore St
Howard
Kall
J. H. MEDAIRY
GEU. K. MEDAIRY
J. H. MEDAIRY . Co
North Howard Street
BALTIMORE
tsa
NORMAN & STONE, —POWER MANUFACTURERS OF
BADSTIDORES
DLD
LISTER
fuss. STonel
Trave
CHEMICAL YORKS
O'Donnell’s Wharf
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
J. Boon Dukes
JTro Sutro & Co
EL Balto
St. Baltimore
J.B. Nicnons
Seaford, Del
GEORGE M.RUSSUM
HENRY RK. LEWIS
RUSSUM & LEWIS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
J. W. Bryant
T. Pouung Fisher
BRYANT & FISHER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
DENTON, MD
Carolina
TILLY W. DOWNES
JAMES N. TODD
Denton, Mob
J. W.BRYANT
U. BRYANT
AtTTYs-AT-LAW
Lexington St
Batrimone
new City
BEN. BROWN
CAMBRIDGE, MD
X-O
CairoLINE
Wheeler's Transportation Ling
CHOPTANK
TUCKAHOE RIVERS
Hillsborough
Potter’s Landing
Medfords
Frappe
Willsborough
Potter's Landing
Medford
Trappe
Barnett’s
Clark’s
Wright's
Medford’s
Liloyd’s Landing
Dover Bridge
Kingston
McCarty’s
Ganeys
Coward's Point
Covey’s
ILillsborough
gorFreight
BEAVEN
G. Stevens
MARSHALL S. MUTCHLER
WILLIAM T. KELLEY
YDENTAL
Preston
Greensborough
Eutaw St
SWALD W. TILGHMAN
P.M. ECCLES
diese & BOWDLE
DENTON & GREENSBORO
ELY
CREAY, Car Nga
USA
ELY BROTHERS
Warren St
New York
Raughleys Nurseries
GEO
W. RAUGHLEY, PROP
GEORGE W. RAUGITLEY
P O. Denton
KINS
Pape
Caroline
counties
WMS
GODDESS BROTHERS
NORTH CHARLES ST
Steam Works
S. Charles St
William F. Shorey
Protographic Art GALLERY
BALTIMORE STREET
ANNAPOLIS
R. R
Camden
Annapolis and
way
Round Bay
Bay Ridge
LUCAS
BURRSVILLE
Tucuman Harvey
CHOPTANK HOTEL
T. M. COOPER
eturn
STEWART & CO
Broadway
New York City
Joy7
MOSES GOTTLIEB
R. H. WOODWARD & CO
Jumptown
H.T. Curtis
Owen Lynch
Thomas Blackburn
Wi. R. Howard
David S. Moore
Thos. A. Smith
WHillsborough
Bradleysburg
WAL R. HOWARD
UF. MANCHA
Claremont
M. EVERNGAMN
Andersontown
L. C. COWLES, M. D
Smith & Son
Main Street
Luther and Munte
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