Century and St Nicholas offerings feature arts and science
The January Century presents engravings from Giotto and articles by Stillman Cole and others, plus a feature on young sculptor Olin Warner. It includes DeKay on Pagan Ireland, Wilson's Holy Land study, Remington on Horses of the Plains, and Kennan on Siberia, with extensive illustrations and a Siberia note. St Nicholas adds The Pygmy Fleet, The Bells of Ste Anne, Little Saint Elizabeth, and space distances for young readers.
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Cole
Christ
Giotto
Mr. Cole
Holy Land
Galilee
Lincoln
Pope
Virginia
Antietam
West Point
Confederacy
North
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Colonel Auchmuty
Frederick Remington
Kennan
Siberia
St. Nicholas
Prospectus
Tudor Jenks
R. B. Birch
Ste. Anne
Scheveningen
Holland
D. C. Robertson
In Defense of Trusts and Public Interest
The article discusses Professor Dwight's defense of trusts as lawful under public interest. It questions drawing lines at production limits and argues trusts may not override demand, supply, or competition. It cites rising refined sugar prices and the Copper Trust as indicators challenging the public advantage claim.
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Dwight
Political Science Quarterly
Sugar Trust
Copper Trust
Trusts and market control challenge universal competition
The piece argues that price rises of essential manufactures by 70 percent and market control across continents show that unlimited competition is not universal. It questions whether an individual with vast capital could outcompete trusts in coal, petroleum, oils, cotton, and other daily goods. If trusts are not illegal, it argues they should be made so.
Mrs Harrison Receives Large Volume of Letters Daily
Mrs Benjamin Harrison’s correspondence from office seekers runs about fifty letters each day. To handle it she hired Florence Miller, daughter of Harrison’s law partner, as private secretary. Miller notes that the president’s wife does not hold political office.
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Benjamin Harrison
Florence Miller
Harrison
Miss Miller
Elijah Halford
Speech in Mid Air Aide Pyne Defies Authorities in Lisfinny
Dublin era politics report shows Mr Douglas Pyne MP for West Waterford forced into Lisfinny castle near Tallow by a crimes act warrant. He stockpiled meat, wine, whisky and tobacco, spoke from a rope chair to cheering crowds, and vowed to stay three months until Parliament duties call.
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Douglas Pyne
West Waterford
Ireland
Balfour
Pyne
Lisfinny
Tallow
Eyrie
J. T. Cronin
New York Journal
The Handkerchief's History in Fashion across France
An authority traces the handkerchief from a French novelty to a social standard in the early nineteenth century. It notes Josephine's influence in introducing and normalizing the item, its stage connotations, and its rapid adoption by court ladies and the wider world.
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France
Josephine
Mlle. Duchesnois
Alfred de Vigny
An Unexpected Meeting at Gridley’s Bargain Counter
Mrs Carrollton Smythe visits Gridley’s today to compare goods offered at specially low rates. Her husband questions the outing while she defends her presence beside Mrs Van Kortland and daughter in a scene reflecting social pretensions.
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Carrollton Smythe
van Kortland
Gridley’s
Your name my child inquired the matron of charity
A Chicago Tribune brief depicts a tender scene where a matron asks a waif for her name. The girl replies Mary Haddell and the matron, moved, calls her a little lamb.
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Mary Haddell
Chicago Tribune
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