Rubens and other notable deaths and events from history
Rubens the Flemish painter died aged 67 after a career in Antwerp and the Descent From the Cross is cited as his masterpiece. Alexander Pope Voltaire and major historical shifts, including the Peace of Paris ending the Napoleonic era, are listed among other notable deaths and 19th century events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Paul Rubens
Rubens
Torre
Antwerp
Alexander Pope
Voltaire
Paris
Ben
Perley Poore
Washington
Sargent Urges Caution In Women’s Athletics
Dr Sargent of Harvard warns that girls and women may overdo athletics in sports like football ice hockey basketball pole vaulting and heavy gymnastics He favors lighter forms of sport for women and suggests modifying certain games to suit female needs while praising his call for broad public discussion. The Boston Advertiser notes that extreme high school basketball matches among girls have raised concerns and that hysteria can affect any sport.
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Th. Sargent
Warvard
Dr. Sargent
Sargent
Massachusetts
Dressing the Neck and Neckline Advice
A fashion note advises women on necklines and jewelry to suit neck length. Short necks should avoid high collars, while long necks can wear high soft adornments and necklaces. Pearls or a diamond-set choker are suggested if jewelry is worn, and open dresses with draped backs are preferred for a refined look.
Dressing hints and Algonquin Park for summer outings
A guide urges wearing choves with evening dress and lining nap directions for velvet. It advises mending wool with discreet under patches and says dampened cuffs refreshed waistlines. Also promotes Algonquin National Park Ontario for canoeing and wildlife study with 2,000,000 acre preserve and 1,200 lakes. application details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algonquin National Park
Ontario
R. McC
Woodward Avenue
Chicago Bank Vault Incident and the 1871 Crisis Test
A Chicago vault incident during the 1871 fire era shows bank leaders debating cash flow and creditor actions. A bank official describes securing funds, facing four major depositors and a bold money lender, with plans to preserve liquidity and survive the disaster.
Morning Talk and Medicine Ad Highlights 1900s Style
A quaint morning dialogue a man and woman share as a blushing moment follows. The page also features an old advertisement praising Dr. King's New Life Files for health benefits and quick relief, promising strength and vigor with a guaranteed druggist offer at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Houseworth
Jingles and Jests of Wit and Wordplay
A column of playful quips and humorous exchanges on spelling reform and social banter. Snippets include a lover’s reform zeal, a witty retort about shared vows, and brief gossipy lines from various papers.
Fragments of a Sensational Page Across Newspapers
A garbled OCR collage cites lines from multiple papers including Washington Star Philadelphia Recond New Orleans Times-Democrat Yonkers Gazette and Detroit Free Press. It references couples weddings jokes and travel notices and advert-like lines from the New York Sun and Toledo Sunday Excursions with dates and fares scattered through the jumble.
WHERE, WHEN AND HOW For the winter tourist travel
Three travel options and dates are presented for southern and western U S destinations. The copy promotes southern routes via Southern Railway and Cotton Belt Route with train times, connections, and literature offers. It also notes reduced Sunday fares on Lake Shore lines and a local music sale at Wilbur Templin Music Co.
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Florida
Cuba
South
Southland
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
St. Onlg
L. C. Schaefer
T. P
Cincinnati
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry
Postmaster Robbed in River ton Iowa Near Death
River ton Iowa postmaster G W Fonts says a 20 year liver complaint caused jaundice and nearly cost him his life after a robbery. He credits Electric Bitters for 11 years of health and urges the remedy for biliousness neuralgia and stomach liver kidney bladder derangements. Available at Houseworth Bars drug stores for 50 cents. Also note Van Aken Bros Memorial Day carnations and a card of beech and maple wood with Home phone 524. Contact Collins Pindelt 2503.
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G. W. Fonts
Riverton
Houseworth
Collins
Newman-Monger opens new lumber yard at Jackson and Franklin
The Newman-Monger Company announces a new lumber yard open to the public. It offers a complete stock of lumber and building material and is located at the intersection of Jackson and Franklin streets under the management of B. C. Monger.
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Newman-Monger Company
Jackson and
Franklin Streets
B. C. Monger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fakhart Review
Banks
Iszif
Urasye
Chicago
Cheaim
Tosven
Ao Ghinee
Tanid
Owell
Tours
Phe
Phat
New York Post
the. Daily. Review
Pittsburg
Pochis
Dack Goodley
Mrr
Chellus
Pechis
Philadelphia
Deetrait
Tribune
Canse and
Biteet
Chicago News
Sarah Ne
Mildred
Washington Star
Johnny
Philadelphia Recond
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Yonkers
Mittnerpolignara
Trenry
James Doak
Puck
New York Sun
Skiddon
Gerald
Geraldine
New York Press
Chief Berret
Bhediy
Detroit Free Press
you-Watson’s
Philadelphia Ledger
Toledo
Lake Store- By
Air Line
Old Road
Put-in-Bay
Detroit
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Gen
B. Allen
St. Louis
S. R. Hardwick
Washington, D. C
MecCullough
Dearborn Street
W. H. Tayloe
Grand Rapids
Lake Shore Railway
Kirkbart
AML
Daly
Wilbur Templin Music Co
Turnock's
van Aken Bros
Bucklen Theatre
Frisco
Louis M. Hausman
Mar
Rystat
Sae Ean
Laura Jones
Teed & LA Zell
Blanche Freeman
Jeanette “Woodford
the Kinocrose
Walter J. Rudesin
Moving Picture Machines
Pan
San Francisco
Oalland
The
Magic Lantern
Aetra Indemnity Co
Will Bond
Milton Schafer
Act
Monger
Lawson
Uwiss Marte Warris
Buchlenscope
Circus Trust
Lors
Theony
John Ten
Ikhart
Robinson
Hippodrome
U.S
Thompson
Ellsworth
Captain Winston
Dash Warren Travis
Hale
Solomon
Sheba
Wounded Knee
Leavensworth Zouaves
America
Butts
Arenic
Borsen
Cate Sheinnnd
Pontes
S. Main St
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