Saratoga Days of Pleasure and Racing Life
Saratoga Springs gleams in August as Broad Way rivals its namesake in gaiety. The scene centers on waters, fashion, and the track where betting and racing draw crowds, while lake excursions and elegant hotels shape a summer ethos. The piece contrasts Newport and Saratoga styles, notes evening lights, and describes club life and unscrupulous betting among gamblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aratoga
Broadway
Gayety
Saratoga
Newport
Bronze Buffalo Head Casting for Union Pacific Bridge
A New York foundry unveiled the largest single bronze cast in the United States, a buffalo head model by E Kempys Jr for the Union Pacific bridge near Omaha and Council Bluffs. The process involved a 6,000 pound metal melt, complex mold work, and a celebratory afterglow among workers and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
E. Kempys, Jr
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Favy
Barbedienne
Thebaut
Sur
Gypsy Dinner Scene and Revolutionary Notes
A vivid vignette shows two sun bronzed women dining beside a donkey using its salt-filled hip as a improvised plate with radishes. The piece also recounts Gen Donaldson’s clash over mule purchases and a historic John Clarke commission signed by John Hancock, noting Clarke’s early colonial service and later life.
John Swinton and the fate of his labor paper
John Swinton, born in Illinois about sixty years ago, rose from The New York Times to editor roles at The Cincinnati Commercial and The New York Sun before starting his own journal which has ended in disaster. He conceded laboring men do not support his theories, reflected by their continued lack of backing and his former Labor mayoral bid yielding few votes. He remains hopeful about the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson
Nashville
James L. Donaldson
Thomas
Hood
Gen. Thomas
Gen. Donaldson
R. H. Eddy
Coit
Old War and Navy Division
Pension Office
Pocomtock Valley Memorial Association
Massachusetts
John Clarke
John Hancock
Colonial Congress
Boston
United Colonies
Clarke
Marlboro
Windham County
Deerfield
Mass
Washington Cor
New York Sun
John Swinton
John
Cincinnati Commercial
New York
Ikington Outcry Over Six Year Old Bail And Birching
A New York World letter recounts a chilling incident in Ikington where a 6 year old boy faced arrest and a brutal birching over a stolen watch he found and returned. The case sparked disbelief at police action and judicial harshness, with commentary on royal readership and press silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ikington
Morning Post
T. C. Crawford
New York World
Nearly All Do It and Domestic Advice Quip
The text teases family relations with a humorous exchange about happiness and a mother-in-law. It also notes a claim that the entire German infantry will be armed with repeaters by October.
Parisian Pastor Sees Awe at Viennese Greek Service
Pastor Skene of Trinity Methodist, touring Europe, describes attending a Greek service in Vienna. With no priest at first, two lay readers begin a monotone, then a surpliced candle bearer reveals a bearded priest in white gold-embroidered robes. A powerful chant rises, filling the dim church, leaving the observer spellbound and moved to sincere worship despite not understanding the words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skene
Trinity Methodist Church
Europe
Zion
Vienna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Sports
Union Pacific Railroad
M. Favey
E. Waller
England
Chili
Los Andes
Panama Star
Plymouth Free Press
Potomac Flats
Col. Hains
Capitol
Botanical Gardens
Smithsonian Grounds
Monument Park
White Lot
Boston Transcript
Bankers
City and Farm Loans
Curtis St
Denver, Coro
Cai
J. Jay Joslin
Lawrence Street
Denver
Col
Portland and Louisiile Cement
Plaster OF Paris
RED Cross Paints
Royal Bakiyeowper Co
Wall St
N. Y
J. H. McLean
J. K. Thompson
East Greeley
Taylor
H.C. Watson & Co, Gale, Lee & Wilson
W. A. Nichols
Greeley
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
H. A. French
A. Z. Salomon & Company
A. L. Welch & CO
Weld County
City
Sixteenth and
Champa Streets
Denver, Colo
E. Brooks
Denver, Colorado
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
Hart
H. A. Ancurr
M.D
Oxford &J
Brooklyn
Tus Oxytaun Company
Fulton Street
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