Book Plates in Demand Reflect Personal Tastes Across Patrons
The article notes rising demand for book plates among women with distinct design tastes. Designs range from romantic landscapes to floral motifs, portraits, and literary references, with collectors valuing symbolic, individualized artistry that mirrors owner character and interests.
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New York
Shakespeare
Cornelle
Hugo
Thackeray
Ellen Terry
Gordon Craig
Winchelsea
Albert Dater
Dosterr
Conger Safe Question Sparks Washington Rumor
Readers await official confirmation amid reports about Conger in China affairs. Washington notes deny unsafe condition while supporters tout cautious optimism, and local figures debate open letters and political endorsements from Storm Lake delegates.
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Americas
China
Washington
Boers Keep Guerrilla War As U S Election Looms
Balmoral July 24. The Boers say their campaign will continue guerrilla warfare through November. They expect Democratic victory in the United States may lead to intervention in South Africa if elected.
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Balmoral
South African Republic
United States
South Africa
Nature Echoes Inventions From Man's Body and Life
The text argues that many human inventions foreshadowed by nature. It cites the hypodermic syringe and bee sting, the tunnel-borer and teredo shipworm, balloons and certain fish, wasp nests and papermaking, body joints and engine mechanisms, oiling and joints, nerves and telegraph, ball bearings and human joints, and fever’s origins in bone structure.
The Cat Nestered Dery Water Baptism Tale
A Reverend’s tale in the Ladies' Home Journal recounts a boy attempting household baptism with a cat and a bucket of water. The cat resists, scratches, and the boy finally cries out in frustration.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Ladies’ Home Journal
Early Knmider Fart: A Sinister Summer Attraction
A Washington Star clipping describes a hotel scene with Mita youth and a maiden as they pace a quiet plaza. The man presses for proof of affection while the woman warns of danger as frost approaches, hinting at a sinister season opening.
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Mies
Kate
Katie
Washington Star
Liquid air energy claims face scientific scrutiny
A skeptical reader asks if liquid air can drive engines while proponents insist it uses energy already present in air water and earth. The article notes historic oppositions to new ideas and compares to telegraph telephone and Roentgen rays, arguing against liquid air replacing conventional energy.
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Alec
Edwin Fr. Wall
Miner Heroically Halts Mine Blast Near Death
John Kendall, former foreman at Rossland British Columbia, risked his life in the True Blue mine when eight giant powder charges were lit and the crew jumped into the basket. He extinguished five fuses as the ascent stalled and, in darkness, grabbed two fuses and halted the blasts. Proximity of the charges and a later cause, water-cock valves, explain the stoppage.
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John Kendall
Rossland
B. C
Kendall
Providence
New York World
Men, Rich and Poor, Rule Their Towns in Railcar Imagery
William Allen White notes in The Atlantic that a town's power rests with bankers and moneyed farmers who own large property yet are counted poor by city standards. In Kanena and nearby towns, local autocrats influence school terms, bonds, and daily life as bankers fund campaigns while merchants and officials bend to their bids. The article also recounts a Devonshire bridge near Wo deford where mussels fill the arches to stabilize the structure against fast tides and weak piers.
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Kanena
William Allen White
Atlantic
Hannas
Apare
Bevery
Innama Ag
Walta
Wo.deford
Devonshire
Tarndge
Old Spanish Bell Graces East Haddam Church Yard
An eleven century old bell from Spain sits in East Haddam near Nathan Hale schoolhouse. Recast after Napoleon’s wars, it was installed at St Stephen’s Church and later moved to the churchyard where it gathers reverent attention. The bell bears an inscription dated 1835 and remains a valued parish relic.
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East Haddam
Sons of the Revolution
Nathan Hale
Methuselah
Christopher Columbus
America
Straity
Gibraltar
Cantile
British Isles
Ferdinand
Isabella
Spain
Haddani
Aragon
Rome
Napoleon
Wellington
William Willys Pratt
New York
Miguel Villa Murra
Josef E’stivan
Corrales
St. Stephen's Church
Doubilesa
Losseaston
Vague village scene on painting sales and prices
A distant village scene describes villagers holding a coun painting effect and mentions a price of $2.90 for buyable items while noting that they could not be bought.
Fragmentary notice on agency and connections in June
An incoherent June fragment mentions The Winers Central calling Fall particulars and agents of the Tinoix Central with names like J Mernn and Dube. The legible text suggests a public or corporate notice about connections and roles.
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Tinoix Central
J. ¥.Mernn
AGP, A
Dube
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