Newport's Marble Cottage Worth Three Million at Breakers Scale
A new three million dollar summer cottage under construction on Newport Hill rivals the era’s grandest mansions like The Breakers. Commodore Edward Curtiss James, NY Yacht Club leader, tears down a gray stone home to site the palace, while many other estates such as Belmon ts Marble House and Pompadour Group attract attention. The article details the architecture, sculptural adornments, and social prominence surrounding Newport’s elite cottages and their owners.
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United States
Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Edward Curtiss James
New York Yacht Club
Commodore James
Gus Addickn
Alte
Richard J. Berwind
Philadelphia
Mme. Pompa
France
Pompadour Palace
George Peabody Wetmore
Taft
Martine Avenue
Levi P. Morton
Charles Barney
R. M. Hunt
William K. Vanderbilt
Belmont
Vanderbilt
Rutland
Caen
Belcourt
O. H. P. Belmont
Wilam K. Vanderbilt
Whete
Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Michard Gandrill
James R. Keene
Tyoes
Herman Oelrichs
Accidental Inventions Projected By Everyday Mishaps
A curio-filled note on inventions born from accidents traces how porcelain, Russia leather, sugar refining, and other familiar goods emerged. From an alchemist seeking durable crucibles to a hen’s muddy tracks aiding sugar purity, serendipity shapes daily objects and industry history.
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Scotland
Marshall Jewell
Russia
Jewell
Dum
Virtue Above All in Transient Riches and Beauty
A fragmented reflective piece contrasts fleeting wealth and beauty with enduring virtue. The text suggests happiness comes not from self contemplation but from another source, invoking names like Salluet and Juhnoon in a stylistic, lyric tone.
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Wright
Agother
The King Salary and Royal Expenditures Compared
London reports on royal finances tracing how English monarchy funding evolved from hereditary revenues to specific appropriations. It notes privy purses, household costs, pensions, and civil list reform during George II to Queen Victoria era, with notable figures and annual totals and the impact of Edward VII and George V.
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London
England
United States
Congress
Austen
George II
Queen Victoria
Baward VI
Royal Household
Acaton
Prince of ‘Wales
Edward
Alexan
Ginetre Continent
George V
State Capital Notes Week of State News Items
State agencies report on boll weevils in South Mississippi. Field visits show 75 percent of farmers follow government guidance. only two plowed under damaged cotton. Mississippi cases include tax suits against large insurers and tobacco firms. Prof. D. C. Hull named Millsaps president. state revenue pursues licenses and taxes from major inter-state concerns.
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Lincoln County
R. & Wilson
Missineippi
Alabama
United States Department of Agricultue
South Minasveippl
Crookbayn Ty Company
South Weat
Minassippi
Brookhaven
Nelda
Mr. Wilson
B. Lt. Mous
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
South Mississipp
Wirt Aduine Hae
New Road for Jackson and Central Valley Land Purchases
Report notes a planned railroad project north of the city by new owners who have acquired vast land, including 120000 acres of virgin timber, with an intention to build soon. It also mentions the Industrial Institute and College expanding its five grade system and enrolling children with little schooling, taught by young women assisting in normal work.
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M. College Normal
Starkville
P. P. Garner
Mississippi
Dye
New Orleans
Setioo
Insitute
Gallope
Milas Faust
Mar von
Nital
Primmer
Tides
Native Writers Triumph in Local Contest
Native writers Dr Franklin I.filer and Prof John & Pant from Meridian led a contest with Ward the sole Miaataniygl author among winners. In business news, Metall Grocers Association faces government action concerns over ties to Southern Wholesale Cruces Association and potential investigations, with grocers awaiting formal notices.
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Franklin I.filer
Mixxtsaipy!bletory
Misajeatnel Association
Detemde Ante
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