Giant Palm Reigns At Horticultural Hall Fairmount Park
A 200 year old Attalea Cohune palm, prized at perhaps $500, anchors the grand Attalea section of Horticultural Hall. The display includes Encephalartos villosus valued at $500, rare cycads from Africa, orchids from multiple regions, and a vast cactus collection highlighted by a $200 Arizona giant.
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Philadelphia
North American
Horticultural Hall
Florida
Attalea Coltune
Honduras
United States
Attalea Cohune
America
Africa
Jacob Hoffner
Cincinnati
Robert Morris
Arizona
Great
Desert
Fairmount Park
Assam
Borneo
Colombia
Philippine Islands
Hen trading and poultry rising in Atchison headlines
A Near Atchison feature describes hen prices and poultry profits. Carpenter G. W. Timby, owner of South Atchison Poultry Yards on Cottage avenue, plans large hatchings and six 200 egg incu bators to supply restaurants and markets, with 2.5 acres full of fruit trees and garden.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Japan
G. W. Tima
Walter Huck
Cottage Avenue
South Eighth Street
Timby
Roman Nobles Stage Charity Circus in Rome
Roman barons counts and diplomats joined costume acts and horsework for a charity circus in Rome led by Baron Morpurgo and Marquese Calabrini. Italian nobility resisted while the American colony supplied women performers. Box receipts reached 6000 dollars and demand was high, with acts including clowns, a ballet dancer, and a horseback quadrille to close.
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Chicago News
Rome
Katy
Baron Morpurgo
Hunt Club
Marchese Calabrini
Bristewe
Miss Lo
Prince Doria
Count Moroni
William Buma
Baron Orpurgo
Madame Pictect
Count Senni
Signor Jiacobini
le de Rose
Ervent
Far West
Adriano
Willis Bispham to Sing at Willis Wood Wednesday Night
Grand Opera baritone Willis Wood presents David Bispham with Harold O. Smith in Kansas City. The program includes selections from Brahms Loewe Wagner and Verdi plus Kipling Danny Deever and Chestnut songs. The event marks Bispham’s last West season recital this year.
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Willis Wood
David Bispham
Grand Opera
Kansas City
Willis Wood Theater
Harold O. Smith
Bispham
Wolfram
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Convention Hall
Tamme
Walter Damrosch
Kipling
Danny Deever
the Wanderer
Hark
Brahms
Clara Schumann
Mr. Bispham
C. Loewe
Loewe Eywaldo Hahn
Richard Strauss
Scherzo
Vipe Nes Chopin
Mr. Smith
Paglineti
Leone Avallo
Ero Paggio
Falstaff
Verdi
Evening Star
Troms
Tannhauser
Wagner “Alberich’s Curse
Das Rheingold
Aa Doeaia Wagner
isFusesee
Carl Busch
Chiblabos
Thomas Moore
Richard
Kinowar
Max Heinrich
West
Bente
James J Corbett Stars In The Burglar And The Lady
The season continues with James J. Corbett as this week’s attraction performing The Burglar and the Lady. Local patrons are invited to attend the show tonight at the neighborhood theater.
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James J. Corbett
Holmes and the Gunness Mystery at Laporte
Investigators in Laporte cling to false teeth as proof of Mrs. Gunness death amid speculation that a clever killer could fake a murder. The column imagines Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson unraveling a contrived crime as an unresolved mystery lingers.
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Doc
Lewisville
Aerson
Lkely
Sherlock Holmes
Smutzer
Smith
Dr. Watson
Law
Mrs. Gunness
Dr. Doyle
Anta Katharine Green
Gaborian
Holmes
Laporte
Gunness
Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in a Virginia orchard
A Washington visitor touring a Virginia estate notes a tree loaded with apples. The accompanying girl explains the father’s experiments have a good year for apples and only the apple trees bear fruit. The exchange highlights a playful family scene during a visit.
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Harper's Weekly
Washington
Virginia
Washingtonian
Why do you favor the dollar dinner
A brief satirical quip from the Washington Evening Star mocks a speaker who claims audiences focus on remarks rather than the food at a price dinner. The witticism highlights audience priority and oratorical appeal in a political setting.
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Washington Evening Star
Apples in a City Barber Shop
A Long Island customer brings a spray of apple blossoms to a New York barber. The barber and patrons mistake the blossoms at first, then identify them by scent and appearance, placing the delicate bloom on display as part of a simple, unusual gift.
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Mexico
West Indies
Costa Rica
Australia
Asoress
Ossia
Antarctica
Sandwich Islands
Europe
United States
Charley's
Brandon Thomas
Charley
Woodward Stock Company
Augustine Burrell
K. C
Scott
Thackeray
Dickens
London
Mr. Penley
Lord Fancourt Babberly
America
Etienne Girardot
Babberley
Agin
Sweden
Norway
South Africa
Russia
Switzerland
New York Sun
Lo Island
Warden Extends Crackdown on Beaver Trapping
In Delta county Michigan Deputy State Game Warden C E Hayward reports beaver trapping on Days River and tributaries is largely ended after confiscations and court fines. He vows continued patrols to curb illegal bird slaughter by railroad workers from Chicago and Milwaukee. Also, a London news brief notes Lord Avebury's bill to curb bird slaughter in Great Britain, proposing penalties and international cooperation.
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Upper Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Marquette
Mico
Delta County
C. E. Hayward
Days River
Furrher
Hayward
Chicago
Milwaukeee
Iwarden
New York
London
House of Lords
Lord Avebury
Sir John L
Great Britain
New York State
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New Granada
Anne
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the Grand
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St. Louis
Musicians’ Union
E. H. Hiner
Park College Glee Club
Charles M. Alexander
Chas. Stelzle
Presbyterian Department of Church and Labor
John E. Lennon
American Federation of Bar
Dr. B. D. Fullerton
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Presbyterian General Assembly, Presiding
Long Island
Electric Park
Coney Island
Italy
Panda Rossa
Eugenio Sorrentino
West Natatorium
Greater
Milan
Banda Bianca 7H
Wettstives DY Milano
Italien Artiste
Itelisa Operss
Saiepeta
Abs
MinstreLs
Willis Wood ‘Theater
Lodge OF Elks
Main Street
Forest Park
Herr
Koffler's
Meier ST. Nicholas Roller Rink
Skat
Suress
Handsome
Mercer
Western Gallery
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J. W. Wagner
Levee
Grand Avenue
Kemens City
Fair Mount Park
Antoine Gaspar To-Morrow
Elady
Morrow
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