Smallest Painting on a Grain of Corn Restored to Artist
Camden New Jersey artist Samuel T Schultz who works in Wilmington Delaware has recovered the smallest landscape painting in the world painted on a grain of corn. Made in 1869 at age nineteen the tiny work traveled across Europe for decades and was praised by painter Charles A Wise as a miniature masterwork. The grain came from an ear Schultz plucked on James Buchanan’s estate and the original frame now returns to him.
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N. J
Samuel T. Schultz
Wilmington
Del
Art Center
Europe
Charles A. Wise
Schultz
James Buchanan
Man Attends Ex-President Funeral in Wheatlind Corn Souvenir
A man visiting Wheatlind Pennsylvania for the ex-president's funeral is reported to have plucked a corn ear as a keepsake. Local authorities note the act as a minor incident during a solemn event.
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Wheatlind, Pa
Couple Married Eleven Times in Eleven Countries
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vernon of Brad dock Heights Hagerstown Md have been wed eleven times since 1909 as a personal hobby. Their ceremonies occurred in Columbus Ohio Montreal England Scotland Wales France Germany Belgium Russia Sydney Mexico and Vera Cruz. They display certificates for all weddings and say officiants spoke unfamiliar languages while they nodded in agreement. They speak French and German.
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Hagerstown
Frank Vernon
Braddock Heights
Vernon
Columbus
Montreal
England
Scotland
Wales
France
Germany
Belgium
Russia
Sydney
Australia
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Blind Phone Girls Prove Very Capable
Baltimore reports six pioneering blind girls trained at the Maryland School for the Blind now operating switchboards including at the Central Young Men's Christian Association. Managers aim to expand opportunities with new boards to simplify training and boost efficiency.
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Baltimore
Maryland School For the Blind
Central
Young Men’s Christian Association
Corn Crop Very Short Due to Drought in 1913
Government crop report shows US corn harvest at 2,672,000,000 bushels for 1913, down from 2,971,000,000 bushels forecast before drought, with last year totaling 3,124,000,000 bushels. Wheat is projected at 722,900,000 bushels, near last year's 730,000,000.
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Washington
Heart on Right Side After Brockton Boy Accident
Henry Dickerman a 15 year old Brockton Massachusetts youth was struck by an ice wagon. His ribs were crushed and his heart was driven from its normal position to his right side. Surgeons believe the heart may remain right sided but expect the boy to regain full strength with time.
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Brockton
Mass
Henry Dickerman
Dickerman
U. S. Executor in Balkans
Postmaster General Burleson orders $200 sent to Bojor Martinovich in Montenegro for his son Milo P. Martinovich, killed in the Fort Tarakashh assault at Scutari during the Balkan war. The soldier, once a Oakland laborer with savings in a local post office, was unmarried and lived with his father. First deposit October 1911, second February 1912. First U S postal savings depositor killed in the Balkan war.
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Washington
Burleson
Bojor Martinovich
Milo P. Martinovich
Fort Tarakashh
Scutari
Oakland
Cal
United States Postal Savings
Gospel stick for Wilson from Negro clergyman in Virginia
Rev C C Penwick of Chalybeate Springs Virginia a retired bishop presented President Wilson with a carved dogwood gospel stick bearing his monogram and scriptures. Penwick claims to have carved it himself at age seventy two. In Logansport Indiana H A Ge Ford reports a hen laid three eggs in one day two shells normal and one soft with a third having an inner lining observed by three witnesses.
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Washington
Wilson
C. C. Penwick
Chalybeate Springs
Liberia
Logansport
Ind
H. A. Ge Ford
Mr. de Ford
Missionary Holbrook Killed in Turkey in Suspected Mistake
In Constantinople conflicting reports surround the death of Rev. Dr. Charles H. Holbrook. American Missionary was said by Bible House officials to be murdered deliberately, while Turkish authorities claim he was mistaken for an Armenian. Investigations by Lewis Heck, acting vice consul, proceed in Soushehir as two killers are held and punishment promised.
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C. H. Holbrook
Constantinople
Charles H. Holbrook
Sousbehir
Asiatic Turkey
Lewis Heck
United States
Soushehir
Bible House
Holbrook
Boy Dies Among Healers in Holy Ghost Colony
In Lewiston Maine charges prompt renewed scrutiny of Shiloh colony of the Holy Ghost and Us society. Mrs Roland Whittum of Brunswick says her 13 year old brother Haydon Jones starved after illness with no physician or proper treatment, only corn mush and prayers. He died July 22. Bloomington Indiana reports Linzey Simms 69 survives after a quarry accident. a slab brushed his leg.
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Holy Ghost
Lewiston
Shiloh
Us” Society
Roland Whittum
Brunswick
Haydon Jones
Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Linzey Simms
Simms
Pennsylvania Railroad trials wireless telephones on freight engines
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a wireless telephone system on freight trains to cut accidents and reduce brakeman needs. Tests show metallic track circuits connect to car poles. a headpiece in the engine cab and a mouthpiece on the crew uniform enable hands free communication.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Her Bargain Divorce in Denver Court
Mrs. Julia Williams told Judge Rothgerber she married in 1911 at seventeen and was deserted a month later. The court waived costs, remitting $10 docket fees, and her attorney also returned fees. She earns six dollars weekly and left with her decree after thanking the court and lawyer.
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Denver
Julia Williams
Rothgerber
Charles Williams
New Britain Priest Bans Communion Over Slit Skirt
In New Britain Connecticut Reverend H T Walsh of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy declares he will not give communion to women wearing slit skirts or diapho nous gowns, and will not receive them at his parochial residence. He called the fashions monstrosities and said they disgust men.
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New Britain
Weaver
Conn
H. T. Walsh
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Expect Increase in Price of Coal in New York
New York reports that retail anthracite coal prices may rise about 10 cents a ton due to a Pennsylvania state tax. The 214 percent tax on mine value aims to fund state treasuries, but economists fear dealers may raise consumer prices beyond the levy. The tax would translate to roughly 5 cents per ton for small steam coal and 8 to 9 cents for larger sizes.
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New York
Pennsylvania
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