Sand Artist Eldridge Paints With Dyed Sand
Robert Eldridge of Franklin Massachusetts amazed a La Crosse audience at the Bijou theatre with sand pictures created from dyed sand. He said the idea came from running away from home and demonstrated three canvases framed and ready for sale, including a scene titled Witness a snowslide in Winona.
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Eldridge
Sand Man
Robert Eldridge
Franklin
Massachusetts
la Crosse
Bijou
Winona
Painter uses colored sands to create canvases in Beloit
Eldridge spends fifty cents to produce scenes on canvas using two pounds and a half of black sand and similar amounts of other colors priced up to thirty cents a pound. He paints a battleship, a snowy street scene in Winona, and a recreation of the Iroquois theater fire with real flames. In Beloit, Phil S. Briggs of A L Rich, Cincinnati broker, has reportedly bought 105000 dollars of Rich’s bad bonds with about 95000 dollars still outstanding.
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Eldridge
Winona
Beloit
Phil S. Briggs
A. L. Rich
Cincinnati
Rich
Ended his own Wild Career
Atlanta, May 17. James H. Glark a telegraph operator from Chamblee a town near Atlanta went on a crime spree driven by drink and a broken romance. In under a day he killed one man wounded three others seriously and lightly wounded a fifth while clubbing a sixth with a shotgun. He set fire to a victim’s home and, surrounded by a posse, turned his revolver on himself.
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Atlanta
James H. Glark
Chamblee
Clark
Baldwin
E. S. Purcell
Purcell
Dunwoody
Nash & Cheek
Lark
Heck
Nash
W. J. Coker
Sand Artist Eldridge Tells How He Painted Pictures
The narrative recounts how Eldridge left Franklin Massachusetts to become a sand painter in New York. He describes sourcing colored sand from the Isle of Pines Charleston and painting three pictures at Bijou weekly using red black and white sands and frosting. He details career beginnings, income from card writing, teaching, and street hat tips, ending with his ongoing sand picture performances.
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Eldridge
Franklin
Massachusetts
New York
Grand Union Hotel
Stamford
Connecticut
Lynn
Atlantic City
Robert Eldridge
Isle of Pines
Charleston
South Caroline
Bijou
This Father is Devoted
Ex City Treasurer Alfred L. Hindenach faced charges of an eight hundred twenty three dollars short in 1901 and 1902. He met bondsmen in Marshall while his father John Hindenach and others agreed to cover the deficit with notes. The elder Hindenach, a blacksmith, has nearly spent himself to spare his son from prosecution.
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Marshall
Mich
Alfred L. Hindenach
Special Investigating Committee
Paw Paw
Herbert E. Winsor
Mumaw
John Hindenach
Hindenach
Bailey's Temper Over Lie of Correspondent Sparks Senate Tiffs
Washington May 17 The president and Democratic leaders in the Senate pressed the rate bill amid new clashes. Bailey denounced a Chicago Tribune article as a lie and attacked the author and organizer as liars while Tillman defended Bailey and presented Chandler's statements. Tillman called the special a muckrake and asserted eight lies.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
Tillman
Texas
Chicago Tribune
Chandler
Food medicine Father John's builds strength and vitality
Advertises Father John’s Medicine as a nourishing food tonic without alcohol. Claims it strengthens the body and provides vitality, urging readers to buy at a local drug store. No other health claims or side effects noted.
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Father John
O. ‘Ti Brbart’s
Cuckoos of the White House described by two correspondents
Bailey accuses New York Tribune and Chicago Tribune reporters of slander in a Washington confrontation. He claims the White House or its subordinates orchestrated the attack and vows action if the president does not stop smearing senators. Chandler’s report is read, recounting negotiations with the president over Yoraker Knox and Spooner. The Tribune asserts it prints complete local and telegraphic news daily.
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Bailey
Chandler
White House
New York Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Tillman
Yoraker
Knox
Spooner
King brothers jailed for theft spree in state
Waupaca Gilber t King and his brother Herbert King faced sentencing after a spree of thefts. Gilbert received four to six years at Waupun, while Herbert must serve four months in jail. In Oshkosh, Harvery Halverson sustained severe injuries aboard the tug S W Hollister, with a broken left shoulder several ribs crushed and fingers crushed in an accident. Appleton Ripon wins debating clash between Ripon and Lawrence freshmen Wednesday night.
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Waupaca
Gilbert King
Herbert King
Waupun
Oshkosh
Hearry Halverson
Necome
S. W. Hollister
No fascination equal to a clear brained tender-hearted woman
A vintage advertisement extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it makes lovable women and beautiful girls. The short copy emphasizes the allure of a clear brained tender-hearted woman and the appeal of a beautiful girl, promising results for 35 cents through the druggist.
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Hollister
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Pearl St. la Crosse, Wis
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Riority
Ryor
Soa
Roxy Mountain
Rocky Mountain Team
Soutstes Dare Covaxy
Madison
Wis
Cali
Dr. W. Powell
the Tribune
State News
Appleton
Ripon
Lawrence
Henry and
Frank
North Third Street
Bijou Family Theatre
San Francisco
Frisco
Chicago
Laurel & Southern
Thomas A. Edison
Jack O'Toole
Dixie Land
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