Minstrel reminiscences and Albanian law contrasted
The excerpt recalls minstrel era memories with Francis Wilson Jefferson Booth and others, noting performances and banjo jokes. It then discusses Albanians as the most crime-free yet murder-prone people in Europe, obeying vendetta while rejecting hospitality laws once a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Wilson
Beribner’s. Jefferson
T. D.) Rice
Goodwin
Eanes
Crane
Campbell
Lawrence Barrett
Cohasset
Edwin Booth
Stuart Robson
Booth
J. 8. Clarke
Europe
Sicily
World Wheat Imports by Nation in 1904
England imported 97,622,752 hundred weight of wheat in 1904, with Ia supplying 24,703,200, Argentina 23,226,400, and the British Raw Indies 22,807,422. Australia contributed 10,004,700, the United States 6,634,700, and Canada 6,522,030. Total imports were roughly the same as in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Argentina
Indies
Australia
United States
Canada
Women take up sport drive cars and walk long distances
The piece notes women abandoning corsets and fright reactions, embracing golf and hockey, breathing and stretching, cycling 50 miles daily, and driving like expert chauffeurs. It profiles David Callard's 836 mile walk in 84 hours over roads in England, plus Faroe island thatching and a comic note on a man meeting his wife at a railway station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Callard
Bury, St. Edmunds
Newmarket
England
Preserved Salmon Cans Found Clean in England After Seven Years
Report notes preserved salmon in porcelain lined cans discovered in England in good condition after seven years. Also mentions a remark on radium lighting practice and a Canada tuberculosis death toll of about 9,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Canada
Home Coming planned for Kentuckians in Louisville
Invitations issued by the Louisville Commercial Club invite Kentuckians nationwide to a June 13 to 17 Home Coming in Louisville. Promised speakers include Henry Watterson, David R. Frances, and others from law, ministry and business. Railroads and side trips within Kentucky are proposed to ease travel as special trains from St Louis to Louisville are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Henry Watterson
David KR. Frances
Missouri
U. 8
Ww. Lindsay Snd
John G. Carlisle
New York City
John M. Harlan
U. S. Supreme Court
Thomas T. Crittenden
Adlai E. Stevenson
Altmois
Kentucky
Farmers rely on selective reading for world news
Farmers stay informed through focused reading under favorable conditions. The Farmer and Stockman of Kansas City offers a world news review by a trained journalist, valuable to farm families, and the Intelligencer invites subscriptions for this farm paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clka
Tonyas
Farmer and Stockman
Kansas City
Free colored picture offer with yearly subscription
A loud promotion invites readers to send one dollar for a year’s subscription to Twice-a-Week Republic of St. Louis and Farm Progress and receive a free 24 by 32 inch colored picture titled The Departure of the Bride from the Home of Washington. The ad touts Ferris’ painting reproduction and detailed color work, urging prompt remittance by money order or draft. It notes the offer is time-limited and may be withdrawn at any moment. It emphasizes Washington as the central figure and emphasizes the journals’ long-standing reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of
George Washington
Virginia
Republic
Farm Progress
The
America
Staan
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Lexington
J. O. Lesueur
ICORE
Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman
Wayne
Illinois
Villers
Briard
Brilliant
Coco
Vieux Chaslin
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Dam Eglite
Waterloo
Passe
Comet
Siderem
Valentine
Vieux Chassin
Julie
Philibert
Superior
Favorite
Vieux Chashn
Romulus
Melrose
Star Rose
Mont Rose
Lula
Black Bell
Black Squirrel
Joe Jiffins
Jack
Frank C. Steuvart
Pratt
Lee
R. W. Ashworth
Dover
A.w.sandring
M, D, Wilson
S. N. Wilson
Wilson Brothers
Dr.prices
Crym
Dr. Price
Keen Kutterling
Keen Kutter
Palmer’s Restaurant
Old City
Wm, Palmer
Dr. L. Griffin
G. V. Hackney
Ph. CM. D
Walnut Street
Crenshaw & Young
Chas. W. Loomis
Wm. i. Loomis
V. W.knowles
Ofice
J. C. Young, Sr
B. F. Eaton
Kodak
Matt O'Connell
Central College Chapel
New Ridge Bay
Tel
Main
Kusmas City
J. F. Harwood
Seere Onart School O Ihieh Anareanar Ff
Hearle
Laurson
Hinesley
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