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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1894
Page
5
A detailed historic account traces the creation and rise of The Rock of Ages painting from a Westerly album sketch to a four foot oil work by Rev. Johannes A. Oertel, its publication by James and Storrs, dramatic demand, and a copyright battle that broadened its reach worldwide. The piece also notes recent military tent innovations and a pheasant feeding anecdote.
A Rhode Island youth portrait by Rev. Johannes A. Oertel inspired a popular Rock of Ages painting. The work, extended from a small study to a four foot oil piece, sparked a vast market for photographs and chromo reproductions, with vast sales abroad and in the U.S. James and Storrs profited, James earning about 75010 dollars in time.
The piece cites studies and examples from France Switzerland Bohemia and Germany showing that shortening workdays raises output and often wages. It notes ships yards mills tanneries and watch factories increasing efficiency with fewer hours and better quality, while some writers joke about authors needing little capital beyond pen ink and paper.
The English Church's clergy income totals 58 million dollars yet relies far less on free will offerings than American clergy, with private benefactions since 1703 totaling under 1.5 million dollars annually.
The report highlights sunflower fiber used for paper in Kansas, an 86 percent rise in Louisiana sugar output over five years, and Wheeling’s $115000 glass works fund with workers contributing $43000. It notes a cheap device to safely interrupt broken trolley or live electric wires instantly and mentions California prison commissioners venturing into stock raising with a coven ae will go the specified stock type.
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