Petrosing Candle Honors Martyr Detective Joseph Petrosino
A nine and a half foot nine hundred pound beeswax candle in Padua honors New York Detective Joseph Petrosino. The candle to burn only on Candlemas Day February 2 each year will last 1985 years, with base inscription and gold centerpiece depicting the holy college. It was funded by Mrs Petrosino and crafted by New York firms amid safety concerns and Black Hand threats.
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Joseph Petrosing
New York
St. Michael
Tadun
Padua
Italy
Petrosino
Signoratlehelangelo di Stefano
Joe
Mott Street
Holy College
United States
New York Globe
Women Sculptors Rise as Ambitious Artists at Home and Abroad
Many young women pursue sculpture and mallet work as a rising art. Internationally renowned figures like Mrs. Adelaide Johnson have earned prizes against English and French rivals. After years in London she plans most future work in New York, creating lifelike busts of prominent American women.
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Adelaide Johinson
Europe
America
London
New York
Miniature Theater Lighting Display At National Electric Exhibit
A miniature theater will be among many displays at the June convention of the National Electric Tight Association in Atlantic City. A syncal stage with footlights and spotlights will operate like a regular theater to show how electricity shapes drama. The model reportedly reflects a Broadway star's story several times over.
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National Electric Tight Association
Atlantic City
All Clergymen Ball Team Formed by Reverend Scudder
The Rev John L Scudder of First Congregational Church in Tersey City announces a baseball club made up of clergymen. He insists the team will play solid ball and can handle catching and hitting, claiming several priests were top players in college and that he will play as well.
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John L. Scudder
First Congregational Church
Tersey City
The Young Colonel and the Ballenstein Mystery
In a wartime tale, Caspar Ballenstein, a youthful cavalry major and beloved by his troops, rises quickly while rumors grow he is a woman. A dinner mouse incident triggers his sudden resignation and disappearance, as his daughter returns to Ballenstein Castle amid mounting speculation.
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Baron Ballenstein
Caspar
Ballenstein Castle
Caspar Ballenstein
House of
Ballenstein
Sweetzer
Jim
Ballensteth
Beron Ballenstein
MITTEN FOR THE RAJAH IMPRESSED AMERICAN HEIRS MARRIAGE TALE
Misses Marion and Barbara Deering daughters of Charles Deering chairman of International Harvester refused a rajah marriage proposal in India during a globe trotting tour. Captain Whipple accompanying them conveyed the rajah’s wish to wed and be allied, but the nieces rejected the match saying they are content with their fortune.
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Chicago
Marion
Barbara Deering
Charles Deering
International Harvester Company of Chicago
Deering
Herbert
Whipple
India
Raja
Deering Famiy
Ia Party
Oreder
Electric weighing dials to track pier weights in New York
General Clarkson announces a new electric weighing system for New York piers. Forty-five machines will be installed, connected to the custom house to duplicate every weight with a descriptive indicator. Inventor Frank Davis says royalties will be paid and big manufacturers have not adopted the device.
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New York
Loeb
United States
General Clarkson
Treasury Department
Hhis Plang
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Frank Davis
Millionaire's Rare Garden Grows Beside Los Angeles
H. B. Huntington funds a vast 408 acre estate near the San Gabriel valley, amassing the largest old oak collection in the south. He has spent $100,000 on grounds with forty gardeners at work, and weekly shipments arrive from Asia Africa and South America. Huntington recently bought $6,000 of trees from China and Japan and added five palms costing $200 to $550 each along with Australian and New Zealand ferns to enhance the landscape.
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California
H. B. Huntington
Old Shorb Rancho
Los Angeles
Thia
San Gabriel Valley
Asia
Africa
South America
Huntington
China
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Dinner Hostess Delights Guests At Netherland Hotel
Thich Mes J B Greenhut of New York surprised friends at a dinner she hosted at the Hotel Netherland. A lively farmyard tableau with live fowl was the centerpiece, featuring quacking ducks and roosters around a round diner table. The event, one of several in Mrs Greenhut’s series, included a kangaroo meat course costing about $20.
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Thich Mes
J. B. Greenhet
New York
Hotel Netherland
Archies Dilemma in a Cherry Tree During Civil War
Archie Van Valkenburgh, a Union soldier, hides in a cherry tree outside a Virginia house. A Confederate girl discovers him and negotiates his capture with wit and flirtation. Her father arrives, and Archie faces a choice between captivity and pursuing liberty, all set amid wartime tension and mistaken identity.
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Donald Chamberlain
American Press Association
Archie van Valkenburgh
Garret van Valkenburgh
New York City
Virginia
Archie
Priching
Rosea
Elrl
New York
Sarg
Libby
March
Richmond
Lawill
Rogers First Deal in Oil Partner of Late Financier
Charles P. Bilis of New York was Henry H. Rogers first oil business partner. Ellis recalls their youth in Fairhaven and the 1861 refinery venture begun with $1,800, built on credit, forming Rogers Ellis at McClunteckyville near Oil City. Ellis recalls Rogers as extraordinary yet humane and widely liked.
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Charles P. Bilis
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard of
Mr. Ellis
Rogers
Frat
Pairhaves
Fairhaven
Henry
Inez
Mccunteckvile
Ol City
Rogers & Ellis
Lifelike Electric Head at Atlantic City Exhibit
A severed head that smokes a cigarette and winks will be shown by the National Electric Light association at Young's pier during the June convention. More than 3,000 members from 1,400 cities will attend to discuss electricity and view novelty exhibits. The head, modeled in papier mache and wood, mimics life through electrical control. It draws on the Perry head legend about life after decapitation and aims to demonstrate electricity’s precision in animating delicate mechanisms.
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Young's Pier
Atlantic City
National Electric Light Association
Paris
Coney Island Preacher Calls for Sunday Law Enforcement
Kampton in New York argues for strict Sun day law enforcement on Coney Island and similar venues. He cites Mayor McClellan and Justice Thomas, urging a line against common shows while endorsing educational and religious entertainments on Sundays.
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Coney Island
People's Playground
George B. McClellan
New York
State of New York
Justice Thomas
Evggeme
Electric Bitters touted as youth and health booster
A reader claims electric bitters revived him after thirty years of kidney trouble, writing he feels like a sixteen year old after six bottles. The ad extols the medicine as a god send to weak or rundown people and urges readers to try it, citing a Kentucky man from Spurlock.
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England
Jugs Wright
Spurlock
O. M. Olsen
Arnica Salve Claims Cure for Ulcer and Ills
A Gladwin Michigan man named John Deye endured a running ulcer for 12 years and spent over 400.00 on doctors without benefit. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve allegedly killed the ulcer and cured fever sores boils palm, eczema, rheum, piles, cuts and corns.
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John Deye
Gladwin
Mich
Buck
Len
O. M. Olsen
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Health Benefits
A Pioneer Drug Co. ad extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a superior spring health aid for the whole family. It claims to restore vitality, ward off illness, and emphasizes affordable price at 36 cents for Taw or Tablets.
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Hollister
Pioneer Drug Co
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