Year miscalculation prompts 1914 date claim
A fragment discusses Professor David Lyon’s claim that the current year should be 1914, not 1910, based on herodian chronology and Roman era dating. The text then shifts to various brief items on Native rites at Yuma, melting points of gold, Wyndham, theatre critics, and a Thames walking anecdote.
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David Lyon
Harvard
Christ
Herod
Lyon
Archelaus
Redors
Professor Lyon
Lerod
New York Mail
Crowded Perfumery Attracts Shoppers In Store Visit
In a casual store scene noted by the Baltimore American, crowds gathered around the perfumery counter. The remark links scent with allure while a Chamfort quote underscores laughter as a sign of a good day.
Hall of Fame selection recalls university building history
The piece reviews the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, erected by New York University in 1900 on University Heights, its 150 panels, and the ongoing selection process. It notes eleven new inductees this year, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frances Willard, with nine men named across various fields.
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Hall of Fame
New York University
Council of the University
University Heights
New York City
University Hall of Philosophy
Hall of Languages
George Washington
Lincoln
Webster
Clay
Jefferson
Adams
Franklin
Maria Mitchell
Eimima Willard
Mary Lyon
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frances B. Willard
Edgar Allan Poe
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Roger Williams
James Fenimore Cooper
Phillips Brooks
Melville W. Whuller
United States Supreme Court
United States
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Town
Dollivers
Edward Eggleston
Motley
Portman
American tailors unveil suffragette suit in New York show
The suffragette suit, exhibited at New York dressmakers’ annual meeting, features a divided hobble skirt with rough gray men’s suiting and trousers resembling Taft’s golf wear. It includes large loosened pants with turning up cuffs and practical side pockets to suit the wearer.
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Paris
New York
Father
Taft
London
Portugal Chooses Dr Theophile Braga Leader of New Republic
Theophile Braga is named provisional president of Portugal reflecting a shift to educated leaders. He is a 55 year old physician turned professor and poet, admired by Anatole France, and long allied with Dr Bernardino Machado in Lisbon politics.
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Lisbon
Braga
Portugal
Curso Superior de Lettras
Europe
Anatole
France
Committee of Seven
Bernardino Machado
Lisbon University
New Republic
People with steady income seek home furnishing credit
Those without tangible assets or property still desire well furnished homes and take pride in them, but lack credit accounts. They rely on a steady income to justify purchases yet fear thirty day charge terms they may not afford to pay.
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Geneia
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Perret
Enwell
New York Tribune
The
Eugene Walter
Blink
Walter
New York Press
Thames
Albert Embankment
Pearson's Weekly
Chamfort
Library OF New York University
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Portland Range
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