Whitman Statue Planned as Ode to the Open Road
New York artists and donors back a ten foot bronze Walt Whitman memorial with Jo Davidson chosen to sculpt a hillock setting and a bronze inscription stone. The Whitman Exhibition at the New York Public Library highlights editions from Leaves of Grass to Memoranda During the War and details Davidson’s open road motif for the statue.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Walt Wihtman
New York City
Eclub
Jo Davidson
Whitman
New York Public Library
New York
Alfred Goldsmith
Whit- Man
Franklin Fivans
Wihkmans
Emerson
India
Putnam
Davidson
George S. Hellman
Harry Payne Whitney
Aymar Embury
Otto H. Kahn
Charles de Kay
Guy Egleston
Kimory Holloway
Walt Whitman
Hellman
Aevent
Sculpture Committee
Long Island
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Middle West
Ara
New Orleans Crescent
Freeman
Army Hospitala
Washington
Interior Department
Camden
N. J
Policeman Rescues Drowning Girl From Bridge River
A policeman crossing a bridge saw a little girl fall over the parapet into a seething river. The nursemaid urged a jump to save the child. In about five minutes the officer brought the half-drowned girl to the bank as the crowd applauded his bravery.
Minnie Drops Doll When Hat Falls Over
The scene describes Minnie holding a doll when a hat toppled, leaving the doll behind at the bottom. The report notes the incident as a brief curiosity following the fall.
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Minnie
Rule for Burning Coke
A simple rule for burning coke advises a deep fuel bed about 18 inches thick for best pest control. Keep the fire under control and avoid burning fuel. Clean the fire in the morning if possible. Use sized coke one half to two.
Boiler and stove clearances for furnaces and grates
The guidance notes inch allowances for furnaces boilers and stoves from one-half to four inches for open grates and warns against ashes accumulating in the wash pit.
Incomplete Note on 18th Century Influenza Beliefs
A fragment discusses influenza misperceptions as a historic notion. It mentions a 1770 work by Samuel Foote and references pearl shell inlaid articles found in Pompeiian rains, reflecting antiquated curiosities.
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Samuel Foote
Pompell
Dayton and Miller Win Science Prize for Sound Photograph Invention
Dr. Dayton and Miller of the Cass School of Applied Science in Cleveland Ohio win the Amor prize of 1000 dollars for the most notable scientific contribution. Milers invention aims to photograph the sounds of music while his paper titled The meat is cited as the basis for the award.
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Dayton, Miller
Cass School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Ohio
Miller
Science
Indian Chief Mad Feathers Seen With Gray Hair at Glacier Park
An interview highlights Chief Mad Feathers of the Glacier National Park reservation as one of the few gray haired Indians observed on the North American continent.
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Mad Feathers
Glacier National Park Reservation
Monument to Declaration signing unveiled near Boston Common
A 13 foot high bronze bas relief by John F Paramino mounts near Park Street Church on Boston Common to commemorate the Declaration of Independence. The sculpture shows colonial representatives pledging lives and sacred honor, with a near exact copy of the original declaration and signatures on the opposite side.
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Bisteyos Park Street
Boston Common
John F. Paramino
Treumbull
San Axact
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Tian
Ve Sourbesy
Sr. Ta’ Gavidsan
John Burroughs
Adam
Paradise
Walt
Virginia
Richmond
Lee
John Allan Dougherty
Rig En Lloyd M Brett
Albuquerque
Science Association
Machelson Morley
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