Meerschaum Carving and the Craft of a Prussian-born Artist
A South End shop showcases meerschaum pipes with intricate carvings by a respected artisan. He explains the process from selecting blocks to carving, boiling in beeswax, and finishing, noting the craft requires time and wax preservation to achieve rich color. The article includes anecdotes of his family background and mentions broader demand for carved pipes abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basteo
Meerschaun
Duany
Turner
Prussia
Severani
New York
Remy
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
Artor
Ainger
Heston Globe
Morgan’s Alders Hospitality Through Kentucky Frontier
The narrator recounts rapid progress in Kentucky with long rides and scarce camping. Hostility fades as soldiers encounter deserted houses, cooking fires left burning, and keys in cupboards while militia presence shifts. Women and children stay home as men rally, and a buxom resident answers about the militia with brisk humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Wwe
Diolug In Lapland Eating Sugar and Cakes with Lapps
A traveller describes rough meals in Lapland with thick milk and sugar pieces served in a wooden bowl. The Lapps laugh at his way of sweetening coffee while rude cakes the size of pennies, doughy in texture, are eaten with sour cream provoke his unease and he avoids waste by offering to the dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
Tome Tao
Lapland
Peter the Great's Fashion Edicts Move Russian Society
In a portrait of Peter the Great, the ruler imposes western dress norms, public shaming for nonconformity, and unusual rituals. He hosts a 1708 wedding dinner without fire or wine to mirror ancient customs, using casual persuasion to push reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter the Great
Russia
Peter
Mossow
Sacred trees and the paradise date palm myth
The text describes the palm the oak and Noah’s three sacred trees, noting ancient Egyptian and Assyrian medallions. It recounts a tradition where Adam leaves Paradise with three items a myrtle a wheat ear and a date, claiming the date palm spread worldwide as food for true believers who conquer every cell where it grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Dijaz
Andschau
Pigeon Dispatch and Masonic Remarks Highlight 1900s Letter
A New York Times style note discusses Sheriff John J. Gorman as a leading Masonic figure and an experiment with a trained pigeon from a newspaper office. It details the bird’s 140 mile return at 40 mph and explains the term mare clausum in international law as a closed sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Gorman
Supreme Council of
Sree Byrne
United States of America
New York
St. Louis Glob Democrat
Mary Jane’s Departure Leaves Mourning Loyal Lover
Poem fragment recounts a man waiting in shadow for Mary Jane who left him in December and died earlier in the spring. He laments winter’s return and vows to meet again in spring. The piece is attributed to O. W. Glosvon in the Cincinnati Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
O. W. Glosvon
Cincinnati Tribune
Local Sale Agency Awards Numerous Superlative and Gold Medals
A formatted listing from Connell WI presents a long sequence of Superlative Brand and Gold Medal awards. Names such as Hyde Fae, Davia, James Jonan, McHale, Atherton & Co, and many firms like Fenner & Chappell, Clark’s Grown, and Lake Ariel appear alongside locations including Main Avenue, Green Ridge, Providence, and Forest City. The fragmented OCR reads like a trade recognition roundup with extensive brand and firm mentions and multiple gold medals across regions.
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Foranton
F. P
Washington
Avenus Goll
Mita Duntuors
P. P. Keirld
Duttmore
Munley
Hyde Fae
Davia
Washburn St
Main Avenue
Green Ridge
A. S Spencer
McHale
Providence
Fenner & Chappell
Mainayentti
Mincoka
M. H. Lavelle
teahlor—Judge & Co
Atherton & Co
Duryea Lawrence Store Co
Jobo McCrindle
Pittston
M. W. Oo
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America
Borton
Tella
Indiana
Ohio
Basil W. Duke
Century
Morgan's Alders
Diolug
Mary Jatio
Ana
Dbinghamton, Ne
Brandt, Pa
T, Robinson
Manufacturera
Pilsener
OY. Tribune
the Flour Awards
Washburn, Crosby Co
Washburn Flour Mills
Minneapolis
William Lissenberger
Opposite Baptist Church
Penn Avenue
N. A. Hulbert
Giy Music Store
Wyoming
Kteinway
BON Decker Brothers
Mranich & Baum
Htulis
Baum
Orcans
Megargel
Connell
AGEN
Atlantic Refining Co
Crown Acme
William Twason
Managy
Cool Exeiiangs
Qld
Pep
P.P. P
Perifinn
Balida
Leon
Ianga
Lanalen
Ancapxen
Mraans
Lirewan Haos
Savannah Ga
Dean Bins
Pont Bot Springs
Ark
Hot Springs
Wu Attal
Nha
M. Rewton
Aboriewa
Brown County
Stee Carey
M. M
AMY
Bpringfeld
Green County
J. D. Johnston
D. Blowntox
Sequin
Tes
Suqguin
Tex
Lareman Bhoavannah
Gay
Federer
V I. P
Dhuggists
Lippman Bros
Phoprietona
Dupont
Shila Luererhe County
Wilmhington
Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming Ave
Scranton
Stud National Bank Building
Ford
Scranton Tribune
OT Aranier
Heteoua de Nity
Wea
Reniestone
Poy Caine
Onal
Addis An
Moti
Ladica
O. MM. Tarns
Deugglet
Peon Avenue
Shea Rae
H.C. Sanderson
Sorice Streets
Priter Ahon CO
Lie'p
Caah
Maney
Qeder
Atin Logue
Dexter Suoe
Boston
Leuiera
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Geo. R. Cromwell
Lange
G R. Cromwell
Woahingtan
the Dominion
Ninsten
Printing House Square
Seve Falls
Yellowstone Palle
Mrenton
Newport Central Park
White
Chicwen
Long Sanit Rapidist
Lawrence Niwon
Temple Square
Salt Lake Cite
Miniature Mouse
Cresson Souiges
Pie Washington Younment
Meltimore Erst Shoe Malls
Siagaen
City of Viewwria
Boo
Sitka
Alawhia
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