Metropolitan Museum Opens Fake Art Exhibit for Education
New York January 20 The Metropolitan Museum of Art has set up a display of fake pictures and antiques to educate the public and expose gullibility among wealthy buyers who still pay fortunes for imitations. The exhibit lists bogus carvings and paintings from both domestic and foreign sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Meropolitan Museum of Art
Jacques Seligman
Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Robinson
Charles Harrison Paine
Boston
Titian
Correggio
Diaz
Doubleny
Nlerve
Reubens
Corota
van Dycks
Rembrandts
Charles H. Schwab
Willam A. Clarke
John A. Drake
Dichard
Uncle Sam to Spend 2 Million on 1915 Exposition Exhibit
The House Expositions Committee plans to consider a bill to appropriate 2,000,000 dollars for the U S exhibit at the San Francisco fair in 1915 Representative Rodenberg of Illinois introduced the measure and will advocate its passage.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Rodénberg
Illinois
Mayor's advisory board to meet at Seattle Commercial Club
The sixth meeting of the mayor's advisory board will be held in the Seattle Commercial Club rooms Postal Telegraph building Thursday evening at a 10 cent dinner. Principal speaker L B Youngs superintendent of the water department will discuss Our Mu Water and Power Plant. Members of the advisory board their wives and all city workers are invited.
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Seattle Commercial Club
Postal Telegraph Building
L. B. Youngs
Water Department
Christmas Card Claimed to Sickens Brookyln Carrier
Dr. Thomas F. Nevins of 249 Cumberland Street Brooklyn says a mica coated Christmas postal card with colored tinsel caused illness in Lewis D. Ryne, a letter carrier at Platbush branch post office. Infection required surgery to remove part of a hand.
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New York
Thomas F. Nevins
Cumberland Street
Brooklyn
Lewis D. Ryne
Platbush
Keyne
Americans Bury Countless Fake Art, Experts Say
A chorus of art experts cites widespread forgeries in the United States. Marquis de Castellane, Henry W. Pike and others claim large portions of famous collections are inauthentic with Rembrandts and Old Masters often unsigned or copied. London critic W. G. Menzies notes forged works in major collections and Jacques Seligman urges a Metropolitan display of counterfeit pieces.
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Marquis de Castellane
America
Henry W. Pike
W. G. Menzies
London
Charles T. Yerkes
Jacques Seligman
Paria
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Canfield Hints at Lending Pieces to Metropolitan Museum
The speaker asks if the gentlemen might lend items from their collections to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, noting uncertainty yet possibility. No specific names or dates are given.
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Canfield
Metropolitan Museum of Art
25 000 Garment Workers Win Section Of Strike
New York January 20 a division of the great garment workers strike was settled amicably today with waist and dressmaking manufacturers and employers agreeing 25 000 workers will return to shops Monday. Strikers won a general wage increase on a sliding scale better hours and union protection.
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New York
Garment Workers
No Freedom for Poor Cipriano
Cipriance Castro denied bail while appealing to the secretary of commerce and labor after the Ellis Island board barred his admission to the United States. The case centers on the Central American political figure described as a stormy petrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cipriance Castro
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Ellis Island Board
Harvesters Trust Workers Organize by Labor Federation
Chicago January 20 workers at stock yards and related plants linked to Harvester and Steel trusts plan organization under the American Federation of Labor. The article notes a mass meeting shaping the plan and cites the U S population figure of 91 972 266.
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Chicago
Stock Yards
Harvester Trust
Steel Trust
American Federation of Labor
Portrait of Speaker Howard D. Taylor in Washington State politics
Abe Hurwitz describes Howard D. Taylor of Eagle Gorge as a decisive leader who controls much legislation, yet appears mild. The piece traces Taylor from Buckley to becoming the state’s first two time elected speaker, notes his progressive leanings, and cites his stance on patronage and Roosevelt.
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Abe Hurwitz
Olympia
Wash
Casen
Howard D. Taylor
Eagle Gorge
King County
Jon
Cannon
Taylor
Halia
Buckley
Eulator
Roosevelt
Chicago
Chicago Leads Nation In Parcel Post Volume
Chicago handled 531 441 packages in the first week of the system, tops among cities, with New York 435 951 and Boston 154 821 close behind. Postmaster General Hitchcock released the figures. An ad promotes Modern rooms at Hotel Virgins. Elliott 803.
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Washington
Chicago
Hitchock
New York
Boston
Arnold's Catarrh Remedy Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement touts Arnold's Catarrh Remedy for head and stomach relief. It promises relief from mucus constipation indigestion dyspepsia and torpid liver and offers money back if one 0c pack age fails. It notes compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act and lists Seattle address 999-324 Arcade Bldg Seattle.
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Arcade
Seattle
Kidney health warning ad promoting Swamp Root remedy
An advertisement warns of kidney and bladder troubles and urges readers to take Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root. It touts symptoms like frequent urination, back pain, and fatigue, promotes sample bottles and a free information book, and provides the company address in Binghamton New York.
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Bright
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Dept. A
Dr. Kilmer & Company
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