Notable Notes on Philanthropy and Public Life
James Stillman the banker funded a $100000 prize endowment for Paris School of Fine Arts. Grand Duke Paul of Russia’s height makes hotel beds useless, prompting a traveling sectional bed for comfort. Massachusetts names Ella Lyman Cabot to the state board of education. Henry Caldwell Robinson climbs from apprentice to superintendent of the Boston and Maine railroad. John A Conquest, Ida Conquest’s father, rich at $500000, works as a fish packer in Boston for $2 a day, saying work brings health.
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James Stillman
New York
School of Fine Arts
Paris
Grand Duke
Paul
Russia
Douglas
Massachusetts
Ella Lyman Cabot
Massachusetts State Board of Education
John A. Conquest
Ida Conquest
Boston
Bargain Counter Glasses Offer Thorough Eye Exams
A local ad promotes bargain counter glasses with a complete eye examination included. It stresses that proper glasses protect sight and that the examination, glasses, and frames are covered by a single charge offered by Dr. F. D. Ormond.
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F. D. Ormond
Bergamo to Erect Museum for Donizetti as Relatives Contribute
The project honors composer Donizetti with a museum in his native Bergamo. Relatives will supply materials and Baroness Busoni Scotti will furnish the room where he died.
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Donizetti
Bergamo
Busoni-Scotti
Iowa and New York Congressmen Manage Virginia Farm Venture
Congressmen Hull of Iowa and Wadsworth of New York jointly own a Virginia farm near Mount Vernon with a comfortable residence and electric lights. Former Interstate Commerce Commissioner Yoemans, also from Iowa, was involved but has withdrawn leaving the two partners to carry on the business.
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Gressman Wadsworth
New York
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Interstate Commerce
Yoemans
Iowa
Sugar cane cutter touted to revolutionize Southern industry
F M Cockrell Jr, son of former Senator Cockrell, claims a cane cutter he invented will replace over a hundred workers. The machine cuts strips and tops cane, with experts calling it a wonder that could transform the sugar industry as the cotton gin did cotton.
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F. M. Cockrell, Jr
Cockrell
South
Violinist Ku Belik Plans Racehorse Ownership
A Vienna paper reports violinist Ku belik will soon own a string of race horses. The piece notes the emperor of Germany shares meals with his entire family, including children dining at the table from age when they can sit upright.
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Vienna
Kubelik
Germany
Rutland Notable Bradley Pratt Dies at 94
Bradley Pratt of Rutland Vermont has died at 94. His father reached 102, and Pratt's four surviving siblings total 333 years in combined ages.
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Bradley Pratt
Rutland, Vt
Notable Admiral's Defining Life Earnest in Work
The admiral Rojestven sky valued work above all else saying his favorite pastime is work. He called idleness his hardest work showing his famed brevity in response.
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Ckynote
Rojestvensky
Strange Holy Rollers Cult Attracts Michigan Followers
Sedalia reports visitors from the Holy Rollers sect led by Benjamin and Mary based in Benton Harbor Michigan. The group, vegetarian and communal, predicts the world’s end in August 1916 and enlists converts from the United States and Australia.
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Michigan
Satan
Earth
Pipestone Avenue
Benton Harbor
Canning Factory
Holy Rollers
Benjamin
Mary
Purnell
Kentucky
Richmond
Michael Miller
Decatur
Prince Mike
United States
Australia
Never Stop the Paper If You Think It Won’t Upset You
An anecdote about editor Horace Greeley humorously responding to a subscriber who claimed to stop his copy. The editor notes that canceling one daily copy doesn’t silence a paper’s voice or its willingness to publish views that differ from a single reader’s preferences. The exchange underscores the independence of press and conviction.
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Horace Greely
Mr. Greeley
the Tribune
Rome ladies stage charity bazaar in fantastic costumes
In Rome on May 24 women society leaders staged a charity bazaar drawing crowds with extravagant costumes. Signora Fellner opened salons in Palazzo Gabrielli as the event showcased diverse outfits including a Congolese amazon and an Indian chief. The piece also notes Pope Pius X and Cardinal Merry del Val shaping church governance.
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Rome
Signora Fellner
Terra Nova
Ruspoli
Pius X
Cardinal Merry del Val
Cardinal Oreglia
Merry del Val
Rampolia
Dunksburg Items Chronicle Local Happenings
Ernest Lee will soon leave to resume work with the Miller show. Allen Curnutt and family from near Knob Noster visit J M Curnutt. James Goins is ill at his home near Dunksburg. Drs Tyler and Witcher attended last Saturday. Mr and Mrs O C Forsyth welcomed a son on May 21 1905. J J Van Bibber visited relatives near Warrensburg. Will Smith rode the Woodmen goat Saturday night. Lark Blackburn came from Warrensburg Saturday.
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Ernest Lee
Miller
Allen Curnutt
Family
Knob Noster
J. M
James Goins
Dunksburg
Drs. Tyler and
Witcher
J. M. Curnutt
O. C. Forsyth
J. J. van BibBer
Warrensburg
Will Smith
Woodmen
Lark Blackburn
Depositors Eye Share From Beach Estate as Bank Failure Case Advances
Terre Haute Ind May 24 Depositors of John S Beach private bank that failed 12 years ago seek $50 000 from his wife estate arguing the husband inherits one third of her property as she left all to two daughters. Beach died soon after his wife. Facing died before declaring acceptance.
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Beach
Cardu
Cardus
Regular Hollister Tea for mother in law
W. E. Bard Drug Co offers regular Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to a mother in law for 35 cents. The ad suggests the tea will make her healthy and compliant, claiming it will make her “do as a lamb.”
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Gus
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Ginger Ale Preference Question for a Dealer
If a dealer had to drink the Ginger Ale he sold he would likely choose Crawford's Royal Ginger Ale. The playful line suggests the credibility boost from using or endorsing the product.
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Crawford
Tourist sleepers prove popular across travel classes
The article states that tourist sleepers attract mainstream travelers not a poor class. It highlights that travelers to California can save money by choosing Union Pacific tourist sleepers. H. G. Kail, A. G. P. A., 901 Walnut Street, Kansas City, offers details on this option.
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California
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
H. G. Kail
Walnut Street
Kansas City
Georgia farmers in session at Thomaston convention
The Farmers Union of Georgia met in Thomaston on May 24 for a session through Saturday. The state branch of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union aims to curb the mortgage and credit system, aid members in buying and selling, and educate agricultural workers. F. F. Mulcahy sells flour warrants S and Vigoral brands.
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Thomaston
Farmers’ Union of Georgia
Farmers’ Educational
F. F. Mulcahy
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Henry Caldwell Robinson
Ohio Street
Sedalia, Mo
Bell Phone
Sedalia
Hull
Pope Cement Construction Co
Sedalia Trust Co
Benjamin and
Benton Harbor, Mich
The
Jesus
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Paul Said, ‘ That Hath A Wife, the Same Shall Be No Wife.’” Dowie
Chicago
Dowie
R. G. Curnutt
Indiana Bank
Terre Heure
Ind
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John S. Beach
B.B.B
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
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And
Co-Opprative Union of America
Cardui
Charles Mason
Mothers’ Club
Bousten
Tex
L. M. Thompson
Beethoven Musical Society
Second St
Louisville
Clara Smith
the Shakespeare
Phoenix
Ariz
Lizzie H. Thompson
West 88Th St
New York City
Frederick Nirdlinger
Broad St
Philadelphia
A. S. Scott
South Hill St
Los Angeles
Cal
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