Notable Women Behind Iconic American Images and Letters
A survey traces the real-life muse behind the goddess on the silver dollar, Ann W Williams, a Philadelphia teacher, and recounts how engraver George Morgan and artist Thomas Eakins connected her to the 1876 design. It also notes Richard Gerard's Sweet Adeline origins and Madame de Sevigne’s letters shaping 17th century literary and social life.
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Liberty
Ann W. Williams
Philadelphia
George Morgan
Miss Williams
House of Refuge
Thomas Wakins
Mr. Morgan
Madame de Sevigne
Paris
Provence
Thornton Wilder
Marquesa de Montmayor
San Luis Rey
Marie du Rabutin-Chantal
Marquis de Sevigne
Comte de Grignan
Stagecoach
Paria
Union
River Mystery Draws Alan Northward Mission
Alan pursues a perilous northern mission to confront bandits after Joyce’s heartbreak and a warning from Magna-Etthen. Buzzard accompanies him as they scout a remote lake island camp using a map and a Browning gun amid a tense past romance and mounting danger.
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Buzzard
Big Alooska
Alan
Fort Endurance
Thal-Azzah
Dave MacMillan
Endurance
Joyce
Magna-Etthen
Elizabeth
Alooska
Thal- Azzah
Tukeok
Bill
Port Said Suez Ismailia Area Languages and Populations
The Port Said district in Egypt includes Port Said Suez and Ismailia with populations of 108 92 108,92 and 40,309 and 25,194 residents respectively. Arabs form the majority with Egyptian Arabic as the native language. Foreigners speak several European languages, notably French Italian Greek English and Maltese. French is common in polite society among educated classes.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez
Ismailia
United States
Cheating the Undertaker The Zoroastrians Practice Silent Towers
In Persia the ancient fire worshipers known as the Zoroastrians do not bury or burn their dead. They place bodies in the Tower of Silence where vultures consume the remains, a practice described by Collier's Weekly.
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Persia
Tower of Silence
Collier's Weer
Rodin Masterpiece Gates of Hell Displays in Paris
The Washington Star reports that Rodin’s The Gates of Hell, once intended to hold The Thinker, has now been set up in Paris contrary to the sculptor’s original plan.
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Rodin
Hell
Thinker
Paria
Washington Star
Prized Gray Hairs Went Into Discard
A young advertising man, often mistaken for a boy, welcomes his first gray hairs as a sign of dignity. His wife pushes a shorter cut to look like a young executive, but a soda fountain clerk roars the truth and the barber shaves the gray away. The piece ends with an unrelated ad line.
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Moturity
New York Sun
Warning for Those Who Have That Help Mania
A humorous office vignette about a well meaning co worker who constantly offers help with pipe cleaning. The helper’s attempts cause chaos as colleagues accuse him of harmful meddling while a pipe stain and oil scent linger. The scene ends with a chaotic pile of office items and a shouted justification of helping.
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Lord Nelson
Providence Journal
Lamps Tested in U S Standards Bureau Room
At the United States Bureau of Standards a sample of electric lamps from every thousand bought by the government is tested in a well lit room where thousands of lamps burn simultaneously.
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United States Bureau of Standards
United States
An Only Chance to Wed Before Weekend Trip
A man pleads to marry today saying he wants to marry this afternoon before his partner leaves for a weekend trip. She asks to wait until Saturday, but he insists this is their one chance to wed.
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Alan
Buzzard
Joyce
Elizabeth
Buzzards
Endurance
Miss MacMillan
Joyce MacMillan
Edmonton
Baker
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Louise M. Comstock
Adeline
Richard Gerard
Brunet
New York
Gerard
Sweet Adeline
Greenwich Village
Harry Armstrong
Daisy Bell
Armstrong
THE
Heart of the North
Mr. Featherer
Elizabeth Spaulding
Curt
North
William Byron Mowery
WNU Service
Him
DeWalden Brown
Dorchester Bay
Massachusetts
Dr. Morse
Morses
No. 2
Cincinnati Enquirer
Greenbacks
Renton
Pathfinder Magazine
Johnson
Scott & Bowne
Harold F. Ritchier Inc
Newark
Sanday Atlas Sower Adventind Us
Mbas
Scott
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