Coin collectors in Indianapolis and fashionable arm hair ban
A. N. Wilson discusses rare coins and notable pieces seen in Indianapolis, recounting finds like a New York gold piece from 1822 and 1787 New York doubloons while stressing the value of careful scrutiny for collectors. He notes limited local interest and reflects on the thrill of discovering unique money, followed by a physician warning about a fad of burning arm hair amid elbow sleeve fashion, and garden pest updates on caterpillars and borers in city parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
United States
Indianapolis
A. N. Wilson
San Francisco
Mr. Wilson
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Nova Eberaca Columbia Excelsior
Brashear
Highly
Samuel Highly
Granby
Conn
Texas
M. B.C
The Biltmore Farms Country Life For September
The Biltmore Farms overview explains three main departments under centralized management, highlighting forestry, agriculture, and the nursery. It details the herbarium built by Olmsted’s era, its 150 species and 300,000 specimens, and notes Dr. Chapman’s Flora work. The text traces gradual estate development from forage, livestock, and woodlands to stock farming and dairying, with emphasis on market production and open access for scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biltmore Nursery
Mason and Dixon
Frederick Law Olmsted
Biltmore
Biltmore Herbarium
C. D. Beadle
A. W. Chapman
United States
South Atlantic
Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
New Mexico
Swannanoa
North Carolina
Late Mrs C L Fairs Relatives Inheriting In France Estate
Mrs Charles L Fair and her husband were killed in a recent France automobile accident. Her estate is valued at 200000 dollars. Most will go to humble relatives, including Hannah Nelson of Newmarket New Jersey aged seventy, and full and half siblings. Herman Oelrichs acts as estate representative. A late decision allocated one million to the wife’s relatives, with claims on her husband’s estate valued at twenty million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Fair
France
Sisters of the Dead
M. Husband
Central creamery dairy makes up to date facilities
After six years of planning a central dairy plant began updating to serve local needs. The complex houses three connected cattle barns with winter heating and summer open-air shed conversion. Modern enameled tile dairy includes cold storage ice and electric plants. It aims to supply Biitmore milk and cream to Southern towns while breeding Golden Lad Jerseys with a resident veterinarian ensuring health.
Do You Catch On Philadelphia Sterling Spoon Tale
A Philadelphia bachelor flaunts his sterling silver and hosts a grand dinner. A guest, teased about stolen attentions, refuses to recall a suitor. He hints with the spoon’s back bearing a name. The guest reads Gorham and denies knowing Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sterling
Gorham
I Want to Go Back to the Orchard and Valley
Poem by Alice E. Allen from Lippincott's Magazine longing for a restored rural life. The speaker yearns for the orchard, birds, winds, rivers, hills, and the beloved presence in the old valley. A reflective vignette of country peace and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. Allen
Lippincott’s Magazine
Marconi Says German Wireless System Pirated His Idea
Correspondent reports Marconi on the cruiser Carlo Alberto in Kiel detailing his claim that the German wireless system is a piratical copy of his invention. He cites Slaby as a key traitor, discusses imperial introductions, and notes progress of Marconi stations across Europe and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Kiel
Marconi
Carlo Alberto
Nicholas
Signor
Slaby
England
Siemens & Halske
Krupp
Staby
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mechanic and Industrial
Kamschatka
Marconi Telegraph
New York
London
N. G
Italy
America
Europe
Monte Carlo
Rome
Kaiser's Naval Office
Slaby’s
Kronstadt
Portsmouth
Germany
Causes of religious apathy and church decline
A layman argues the church loses members as educated people reject biblical superstitions and financial pressures. High dues, lodge insurance, and frequent appeals for money strain laboring families, while ministers face ratings based on fundraising. The piece calls for a simpler gospel focused on love rather than wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
America
Europe
Brother Bigpurse
Church
Mammon
God
Marconi’s collision alarm and new wireless promise
In a dispatch from a warship, Marconi reveals a near completed self acting alarm to prevent ships collisions. The system warns both vessels or the lone ship’s captain and indicates direction of danger. An officer notes Marconi’s frenzied work and hints at sending wireless telegrams 2000 miles once simplified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Carlo Alberto
Marcon
America
Dawn in Indianapolis Shows Pigeons and Market bustle
At dawn Indianapolis reveals its beauty with tree lined avenues and dewy grass. Pigeons crowd the streets near market houses while laborers, milk wagons, and streetcars begin daily routines amid a scene of early vendors, fruit stalls, and awakening commerce.
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Indianapolis
Hoowler
Indiana National Bank
Washington
Pennsylvania Streets
Virginia Avenue
Astir
Breer Rabbit
Tomlinson Halls
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Biltmore Farms
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bill Smith
Mrs Far
Roy Orlrich
Horatio
Portia
Hasiness
Delaware Street
Commission Fruithouses
Westwar
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