Satirist Delivers Witty Take on Human Foibles
The satire by Robert Howard Russell offers sharp observations on human nature and social foibles with brisk wit and pointed humor, reflecting the author’s mockery of contemporary manners and behaviors.
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1902
Page
17
The Modern Fable Parade of Theater Folk and Fantasies
A long satirical piece presents multiple modern fables and caricatures. It lampoons Broadway types including a persistent sprinter rival, a pompous first-nighter, ambitious railroad dreamers, box factory girls turned stars, rural politicians, and a high society wife denying her past. Each tale closes with a blunt moral.
Spirit of Seventy six for Harry Devereaux theme in Willard painting
The piece recalls Harry K. Devereaux of Cleveland as the model for a boy drummer in A. A. Willard’s Spirit of Seventy six. It notes Willard’s Cleveland studio works and his other popular subjects while mentioning Hugh Mosher the fifer and the artist’s family portraits. The column also links McCreary’s Kentucky senate win to Goebel’s aftermath and Blackburn’s role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Devereaux
Cleveland
Dispatches
United States
Marblehead
Mass
Willard
Grand Army
Hugh Mosher
New England
Mr. Willard
Holyoke Place
E. Riley
Chatham St
New York
Victor Smith
New
Philadelphia
Christ as Pattern for All Vocations and Life
The sermon argues Christianity should shape every life area from family to factory. It urges moral conduct in all vocations, fair treatment by capital and labor, and applying the Sermon on the Mount to commerce, industry, and public life. It cites Calvary as the source of brotherhood and civic righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colston
Lizzie
Lizsie
Box-Factory
Elsie Lollypop
San Francisco
Box Factory
Lem
Christ
Apostle
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Jesus Christ
Cincinnati Telephone Company
Calvary
Bank
Stock Exchange
Lord Jesus
Drummond
John G. Paton
Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul
House of Prayer
Jesus
Moses and
the Lamb
Gossip on Capitol Death and Democratic Senate Hope
Morning visitor walked to the Capitol and died. The column mulls Democratic senator election with tempered enthusiasm. Cantrill is likened to men cited in Cowper’s verse about resisting worldly desires. Source voice captures urban rumor and political dabbling in a curt, period tone.
New Art in Photography in Washington Gallery Vision
A Washington Post piece quotes a fashionably opinionated gallery owner stating that true art photography now eschews pleasant looks and youth, embracing obscurity and dull tones to reveal character. The interview envisions future photography as a salon combining music, art, literature, and conversation with images that require many accessories to capture sitter strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
I Like the Old Songs from the Country Village
A nostalgic poem from the New Orleans Times-Democrat recalling cherished tunes of childhood and country life. The speaker praises melodies like Ben Bolt Maple on the Hill and King William, linking memory to spring, cedar shade, and first kisses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bolt
King William
King James
Ike
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Dinosaurs and the mysteries of ancient extinction
The article reviews paleontological views on ancient life, detailing gigantic dinosaurs like Brontosaurus, their size and brains, and theories on their extinction. It discusses the roles of natural selection, climate upheavals, floods, and ice ages, and notes possible rival lines evolving after the dinosaurs vanished.
Great Beasts and Feared Reptiles and Feathered Giants
A review of Mr. Lucas’s Animals of the Past notes paleontology’s subdivisions and explains the author’s aim to present extinct animals clearly. It covers dinosaurs, birds of ancient seas, mammoths, mastodons, and horse ancestry with drawings, fossils, and cautious dating in a period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Zeugiodon
Albert Koch
Frederick A. Lucas
Rocky Mountains
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Morton Grinnell
Lucas
Comparative Anatomy
United States National Museum
Ife
Siberia
North America
Kosciusko
Little Lakes
Mongoose Family At Philadelphia Zoo Draws Unusual Attention
Five mongooses at the Philadelphia Zoo attract notice for their destructive power against birds and fowl. Mammal House keeper James Murray says a single mongoose can kill all tin chickens in about thirty minutes. Imported from India, these mongooses symbolize why the United States bans their import under the Lacey Act of 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Zoo
Uncle Sam
United States
Miengoose
Keener James Murray
Mammal House
India
Kipling
West Indies
West India Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Howard ‘Russell
Modman Fagle
Charley Slow
Merat
Melba
Mansfehl
May Irwin
Madam Mojeska
Mary Mannering
Lillian Russell
Amelia Bingham
Julia Marlowe
E. H. Sothern
John Drew
Francia Wilson
Joseph Jefferson
Nat Goodwin
Karl Bellew
Patrick Campbell
de Reszkeys
Germany
Scandinavia
Intelligence Office
Kentucky
Mrs. Southworth
James B. McCreary
Cantrill
McCreary
Jo Clay Stiles Blackburn
Blackburn
Goebel
Democratic State Central Committee
Beckham
Henderson
Owensboro
Jo Blackburn
Taylor
Warren G. Patridge
D. D
Ninth-Street Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Morning
Capitol
New Art In Photography
Bigway
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