Indianapolis horse show to feature Timber Topper and Palmer stable
The Indianapolis spectacle will include the Palmer stable entry Timber Topper and a push to surpass Pearl's high jump record. A wide range of equine classes will entertain, from high steppers to ponies, plus potato and go and spoon races. The social aspect shines with lavish society involvement and ninety boxes filled by Indianapolis’ elite.
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Indianapolis
Timber
Palmer
Pearl
Beauties of Festival Exhibit Describes Grounds and Officers
A detailed overview of the festival site including a one hundred by three hundred foot arena, a twenty foot promenade, tan bark footing, and a large canvas covered grandstand. Describes an art nouveau entrance on Washington street, a Roman arch gateway for the horse show, and a clubhouse with season-ticket access. Outlines extensive committees and leadership led by George W. Bliss and Hugh J. McGowan with named subcommittees and roles for grounds, attractions, groundskeeping, and receptions.
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Rand
Washington Street
Festival Association
George W. Bliss
Hugh J. McGowan
H. F. Hackedorn
John T. Sauber
Mortimer Levering
Fred M. Ayres
van Appel
H. P. Wasson
Evans Woollen
Block
George A. Gay
J. Aeh
Te Aceres
A. 8. Roberts
Ira E. Dunlavy
H. W
E. Crose
Gustave
Fred L. Pettijohn
Case
Connaway
L. Littleton
Gavin L. Bayne
Huse
B Harrison
Clifford A
James A. Collins
William D. Case
Canvas Work Behind Festival Field Construction
A labor sample shows 25 000 yards of canvas used to cover festival field, sewn by twelve women and four men for nearly a month. Sewing runs at 1800 stitches per minute with power machines, the canvas would stretch about fourteen miles end to end and weigh over two tons. Fifty pounds of thread and 5 000 eyelets plus 20 000 feet of rope are required to lash the piece, which could enclose Barnum Bailey and Ringling brothers circuses.
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Festival Field
Barnum-Bailey
Ringling Brothers
Zola and the French Academy in Pall Mall Gazette
The piece quotes Zola railing at the French Academy for snubbing his novels. He argues the Academy ignores the novel as a central literary form and vows to endure years of candidacy, waiting for posterity to judge the institution’s stubbornness and his perseverance.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Academy
Sculptor George Barnard Laments Commercialism Echoes
The sculptor George Barnard denounces the era's commercialism, lamenting that money dominates conversations and life. He notes money is ubiquitous and feelings of disillusionment pervade society, yet he hints at a preference for art over profit.
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New York Times
George Barnard
Howells Faults Failing American Fiction In Harper’s October
A Harper’s Monthly review notes Howells critiques modern fiction as largely worthless, bemoaning department store shelves flooded with cheap novels. He argues American authors often produce trashy romances tied to local color and sensationalism, urging a shift toward science, sociology, history, and revived essays amid a flood of new publications.
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Harper's Monthly
Mr. Howells
Milwaukee Sentinel
New York
Boston
Indiana
New Jersey
Germany
England
Jaly
United States
The Literary Life as a Poor Road to Fame
Frederic M. Bird argues in Era Magazine that the literary life is largely bleak and unromantic. He compares fiction to other professions, noting meager earnings, the lack of romance, and the dominance of mundane details once success arrives. He suggests machinery and business offer more fertile ground for compelling tales.
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Frederic M. Bird
Era Magazine
Brown
Smith
Tennyson
Stevenson
A Transition Period in World Literary Output
Talcott Williams notes 8 000 to 1000 yearly new novels globally, with Japan producing about 18 percent. India shelves hundreds, still favoring verse, while the Arab world sees scattered titles in Egypt and Syria. A translation shock confounds Arab immigrants in a Presbyterian reading room.
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Talcott Williams
Japan
India
Egypt
Syria
Ana
Eign” Rabi
Costly Burns Manuscripts and Scarce Original Works
Manuscripts by Burns command high prices that few authors could refuse for original work. Scots Wha Hae sold for 350 dollars in May, and Common Place Book fetched about 25 cents a word. Tales of a Grandfather required 500 pounds in notes for a portion, and Old Mortality recently fetched 3000 dollars. Publishers value masterful, serious books that endure, though popular works may rise and fall in favor.
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Bank of England
Shakspeare
Tolstoi Novel Involves Caucasus Hero In 19th Century Tale
A London reader learns of Count Tolstoi's new romance set in mid 1800s Russia during the Caucasus war. Hero Hadshi Murat, once a mountain tribesman leader allied with Shamul, surrenders to Russians, then is killed by his own people who fear betrayal. The author blends fact and fiction in an exciting narrative.
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India
Lucknow
Italy
Spain
France
Scandinavian Europe
Copenhagen
Russia
Pushkin
Europe
St. Petersburg
London Mall
Tolstoi
Caucasus
Hadshi-Murat
Count Tolstoi
London Letter On Gorky Books The Outcasts And Three Men
W L Alden reviews two Max Gorky novels The Outcasts and Three Men published locally last week. He denounces the works as detestable yet acknowledges their power and laments their effect in shaping sympathy for tsars and Siberia while condemning the author’s stance and the Russian regime.
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W. L. Alden
London
Max Gorky
Gorky
Siberia
Nature
Mke
Fifth Avenue Bookstall Finds Naughty Nan Title
In a Fifth Avenue bookstall the women peruse new books and note that John Luther Long's Naughty Nan does not sound historical.
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Fifth-avenue
John Luther Long
Literary Notes on New Books and Dickens Biography
Literary notes discuss Howells new essays Literature and Life Zola Truth the Dreyfus case and a Wesley sister romance. Dickens biographies Kitton recount his love of bright colors flowers mirrors and garden scenes.
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Charles
John Wesley
Stephen Philips
Saturday Review
New York Tribune
Messrs. Chapman and Hall
Dickens
Pickwick
David Copperfield
Current
Academy
Frank E. Marshall
Philadelphia Ledger
Mr. Marshall
William and
Thomas Penn
John Dickinson
Andrew Hamilton
Chevallier Tousard
William Byrd
Bartram
Elias Boudinot
Francis Hopkinson
Robert Morris
Charles Dickens
Mr. Kitton
Mr. Fields
Down on the Isthmus by a Mining Man
A San Francisco Call correspondent from the Darien district portrays life in Panama as harsh for the mining set. He notes relentless mud, venomous insects, biting snakes, alligators in swimming pools, and perilous conditions that force reliance on native methods for survival.
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San Francisco
Panama
Darien
Tropics
California
Pirogue
Pete Pe
On Duty at Panama Commander Keeps Ethmian Railroad Open
The gallant commander of the cruiser Cincinnati fulfills America's duty to the world by maintaining the Ethmian Railroad open to global trade.
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Panama
Cincinnati
America
Champion Engineer Roe of the Pennsylvania Railroad
In New York Press profile, G. E. Roe the champion engine driver on the Pennsylvania Railroad is praised for a record run between New York and Philadelphia, speed and skill, and his long service. The piece contrasts public myth about owning a personal engine with Roe’s practice of no personal locomotive and reliance on the fleet.
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New York Press
G. E. Roe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dorman
Broad Channel
Roe
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Cassatt
Brooks
Edward Eagleston Memorial Sonnet
Poem fragment reflecting on Edward Eagleston’s life and soul, praising his varied inner realm. Vague lines describe a mountain of life, crusades of effort, and a lifelong hymn to the Highest, suggesting a memorial tribute before ending mid thought.
Arizona's Buried Cities Revealed In Ancient Oasis
In a New York Evening Post letter, Arizona's buried towns near Phoenix, in the Gila and Salt valleys, are described as ancient urban centers with irrigation canals, timbered waterways, and mosaics. Cushing estimated tens of thousands once lived there, with evidence of trade, sun worship, and distinctive burial practices.
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New York Evening Post
The
Union
Gila
Salt Valleys
Phoenix
Florence
Sonora
Mexico
Frank H. Cushing
Arizona
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Western Hemisphere
Arizona Desert
Salt
Cushing
Pacific Coast
Gulf of California
Salt River
Central
South America
An Englishman's Wife in Ainslee’s Magazine
English domestic gender bond is described as a joint venture where a husband and wife share irrevocably tied fortunes and identical interests, driving mutual concern for every detail of life, with emphasis on harmony and cooperation in material matters. The passage highlights the wife as a partner in managing household affairs and fortunes.
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Ainslee
England
Asa
Artificial Silk Advances In Synthetic Production
The London Lancet notes synthetic methods extend to foods, drinks, and fabrics. Silk's main constituent fibroin with sericin has been mimicked, enabling artificial silk based on serine. indigo and madder are now lab-made. As synthetics grow, consumer choice may shift between natural and artificial goods, risking fraud and bias toward artificial materials.
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London Lancet
Newest Marvel of Science Turns Air into Food
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a new science marvel turning atmospheric air into food. Plant and animal physiology show nitrogen must come from soil, threatening long term soil fertility and wheat supply unless nitrogen can be supplied by new methods. A plant at N Falls uses electricity driven processes to extract nitrogen from the air for crops.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Nature
William Crookes
British Association
Priestly
N Falls
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