Frederick Archer Dies After Two Thousand Recitals Without Repeating Program
Frederick Archer, renowned organist of Carnegie Music Hall, died at his Pittsburg home after a long illness. Born in Oxford on June 16, 1888, his illustrious career included posts at Margaret Chapel, St Clement's Oxford, Merton College, the Panopticon in London, and Alexandra Palace. He gave over 2,000 unique organ recitals, directed concerts, and helped bring English opera to prominence. He later worked in New York and Boston as a performer, teacher, and author of The Organ and The Collegiate Organ Tutor.
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Carnagie Music Hall
Pittsburg
Aingering Theex
Archer
Oxford
England
Margaret Chapel
All Saints’ Church
London
St Clement's
Merton College
Bent le Wap
Alhambra Theater
Julius Benedict
Curmt
Alexandra Palace
University of Glasgow
United States
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Church of the Incarnation
New York
Chickering Hall
Boston
Faith Shaken As Storm Tears Wall Near Payette County Church
A religious man, serving as a vox ton for a white church in a Payette County town, seeks shelter in a station during a fierce wind that tears cornice and bricks from a wall. A church member later questions his choice, joking that if the Lord throws bricks, a shelter may come from anywhere.
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Darky
Voxton
Payette County
Tennessee
Firstee of the Hot Wings in a Government Report
A government report discusses early hot blast use in ironmaking. It notes William Henry’s 1834 Oxford furnace experiment raising blast temperature via waste heat, and a 1835 top stack hot blast using arched pipes to reach about 500 degrees, with charcoal as a heat source. It also comments on Cuban tobacco trends and pipe smoking preferences.
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James M. Swank
Oxford Furnace
New Jersey
William Henry
Henry
Cuba
Folted He Saying Inconsistent Vow Sparks Duel
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a villain vows to chase the heroine to the ends of the earth. The heroine coolly rejects the chase, saying she will not go there, and explains her reason with calm resolve.
Spider Weather Prophet in Tropical Folklore
The article recounts a tale from Yucatán of a yellow banana leaf spider famed as a weather forecaster. It supposedly senses approaching storms by gathering its web and dying when touched, with its actions said to predict rain within an hour.
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Peninsula
Ams
Tokio Gayer Than Paris A View Of Japan’s Pleasures
The Chicago Chronicle compares Tokyo and Paris in spirit and charm. It extols Tokyo as a city of continuous joy and simple pleasures, contrasting its atmosphere with Paris’s feverish pursuit of present and future happiness. The piece emphasizes Japan’s personal relations, tasteful acts, and unique allure for outsiders.
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Japan
Paris
Tokio
Chicago Chronicle
How Change Works A Quarter Story From A Pub
The Philadelphia Record notes a humorous coins puzzle about changing a quarter and lists eleven methods of breaking a quarter into pennies nickels dimes and a single note on malaria in the British army in India. The piece blends coin talk with a social quip about cheap beer and everyday small money use.
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Philadelphia Record
India
Monument Unveiled In Baltimore For Peggy Stewart Burning
A late 18th century Baltimore monument honoring the Peggy Stewart tea burning was unveiled by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The 1860 foot tall structure features a bronze Goddess of Liberty, holding the laurels and the Declaration, and stands on a 31 ton base. The event marks the burning of the Peggy Stewart ship and its tea cargo, an act tied to resistance against British authority and linked to the broader Boston Tea Party legacy.
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Maryland
Peggy Stewart
Annipolly
Baltimore
National Society of the Sons of the American
Boston
England
Cvea
Liberty
Power of Buddhist Priests in Boxer Uprising
Historical account describes Buddhist monks as instigators in China’s Boxer movement. It alleges monks used hypnotism to sway Boxers, claiming invulnerability to foreign bullets and performing staged resurrections to inflame anti-foreign violence. The narrative cites A Henry Savage Landor on these methods.
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China
A. Henry Savage Landor
Royal Thrones Across Empires Reach From Britain to Persia
A survey of thrones shows Britain relies on four royal chairs in Westminster Abbey and Windsor for coronations and audiences, while Russia’s Ivan the Terrible chair and the Winter Palace throne command lavish jewels. Further east, the Persian shah sits on a white marble ivory throne looted from Delhi in 1739, worth over a million pounds.
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Edward
Clar Nicholas
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
House of Lords
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Russia
Ivan the Terrible
St George's Hall
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Tmck
Veheran
Shah
Delhi
Publicity in Corporate Law Across Nations
In Britain nations allow extensive publicity for corpors and their management while France Germany and Austria impose rigid provisions on property valuation and promoter and director reports. The result is that stock watering in the United States sense approaches imprudence, Cassler's Magazine notes.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria
United States
Cassler
Lincoln birthplace to become temperance retreat in Kentucky
St Luke's Society of Chicago plans to convert the Lincoln farm in Kentucky into a free hospital and resort for treating alcohol and drug victims. The project, supported by a $260,000 endowment, will include multiple buildings and a memorial to Lincoln, with the cabin moved back to its original site.
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Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
St. Luke's Society
Chicago
Struble
Lincoln Farm
A. W. Dennett
New York
Jeff Davis
Hodgensville
St Luke Society
Turquoise Mining Concession in Sinai Peninsula
The An Dneliah firm gains a government concession to mine turquoise in the Sinai. It plans to rework abandoned Maghara and Sarakan mines with Bedouin labor and modern machinery. Hieroglyphics indicate ancient Egyptian origin, and the site is described as the only known source of Mn est turquoise.
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Dneliah
Sinai Peninsula
Maghara
Sarakan
Haglah
Philadelphia Times
Russian Fur Trade Dominates World Supply
The Russian empire supplies most furs worldwide as Russia and Siberia hunters annually seize millions of animals. Ermines total about 8 million, marmots 16 million, and squirrels 26 million.
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Russia
Siberia
Philosophy Rules for Peace of Mind By Tillotson
A brief remark on Tillotson noting that philosophy offers plausible rules for attaining inner peace yet falls short of truly bringing men to it. The quote reflects a critical view of philosophical systems as sufficient paths to tranquility.
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Tillotson
Preparing for War Fighting Strength of Russia and Navy
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a growing Russian navy with new ships and faster torpedo boats. It claims the fastest torpedo craft, designed abroad, could cross the Atlantic in days, while Russia accelerates naval and army buildup in anticipation of conflict with Japan.
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Hugland
William Fe. Curtis
Chicago
Rncord-Herald
Halaveno, & Rivasian
Atlantic
Japan
Pekin
Ruwsan
Costly Royal Kitchens Beckon Heavy Expenditure Abroad
The article notes lavish royal kitchens across nations with Russia spending about £120,000 yearly on the czar’s kitchen remodeling and upkeep. It cites 40 silver stew pans, gold engraved spice boxes, black marble decor, and a chief cook earning £8,000 annually plus subordinates. It adds Spain and Persia also host costly kitchens,Persia’s Teheran kitchen famed for gold lined pots and gems, potentially worth over £1,000,000.
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Russia
Winter Palace
St Petersburg
Persia
Teheran
Roosevelt w Mustier recounts Roosevelt's book hunt for Cyclopaedia of Sport
A New York bookstore clerk recalls President Roosevelt during his Cyclopaedia of Sport writing days. He chased elusive titles, pressed the clerk daily, and insisted on every book at once. The tale notes Roosevelt’s humor and his demanding, persistent pace.
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Roosevelt W Mustier
Roosevelt
New York
Cyclopedia of Sport
Evert
Droskies of St Petersburg Hover at City Docks
The report notes 37,000 droskies registered at police headquarters in St Petersburg last summer, roughly one for every thirty three residents. In winter sleighs replace wheels as people arrive with horses to earn a little extra money.
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St. Petersburg
Bt. Petersburg
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