Horses of Venice and the famed bronze horses
The article recounts Venice’s famed equestrian statues including the Colleone by Verrocchio and the four bronze horses in St John and St Paul. It traces the historic journey of the top-tier horses from Rome to Constantinople Paris and finally Venice. It notes the copper mounts weigh about two tons each and now wear a green verdigris patina.
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Venice
St. Mark's
Victor Emmanuel
Colleone
St. John and St. Paul
Ruskin
Andrea Verrocchio
Michael Angelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Lyssippus
Rome
Nero
Trajan
Constantine
Constantinople
Doge
Dandolo
Napoleon
City
Alps
Paris
Place du Carrousel
Francis I of
Austria
William E. Curtis
Chicago Herald
At home carpet cleaning method from Druggists Circular
Housewives learn to remove ink stains from carpets using a Druggists Circular recipe. Create a suds with white soap and hot water, add fuller's earth to a thin cream consistency, then scrub small carpet sections with a brush, rinse with cold water, and dry with sponge and cloths until fully dry.
Finest hand carved leather goods at Capos
The advertisement touts the finest hand carved leather goods in new designs offered at very low prices at E. G. Capo's store.
One Minute Cough Cure Claims Swift Cough Relief
D. Scott Currin of Loganon Pa touts One Minute Cough Cure as superior to other medicines for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. The product is described as perfectly safe and acting immediately promising cure for croup grip bronchitis and coughs from S D Bell and Co.
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D. Scott Currin
Loganon
S. D. Bell & Co
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
An advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinice Tablets cure a cold in one day. It promises full refund if ineffective and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement by St Louis Carpenter
A St Louis carpenter Mr Jacob Wolfe testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved his backache and that his wife Mrs Wolfe also benefited. He recalls building old city landmarks and urges readers to ask George Martin’s drug store about customer reports. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for US. Remember the name Doan’s.
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Jacob Wolfe
Ninth Street
Third Ward
St. Louis
St Louis
Court House
New England States
George Martin
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
Expensive Smoking and Turkish Tobacco Prices
The piece discusses how some men choose pipes for economy while others seek full enjoyment through meerschaum and briar. A Walnut street Turkish cigarette maker sells at 4508 pounds, attracting connoisseurs who pay high prices. Some mix with Virginia long cut to extend a tiny amount of the pungent tobacco.
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Duiyere
Meerschaum
Brier
Walnut Street
Virginia
Philadelphia Record
Randolph of Roanoke and Russia Mission Scandal
The New York Press notes John Randolph of Roanoke as a 1830 appointee to Russia who sailed in June but left after ten days, then went to England for about a year, and upon returning in October drew $21,407 from the treasury to settle private debts.
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United States
Virginia
John Randolph
Roanoke
Randolph
Russia
England
Treasury
New York Press
minister and parishioner dispute over church seating
A Scottish minister asks a member why he has not attended church. The man explains he sits behind the pillar, causing the minister to exclaim the pillar has stood at the front of the beat for two years.
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Scotland
John
The Dog's Tail as a Hunting Signal
An analysis of how foxhounds and other hunting dogs use tail movement to communicate during scenting. The wagging tail signals pursuit status, pleasures, and discovery, guiding pack behavior as they track prey across prairie or jungle.
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D. Progan
Notice of Final Account and Distribution in Etchells Estate
In the Probate Court of Pima County Arizona executor E W Graves has filed the final account for Charles T Etchells deceased and a petition for final distribution. A settlement hearing is set for June 12 1902 at 10 o clock AM in Tucson at the county courthouse. Interested parties may appear to file written exceptions and contest the matters. May 31 1902 S W Purcell Ex Officio Clerk.
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E. W. Graves
Charles T. Etchells
County Court House
Tucson
Pima County
S. W. Purcell
Memory feats of ancient scholars and orators
The text notes that Men With Memories, Seneca the Wise could repeat 2 000 words in a single uninterrupted sequence. Hortensius the greatest Roman orator before Cicero could recite all prices from a public auction. Themistocles valued forgetting over memory and learned Persian within a year.
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Seneca the Wise
Cicero
Hortensius
Themistocles
Wife of the President Faced With White House Duties
The wife of the U S president has simple official tasks as White House hostess. If she is ill or unable to perform them, she is readily excused.
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United States
White House
The Responsible One in the Firm
A brusque visitor asks who is responsible in the firm and an office boy replies he is always to blame, highlighting a cynical view of accountability in the organization.
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Washington &Tar
Paraguay River Length And Width Report
The Paraguay river named for the republic on its banks runs about 1800 miles long and in its lower course ranges from five to fifteen miles in width.
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Paraguay River
Republic of the Same Name
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