De Wint's Bluff Becomes Art Patron Comedy
English landscape painter Peter De Wint staged a clever ruse at his private show to reveal a wealthy critic. The man loudly admired two sold paintings and lamented their inaccessibility, only for the artist to reveal he had saved them for him with tickets. The man ended up buying the two works.
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de Wint
Peter de Wint
Water Color Society
Balkan
Wiseacre
Europe
Turkey
Sun exposure and heat tolerance in humans and primates
The article compares thermal regulation across species noting rabbits and monkeys succumb quickly to tropical heat while humans show a 3 to 4 degree rise in skin temperature. It discusses black versus white skin heat absorption, better temperature regulation in colored races, and higher perspiration. It also notes apes, despite tropical origins, resist heat less than humans due to forest habitat, with some monkeys dying after two hours in sun.
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Tropics
Armageddon Looms Over Europe Warns The War Correspondent
James A. Edgerton argues a broad Balkan crisis could ignite a continental war. He notes rival blocs Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, Austro Hungary tensions with Serbia over an Adriatic port, and Turkey’s fragile role. He warns prices rise and immigration swells if war spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Austria
Servia
Adriatic
Albania
Balkans
Berlin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkan
England
France
Russia
Europe
Dr. Cook
Heart Disease Almost Fatal to Young Girl
A mother recalls her thirteen year old daughter suffering heart trouble and nearly dying. After trying Dr Miles Heart Remedy the girl improved and now has rosy cheeks. The letter urges others with heart symptoms to start treatment and notes the remedy is sold and guaranteed by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Canon
Worth
Canon
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Cure for Consumption Promised by New York Man
Rev Edward A Wilson allegedly cured after years with consumption and disease. Charles A Abbott offers free full description of the remedy by mail from 60 Ann Street New York City to any seeker of lung and throat relief including asthma bronchitis catarrh grip coughs colds.
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Edward A. Wilson
Mr.Wilson
Charles A. Abbott
Ann Street
New York City
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Teweler
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Amd
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Italy
Ance
Spain
Portreal
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Scandinavian
Pasly
Jingo
Asquits
Poincare
Pacific
Franz Ferdinand
Austria- Hungary
Franz Joseph
Englash Wold
Ottoman Empire
Galt
Kipling
America
Seare
American Press Association
Prince Franz Ferdinand OF
A. W. Eaton
Philadelphia
Life Insurance
Penn. Ave
E. Warren, Pa
Foley
A. A. Davie & Co
Ney Dea Co
B. Warren Tel, Co
John Hepburn, M. D
N. BE
Market Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bell Phone
L. C. Eddy, Atorney-at-Law
West
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second
Warren, Kia
Bell Phonem
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