A Few Weeks in Europe Hotel de la Paix Antwerp 1908
Traveler writes from Antwerp on July 19 1908 recounting sketches of London and Dutch trips. He describes art at Rubens gallery the Hague Scheveningen scenes wooden shoes and a German Dutch language mishmash with humorous miscommunications and photocaptured moments. He notes money differences in Belgium and enjoyment of German practice and travels toward Germany with anticipation of further happiness.
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London
Holland
Belgium
the Hague
Scheveningen
Mr. Foster
Miss Jenkins
Kodak
Miss J
Germany
Yerkes Art Works to Be Sold at Auction in New York
The late Charles Is Yerkes collection of paintings, sculpture, and Oriental rugs will be auctioned by order of the U S circuit court for the southern district of New York. The sale, in Fifth Avenue, will occur during the current season with exact date to be announced. The catalog includes four Rembrandt canvases, works by Hats, Claude, Holbein, Van Dyck, Rubens, and many others, plus over forty rugs including a sixteenth century mosque carpet once purchased for $100,000.
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New York
Charles
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Yerkes House
Art Association
Apgs
Rembrandt
Philemon and
Baueis
Wazarus
Joris de Coulery
Hobbema
Westphalia
Peter de Hooghe
Claude Corneille
Star Berry Hil
Snerker
Walpoles
Holbein
Teniers
van der Hayden
Jan Steen
Ruisdale
van Ostade
van Goyen
Gerard Dou
van der Neer
Durer
Bronzino
Raphael
Paul Potter
van Mieria
Ruben
Cough Remedy Ad Cites Foley’s Honey and Tar
An advertisement notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough suppressant and lung helper. It urges taking at first sign of a cold to avoid a serious illness and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co as suppliers.
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Foley
Lemmon
McElhinney Drug Co
Bourtseff Mission: Russian Spy Exposé in America
Russian exile Bourtseff arrives in New York to rally Russians in exile and push for peaceful revolution. He claims the czar's regime is a crime and asserts the real power lies with Nicholas II. He says many spies operate in New York and on ships bound for the United States as he plans to publish and speak freely on Russian political reform.
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Crass Eveny
Ruselin
New York
Csars
America
Walrard
Botrteef
Russia
Bibe
Common Cause
United States
Bourtseff
Bourt
Paris
Nicholas
Tle
Azeff
Czar
von Plerve
Sergius
Polonef
Douma
Poland
Marie Spirindova
Abramoff
HIS LARYNX FOR SCIENCE
Albert Murphy a Chicago outdoor singer received a Detroit letter from Dr. James Blair of Bennet Medical College offering a price for Murphy’s larynx and lungs. After agreeing to terms and then delaying, he sold the organs to the college for science after death. He bequeathed the organs to the college in his will.
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Albert Murphy
Chicago
Detroit
James H. Blair
Bennet Medical College of
Morphy
Blur
Medical College
Bluir
Police Auto Delivers Dynamite Safely Over Six Miles
Baltimore police used an automobile to transport dynamite across six miles of road, a difficult and dangerous task. The vehicle’s smooth ride and good speed helped officials move the dangerous payload quickly, and it was carried to its destination without incident despite the inherent danger.
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Police Department of
Baltimore
Paving Talk On East Washington Street
East Washington residents met in the city hall to discuss paving plans opting for brick paving with a concrete foundation. The street would run forty feet wide from the opera house corner to the H A Baxter property and thirty feet from there to the city limits. A February 7 meeting with the city council will decide the action on the petition. Other streets are considering paving and the season may see more paving than any prior year.
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East Washington Street
Council Chamber
City Hall
Opera House
H. A. Baxter
Foley's Orino Laxative Ad Promotes Digestion
Advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a natural remedy for indigestion dyspepsia heartburn and biliousness. Claims it sweetens stomach and breath and tones the entire alimentary system with mention of Lemmon's Pharmacy and McIlhinney Drug Co.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
McIlhinney Drug Co
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Frank L.wilson &Co
Europe
J.D. Dayton
West Chester and Washington Co
Iowa
South Dakota
George Peck
Chichester
Bert
Chamberlain
Caner Music Co
Ike
Christmas
Nicola
Harmon
D. A. Harwood
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Chicago Daily Farmers and Drovers Journal
Union Stock Yards
Chicago Daily Farmes and Drovers Journal
Goodall’s Farmer America
Washington
Journal
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