Harvard Germanic Art Museum to Rise at Cambridge
The Harvard College Germanic Art Museum plan envisions a two story brick and stone building with separate exterior styles for each art division. The initial structure will house Germanic treasures now in Rogers building, with future expansions to include Slavic and Romanesque holdings and galvano plastic casts from Emperor William.
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Germanic Art Museum
Harvard College
Harvard
Uive
Boston Sunday Journal
Rogers
William
G. Howard Walker
Not Always Playing Cards and Museum Plans Revealed
Washington gossip links Secretary of the Navy Moody and Representative Frederck Gillett at a shared home near Cochran with a Boston visitor. The story notes plans for a Germanic Museum wing with varied court designs, window changes, and architectural details signaling Romance and Slavic collections, plus limited starting construction 180 by 60 feet and four rooms. A separate exchange reports a barber quip about a fatty critic.
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Gillett
Moody
E Street
Cochran
Joe" Cannon
Frederck Gillett
Springfield
Mass
Uncle Joe
Washington
Mr. Gillett
Boston
Joe
Romance Museum
Fleisch
Harley
Felmish
Cats and Ships Rats and Sailors Tales in Verse
A New York Herald Washington correspondence pieces together humor about cats aboard ships as foes of rats, a Bergen liner arrival with an uncanny cat, and a Harvard theology professor who also cards. A Boston Journal anecdote notes the misreading of a midnight train concept and the drummer's bemused reaction.
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Landamen
Bergenland
Delaware
Uncle Joe
Capitol
Cannon
Gillett
Fred
Harvard
Washington Correspondence
New York Herald
The Ruby Nickname at Broadway Office
A young amateur photographer in a Broadway office earns the nickname Ruby after a joke about ruby oil and a ruby light. Friends tease him as the term spreads among tenants, until his proper name is eclipsed by the moniker and he considers moving.
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Broadway
Ruby
Trn
Blankem & Go
New York Times
Bride's India Durbar ride ends with camera shock
A globe trotter recounts a Durbar pageant incident where the bride of a Lieutenant Governor avoided riding an elephant but was lifted by a trained elephant. A photo shot spooked her and the trunk seized her waist. the owner kept the plate, then the bride destroyed the negative. The officer then joined the Governor's staff.
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India
Pie for Breakfast Still a Regular at Bucksport Hotel
The Portland Advertiser notes Maine hotels rarely serve pie for breakfast unless special orders. the Robinson House in Bucksport, home to a Maine House speaker, is cited as unusually liberal with breakfast pies. Clara the server describes a breakfast menu featuring multiple pies, pudding, rolls, and milk amid a slow season. the Brunswick Hotel in Bangor is mentioned in past controversy with Sheriff Gilman over its palm-room.
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Maine
Portland
Robinson House
Bucksport
Brunswick
Bangor
Gilman
Penobscot County
Clara
Chattertown Portland Advertiser
Mischief and Moistened Hats in Sunday School
A Sunday school class of unruly boys found a new teacher when the wife of a prominent merchant took the vacancy. After weeks of uphill effort, the most troublesome boy paid attention and quipped that the teacher’s hat resembled onion sprouts. The piece describes festive New Year rituals and a chaotic chase scene with a cowboy, lasso, and a rapid escape, noting De Wet’s rehab in an equine hospital.
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Hent
de Wet
Tim
Chinese New Year Customs and Festive Display in Chinatown
A vivid New York Sun piece describes Chinese New Year scenes in Chinatown and Mulberry Bend, with red cards, silk wear, dragon banners, firecrackers, scent of incense, and crowded shops. It notes the festive displays and the social dynamic of giving and receiving during the celebration.
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Chinatown
New York
Poll Hnd Mott
Joss House
Broncho Has Fun Abroad and Escapes
A Mexican broncho remount escaped from Colchester area stables and roamed east Essex for nearly a month. The horse nicknamed Ike led pursuers on a merry chase in an adventure likened to Mayne Reid and De Wet.
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East Essex
Field
Ike
Mayne Reid
de Wet
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