Marooned on a skyscraper ledge for fifty hours
George Lammert, a New York life insurance clerk, was stranded for fifty hours on a narrow ledge outside a ninth floor window. He starved, grew delirious, and finally was rescued by a window washer after a coworker spotted him waving a handkerchief. He fainted at his desk upon return and regained consciousness after the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Eorge L. Lammert
New York
Broadway
New York City
Lammert
Himalayas
Jook
City Hall
America
Shire of Trinity Church
Stock Exchange
Lamount
Cies
Tien
Curtis Logan
Logan
Lfe Insurance Comppany
Nevin's Indian Opera at the White House sparked new music on Indian themes
A veteran overview details Arthur Nevin's opera Poia and the broader push to collect and adapt Native American melodies. It notes the government effort under the Indian Office, McClintock’s Blackfeet ties, and Carnegie Hall debut with Modart Club and Pittsburg Orchestra, plus performances by Shotwell-Piper Fisk Cole Harper and Hartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Miss Fletcher
Harvard University
McDowell
Arthur Farwell
Washington
Indian Office
Department of the Interior
Arthur Nevin
Library of Congress
Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburg
Modart Club
Mme. Shotwell-Piper
Katharine Fisk
Kelly Cole
William Harper
Randolph Hartley
New York
Buckskin and Buckskin seeks a Kiowa victory in a race
In Muskogee an epic race unfolds as Tahan a Kiowa youth bets against white rivals for love and honor. He battles rivals Mericoatti and a half breed, wins Buckskin in a dramatic race, and later saves Nacoomie from danger. Ensnared by fate he joins a secret order and rides toward a dawn of uncertain battles.
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Joseph K. Griffis
Tallta
Will Crawford
Sarnon
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Tahan
Buckskin
Win
Hehdy
Mericoattl J
Nacoomb
Mekcoatt
Mexico
Sonny
Han
McKuster
Col
Clayton
Washita
Tahen
Medicine Lodge
Bear
Coomie
Tor
Mericoattl
Mekeoatti
Mekcoattt
Perhana
Hte
Nacoomie
Mekeoattl
Mekenatt
Duckskin
Mekcoatti
Fort Sill
McKusker
Texas
Ziddelebe Tahan
Peareon Publishing
Pygmies and Cannibals Reported From Congo Forests
Viscount Mountmorren’s Congo Free State expedition details a small, agile forest people with bows and arrows living in tree shelters, cannibal legends among Ubangi tribes, and a contrast between primitive forest dwellers and plains communities like the Banza. He notes marriages of many wives and large offspring, while some areas near rubber zones show natives fleeing from explorers. Overall, a cautiously hopeful view of Congo natives.
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Viscount Mount“ygories
Foreign Office
Congo Free State
Ubangi
Congo
Mountmerres
Wiesler
Mountimorres
Upper
Conzo
Making Jurors Comfortable in Chicago Courthouse Flats
The New York and Chicago juror accommodations are contrasted. Chicago divides the Cook County courthouse upper into three flats to house three juries with shared consultation rooms baths dormitory and a common gymnasium. The piece endorses humane treatment while critiquing New York's system.
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New York
Chicago
Cook County
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Nevin
Labout
Brother of the Wind
Tahban
Col. Clayton
Colonil
Custer
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