Men Who Make Pictures Gossip on Harpers Illustrators
A Wisconsin reporter interviews Charles Graham of Harpers about illustrators Abbey Reinhart Parsons Frost and Thulstrup. The piece notes many are young, some under contract, and highlights studio setups in Wilmington and Long Island. Reinhart works in Paris and New York, Thulstrup trains on military subjects, and Abbey Praises costume collections for textured effects.
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Charles Graham
Harpers
Graham
Charles Parsons
Abbey, Reinhart
Mr. Graham
Howard Pyle
The
Wilmington
Del
Mr. Pyle
A.B. Frost
Ong Island
Mr. Trost
Long Island
Reinhart
Paris
New York
Pittsburg
Smedley
TE. AD Abbey
England
Alfred Parsons
Bedford Gardens
Abbey
Herrick
Thulstrup
Thure de Thulstrup
Aes - Thulstrup
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Wisconsin travel sketches and artist portraits in 1880s notes
The piece discusses West’s sketching tour through Wisconsin, Dakota, and Montana with frontier subjects like loggers and cowboys. It profiles W H Gibson of Brooklyn as a hardworking water colorist whose delicate landscapes sell widely on china. W P Snyder on the Harpers staff as a standout for magazine illustration. and remarks on Thomas Nast as the era’s leading cartoonist, praised for his sociable, unpretentious character.
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Montana
W.H. Gibson
Brooklyn
China
Graham
Gibson
W. P. Snyder
Harpers
Bnyder
The
Thomas Nast
Milwaukee
Nast
Tom Nast
Morristown
N. J
Keppler
Notable 1885 Hazards and Tragedies From Across the Nation
A compilation of brief items reports gout affliction of James G Buatse. a 120-year-old Holaoay in Mississippi. the Honduras Central Railroad surveyed 200 miles. a Kansas City fire destroys a hotel and stables with $30,000 loss. the Rockwood Ontario asylum head Dr. Medicalfe dies after stabbing. a Conn church burns with $25,000 loss. J C Tetsom of Lancaster, Ohio assigns $15,000. a Graham Georgia house fire kills four children. Potomac River steamer bells toll revived at Washington tomb.
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Meicalfe
Rockwood Ont
Rowan Catholic
Unionville
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Lancaster
Simon Ashley
Graham
Washington
Charles
Mark Rich
Jacob Mezler
Pittsburg
International Arbitration Society
Canada
Louis Riel
Memphis
Tenn
Macedonia
Eppis Coox
Erie
W. E. Schell
Riel
Della Jordan
George Gibson
Charleston
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Jessie Jordan
Tre
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Osman Die
Kordofan
Abdulla
el Mahdi
Mic
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Wetze
Burclars
Genessee
Robbie Scribner
Eldorado
Fond du Lac County
Jons Netfox
Nels Christenson
Waupace
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Eli May
Fort Atkinson
Beloit
F. Wrrprrxorz
Eau Claire
Robert Dicsersoy
Reedsville
Brillion
Calumet County
Avaust Sterpixg
Racine
John B. Bono
Bayfield
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Jean George
Ireland
Iron Mountain Furniture Company
Reedsburg
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Central
Galise
Kuicks & Hennigan
Wis
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Oshkosh
Bray & Choate and Doughty Bros
Kelley
Langlade
Grorae Wainworth
Cuarbes Knopiece
Frederick Moyle
John Moyle
Yorkvile
Racine County
Dayton Locke
State Historical Society
Grant
City Point
Tocke
Ire Harris
New York
Ida Block
Sparta
Ida
Sparta Rifles
Democrat-Enterprise
Stimson & Son
Reckard
C. V. Chamberlain
Miss Cleveland’s book in twelfth edition grows fast
Publishers report Miss Cleveland’s book now in its twelfth edition with an estimated sale of 50,000 copies. An autographed letter from the Empress of Russia requests a Russian translation on behalf of her countrywomen. Translations into German French and Italian proceed from strong demand and letters from the Italian legation. In New York the rush for Grant’s memoirs runs ahead of the already large first edition with 300,000 sets ordered and the first volume due in December.
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Italy
Legation
Grant
New York
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