Holmes Centenary Obituary and Early Life Sketch
Oliver Wendell Holmes born in Cambridge on August 29, 1809, is celebrated for his dual legacy as physician and man of letters. The centenary is postponed to autumn with Cambridge and Harvard planning a joint observance. Holmes studied in Paris and Dartmouth, taught at Harvard and Dartmouth, wrote medical essays and The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, and influenced American literary and medical culture.
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Phillips Academy
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Italy
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Atlantic Monthly
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Atlantic
Holmes Dies in Boston After Harvard Retirement
Noted author and professor Henry James Holmes published a book of essays Over the Teacups along with two novels Elsie Venner and The Guardian Angel. He retired from Harvard and died in Boston on October 1, 1894.
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Boston
Hobo Convention at Presbyterian Church Tonight
The C E society of the Presbyterian church hosts a Hobo Convention in the church parlors Tuesday evening. This marks the last gathering of the Ancient Order of Sons of Rest in our dry town. Attendees are urged to wear hobo rags for admission and a free hand-out will be provided.
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Sons of Rest
Diarrhoea Cured by Remedy Claim
John H. Zirkle of Philippi West Virginia reports his father long troubled with diarrhoea found relief after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as advertised in the Philippi Republican. One bottle cured him and eighteen months later he remains well. He is sixty and as able to work as a younger man. Sold by all dealers.
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Philippi
W. Va
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Red Man
New York
Authors and critics weigh Seton Garland and Belgium prices
The piece surveys Ernest Thompson Seton defending Roosevelt's Africa lion hunt and promoting The Biography of a Silver Fox, while also noting Hamlin Garland shifting to drama and his views on modern stage standards. It ends by describing Belgium’s rising prices and living costs for foreigners.
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Royal Academy
Manitoba Plains
Henri Mosler
Paris
Currumpaw
New Mexico
Gerome, Bouguereau
Ferrier
Belgium
Taft to spend summer at Beverly Massachusetts
President Taft plans a July move to a Beverly Massachusetts cottage with his wife Helen and sons Charl ie and Robert for a quiet season. He may later tour the west if Congress adjourns, while Beverly prepares to host the nation as a summer capital.
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Woodbury's Point
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Spokane Interstate fair showcases lavish vaudeville and circus program
The Spokane Interstate fair adds a $15 000 vaudeville and circus lineup to its airship races and Jericho pyrotechnics. Highlights include the Orton Troupe one ring circus with six acts, Paul Spessardy with bears and hounds, Madam Marantette a famed horse performer, the Potter family aerial stunts, and a cast of jugglers, gymnasts, log rollers, and a ballerina corps.
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Chicago
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Hilda Caroli
England Free Of Flies Says Brewster In McClure's
A U S article cites E T Brewster claiming England is nearly free of house flies due to cleanliness and a long term decline in nuisance. fifty years of sweeps and garnishes left flies starving as the nation industrializes and stays cleaner. Sub contracts emerge on the Great Northern Oroville Brewster line with local surveyors watching for possible subcontractors. Grain markets report large oats and hay contracts tied to railroad work, signaling upcoming threshing activities and horse feed supply.
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McClure’s
United States of America
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