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...been made in Europe since 1795 and S. F. B. Morse himself had laid a wire from Castle Garden to Governor's Island. A cable across the English Channel was attempted by the Messrs. Brett in 1850. They organized a company and enlisted the coöperation of Cyrus Field in 1854. After repeated failures, a cable was laid from Newfoundland to Valencia Island, Ireland, by vessels proceeding from the middle in both directions. On August 17, 1858, the first message went over the wire : " Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the highest...
...current issue of Smart Set Mr. Mencken reviews A Man from Maine, biography (TIME, April 14) of Cyrus H. K. Curtis by Mr. Curtis' son-in-law, Edward W. Bok. After speaking of Mr. Curtis as "the Philadelphia Barabbas" and of Mr. Bok (whom he insists on calling Edwin W. Bok) as " a quite unusual Babbitt," Mr. Mencken concludes with this indictment: " A bad, bad book. An incredibly mushy, banal, tedious and preposterous book...
Died. Mrs. Nettie Fowler Mc-Cormick, 88, widow of Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the grain reaper, at Lake Forest, 111., of acute bronchitis...
Edward W. Bok, as his autobiography (The Americanization of Edward Bok) gives evidence, has had a remarkable career. Beginning as an obscure immigrant Dutch boy, he rose to be editor of The Ladies' Home Journal, became son-in-law of Cyrus H. Curtis, the publisher, established himself as a leader in the magazine world, then retired to devote himself to public service. He created the Philadelphia award of $10,000 yearly for the person who performs the greatest service for that city, for several years anonymously made up the deficit of the Philadelphia Orchestra-no small matter. His latest...
Religious paintings, examples of the rare beauty of the early Florentine and Sienese schools, are exhibited at the Institute during the summer. They are loaned by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., who collected them before the War, and include paintings of Guidoceio Cozzarelli, Benvenuti di Giovanni, Paoli di Giovanni Fei, Jacopo del Sellajo, Ricci di Lorenzo...