#summer 1904

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Although Arthur mostly did work on the farm, sometimes he’d be sent on errands into the Henford village. On his way, he’d always stop by Beatrice’s house, and they’d complete the errands together. She had a lot of spare time on her hands until her governess would show up in the autumn, so she was going to be willing to help.

The errands, originally supposed to take no longer than an hour, would last well into the afternoon, as long as Arthur brought Beatrice. His parents never seemed to notice that he was missing, as the food he would buy was never needed until the evening, and all the other work kept them busy. This gave the pair time to be in the village centre together.

There was a plethora of things to do, from reminiscing about their days at the schoolhouse and attempting to truly leave that chapter of their lives behind, to talking, the latter of which was much simpler. Yet they would still stop at the schoolhouse regularly, even if just to look at it. The conversations they had, usually whilst cloud gazing, tended to be more serious than their usual gossip. The subject regularly shifted to their ideal futures. Beatrice, as was consistently apparent, had thought about it for a while, compared to Arthur, who would avoid giving much of an answer at all.

“I think I want to be married to a wealthy man, who could always provide for me. Maybe he could afford servants, and I wouldn’t have to worry about poisoning him. That way, I could spend my days with you, and when you’re not there, I can practise the violin,” she rambled on, smiling wistfully. She could see it now, a house in the middle of countryside, yet within walking distance of Arthur’s farm. “What about you?” “I don’t know, maybe a wife, maybe kids, hopefully not much work. Does that sound alright?” “Oh, Arthur, How ordinary of you! I can’t disagree, though. That seems to be everyone’s ambition, doesn’t it?” “Well, maybe no one wants to work?” Beatrice laughed. “I believe you’re right.”

By the time that Beatrice and Arthur were ready to return to their homes, they were both drawn, from a mixture of being out in the sun all day and constantly walking about the place. Still, their relationship fared better because of the errands — at least, that’s what they presumed. It was understood between them that if there were no errands, they’d be spending nearly no time together, because of Arthur’s work. Both him and Beatrice felt it was unfair that he had to sacrifice his entire day, week, and so forth to his work, no matter how much he enjoyed doing it. His parents often argued that it was just the way things were, not just for farmers, but everyone with a job. He was simply living in the real world, so they said.

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"On a hot summer’s day" (1904)

Vasiliy Golynskiy (1854-1904)

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Summer Day (or Embrace On The Beach) (The Linde Frieze), 1904. Edvard Munch. Oil on canvas.

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FUN FACT:

The gold medals at the 1904, 1908, and 1912 Olympic Games were all made of solid gold.

Today, gold medals aren't actual gold.

The International Olympic Committee requires that gold medals must be made of at least 92.5% silver but also have about six grams of gold. 🥇

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The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker.

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𝔐𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔅𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔣 𝔙𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔞 1904

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The summer vibes that come from this painting are just scrumptious

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gotta have some background noise while reading, after all

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John Singer Sargent

Man Reading (Nicola d’Inverno), 1904-08

Collection of Reading Public Museum

The sitter of this rather loosely painted sketch of a man reading is most likely Nicola d’Inverno, the artist’s manservant who was in his service from the 1890s through 1917. The painting may have been painted at the inn at Purtud in the Italian Alps, where Sargent and his friends spent several summers between 1904 and 1908.

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Hello! I wanted to ask about these drawings of Sophie and Nina! I recently took more notice to what kind of dresses they were wearing and wanted to know more ! The lingerie dresses Nina and Sophie are wearing seem more fancy (is that the right word? More like very detailed). I believe those type of dresses were worn during the spring and summer by various economic classes. The amount of detail and the type of fabrics seem to be used kind of makes it look more expensive. So I wanted to ask if those dresses were saved for portraits and more formal events, or did they have others like this? My knowledge of the Edwardian fashion era is very scarce, so I wanted to ask. And finding information about the type of dress Sophie was wearing in her standalone portrait was a bit hard to find lol. To sum up more of the question, were the two more in the middle or upper class when they were younger?

Another question, did these take place before Sophie and Nina came to America? I was wondering since the picture of the two took place in 1902, while we know Rocky was born in 1904; so the timeline would be pretty quick from when they went to America to Sophie and Rocky's dad have met and so on.

Sorry for these long winded questions! Thank you for your time!

Nina and Sophie immigrated with their family when they were teenagers, before the turn of the century. They were working class. Lingerie dresses were a sort of outdoor summer look of the Edwardian period. They weren't strictly relegated to the upper classes - how fancy they were fell on a spectrum. And, in fact, a lot of middle class and working class women gathered their own material and made their own dresses. The dresses in the "photo" here are more of the fancy, probably-not-homegrown sort, but they didn't belong to Nina and Sophie. They were borrowed (for the photo) from a family they both worked for as housekeepers. Something like a shirtwaist (a sort of blouse) and skirt would have been their more normal attire. Though by modern standards even a lot of relatively workaday Edwardian clothes look pretty fancy without context.

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Excavation of the Oseberg Ship 1904

On 8 August 1903, the archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson received a visit from Oskar Rom, a farmer who had dug into a large burial mound on his property and had come across the remains of a ship. The special thing about this ship - it is the grave of two women from the year 834 AD.

Two days later Professor Gustafson started his investigations at the farm of Lille Oseberg at Slagen in the county of Vestfold.  He found several parts of a ship, decorated with ornamentation from the Viking era.  

The archaeologist was certain that the mound was a ship burial from Viking times. But to avoid problems with the autumn weather, the archaeologists waited until the following summer before starting the dig in earnest. The excavation of the Oseberg mound was of great interest to the public.

The dig had to be secured with a fence, signs and a guard to ensure that nobody interrupted the work or came too close to the objects.  In his diary, Gustafson complains about being on show when heworked. 

When the excavation was completed, the most time-consuming and demanding work was still to come. Although the excavation itself took less than three months, it took 21 years to prepare and restore the ship and most of the finds.  

The ship was dried out very slowly before it was put together. Great emphasis was placed on using the original timber where possible. Today over 90 per cent of the reconstructed Oseberg ship consists of original timber.

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The Dnieper by Jan Stanisławski (1860-1907), the Polish artist, born near Korsuń (Корсунь) in Ukraine.

The Dnieper in Summer, pastels on cardboard, 34,4 cm X 51 cm (c. 1904). From a private collection.

The Dnieper, pastels on paper, 33,7 cm X 52 cm (c. 1903)

The Dnieper River in Blue, oils on cardboard, 23,8 cm X 32 cm (1904)

The Dnieper Limans at Dawn, oils on cardboard, 16,2 cm X 22,2 cm (1903)

The Sapphire Dnieper, oils on Bristol board, 16 cm X 24 cm (1904)

A Cloud over the Dnieper, oils on Bristol board, 24 cm X 32,3 cm (1903)

Paintings 2-5 are from an art collection of the National Museum in Kraków (Poland):

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The Definitive Demonology Book Collection

The Lost Book Project is charging $13 for this collection. If you've found this roundup useful, please consider donating to the Internet Archive instead.

Other roundups here

Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa (1531)

The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Demonology by Rossell Hope Robbins (1959)

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers (1926)

Biblical Demonology by Merrill F. Unger (1952) Ed note: This book is still in copyright; this is rental

The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904)

The Magus, Celestial Intelligencer: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy (1801)

Pseudomonarchia Daemonum by Johann Weyer (1577)

The Grand Grimoire by Unknown (1521)

Daemonologie by King I James (1597)

Satanism and Witchcraft: The Classic Study of Medieval Superstition (1862)

Demoniality: Incubi and Succubi: A Book of Demonology (1869)

An Encyclopaedia of Occultism - L. Spence (1920)

Devils, Gods, and Spirits of the Dictionnaire Infernal (1863) Ed note: The original book is in French; the translation is still in copyright.

White Stains by Aleister Crowley (1898)

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy: The Companion to Three Books of Occult Philosophy (1959)

The Biography of Satan (1921)

Begone Satan - A Soul Stirring Account of Diabolical Possession - C. Vogl (1936)

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott (1830)

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Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1885 – October 21, 1937) was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by African-American women.

Slowe was a tennis champion, winning the national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917, the first African-American woman to win a major sports title. In 1922, Slowe was appointed the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She continued in that role for 15 years until her death. In addition, Slowe created and led two professional associations to support college administrators.

Lucy Diggs Slowe was born in Berryville, Virginia to Henry Slowe and Fannie Potter Slowe. While various sources put her birth year as 1885,[3][4] others have said 1883. She was one of seven children. Her father's occupation has been reported as a hotel operator, restaurant proprietor and farmer. He died before Lucy turned one and her mother died shortly after. Following her mother's death, Lucy and her sister Charlotte were raised by her aunt Martha Price in Lexington, Virginia. At thirteen, Lucy and her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended the Baltimore Colored High and Training School. She graduated second in her class in 1904, receiving one of the two-sponsored scholarships to Howard from the Baltimore City School Board.

Slowe was the first person from her school to attend Howard University, the top historically black college in the nation, at a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college.

After graduation in 1908, Slowe returned to Baltimore to teach English in high school. During the summers, she started studying at Columbia University in New York, where she earned her Masters of Arts degree in 1915.