Sage
Sage names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Sage RUSSELL, an American capitalist and philanthropist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
RUSSELL, an American capitalist and philanthropist, born in Verona, Oneida co., New York, in 1816. He had only a country school education and at a very early age entered his brother's grocery store as clerk. In 1837 he went into a small business for himself, but gradually prospered, until he was able to go into the wholesale business. From 1841 to 1847 he was an alderman in Troy, N. Y., and in 1853 was elected to Congress by the Whigs. In 1863 he removed to New York and entered the brokerage business, gradually building up a large by speculation in securities fortu fortune pecially of railroads. At the death he had acquired $70,000,000, after having devoted large sums to various philanthropic institutions. His biggest do- RUSSELL SAGE nation was toward the Russell Sage Foundation, whose purpose was to inquire into the sources of poverty and seek their elimination. He died in 1906. SAGEBRUSH (Artemisia Ludoviciana), a low irregular shrub of the order Compositæ, growing in dry alkaline soils of the North American plains. The name is also given to other American species of Artemisia.
Sage HENRY WILLIAMS, an American philanthropist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY WILLIAMS, an American philanthropist; born in Middle- Jan. 31, 1814; engaged in town, Conn., nn., business with his uncle in 1832-1854, when he became interested in the lumber regions of Canada and the West, where he bought large tracts of timber and became one of the most extensive land owners in Michigan. He was elected to the Legislature in 1847 and subsequently associated himself with many philanthropic schemes. His early benefactions included the endowment of the Lyman Beecher lectureship at Yale College, the building and endowment of several churches and schools, and the building of the public library at West Bay City, Mich. He was elected a trustee of Cornell University in 1870, and gave to that institution $266,- 000 for the Sage College for Women; $50,000 for the Susan Lynn Sage chair of philosophy; $200,000 for the Sage School of Philosophy; $260,000 and an endowment of $300,000 for the University Library Building; and over $70,000 to other departments. He died in Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1897.
Sage a member of the mint family
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a member of the mint family. Sage is a perennial herb with square stems, opposite aromatic woolly leaves, and two-lipped flowers. There are 650 allied species. Several species are cultivated for ornament. Old-fashioned sage is raised for seasoning and medicine. Sage leaves rank with catnip, pennyroyal, and boneset in the list of household remedies. Market gardeners raise enormous quantities, cutting each plant twice a year. Sage is used chiefly for seasoning sausage, cheese, soups, stews, and dressing. The flavor is due to a volatile oil. The common sage is native to southern Europe. The name has reference to a supposed effect on the mind. The use of sage was reputed to strengthen the memory and to make people wise. There is an old proverb, "The wife rules where sage grows." See Mint ; Catnip
Sage the genus Salva
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the genus Salva, specifically S. officinalis and S. grandiflora. The first of these is the common garden sage, a native of the S. of Europe. It has blue flowers, and has run into many varieties. Formerly it had a high reputation as a sudorific, an aromatic, an astringent, and an antiseptic, but it has not now a place in the pharmacopeia. The Chinese use It is employed in cooking and nerves. for sauces and stuffing for luscious meats. Also the genus Artemisia.
Sage who was then a prospering grocer in Troy
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
who was then a prospering grocer in Troy. Mrs. Sage was throughout all her life keenly sympathetic toward equal suffrage for women. She was also a keen business woman, and during the last five years of her husband's life transacted all his business affairs. At his death she had at her disposal $70,000,000, of which $30,000,000 were devoted to a long series of philanthropies. She died in 1918.
Sage MARGARET OLIVIA SLO- CUM (Mrs
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MARGARET OLIVIA SLO- CUM (Mrs. Russell Sage), an American philanthropist, born in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1828. She was a graduate of the Emma Willard Seminary, and for years taught school, in Troy, N. Y., and elsewhere. When past forty she met RUSSELL
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's wrote in 1921 while the Sage money was still being spent: the Russell Sage Foundation, endowed by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 "to inquire into the sources of poverty," is still in New York today, now chiefly a social-science research funder and publisher, and the college she founded in Troy in 1916 still bears her husband's name. Henry W. Sage's gifts at Cornell have been repurposed rather than lost — the Sage College for Women he paid for became Sage Hall, later remodelled to house Cornell's graduate business school, while Sage Chapel remains. On the botanical side, Aiton's 1910 count of "650 allied species" in the mint family has grown: Salvia is now reckoned at roughly a thousand species, among the largest genera in the Lamiaceae. Collier's remark that garden sage "has not now a place in the pharmacopeia" still holds, though the plant it filed under sagebrush, Artemisia ludoviciana, is the white sagebrush of the prairies rather than the Great Basin's dominant Artemisia tridentata, the shrub now at the centre of sage-grouse conservation fights.
Written for this edition, 2026.