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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
7
Briga dier General William H. Bixby requests 250000 to explore mud under the Maine wreck in Havana harbor to determine the cause of the battleship’s destruction. The plan, using a deeper cofferdam, would aim to test if a submarine mine contributed to the disaster.
Franklin Cox of Lafayette Ind has an old valuable book The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs Sons of Jacob printed in 1712. It is pocket Bible size with 102 pages in twelve homiletic chapters and heavy wooden covers bound with leather. Bidders include Rev Oakes F Hall pastor of a Boston church for Harvard Library.
A painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci, La Gioconda, known as the Mona Lisa, has reportedly been stolen from the Louvre in Paris. The work, long prized by millions, was once the subject of a rumored offer of 5 million dollars and remains priceless to collectors, while speculation about the thief’s motive and method grows.
The piece notes that a thief values valuables less than the world does and cites past recoveries of art including a Mona Lisa warning that its loss would be immense. It mentions Pat Sheedy of New York aiding a past rescue, contrasts heiresses and marriages, and touches on modern gadgets, Morocco talks, and a woman climbing a fence to catch a train amid remarks on women’s rights advancing.
Nellie visits a museum with her mother and comments that a knight's armor might have scratched the furniture, reflecting a child's practical take on ancient armament. The exchange captures a moment of curiosity and humorous innocence in a family outing.
The U S Army opens an aviation school in College Park Maryland to train officers as aviators under the signal corps. Officers from West Point and cavalry units, led by Captain Chandler and Lieutenant Milling, will learn to handle Wright and Curtiss aircraft with practical flight, landings, and cross country work, while visitors watch daily.
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