Picture of Jerusalem Largest Photo Ever Made
The largest enlargement of a photograph in one piece shows Jerusalem. S. Earl Taylor possesses the 25 feet six inch by three foot image at the Methodist centenary. It was made from negatives taken by Kaiser Wilhelm's personal photographer during the war. Only two sets exist, one with the ex-Kaiser and another in the Board of Foreign Missions vaults.
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Jerusalem
S. Earl Taylor
Kaiser Wilhelm
Board of Foreign Missions
Prussian Negatives and New York Photo Studio Reach Global Missions
The piece notes a Prussian system using eight negatives at once for a seamless enlargement. It highlights a large New York studio run by the Methodist centenary committee employing 200 people, producing 746 slides daily from 50,000 negatives and offering seven illustrated lectures weekly to raise funds for a $140,000,000 centenary program.
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Fifth Avenue
Globe
America
Thomasés
China
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
Blind Priest to Preach Tomorrow at St Marys
The Rev Henry J Wessling S J known as the blind priest will preach in St Marys upper church tomorrow night Following a record crowd last Tuesday the larger hall will accommodate all. The Lenten drama My New Curate is staged at St Marys Theatre tonight tomorrow and Thursday with a special performance tomorrow night.
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Henry J. Wessling
S. J
St. Mary’s Church
North End
St. Mary’s Upper Church
St. Mary’s Theatre
Rah Girls Show Very Poor Taste
The American shop girl and her university sister are praised as examples of good taste in clothing choices. The passage argues higher education may hinder rather than help young women in selecting beautiful, practical, and well fitting raiment.
College girls fail to choose quality in dress item tests
In a Tufts study led by President H C Bumpus, 40 Jackson College women favored cheaper, flashier items over superior options. The comb test favored a 25 cent imitation over a tortoiseshell design. a $12 imitation won a $35 muff. most preferred inferior dyed mufflers, $4 shoes, and imitation gloves, while slippers saw clearer discernment for quality.
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Jackson College
H. C. Bumpus
Tufts
Bumpus
Moyer Considered for Leavenworth Prison Warden
OSSINING N Y March 30 Warden William Moyer who leaves Sing Sing April 15 is said to be considered for the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kaw While Moyer says he has not sought the job a former associate says friends have submitted his name to replace Warden Thomas Morgan who resigned Moyer previously served 12 years as warden of the Atlanta federal prison
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N. Y
William Moyer
Sing Sing Prison
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kaw
Moyer
Public fare talks spark wage debate at Elevated hearings
A reader letter urges restraint on wage increases for Elevated employees amid protests at public hearings. The writer notes the pushback against raises and questions the effect of raising fares from nickel toward 10 cents while labor shares climb, citing Carmen’s demand for 73 cents hourly pay and eight hours.
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Carmen
Public Fare Increase Misjudged by War Board, Letter to Editor
A Boston rider argues that the Elevated’s fare hike to 8 cents in 1919 reduced patronage by 2.5 million rides versus the prior year. He blames the War Labor Board for the experiment, urges sharing revenue with labor by percentage, and warns taxpayers cover deficits as expenses outpace receipts. He signs Richard J. Burton of 1853 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, March 28, 1919.
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Taft
War “Labor Board
War Labor Board
Richard J. Burton
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
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