Great New York Organ to Crown St John the Divine
The Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York nears installation of a $70,000 organ with about 7,000 pipes. Builder Ernest Skinner calls it a world hallmark for tone color and volume, featuring unique stops and a 32 foot pedal bombarde among others.
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New York
St. John the Divine
Thie City
Ernest M. Skinner
Skinner
Jose
Ormanista Milex
Rollene
Weetminster Abbey
Cathedral of St John the Divine
Vera Gammon Called Helen Keller of Minnesota
Vera Mabel Gammon 18, a St Paul girl, at the State School for the Blind Faribault is praised by the state board as the Helen Keller of Minnesota. The report requests $1,000 from the legislature for her education and outlines her progress in lip reading speech and typing. She detects friends by smell and is taught by Mies Blanche Hanson.
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St. Paul
Dee
Vera Mabel Gammon
St. Pol
Helen Keller
Minnesota
State Board of Visitor
Faribault
Mies Blanche Hanson
Taft Wool Tariff Plan Fedoraed At Portland Convention
Wool growers foresee Taft tariff schedule changes and a debate over Schedule K as the annual convention in Portland Oregon opens January 4 5 6 7 Speakers include Edward Moir C H Brown Theodore Justice and Fred H Rhome with discussions on the Payne Aldrich tariff and wool imports aiming to chart a way forward for wool and woolens policy.
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Portland
Ore
Taft
Wool Growers of America
Congress
Tariff Board
Edward Moir
Carded Woolens Manufacturers’ Association
Payne-Aldrich
C. H. Brown
Washington
National Wool Growers’ Association
Theodore Justice
Philadelphia
Fred H. Rhome
Sheridan, Wyol
Wyoming
Narrow stairway and organ described in cryptic prose
A fragmentary passage describes a keyboard and spiral airway inside an organ as a narrow stairway would force a stout premier to either retreat or endure a perpetual Lenten fast.
Local Theatre Notes and Upcoming Singers at Lyric Theatre
William J. Ross formerly with the Princess Theatre presents a wild song program at the Lyric Theatre in Dunming. Mr Farnsworth and Mr Rabo will perform, with Where the River Hermann Flows listed as a featured piece. Prominent Chi-Namoel varalin al pherman Co. listed in programs.
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Wm. J. Ross
Princess Theatre
Wild
Lyric Theatre
Dunming
Farnsworth
MR. Rabo
Chi-Namoel Varalin al Pherman Co
Cash value of man twenty bucks says prop
Cambridge Massachusetts December 22 Professor Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard after a serious calculation concludes the cash value of an average man is small in some cases less than nothing and would not exceed 200 dollars per year He suggests to estimate the value of human life one would compute the annual increase in productive wealth in the community and divide it by the total population of the community yielding the average value of a man
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Cambridge
Mass
Thomas Nixon Carver
Harvard
Toudy
Wool Industry Topics and Speakers at Capitol Meeting
The notice lists speakers for Wyoming topics including Senator F. Warren and Governor Brooks. Titles include Shepherds by Dr J M Wilson Douglas. Middlings of the Sheep Business by J A Delfelder Walton. The Uplifting of the Wool Industry by James E B Cougriff Chicago. Also announced are goods from the Capitol Commercial Co.
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J. M. Wilson
Douglas
Wyo
J. A. Delfelder
Walton
James EB. Cougriff
Chicago
F. &. Warren
Governor Brooks
Wyoming
President Taft Joins Early Christmas Shoppers
President Taft, urged by Mrs Taft to abandon procrastination, visited Washington shops to buy items including watches, umbrellas, traveling cases, and brooches. He planned to return the next day after checking purchases had been ticketed for the White House.
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Taft
Washington
Mra
Germany
Canada
White House
J C Ross to Sing at Lyric Theatre in Farnsworth Absence
Mr J C Ross will perform at the Lyric Theatre during Mr Farnsworth’s absence with Mr Easos Sherman Flows Thursday.
Building Dedicated to Devil Razed in Doylestown
In Wooster Ohio area a Doylestown building said to be dedicated to the devil and linked to business ruin for decades was razed. The cornerstone reportedly held a deck of cards a pair of dice and an empty whisky bottle. Local firms occupied the site but failed, including Mack & Van's Tonsorial Parlors.
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Wooster, O
Doylestown
Inside the Body A Cinematic Battle of Phagocytes and Spirochetes
A London Pasteur Institute demonstration shows phagocytes defending the body against spirochetes in living pictures. The dramatic battle depicts the immune system fading against relentless bacteria until medical aid amplifies the defenders and overcomes the invaders.
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London
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Royal Institute of Public Health
New York Herald
Hood's Sarsaparilla purported cure for catarrh and blood disease
Miss Mabel F. Dawkins of Fort Wayne Indiana reports long suffering from catarrh and blood disease. After trying many doctors and remedies she claims Hood's Sarsaparilla made her well in two bottles and she now feels strong and recommends it. She notes available in liquid or chocolate tablet form.
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Mabel F. Dawkina
Lafay
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hood
Fight Between Phagocytes and Bacteria Described by Doctor
Dr Lavaditi explains the body's defense against bacteria. He notes phagocytes wage a daily battle from cold to fever and that mortality occurs when the fight fails. The fierceness of the outcome depends on the bacteria's malignity and the body's response.
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Dr. Lavaditi
Dear Santa Boy Requests Saw and Hammer for Father’s Project
A child writes to Santa asking for a saw and hammer to help his father build their home. He mentions the National Lumber and Mill Co in Young Cheyenne and asks Santa to deliver tools, noting lumber and mill work come from Sherman Co.
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Santa Clause
National Lumber’ & Mill Co
Young Chbeyenne
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Dig Organ
Stalin
Inter Ocean Hotel
National Association
The
Capitol Commercial Co
J. C. Ross
Willa
MR. Easo
Sherman
Critica
Mack & van
Pmte Raila
Sherman Co
Henry Becker
West Seventeenth ST
Schlitz and Pilsner
Yellowstone
C. H. Barnett
China
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