Great New York Organ Upgraded Cathedral of St John the Divine
New York December 22 The great organ being installed at the Cathedral of St John the Divine nears completion. Builder Ernest M Skinner says it will be a world masterwork in tone color and volume with around 7000 pipes and a 70,000 dollar cost. The instrument features two divisions high above the main floor and a unique thirty-two foot pedal bombarde. The organ's wooden pipes are mostly wine and the tone includes a solo voix Celeste and a tremulous violin like quality.
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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
Dig Organ
Vera Gammon Of Minnesota Tied To Helen Keller Label
Vera Mabel Gammon a blind student at Faribault State School for the Blind is called the Helen Keller of Minnesota by the state board of visitors. The annual report seeks $1,000 from the legislature and funding for the girl’s education while noting her progress in lip reading speech and smell sensing abilities aided by teacher 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 tariff plan eyed by wool growers at Portland meeting
Wool growers predict Taft’s tariff message will face grilling at the annual convention in Portland from January 4 to 7. They expect revisions to schedule K, fearing continued duties on wool and woolens though Taft says he favors manufacturers, not growers. Notable speakers include Edward Moir and Theo dore Justice with discussions on the wool tariff and protection.
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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
Frayed description hints at a tangled organ feature
An ornate organ interior described as a spiral airway within, with a narrow stairway too tight for a stout person to pass without extreme effort. The fragment suggests a cramped passage and complex mechanism behind the tops of the eye on the south side, forming a strange, almost architectural puzzle.
Local Singers At Lyric Theater In Dunming Night
The Lyric Theater in Dunming hosts a musical evening with Wild from the Princess Theatre and Mr Farnsworth’s Absence. Rabo performs Where the River Bermman Flows Thursday, featuring Chi-Namoel and Pherman Co. as organizers.
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Wm. J. Ross
Princess Theatre
Wild
Lyric Theatre
Dunming
Farnsworth
MR. Rabo
Cash value of man twenty bucks says Prof
Cambridge Mass December 22 Professor Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard after a series of calculation has concluded that the cash value of an average man is mighty little In some cases less than nothing and implies a new rule not to exceed 200 year To estimate the value of human life he says one would have to find the annual increase in productive wealth in the community and divide by the total population of the community This would give the average value of a man
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Cambridge
Mass
Thomas Nixon Carver
Harvard
Toudy
Local Wool Topics and Prospective Speakers at Capitol
The notice lists "Shepherds" by Dr J M Wilson of Douglas Wyoming "Middlings of the Sheep Business" by J A Delfelder of Walton Wyoming and "The Uplifting of the Wool Industry" by James EB Cougriff of Chicago. Prospective speakers include Senator F Warren and Governor Brooks of Wyoming. Also "Good Things to Eat at the Capitol" from Commercial Co.
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J. M. Wilson
Douglas
Wyo
J. A. Delfelder
Walton
James EB. Cougriff
Chicago
F. &. Warren
Governor Brooks
Wyoming
The
Capitol Commercial Co
Taft Joins Early Shoppers in Washington Holiday Dash
President Taft and Mrs. Taft toured a Washington shopping district buying personal items. The president sought watch fobs, umbrellas, travelling cases and dressing table trinkets, noting he would raid the shops again the next day after tickets to the White House were prepared.
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Taft
Washington
Mra
Germany
Canada
White House
J C Ross to Sing at Lyric Theatre During Farnsworth Absence
Mr J C Ross, formerly Willa, will perform at the Lyric Theatre as Mr Farnsworth is away. Also listed is Mr Easo Sherman Flows, on Thursday.
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J. C. Ross
Princess Theatre
Willa
Lyric Theatre
Farnsworth
MR. Easo
Sherman
Building Dedicated to Devil Razed in Ohio Town
In Wooster Ohio a Doylestown area building believed to be dedicated to the devil and cursed with ruin since its erection fifty years ago was razed. The cornerstone held a deck of cards a pair of dice and an empty whisky bottle. Local firms occupied it but all failed despite promising location including Mack Van's Tonsorial Parlors.
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Wooster, O
Doylestown
Perpetual Warfare Inside the Body A Cinematic Battle
A London Pasteur Institute display shows phagocytes defending the body against spirochaetes in vivid cinematograph scenes. The audience learns of bacterial warfare as victory for the spirochaete signals doom, with medical aid eventually turning the tide and overwhelming the invaders.
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London
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Royal Institute of Public Health
New York Herald
Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Fort Wayne Woman
Miss Mabel F. Dawson of 1714 Lafayette St Fort Wayne Ind reports three years of catarrh and blood disease with no relief from doctors or remedies. After two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla she recovered fully and feels like a different person. She recommends Hood's to others suffering catarrh. Get it today in liquid or chocolate tablets form.
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Mabel F. Dawkina
Lafay
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hood
Fight of phagocytes against invading bacteria discussed
A medical commentator explains how phagocytes battle revived bacteria in the body. The strength of the defense varies with the malignity of the opposing germs, from colds to more serious infections, influencing patient outcomes.
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Dr. Lavaditi
Wish List Praises Tools From Local Lumber Co
A child writes to Santa asking for a saw and hammer to help his dad who buys lumber and mill work from National Lumber and Mill Co in Young Cheyenne. The note mentions Sherman Co and Raila as contact points.
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Santa Clause
National Lumber’ & Mill Co
Young Chbeyenne
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Stalin
Inter Ocean Hotel
National Association
Chi-Namoel Varalin al Pherman Co
Critica
Mack & van
Pmte Raila
Sherman Co
Henry Becker
West Seventeenth ST
Schlitz and Pilsner
Yellowstone
C. H. Barnett
China
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