Venice Campanile Restoration Reveals Rebuilt Facade and Tower
A detailed account describes the reconstruction of the Venetian campanile podium and tower. Brickwork, arches, and decorative bronze doors are restored, with four bells replaced and new blessings planned. The gilded angel statue atop a pendulum aims to ease wind stress and offers panoramic views above St Mark’s Square.
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Cam Wentie
Pope Pine
St Mark
Evatelice
Fereneh
Church of St. Mark
London
St Paul's
Giuseppe del Miccola
Loreetta
Gove Palace
Bilsle Pelle
Dankoving
Placentini
Venice
Treviso
Gladecca
The Welsh Eisteddfod Gorsedd Ceremony and Rewards
The National Eisteddfod of Wales features the Gorsedd initiation on the Logan Stone with Arch Druid Dyfed and bards, heralded by Englynion and music. Prominent women attend, and the event culminates with the bard chairing after adjudicators announce the year’s top alliterative poem.
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Wales
Kensington Gardens
Lady St. David
Countess Maitland
Logan Stone
Arch Druid
Dyfed
Ap Easy Birth
Eos Dar
Lion
Llanover
London
The Kiss of Peace and Medieval Wedding Rituals
The article traces how the kiss of peace, once given by the priest to the husband and passed to the wife and guests, evolved in medieval weddings. It notes shifts in who receives the gift and how the preacher began to collect the kiss as part of the ceremony, culminating in the wife receiving the gift directly.
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St Mark's
Rome
Bey
Edouardy
Cumen
Thun
Bread and Water For The Bard In Tough Years
A nostalgic note recalls lean times for a poet who faced hardship before his verses found limited sales at a restaurant. He often responded to adversity with the refrain this is tough highlighting enduring struggle.
New Double Action Trowel For Concrete Work
A novel double action cement trowel replaces the ordinary hand trowel for sidewalk and concrete work. Popular Mechanics describes a tool that finishes surfaces without stopping, using a push and pull motion to smooth paths. The edges rise automatically to prevent digging into mortar.
Portable two in one multi tool described by a Pennsylvania inventor
A compact ten inch hinged tool combines pincers hammer and nail puller on one end and a screw driver and ice pick on the other. The longer arm includes a three inch ruler and square nut opening. Lightweight malleable steel design claims to replace several common home tools.
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Pennsylvania
Making of Artificial Dyes
The article notes India's historic indigo production gave way to German synthetic indigo, identical to the natural dye but purer, shifting the global supply to Germany as India buys from it. It also recalls madder growing in France and the German chemist's cheaper artificial alizarine, a genuine substitute at a third the cost.
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India
Germany
France
Nitrate Production in Chile Rises in Latest Year
Chilean nitrate fields yielded 2,240,000 tons for the year ending June 80, up 420,000 from 1908-09. The United States bought 109,000 tons as prices hovered near $42 a ton, down $3 from last year. Production is now uninfluenced by a combine.
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Chile
United States
Chinese Cement Works at Canton Begin with Chinese Capital
Progress reported on the Canton cement works started by Chinese capital in 1909. The project cost $1,122,600 and was funded from the education fund with repayment to be made from profits.
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Canton
Nine Watches Made in an Hour Highlight High Cost of Living
An American company allegedly can produce nine watches in one hour using advanced machinery. Brass and steel are cut into wheels at 16,000 a day per punch, while screws and components are mass machined. The piece discusses rapid manufacturing, cost reduction, and the broader impact on living costs.
Scrubbing and oiling floor device proposed by inventor
A new floor cleaning machine combines dual scrubbing brushes on a long handle with a water reservoir and foot operated valve for water feed. The device allows brushes to be swapped for polishing tools and the reservoir can be filled with oil to lubricate floors.
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Scientific American
Platinized Glass Mirrors Conceal House Interiors
Platinized glass acts as a one way mirror with the illuminated side reflecting like a mirror while the darker side sees ordinary glass. In France tricks use this to hide or reveal appearances as the glass stays transparent on the opposite side. A platinum salt solution plus heating to redness creates the effect.
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France
Earthquake Proof Construction For Small Buildings
A new fire proof method uses a steel tube frame filled with concrete and a wire mesh for walls floors and roof. Six inch steel pipe and expanded metal with malleable fittings form a skeleton bound by cables up to 1000 pounds. Concrete three inches thick spans up to 16 feet and construction can be done largely by unskilled labor.
New Yorker Patents Cabinet for Phonograph Amplifier
A New Yorker patents a cabinet designed to improve phonograph sound by directing the amplifying horn toward the listener. The invention aims to reduce metallic tone and bring the playback closer to original acoustics.
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New Yorker
Industrial Prechaniacal News Highlights From Holyoke
A collection of industrial notes covers cooling water, Holyoke mass production leading world paper output, steel coal cars dumping 50 ton loads quickly, Sperm off polish for brass, oiling umbrella pivot ends to prevent rust, ground contact rust in ten years, English findings on lead glass blocking Xrays, and a French invention adding a rubber roller to cigarette holders to eject a single sheet.
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Holyoke
Mass
Morgan dinner remark echoed in Cincinnati satire
A Cincinnati dinner during the reconstruction era featured J. Pierpont Morgan praising advertising power. He quipped that if a dealer fails to advertise, the sheriff will do it, a succinct epigram later shared as a hat‑pasted witticism.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Cincinnati
Mr. Morgan
No Use Denying Worst Cook Yet on Table
Mrs DeFlatt laments a poor cook with a wry remark about washing. Mat adds a counterpoint while the hungry audience bemoans the meal as unusable and unappetizing. The fragment captures domestic banter over a failed dish and table shame.
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Mrs. DeFlatt
Mat
Kansas editor quotes on beer vaper and ghosts
A Kansas editor mulls the use of terms like beer and ghost in print. The dialogue asks why restraint is used, noting a quota around sensitive words. The piece reflects editorial caution in city journalism.
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Kansas
City Journal
Ubser
Rai
Catarrh Cure Promoted by F J Cheney Company
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the constitutional remedy. It claims internal dosing and direct action on mucous surfaces with a promise of cure or money back. Also promotes a family pills remedy for constipation.
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Hal
FJ Cor 7 &O
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Onis
Br Drurgists
Remarkable Appetite Joke Between Doctor and Patient
A comic exchange has a patient asking about appetite after taking a bottle of medicine. The doctor counters that eating one soda cracked weekly still counts as a remarkable appetite. The dialogue plays on humor about expectations and medicine.
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Latient
Simple home remedy for rheumatism and kidney trouble
A newspaper notice promotes a homemade tonic labeled Finid Extr andelion, Compe and iNargon, and Syrup of Sarsapariila with instructed dosages. It claims experiments show kidney cleansing benefits, reducing backache and urinary symptoms. It urges readers to prepare the mixture and to have druggists supply ingredients if needed.
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