Restoration of St Mark Campanile Nears Completion in Venice
The long awaited St Mark campanile restoration nears completion with a new brick shaft rising above the piazza. Workers remove salt from bricks, reinforce foundations, and aim to crown the tower with a gilded angel pendulum to ease winter wind stress. Bells once shattered are restored and will ring again on St Mark's Day.
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St. Mark’s
Venice
San Marco
Campanile
Sansovino
Ventice
Pina X
St. Mark
Church of St. Mark
London
St. Paul's
St. Mark's
Giuseppe del Flaccio
Loggéta
Bilvio Pellico
Bansoy'no
Piacentini
Treviso
The Welsh Eisteddfod Amid Ancient Rites and Modern Attention
The National Eisteddfod of Wales blends ancient ceremony with contemporary interest especially noting the role of women. Arch-Druid presides on Logan Stone with bards in robes, new members admitted, and poetic Englynion recited as the crowd cheers. The event ends with the chairing of the bard and the chair’s award for the year’s best poem.
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Wales
Kensington Gardens
Lady St. Davide
Countess Maitland
Dyfed
Brythontt
Goreedd
Harmisk
Llanover
London
River and Harbor Appropriations Set for 1912 Year
The report by Brig. Gen. W H Bixby shows federal river and harbor needs totaling 30 095 698 for the year ending June 30 1912. Secretary MacVeagh will send the figures to Congress and Taft will back legislation in his annual message. Ohio River maintenance is listed at 229 000 with nine foot depth goals and 2 000 000 for locks and dams to complete improvements in 12 years.
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Washington
W. H. Bixby
United States Army
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Taft
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Deadly Grace Crossing Tragedy Near Canton
A southbound Washington and Lake Erie line passenger train struck a family at Maple Avenue crossing in Canton killing Mrs. Meyers and two sons, Morris Ress 24 and Jacob Ress 16, and injuring Mrs. Meyers daughter Fannie with broken leg and internal injuries, plus 13 year old William Levin with a scalp wound. No gates or watchman at crossing. cause of hearing the approach under investigation.
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Canton
Ohio
W. and
L. E
Maple Avenue
Joseph Meyers
Morris Ress
Jacob Ress
Fannie Meyers
William Levin
Parliament Dissolved as Election Looms in Britain
London reports Parliament dissolved under the Liberal program with elections to be held next month. Arthur J. Balfour is among first elected unopposed as Liberals skip his London seat. Stock market anticipates a possible Liberal majority reduction.
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London
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
Fatal Mine Explosion Near Antlers Oklahoma
Fourteen miners were killed or entombed in an explosion at the Fumbo mines in Antlers Oklahoma. Five bodies have been recovered, blown from the mine mouth over 200 feet. Nine men remain entombed with little hope of survival.
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Antlers
Okla
Fumbo
National League Convention Planned for December in New York
President Thomas J. Lynch of the National League notified the eight club presidents that the annual convention of professional baseball will be held Tuesday December 12 in this city. He also called a meeting of the board of directors to take place at the same time.
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Baseball
New York
Thomas J. Lynch
National League
Mr. Lynch
Accident follows accident in Cincinnati area after Glendale crash
Within 12 hours of a Glendale car wreck that killed one man and injured eight, an Avondale and a Winton Place car sideswiped. F. Dana, millionaire capitalist and Campbell Creek Coal Co. president, was severely bruised. Both vehicles carried many passengers recounting the prior collision and were thoroughly disabled.
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Cincinnatii
Glendale
Avondale
Winton Place
F. Dana
Campbell Creek Coal Co
MacVeagh Assigns Witke to Lead Treasury Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh assigns John K B Witke chief of the secret service to take charge of the treasury special agents and reorganize them from the ground up as part of tightening the customs service in Washington.
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Customs Service
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
John KB. Witkle
Secret Service
the Treasury
Harvard Leads Nation in Faculty Scientists, Alumni Bulletin Says
Harvard has the most leading men of science among American universities the Harvard Alumni bulletin reports. Of the country’s 1000 foremost scientists 79 are Harvard faculty 48 are at Columbia 47 at Chicago and 38 at Yale.
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Harvard
Boston
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Columbia
Chicago
Yale
Gasoline Fire in Berlin Suburb Destroys Tanks
Four tanks holding 3 600 000 gallons exploded in Rummelsberg suburb. No fatalities reported though the city lit by flames. Damage estimated at 750 000 dollars. Cotton Oil Fire in Jonesboro Arkansas at the Saverseid a Co plant.
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Berlin
Rummelsberg
Jonesboro
Ark
Saverseid A Co
Leanne
Munyon's Cold Cure Promises Quick Relief
A Munyon advertisement claims a few doses of Mungor's Cold Cure can break up a cold and prevent it from worsening. The sugar pellets are sold for 25 cents and carried for use anywhere. medical advice is offered by mail from Munyon's Doctors at 53rd and Jefferson, Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Mungor
Munyan
Munnyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Doctor and patient exchange over appetite in comic moment
In a brief dialogue the patient claims a tonic promised remarkable appetite if taken as directed. The doctor jokes that eating one soda cracker a week already seems remarkable, highlighting a humorous miscommunication about the remedy.
Cure for Infant Eczema with Cuticura Remedies
J Fish and Ella M Fish recount their infant daughter's scalp eczema clearing after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. They describe rapid hair regrowth and full recovery within five weeks, noting no other treatment was used. The testimonial dates to October 12 1909 from Mount Vernon Kentucky.
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J. Fish
Ella M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Irreverent compliment at Henry Irving reading
Bram Stoker recalls a 1878 Ulster Hall reading where a speaker praised Henry Irving as a gentleman with an unblemished life, a line noted for its irony and misworded praise in a moment of public rhetoric.
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Henry Irving
Ulster Hall
Bram Stoker
Irving
Murine Eye Remedy Offers Liquid and Salve Deals
Murine Eye Remedy Co offers Murine Eye Remedy liquid at 50c and 1.00 for a dollar, Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes at 25c and 1.00, with free eye advice by mail. The products claim to soothe red weak weary watery eyes and granulated lids and include a home mail order service.
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Pdruggis
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Caicaga
Marmaduke and the Humorous Exchange in The Simple Life
A fragmentary dialogue scene features Marmaduke and Bertice with biting banter about shaving and a boyhood game called Hunt the Hare. Ahbeumat and Mrs. Katoker appear in disrupted lines, while Haicker complains of an unnecessary death and a looming morning fight.
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Marmaduke
Bertice
Poras 3 F SS Res Aes Hee
Poras scores a key win as SS faces AE in a tight match. The teams exchange leads with late errors deciding the result. (Note: OCR fragment limits clarity)
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Res
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