St Sophia's Dome in Peril Threat to Collapse in Time
London reports the dome of St Sophia in Constantinople faces collapse as Turkish efforts to save it prove clumsy. If Ottoman methods continue, authorities fear the ancient structure may fail in fifteen to twenty years. The Ottoman government consulted experts Signor Marangoni and M Prost before the Italio Turkish war.
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London
St Sophia
Constantinople
Signor Marangoni
Campanile
Venice
M. Prost
Dome of Hagia Sophia in jeopardy after centuries of damage
Ancient dome damaged by 1893 earthquake, moisture and later neglect have weakened the structure and mosaics. Architect is cited with repairs costing about 500000 dollars. The ministry plans restoration but doubt remains on full revival of its former splendor. Anthemius of Tralles, designer of the dome, died in the sixth century.
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Signor Marangoni
Ministry of Eykaf
Pious Foundations
Anthemius of
Tralles
Barony Mystery and Rescue Across a Southern Saga
In a worn-out southern Barony library setting a sale sparks talk among Jonathan Crenshaw Braden and Yancy as Hannibal Wayne Gissard appears. Nathaniel Ferrin buys the Barony, Yancy keeps Hannibal. Captain Murrell probes secrets while Kidnapping attempts and raft rescues unfold culminating in courtroom and Belle Plain confrontations with startling secrets revealed.
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Jonathon Crenshaw
Braden
Bobancy
Hannibal Wayne Gissard
Yancy
Nathaniel Ferrin
Quintards
Y. Yancy
Hannibal
Orrell
Scratch Hill
Hannibare
Dave Blount
Capin Murrell
Jount
Aquire Flalaam
Betty Malfoy
Ferrises
Murrell
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Warrington
Slocum Price
Rrell
Cavendish
Ancy
Price
Carrington
Belle Plain
Ju Price
Murrell and Tom Plot In Mississippi Valley Land Scheme
Murrell presses Tom Ware on using the Quintard land and a mixed-race boy to seize control. Murrell envisions a large stake, while Ware warns of clan and planter resistance as tension rises over niggers and power in the region.
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North Carolina
Fentress
Ware
Tom
Quintard
Murrell
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Waeny
John Murrell
Nat
Yancy Meets Cavendish and Tales of Titles on River
In a riverfront setting Bob Yancy awakens to conversation with Cavendish about royalty and his imagined English title. Cavendish recounts family lore from the Earl of Lambeth to a dream of returning to England, while Polly Connie and the children witness the scene as a steam whistle interrupts.
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Connie
Cavendish
Yancy
Richard Keppel Cavendish
Bob Yancy
Mr. Cavendish
Mrs
Mr. Yancy
England
Earl of
Lambeth
Richard Keppel Cavendick
London
Polly
Cavendishes
Hick‘ard Keppel Cavendish
Carot
Cavendish Kinship Reveals Royal Ancestry Amid River Scene
In a tense river-raft scene Polly and Cavendish reveal Richard Keppel Cavendish as the heir to Lambeth. Yancy awakens after weeks, learning the family’s distant connection to English titles as the group process their lineage.
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Richard Keppel Cavendish
Lambeth
The Judge Sees a Ghost in Raleigh Hallway
Judge Price arrives at the county clerk’s office to search a timber title for his client Mr. Norton. The long hall and ledger light trigger a memory as a pale, gaunt man in broadcloth appears, the first sign of a haunting figure to disrupt his day.
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Charley Norton
Judge Price
Betty
Raleigh
Mr. Norton
Joseph Quaid
Mahaffy
Norton
Court House
Saul
Mr. Saul
Mas Quintard
Fentress
Robber’s grave in Tokyo draws gamblers and myths
In Tokyo near a temple and a wrestling amphitheater lies the grave of Nesumi Koso, a robber who aided the poor in ancient Yedo days. A superstition says breaking the headstone fragment brings luck in gambling, with stones sold nearby and lanterns and banners above the grave.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nexumi Koso
Nesumi Koso
Band Music Stops As Baseball Fight Breaks Out
In Wilmington Delaware during the season opener between Hill side and Speakman teams a free for all on the field forced the game to end. The band that had provided music for the celebration fled back to the bleachers as wranglers retreated.
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Wilmington
Del
Hillside
Speakman
Baby’s Eczema Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs. Mary W Ram of Colorado Springs reports her baby suffered eczema from teething and months of illness. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the eruption healed, skin cleared, and complexion improved. She credits the products for relief and mentions availability by mail order from Cuticura Dept. L, Boston.
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Droptor
Colorado Springs
Cura
Dept. L
Boston
Antidrudgery Club Aims To Ease Household Drudgery
In Chicago Siz women form a club to lessen household tasks. They own a tric vacuum cleaner an electric iron and a drying fan. The cost is about three cents a week with six equal tuition shares. A small boy delivers items neighborhood by neighborhood as the idea spreads.
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Siz
Chicago
Kopp’s Baby’s Truited Remedy Free Sample Offer
Fragmented notice mentions a product named Kopp’s Baby’s Care and a free sample offer. The readable text is unclear but indicates a medical remedy claim for infant dysentery and a request for distribution details. Further specifics are not legible.
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Kopp
Marriage plans amid orchard harvest and travel notices
A jumble of notes mentions Hewitt-So Gruet marrying a Bowton girl this week, Paxton Toilet Co offering free trials of Paxtine Antiseptic to women, and a travel route to Canada with a summer tour via a plate road. Other fragments touch on wedding gifts, party plans, and miscellaneous street notices.
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Hewitt
Gruet
Bowton
Jewett
Lee
Paxton Toilet Co
Masn
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Keppel
Enahed
Lemoboans
Robber
Nezumi Kozo
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Wille
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Sree
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