Italian King Victor Emmanuel II Visits Pope Pius XI at Vatican
Pope Pius XI receives King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena, the first sovereigns of united Italy to visit the Vatican, ending a long church state quarrel. Cardinal Gasparri accompanies them. trooping guards and ceremonial routes mark the visit from St Peter's to the Quirinal.
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Papal Visit Highlights Swiss Guards at St Peter's
The article describes a royal audience at St Peter's with their majesties entering via Constantine staircase escorted by Swiss guards in Michael Angelo inspired uniforms. Cardinal Merry Del Val greeted them at the papal altar as they knelt before St. Peter's tomb. Colorful regalia echoed historic papal splendor.
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Phantom bandit who escaped Devil's Island seeks return to France
Pierre Dupres, claiming to be a fugitive from Devil's Island, discusses his motive to return to France and his past as the so called phantom bandit who terrorized provincial roads. He describes his brutal voyage aboard the Loire prison ship and the brutal conditions faced by 1070 convicts.
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Furnace worker turned hotel plumber jailed for pipe vandalism
John Thribe, fired furnace man, at the Stonehenge hotel connected and later disconnected steam pipes in revenge. He returned to reconnect a pipe he had left and was arrested nearby. In Judge Herbert G. Immenhausen's court he was fined 200 dollars plus costs.
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Escape from a Penal Colony to Philadelphia
Dupres describes seven years at the penal colony where fever and starvation killed many. He details wheelbarrows delivering corpses and maggoty bread with little water, and no burial space. He tried escaping three times, finally fleeing by offering to work among lepers, then reached French Guiana coast and escaped to Philadelphia aboard a ship.
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Council Probe Ends in Report on Land Purchases
Council president Edward B. Raub Sr declares no further action. The probe committee report on land purchases and purchasing department methods was received, approved, and the council thanks the committee. Evidence did not warrant further action with the administration nearing end of term. Sterling R. Holt, city controller.
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King Boris to Attend Wedding in Vienna
King Boris of Bulgaria will travel to Vienna for a royal wedding ceremony to be attended by high dignitaries and members of European royalty. The visit underscores ongoing diplomatic ties between Bulgaria and Austria amid regional political developments.
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