Chapel of Tre Pyx Opens to Public at Westminster
Public opening of the Chapel of the Pyx at Westminster Abbey marks the first access since its medieval founding in the reign of Edward the Confessor. Visiting hours are Tuesdays and Fridays 11 am to 8 pm, with the treasury, regalia, and historic stones showcased behind iron doors.
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Tre Pyx
Westminster
Wdbey
London
Award the Confessor
Hugollu
Edward the Confessor
Thorney Island
Edric
St Peter
Treasury
Toglish
Pyx
the Confessor
Edward
Lord Rosebers
Hugo
Sip
Hugolin
William of Normandy
Hastings
Henry
Dean Stanley Slves
Wayland Smith
Puck
Ethelred
Acre
Exsta
John
France
Holyrood
Altholatah
Dunbar
Henry Ro
Acnach
City playgrounds urged to curb urban childhood dangers
Editorial from the New York Evening Post argues for expanding playgrounds for city children and fostering juvenile amusements through the People Institute. It notes grit of crowded streets and poverty, laments environmental hazards, and warns that overregulation may stifle spontaneity while praising playgrounds as a humane solution to divert delinquency and promote proper development.
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People’s Institute
Bowery
Sanda
Chilldren
New York Evening Post
A Wise Precaution and Self Made Articles
A group of miners or local businessmen formed a small company and drafted articles of agreement to avoid lawyer costs. They fix the annual meeting for the second Saturday of July each year unless it falls on a Sunday or holiday. The report also notes construction progress on a Cordilleran tunnel linking Valparaiso and Buenos Aires, with work ongoing around the clock and an anticipated opening in 1910.
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Valnaraizo
Buenos Ayres
Whale Bone Catch Falls Short Despite Hopes For Market Relief
The Record notes a sharp decline in bowhead whale catches this season along the Siberian and Alaskan coasts. Only thirteen whales were taken at Point Hope, far below last year, with Barrow and Cape Prins showing similarly discouraging results. Fewer ships operate due to sea conditions, and bone markets weaken. Analysts suggest a potential market relief if the shortage persists, contrasting with last year’s oversupply.
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Siberian
Bering Strait
Arctic
Point Hono
Paris
Tey
Cape
Barrow
Banks Land
Pacific
Lome
Hand Laner Notes on Exercise and Firewood Question
A Cleveland Leader item records a dialogue with Congressman Paul Howland about personal exercise and the type of fire used in heating. The exchange includes questions about artificial formats and a resident asking what fire is built with while the congressman replies that he uses a match every time he lights the fire and that wood or coal are not used.
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Paul
Howland
Cleveland
Oldest trade routes tied to salt in ancient Italy and Carthage
The article recalls salt as a crucial commodity in antiquity. It notes the Via Salaria in Italy delivering salt from Ostia to Sabine Country and describes salt's prominence in trans-Libyan caravans, Sahara routes, and Carthaginian commerce, with references to Herodotus and pre-Christian times.
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Italy
Via-Salaria
Sabino
Ostia
Herodotus
Sahara
London
Proclamation from Westchester Sheriff Orders Court Appearance
Proclamation from Westchester County New York requires all persons to appear at Supreme Court in White Plains on a specified January 1910 date under recognizance. It also commands sheriffs coroners and justices to return recognizances and examinations to the court at the opening of its term. Dated December 6 1909 signed Henry Scherp acting and under sheriff.
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New York
Westchester
Supreme Court
Pesca
Shor Ofice
White] Plains
Dee
Henry Scherp
State OF
County of
White Plains
Westchostar
Chazdas
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Black
Thames
England
Koh-i-Noor
George III
Cardinal of York
Henry IX
Worcester
Coniton Bookseller
Jean
Severn
Te ‘Tower
St Peter's
Rochefoucaud
Boston Post
Denver ‘Times
Dallas ‘News
Dallas News
Florida Times-Union
Preas
New York Press
gustar—Pittsburg Dispatch
Amoy
Matestaret Trinaton
Westchester County
Brain Street
Irvington
Hermann Petri
DEA
van Deusen
Zalso
D Street
Mbie Brothers
Grocers
Irvington-On-Hudson
N.Y
Chas. F. Dorsey
Louts
N. Y
M. J. Tynan
Main ST
Irvington, N. Y
DHONE
Christy
Bell Telephone Companies
Universal Bell System
NEW York Telephone Company
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