Combination Church and Modern Office Building
The Broadway Tabernacle in New York plans a ten story mixed use edifice at Fifty-sixth street and Broadway. A 177 foot tower will house church admin and departments, with a college men club on the fourth story and a dome museum and library. A brick and terra cotta exterior with basement dining hall for 260. cost around 600 thousand dollars. The current tabernacle sits at Thirty-fourth street and Sixth avenue. Rev. Charles B. Jefferson leads the congregation of New York’s oldest Congregational flock.
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Fifty-sixth Street
Broadway
New York
Broadway Tabernacle
College
Charles BE. Jefferson
Thirty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Most Remarkable Clock Ever Made
A German description details a 1769 horological masterpiece by monk Feteno, housed in Vienna’s Royal Monastery. The eight foot seven inch case houses a sun earth moon system, 29 hands, 13 contrivances, and a Gregorian calendar driven by a 26 pound weight. The mechanism tracks sun positions, zodiac, leap years, and daily celestial movements, remaining in operation and well preserved.
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Matthias Roemer
Zittersdorf
Lower Austria
Oesterreichisch-Ungarsche Uhrmacher Zeitung
F. David A
Cafetano
Order of St. Augustine
Vienna
Gorgeous Rome Feast Marks Eternal City's Birthday
Rome celebrated its birthday with an opulent Palatine procession staged by the International Artistic Club. More than 700 participated in a grand pageant featuring Numidian cavalry, Praetorians, priests, vestals, dancers, and mock-sacrificial animals, ending with Horace’s hymn and secular games before an altar and elevated dais.
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Rome
Palatine
International
Pala
Roma
Horace
Monna Vanna and Pringivalle in Maeterlinck Play
Mme Leblanc, famed French tragedienne, was slated for Monna Vanna in Maeterlinck’s work but censor restrictions halted public staging. The plot centers Pisa besieged by Florentine forces led by Pringivalle. Monna Vanna sacrifices for others while truth and mercy collide with loyalty.
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Maeterlinck
Mme Leblanc
France
Maederlinck
Mouna Vannas
Leblanc
Paris
Pisa
Condottiere
Pringivalie
Monna Vanna
Guido
Isu
Pringivalle
Prinzivalie i
Manna Varna
Hut Sha le
Peinalvalle
Shiv
Jim
Piay
Leader With Confidence From United Mine Workers
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America is a leader with full confidence among members. Efforts push to end the costly strike with a plan of arbitration expected soon. Aims include relief for a million people facing imminent famine as proposals for peace arise from business sentiment and a board of conciliation is imminent.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
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Earth
Martinique
Ferde Lance
Australia
Russian Petroleum District
Baku
United Mine Workers
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