Pope Pius X's Humble Sisters Guard His Life in Rome
Special to the Light describes Pope Pius X as a peasant’s son with simple manners. His sisters Lucrecia and Teresa live near the Vatican and oversee his meals and care during illness. Angela Sarto, the pope’s brother and a postman, provides masculine companionship in his quiet, austere household.
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The Railroad Hobo and the Track Work World
The article profiles the American hobo as a key labor force in heavy maintenance on midwestern railways. It covers housing and meals provided by boarding contractors, the impact of supply and demand on food quality, and issues like theft and alcohol. It explains hobos’ travel patterns, skill awareness of foremen, and distinct foreman types including the good foreman bowler and the inexperienced scissor bill. It notes hobos’ knowledge of track work can outstrip some foremen and highlights how weather and wages shape labor dynamics.
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Railway Age Gazette
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Widener Heir Buys Hoe Gutenberg Bible for Harvard
Philadelphia dispatch reports Harry Elkins Widener purchased the Hoe Gutenberg Bible shortly before his death. Bernard Quaritch sold the volume to a London dealer. The Bible, once part of the Widener collection, will join Harvard University in a memorial annex funded by P. A. Widener. The sale price reached 27 500 dollars in New York.
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Philadelphia News Dispatch
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Philadelphia
Bernard Quaritch
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Harvard University
Harvard Library
P. A. Widener
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