Staircase from Theo Bald palace fetches 4625 at London sale
Auction in London sold a famous carved oak staircase from Theo Bald’s palace trodden by Queen Elizabeth James I and Charles I. Captain Claude Lowther bought it for 4625 dollars. Also offered was a black basalt Ramesses II statue in an Egyptian antiquities lot. The staircase dates 1564 to 1571 with sixteen 12 inch treads a twenty foot gallery and eight carved newels with lion-topped balusters.
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London
Theobald
James I
Charles I
Claude Lowther
Ramese Iti
Egypt
Naval strength will control future wars
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop told Naval Academy graduates that future American wars will hinge on sea power. He urged maintaining a strong navy to minimize sea-control risks, noting graduates face about forty years of service and that U.S. history shows wars interrupt the peace. He called sea control the crucial turning point in any war.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
United States
Navy
Winthrop
Naval Academy
Pastor Says Washington Desacrates Sunday With Vice
Rev Wallace Radcliffe of New York Avenue Presbyterian denounces Washington as ungodly on Sundays. He cites theaters open on Sundays excise laws flouted and widespread work and entertainment by the rich as moral threats. He would personally escort any man to buy a drink to illustrate temptation on the Sabbath.
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Radcliffe
Washington
Associated Press
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
National Capital
United States
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue
Behles and Boelhauwe Architects at 228 West Commerce
Architects Behles and Boelhauwe are listed with a studio at 228 West Commerce Street. The notice specifies their firm as the point of contact or responsibility for a building project in the area.
Cashier Arrested After Refusal to Disclose Depositor Balances
Springfield Mo June 2 1910 W B Sanford cashier of Holland Banking company was ordered committed to the sheriff after refusing to give information on depositors balances for June 1 1910. The board of equalization granted a writ of habeas corpus saving him from jail and adjourned until June 7.
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Associated Press
Springfield
W. B. Sanford
Holland Banking Company
County Board of Equalization
Oat Crop in Waco Section Exceeds Early Expectations
Reports from Waco Texas on June 2 indicate the oat crop this season is stronger than expected. While rust has caused damage, many farms may yield 50 to 70 bushels per acre with the average slightly above last year.
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Associated Press
Waco, Tex
Aged Smoker Defends Habit On Seventieth Birthday
Isaac Levin of New York City, turning seventy, says smoking good tobacco is a mild sin forgivable by God. He credits his long life to a strong wife and his habit of smoking, from age fifteen, up to ten to fifteen cigars daily at times. He recalls a Polish marriage vow and notes their family includes grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
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Isaac Levin
New York City
Jennie Brode
Serbei-Balberizek
Poland
Jennie
Mummies Rot in Danbury Library Basement
Danbury Connecticut learns a collection of mummies given to the city by the late Rear Admiral Dickens U S N is rotting in the public library basement. Dickens gathered the mummies in distant places and gave them to his hometown which, rumor says, stores them with coal at seven dollars a ton. It is feared the mummies are ruined due to neglect.
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Danbury
Connecticut
Dickens
U. 8
S. N
Egypt
South America
New York
50-Cent Dinners Highlight Elite Cafe Promotion
San Antonio patrons praise the Elite Cafe for good service and meals at 50 cent prices. The ad invites readers to try the daily or Sunday offer running from 12 p m to 12 p m with emphasis on value and quick service.
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San Antonio
Elite Cafe
Five Aces Poker Tragedy Ends With Four Dead
A poker game at Kaylor mining settlement ended in a massacre. Dick Lendric and four others played all night, bets escalated, and after a disputed hand Dick Lendric fired on the group with an automatic revolver. Walter Spilish survived but mortally wounded. Dick Sendric fled and later was traced to an abandoned mine, now guarded for exploration.
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Dick” Lendric
Miner
Charles
Andrew
Rocco Bralis
Walter Spilish
Kaylor
Pittsburg
New York World
Andrew Brakis
Rocco
Dick” Sendric
Spilish
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Wolfson’s Sale
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