Combination Church and Modern Office Building in New York
The Broadway Tabernacle plans a ten story brick and terra cotta edifice at Fifty sixth street and Broadway. A 177 foot tower will house church administration and social departments with a dining hall for 250. The project aims to blend church needs with office conveniences, with a 600000 dollar budget and capacity for 6000 worshippers. The Rev. Charles B. Jefferson leads the church, long headquartered on Thirty fourth Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Fifty-sixth Street
Broadway
New York
Broadway Tabernacle
Charles B. Jefferson
Thirty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Most Remarkable Clock Ever Made
Description from a historical horological journal of a German clock by Matthias Roemer. The Vienna monk F. David A. S. Cafetano completed a solar system clock in 1769 housed in an eight foot seven inch case with 29 hands and 13 contrivances. It shows sun and moon, earth and planet motions, Gregorian calendar dates, leap year rules, and a zodiac dial. The clock runs with a 26 pound weight and remains in operation and good condition for its age.
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Matthias Roemer
Zittersdorf
Lower Austria
Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Uhrmacher Zeitung
F. David A. S. Cafetano
Order of St. Augustine
Vienna
Birthday of Rome Celebrated by International Artistic Club
In Rome the Romana marked the Eternal City’s birthday with an unusually splendid Palatine fete hosted by the International Artistic Club. A procession of 700 plus bucolic and ancient figures moved through the Palatine to the Stadium where an altar and dais were set. Incense rose for Pala and Roma as Horace’s hymn followed by games and ritual in a vivid, ceremonial pageant.
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Rome
Romana
Palatine
International
Pala
Roma
Horace
Grim Old Newgate Prison to be Demolished May 6
London Exchange reports the famed Newgate Prison will begin destruction and rebuilding on May 6. Wardens move ahead with temporary forms at the adjoining Old Bailey as soot-blackened walls yield to an army of workmen. The historic jail, home to figures like Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard, will be dismantled.
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Newente
Halley
Newgate
Jonathan Wild
Jack Sheppard
Mrs. Brownrigg
London
London Exchange
Transvaal stamps feature King Edward head designs
As peace talks progress in South Africa, Transvaal issues ten postage stamps with King Edward's head in an oval frame. Prices range from one cent to 2.50 dollars, colors vary from bluish green to scarlet orange olive green and purple. The British Colonial Office weighs a new Orange River Colony arms design by Lockwood Kipling with an orange tree Tudor rose water waves and two springboks.
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King
Orange River
South Africa
Transvaal
King Edward
Lockwood Kipling
Orange River Colony
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Explains Pelee's Actions And Gas Explosion Effects
The report outlines Yale Prof Verrill's view that intense heat causes dissociation of hydrogen and oxygen from water as lava contacts seawater. Gases ejected from the crater ignite in the air, producing a vast flame. Hydrogen chlorine components form deadly hydrochloric acid, poisoning those not killed by the initial blast.
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St. Pierre
Verrill
Yale
Martinique
Relations Strain Over Church Incident and Feathered Token
In a strained rivalry between Miss Guard and Carruthers, a minor church morning scene triggers tension. Carruthers contemplates a calculated gesture to ease the rift when he feels a bug crawl along his neck and discovers Miss Guard’s feathered fan in his hand, revealing the frail state of their relationship.
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Miss Guard
Carruthers
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LAW
Iagerman, Mabe
Dill
Rhostons, Isha
Githens
NEW Transvaal
Pelee
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A. Weaver
D. W. Yaden
Berth Bell Street
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Ray Pines
Doc. Smith's
F. M. Crandall
Idaho
Idaho Nursery
Payette
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