Damascus to Mecca railway reveals engineering and faith
The Damascus to Mecca line showcases adventurous engineering through rugged terrain from Damascus to Medina while serving pilgrimage, with Italian, Greek, and Montenegrin workers, water depots at Tebuk and Maan, and Turkish leadership under Meissner Pasha and Hajji Mukhtar Bey guiding construction and expansion toward the Holy City.
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Damascus
Mecca
Medina
Yarfuk
Jordan
Tebuk
el Ula
Holy City
Central Arabia
Maan
Arabia
Sherm Rabigh
Media
Beirut
Mediterranean
Haifa
American Steel Trust
Russia
Cockerill
Belgium
Meissner Pasha
Kiazim Pasha
Hajji Mukhtar Bey
Detectives Run Down Smugglers
New York detectives and Treasury inspectors prepare to turn over more than 100 indictments in a sweeping port of New York tariff-evasion case. The targets include importers of figs cheese and dates from Mediterranean ports raw sugar and Fifth Avenue fashion houses with milliners and dressmakers among the named defendants. Bribery schemes and dockside operatives eye a loss estimated at 8 to 10 million dollars to the Treasury.
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New York
United States Grand Jury
Loeb
Treasury Department
Washington
Mediterranean
Fifth Avenue
United States
Clarkson
Treasury
Scarecrow Murder Shocks Washington County readers
In Paris county near Paris a woman Mist Maud Heufnagle finds her father Martin Heufnagle's body after mistaking it for a scarecrow. The farmer, one of the county's wealthiest residents, appears to have been hacked to death and has likely been dead for about a week after leaving for Pittsburg on September 30.
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Tebuk
Damascus
el Ula
Mohammed
Jebel Sherora
Maan
Fiero
Washington
Papa
Maud Heufnagle
Paris
Miss Heufnagle
Martin Heufnagle
Heufnagle
Washington County
Pittsburg
Child Dies After Tetanus From Vaccine
Five year old Paul Cibrielian contracted tetanus after a September vaccination given by Dr M C Cibrielian in Philadelphia. He grew listless, fell ill, and died Sunday after being rushed to Jefferson Hospital.
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Philadelphia
M. C. Cibrielian
Paul
Jefferson Hospital
Largest Religious Convention Opens in Pittsburg
What is claimed will be the nation s largest religious celebration and convention opens in Pittsburg Monday. The international centennial celebration and convention of the Disciples of Christ convenes drawing an estimated 50 000 delegates and visitors.
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Pittsburg
The
Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches
Harvard Professor Dies Obstretrician John P. Reynolds
Boston obituary reports the death of Dr John P Reynolds age 83 a Harvard Medical School professor for 20 years noted as a leading obstetrician in the country. He died Sunday in Boston Massachusetts.
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Boston
Mass
John P. Reynolds
Harvard Medical School
Market Reports from Cincinnati Chicago Louisville Indianapolis
Market summaries show cattle calves hogs and assorted commodities with prices cited for Cincinnati Chicago Louisville and Indianapolis. Entries include cattle $5.50 to $5.75 calves $8.75 to $9 hogs $7.90 to $8. r o t.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
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