Combination Church and Modern Office Building
A new edifice at Fifty-Sixth and Broadway New York will house Broadway Tabernacle. Architects say the ten story structure blends church, administrative, educational and social spaces with a 177 foot tower. The plan includes a college men’s area, a dome museum and library, basement dining hall for 250, and brick terra cotta exterior. Estimated cost about 500000 dollars. lot measures 80 by 171 feet. Pastor Rev Charles EB Jefferson leads the church, formerly on Thirty Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Fifty-Sixth
Broadway
New York
Ettire
Efath Street
Charles EB. Jeffersio
Thirtyfourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Oid
Most Remarkable Clock Ever Made
Description from a 1769 Royal Vienna horology work notes a monk built clock with a case seven feet high that shows earth and planetary motions, a sun dial, and a 24 hour day night cycle. The mechanism advances days by 865 days per full year and marks leap years, with Gregorian calendar alignment and a complex yearly display.
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Wological Review
Jerman
Matthias Roemer
Aker
Zittersdorf
Qeesterretehishh-Ungar- Whrmacher Zeitung
F. David A. S. Can
Augustine
Royal Monas- Vienna
Massy clock kept by a 2 pound weight in motion long kept
The clock runs for a month and is driven by a two pound weight. Although aged, it remains very substantially and carefully made and is in comparatively good condition overall.
Gorgeous Feast in Rome Celebrates Eternal City Birthday
An annual Roman holiday was marked this year by an extravagant Palatine celebration hosted by the International Artistic Club. More than 700 participants portrayed ancient Roman roles, including Nubian cavalry, Pretorians, priests, athletes, and nobles, with incense, Horace’s hymn, and a staged altar setting before games began.
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Rome
Palatine
International
Pala
Roma
Horace
Strangling Experience Revealed By Professor Houghton
The article recalls experts who describe the sensations of strangling. Professor Houghton tested rope strangulation, losing his footing and nearly dying before rescue. He later said the sole sensation was a fire-like glow fading to black, with no fear of consequences.
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Houghton
Nwo Paty
Murderer Kept Body Amid Extraordinary Murders Tale
A man named Heck at Koulgehere billet hid a body for eighteen months. He hoped to profit by a Grim plot as police closed in. The case describes alternating violence and deceit, with reports noting a substantial annual sum tied to the city of New York.
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Heck
Bite
Inion
Wivinn Te Haat Jolt
Hox
Hin
Maentie
Whee Lee Bonnie
Etter
Monna Vanna in Masterlinck Play Saintly Tragedy Scene
A great tragedienne stars in Masterlinck's Monna Vanna, Vienna. The tale follows Monta Vanna, wife of Guide, and Condottiere Pringivalle amid famine in Pisa. Revealing romance and sacrifice drive the plot as Pringivalle is spared while Mona Vanna faces peril.
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Masterlinck
Mino
Lablanc
Draugediern Cies
Framien
Vienna
Mae Laddane
Spon
Pine
Hoing
Pringiveilo
Monta Vanna
Guide
Pisa
Appendicitis and the old time bowel tales
A Victorian exchange discusses appendicitis not new, with a physician noting the disease has always existed under various names and was once treated as bowel inflammation, while surgery carried high risks. The piece moves to women’s wages, New York law, and reform led by Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake and later notes on Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Arnold family connections.
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Adam
Porkays
Thore
New York
Lillie Devereux Blake
Supreme Court
World’s Largest Goat Ranch Ownership Reported
Charien S. Onderdonk of Lamy New Mexico owns the world’s largest goat ranch. The operation runs about 20 000 goats across 25 000 acres available for grazing.
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Charien S. Onderdonk
Lamy
N. M
Leader With Confidence of United Mine Workers
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, is described as the leader with the confidence of every member. Active efforts to end the costly strike are underway, with a plan of arbitration expected to be agreed upon soon. A million men, women, and children would be relieved from the imminent danger of war if peace is achieved, inspired by a centering move and the appointment of a board of compilation.
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John Mitchell
Walleed Mine Workers of America
Active @fforta
Wuarvar
Grim Old Newgate Prigon and Dark London Notes
Fragmented OCR notes describe grim old Newgate prison, danger, and dark city scenes. Mentions old London, pay lanes, and varied harsh images without clear events or dates. The text appears garbled but evokes historical prison, danger, punishment, and urban grime.
New Transvaal stamps celebrate King Edward and Orange River arms
In South Africa a colonial issue features stamps with King Edward's head and the Transvaal name. Collectors report coins valued up to 3.50 dollars, including a one cent stamp with blue screen and varied paper colors. The coat of arms for the Orange River Colony designed by Lockwood Kipling shows an orange tree, Tudor rose, water lines, and two springboks supporting a shield.
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Levead
Orange River
Hank
South Africa
Edward
British Colonial Office
Mean
Time
Lockwood Kipling
Novetlat
Orange River Colony
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Pelee Explosions Explained by Yale Professor
Prof Verrill of Yale offers that the great heat from the St Pierre eruption dissociated water into hydrogen and oxygen upon contact with lava and caused a violent expulsion of gases. The sudden flame and burning of flesh and structures are attributed to this hydrogen oxygen mix with possible formation of hydrochlo ric acid from the escaping elements.
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St. Pierre
Prof
Verrill
Yale
Relations Still Strained Over Church Incident
A strained relationship between Miss Guard and Carruthers persists after a misunderstanding involving a German figure. In a church scene Carruthers contemplates a mollifying plan while an insect crawl prompts a snatched feathered hat from Miss Guard, revealing continued tension between them.
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Miss Guard
Carruthers
Unique Idea For Boston Square Honors War Allies
A Boston proposal aims to transform Lafayette square into a civic center honoring foreign award recipients for America. The plan envisions displaying portraits of Lafayette Rochambeau Pulank and Stouben while local builders work on the project amid mixed public interest.
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Boston Square
Lafayette Square
America
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Pulank
Stouben
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