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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
8
The article recounts the disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and surveys Leonardo da Vinci's genius, career, and influence. It notes the painting's status in French pride, recalls prior theft rumors, and discusses forgery risks and historic thefts like Gainsborough's Duchess of Devonshire portrait.
A long-ago theft at the Louvre spurred a massive investigation, with theories of a deranged young thief obsessed by the Mona Lisa. The tale follows Worth, Sheedy, and Pinkertons, tracing how an illicit Gainsborough affair led to rewards and a career in art crime.
Patrick Ford, who lowered the Russian flag at Sitka and raised the stars and stripes when the U S took possession, has died aged 79. A long Army career began in 1852 with the Third U S Infantry, with Civil War service, prisons, and later posting to Alaska in 1867 where his family accompanied him. His son born in Alaska in 1867 was the first white child born there under the American flag.
Charles A Corwin of the Field Museum returns from Laysan Island in the central Pacific where 8 000 000 birds including two albatross species inhabit the ground and engage in a cakewalk like dance with bill clapping and high stepping while the island’s lagoon hosts love birds. Oswego Canal to close for season September 15 at 6 p m between Three River point and Oswego point to aid barge canal construction.
The Navy Department ordered 180 torpedoes from Whitehead Torpedo Company of England, the largest single order for torpedoes by the U.S. government. Commander Volney O. Chase will oversee their construction in England, with manufacture to take about a year.
William Dean Howells notes that original literature is often condemned on first appearance for its novelty. He cites Shelley's, Coleridge's, Wordsworth's, and Stephen Crane's works as examples and adds that stones fall on trees heavy with fruit.
Gibraltar, often seen as barren, hosts 456 native flowering plant species. Castor oil plants and other shrubs reach tree-like forms while geraniums and heliotropes create hedges. These plants conceal cannon and other armaments. snakes are rare and small, with several inch lizards common.
A humorous local incident from Houston ends with a startling claim as a man declares himself the child’s father amid a hostess and onlookers. The exchange, noted in casual parlance, reflects family tensions and social satire of the era.
Brief subscription notice quotes Francis Bacon about dangers and deception, urging readers to subscribe to the MAIL.
Officials warn the November vote will fill more offices than any year since the current constitution. Constitutional amendments wipe out the February municipal election and join it with county contests. Thirty one state officers and twenty one associate judges across sixteen counties will be chosen, with all counties and cities electing municipal officers. Schools directors also vote under the new code, and a possible special congressional election in the 14th district may select a Kipp successor.
For Husbandy Exhibition patrons at Centre Hall Pennsylvania from September 9 to 15 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company offers special excursion tickets from Pennsylvania stations and from Baltimore and Elmira at reduced fares. Tickets are valid for travel to Centre Hall and return to the starting point by September 18 with a minimum fare of 50 cents.
Warren Conservatory of Music in Pennsylvania lists LeRoy B Campbell head of Piano with twelve years of study and sixteen thousand lessons, four European study trips, and publications in Etude and Musican. Voice under Alfred J Mooney with diverse training and flexible teaching methods. Violin run by Beatrice Williams, London College of Music graduate using the Sevcik Method.
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