Provincetown Pilgrim Monument to Rise 250 Feet in Height
Boston plans reveal the Provincetown Monument will reach 250 feet, second only to the Washington Monument in size. The project, funded by government, state, and Cape Cod groups, places a 56-townstone interior and a viewing gallery atop High Hill with electrical lighting and a winding incline to the top.
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Washington Shaft
Boston
Provincetown Monument
Bunker Hill
Old South Meeting House
Province Town
Provincetown
William H. Taft
Curtis Guild, Jr
Meeerhte
Jetts
J. Henry Sears
Brewster
Cape Cod Pilgrim, Memorial Association
United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Siena
Italy
New 14 Inch Coast Defense Guns Planned
General Croater overseeing plans for 14 inch caliber coastal guns to join the existing fortifications. Officials debate forged steel versus wire wound construction as work begins at Water Vnte arsenal. The design aims for range and power comparable to current 12 inch guns while reducing cost and extending life.
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Woast
Watervnte
Maine
Washington State
Memorial to Bismarck Erected in Berliner Dom by Kaiser
A grand monument to Otto von Bismarck stands in Berlin's Berliner Dom, designed by Reinhold Begas and ordered by the Kaiser. The lifelike figure is armored as a German knight, flanked by History and Fame. The vault shows a relief of union and imperial crown.
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Berliner Dom
Berlin
Germany
Otto von Bismarck
Reinhold Begas
Hohenzollern
Bismarck
Wreck of the Governor Remembered by Marine Sailors
An elderly Marine recalls the November 1861 loss of the Governor off South Carolina. Amid violent seas, the Sabine aided,壮 the ship sank by November 3, seven men drowned, and survivors were rescued by the Sabine and Mohegan at Bay Point.
Bronze tablet to display Gettysburg Address in schools
The Grand Army of the Republic prepared a 22 by 29 inch bronze tablet inscribed with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It features the seven Army Corps badges with battlefield flowers and grasses and will be mounted on marble in schoolhouses and other suitable places for patriotic study.
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Lincoln
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan’s War Trophies Presented in Illinois
Mrs. John A. Logan will present to Illinois the war trophies souvenirs and mementos collected by her late husband. She includes stained glass windows and twenty two painted panels from the memorial room now in her home where the collection has rested.
The Congo Crocodile Menace and River Village Life
A vivid account of Congolese riverside peril from crocodiles and hippos. Villagers, white officials, and missionaries react as predators strike in dusk by the Nile and Congo, detailing enclosures, rituals, and posthumous plunder of ivory ornaments and skins.
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Rivera
Nile
Congo
Central
Africa
Connecticut Canine a Hero
A Winsted couple escaping a sleigh crash due to a train were aided by their dog. The spaniel untangled the reins, turned the horses, and returned to the sleigh seat to guide the team back to the Martins after 15 minutes. In Massachusetts a fire at Helen M. Whitney’s home destroyed it, with Charles Connell rescued by his bulldog. Connell escaped with four silver pieces and wedding presents as smoke filled the room.
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Connell
Exports to England Rise Amid 1906 Trade Gains
A report notes U S exports to England last year reached 655,025,003 dollars, an increase over 1905 of 77,660,000 dollars. The item follows a classroom joke about punctuation and a teacher drilling first graders on exclamation points.
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Earnest
England
United States
Red Table Cloth Stops Wreck At Naugatuck Crossing
In Winsted Connecticut Mrs Sylvester Rose living beside the Naugatuck division tracks of the New York and New Haven railroad used a red table cloth to signal an oncoming train. Engineer Edward Brennan slowed but could not stop. his nose was broken as the wood sled crashed but the engine and cars stayed on the rails.
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Winsted
Conn
Sylvester Rose
New York & New Haven Railroad
William Pfaem
Praeslin
Edward Brennan
Brennan
Mrs. Rose
Little Marjorie Sees Circus Then Church
A young girl named Marjorie enjoys new experiences this summer first attending the circus then a church service. She recalls the hymn sung as a crated cross-eyed bear, joking she did not see such a bear at the circus.
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Marjorie
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Mass
Plymouth Colony
High Hill
Washington
Croater
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Ordnance
Germania
Trenton
N. J
Leon A. Shockley
Shockley
Shockleys
Alfonso
Alfonso Leon
Fernando Maria Santiago Isidore Paschal Marcian
Santiago
Spain
Leon
Pope Leo
Isidore
Madrid
Paschal
Marcian
Orfer
San Francisco
Loudovic Daldagiovanni
National Tribune
John G. Reynolds
Bull Run
Marine
Hampton Roads
Port Royal
8. C
Union
Nicholson
Smith
Georgetown
S. C
Ringgold
Isaac Smith
Sabine
Bay Point
3. C
Conco
Peata
Central Africa
New York Sun
Puda
Lts
Connecticut
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