Restoration Nears Completion of St Mark Campanile
The restoration of Venice's St Mark's campanile nears completion with expectations that the bells of San Marco will ring again on St Mark's Day 1911. The tower, rebuilt after its 1902 collapse, uses over a million bricks and new iron-bound shafts to form a single mass in case of future failure, with costs exceeding 2 000 000 francs.
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St. Mark’s
Venice
San’ Marco
Campanile
St. Mark
Church of St. Mark
London
St. Paul's
St. Mark's
Giuseppe del Ficcolo
Loggetta
Silvio Pellico
Sansovino
Mark’s
Settimio Passo
The Welsh Eisteddfod and Its Gorsedd Ceremonies
The article describes the National Eisteddfod of Wales highlighting the Gorsedd rituals at Kensington Gardens, with Lady St Davids and the Countess Maitland, and the Arch-Druid Dyfed presiding. It notes Welsh women’s growing role, the Brythonic sword of peace, mead, and new member initiations, plus the lore and pageantry surrounding the bardic contest and crown.
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Wales
Kensington Gardens
Lady St. Davids
Countess Maitland
Dyfed
Stoke
Chia
Ap’ Bony Birth
Lion
Llanover
London
Moses Austin Grave Care Sought by Texas Officials
Washington county officials urged Texas state authorities to take responsibility for Moses Austin’s grave near Potosi Missouri and arrange a proper tomb in the public square. They note Austin’s role as Texas founder Stephen F. Austin’s father and his early Missouri ventures. The fragile tomb is in a Presbyterian churchyard and bears a simple inscription.
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Potosi
Washington County
Stephen F. Austrom
Texas
Cap- Austin
Durham Hall
Mos Austin
Mississippi Valley
Aaron Burr
Andrew Jackson
Thomas H. Benton
Moses Austin
Missouri
St. Louis
San Antonio
Stephen F. Austin
Southwest
Death of Abyssinian envoy Rassam ends long career
Had many years in England after becoming a British Museum associate, Had Rassam led the Abyssinia mission to King Theodore. He faced imprisonment and maltreatment, followed by a British punitive expedition led by Lord Napier, and died recently in Hove England.
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London
Harmazd Rassam
Theodore
England
Abyssinia
Hove
Mesopotamia
Nineveh
British Museum
Aden
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Theodore of
Magdala
Great Britain
Abyaninis
Punt
Mapier
Theodord
Doctor Slick Charges $20 More for Sterilizing System
Mr Kicker complains while Doctor Slick responds by increasing the fee by twenty dollars for sterilization. The exchange highlights a price dispute over medical services.
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Kicker
Slick
Attorneys win fight over large estate in Old Skinner case
Relatives contest the will of Ask-it Old Skinner, but the court rulings leave the heirs with nothing substantial. The record notes a sizable estate resolved through the courts while heirs receive no marked remainder.
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Askit
Old Skinnerd
Noitt
Askitt
Letters Promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Minneapolis reader Mrs Joan G Moldan praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female troubles and urges others to seek its help. The notice encourages women to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and testimonials.
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Minneapolis
Minn
E. Pinkhamy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. Moldan
Second St
North
Lydia E
You Indoor People You Indoor People bowels help choice
The text presents a choice between harsh laxatives and gentle Cascarets for bowel relief. It suggests harshness makes bowels callous, while Cascarets provide similar help gently. It mentions a vest-pocket box priced at 10 cents marked COC.
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