Word: canalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stately house of a rich Bolognese doctor, with an arched doorway, and a broad balcony looking down upon the stage. Across the way is the entrance to an inn, the "Aquila D'Ors". Between the two buildings are steps and an embankment, which suggest the presence of a canal, and above which may be seen a deep expanse of sunny Venetian...
...second scene represents the interior of a room in the doctor's house. The background is formed by high panels, elaborately decorated. In the center is a large, arched window with draped curtains which looks out upon the canal. The decorations on the walls, the paintings, and the furniture, are all done in the intricate rococo style typical of the period...
...Manhattan dissension arose in the ranks of the Company's directors. Major General George Washington Goethals (Panama Canal constructor), Frederick S. Blackall, F. B. Potter, H. C. Sheridan, A. S. Robert severed their connection with the Chester Concession. Commander Arthur Chester, son of Admiral Chester who obtained the concession which bears his name from the Turkish Government, repudiated the management of the concern and said that the " false and misleading statements made by Colonel Clayton-Kennedy and his associates" were bringing ruin upon the project. The dispute arose because the directors could not agree as to the best methods...
Married. Brazilla Carroll Reece, U. S. Representative from Tennessee, "Baby of the 67th Congress," 33, to Miss Louise Goff of Washington. They went to the Canal Zone for their honeymoon...
Died. Count Charles de Lesseps, 82, son of Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal (opened in 1869), in Paris...