House boat Najme praised as costliest of its kind
Edward Becket plans a winter voyage with the house boat Najme from New York to Miami towing by a tug. The yachtlike house boat, originally built for Betsy Head, features mahogany interiors, vast staterooms, two baths, a sun promenade, and a modern searchlight.
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New York City
Brovida
Beard Becket
Equitable Engineering Company of
New York
Becket
America
Cape Catteras
Florida
Mr. Becket
Miami River
Mrs. Becket
George C. Taxlor
Millonaire
Istip, N. Y
New York World
Betsy Head
Long Island
Colonel Macompson
Appr
Yalsial House
BE. Cockburn Johnstone
Barth Tan Canal
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Fiatteras
Miami
Fla
George C. Taylor
Najme Sa
Mineself
Taylor
Mme
Betsy Mead
Yowaus
Milionaire
Eva Fay plans temple and school for theosophists near Melrose
Miss Eva Fay the medium announced through her lawyers that she purchased an estate near Melrose Massachusetts. She intends to erect a temple for theosophists which will serve as a school and a house for theosophists.
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Eva Fay
Melrose
Mass
Town Beautification Moves Across American Cities
A Lowell committee catalogs billboards urging city property lease bans at renewal to protect town beauty while various cities like Aston and Utica push sidewalk, street, and park improvements. Knoxville adopts concrete sidewalks. New Orleans seeks personal drinking cups for schools. Grand Rapids defends park work as civic pride and mentor for neighboring towns.
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Board of Trade
Lowell
Mass
Aston
MeckKeen
Utica
N.Y
Genesee
Baker
Sunnyside
Burlington
Knoxville
Park and Cemetery Commissions
Grand Rapids
Mich
Planting Railway Station Grounds
Planting railway station grounds is spreading yearly and gaining traveler approval. The plant loving traveler should commend railway officials for their enterprise and foresight in embellishing lines of travel to beautify depots. Spacious, well planned depot grounds benefit both cities and the railway companies, so municipalities should encourage and aid this effort.
Catalogue houses war on advertising not quality
The struggle for supremacy among catalogue houses is fought not by comparing goods quality or price but on the spectacle of advertising. They aim to make shoddy items appear as real through images and presentation.
Plans to beautify Louisville river front front park
The Outdoor Art league, with the Commercial club, seeks to transform the river front in Louisville Kentucky from an eye sore to a pleasing park through tree planting, sodding and gardening.
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Louisville
Outdoor Art League
Commercial Club
Election primer on who may vote in U S elections
The text explains who can vote in national state and local elections, noting men over 21, women in four western states with full suffrage, broader but limited women’s voting rights in other states, and the status of Chinese naturalization and African American suffrage under the fifteenth amendment.
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Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Kansas
Montana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Oregon
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Washington
Arizona
New Jersey
North Dakota
South Dakota
Connecticut
Ohio
United States
Congress
Voice From the Synagogue Praising the President
Rabbi J. Leonard Levy asserts the U S president is not a monarch but the elected servant of the people with limited tenure He lauds honesty and character while noting a turning point after May 30 1907 when opponents were denounced and methods disclosed
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United States
Canada to Be Independent Yet An Ally of Britain
Ex Justice J H Longley argues Canada will become an independent nation within a century, maintaining an alliance with Britain. He envisions Canada evolving from colony to autonomous partner, supporting British principles while avoiding imperial federation.
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Canada
Great Britain
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Atlantic
J. Leonard Levy
Pittsburg
England
Emperor William
Ezar
William II
Nicholas Tr
J. H. Longley
The
Supreme Court of
Nova Scotia
Europe
Asia
Africa
Red Cross Pharmacy
Phowe
Sh Parshalltown Am West
Marshalltown Buggy Company
L. L. Maley
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Carriage Company
Peter Ibsen
General Blacksmiths
Wishkah Street
Superior
H. L. Cook & Co
E. Heron St
Vienna
Townsend
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