Jacobs the Tunnel Builder of New York's Subsea Network
J. A. Edgerton profiles Charles M. Jacobs, engineer in charge of major subaqueous tunnel projects in New York and New Jersey. Born in England, he drove the first under East River tube from Astoria to Manhattan and leads the North and South trolley tunnels, the Hudson river crossings, and four East River lines for the Pennsylvania. Jacobs is a quiet, reserved genius who quietly transforms impossible obstacles into rapid progress. He plans and executes with calm precision, earning the title king of tunnel engineers.
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Cambodias King Teaches Smoke to Four Year Old Princess
A Cambodian royal visit to Paris details King Sisowath teaching his four year old grandniece to smoke, and notes that motherly figures in Cambodia commonly smoke. The report mentions the princess Nettie Poh puffing a cheroot, the royal troupe’s smoking habits, and the king’s reaction to French lions at the Jardin des Plantes. It also references a white elephant gift and prep for Sisowath’s departure to Marseilles with Bastille day festivities.
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Boycott Died Out Movement in China Declares Tenny
Victoria July 18 Dr Charles D Tenny formerly of the Chinese Imperial University of Tientsin and lately named by Viceroy Yuan Shikai as a director of Chinese government students in the United States and England has arrived on the Tango Maru with forty young Chinese. The party will go to Cambridge to study and reform in China gains ground. Tong Sha, a supervisor of imperial customs and Yale graduate, is engaged in Russo-Chinese negotiations at Peking. No sign of an anti foreign movement in China. boycott of American goods died out at Shanghai and in the north. The State Board of Health report on canned meats shows general manufacturers fare good but many products contain foreign matter. One western potted ham brand contains epidermis and nerves ground to a paste. another contains abundant tissue and epidermis with saliva glands.
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Castro Reassumes Presidency in Venezuela
Caracas July 10 Vice President Gomez handed the presidential office to President Castro who had temporarily resigned in April. Public sentiment runs high with general contentment and internal stability now confirmed.
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Early banks rise in Europe via Lombard Jews
The flat establishment of banks is credited to Italy where banks were founded by Lombard Jews. The term bank derives from banca benches used in market money exchange. Venice opened the first public bank in 1550 followed by the Bank of England in 1693.
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No Unpleasant Bifecte Pills and Cough Syrups Ad
An OCR fragment promotes Dewitt's Little Harry Risers for cleansing the liver and bowels with no unpleasant effects. It touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for colds, coughs, and bronchitis, and quotes praise for local papers Ames Times and Voleda Chronicle.
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