Zeppelin Airships Face War Department Rejection
Paris reports a clash between Count Zeppelin and the war department over future orders. Authorities refuse further Zeppelin purchases and plan stations suited to smaller craft, while Zeppelin advances a Lucerne to southern Germany passenger service for 1900s spring operation with subsidies from several cities and potential war department backing as auxiliary cruisers.
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Paris
Count Zeppelin
War Department
Zeppelin
Zeppelin Company
Lucerne
Terprise
German War Department
Williams Bridge Treasurer Returns 176000 Cash Bond Debate
The late Robert McTurk, longtime Williams Bridge leader and treasurer, withheld 176000 from the sewer fund. Comptroller Fitch questioned the lack of records and bonds, noting Westchester officials avoid bonds. McTurk claimed no bond was required, contrasting New York City practice.
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New York Sun
Robert McTurk
Williams Bridge
New York
McTurk
Greater New York
Hot Springs
Ark
No Escape in London Tatler Wit Fueled by Tea and Toast
A fragment from the London Tatler features playful dialogue between Temperance Gentleman and The Incorrigible. The exchange hints at mischief and forthcoming consequences, with a quip about teeth and a jab at German chemists.
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London Tatler
Temperance
Tom Timkins
Bad Days and the Clock: Swoboda Theory and Longfellow Poem
Viennese doctor Dr Herman Swoboda proposes critical days in which people suffer without cause, predicting cycles every 3rd 28th 56th or 74th day. The article cites an English specialist advising to retreat to the countryside and avoid meat during bad days. It also reprints Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Old Clock on the Stairs, reflecting on time and eternity, ending with Forever-never.
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London
Herman Swoboda
Lambs Gambol in Gotham for $49,000
In New York at the Metropolitan opera house the Saints club staged a gambol with 150 stage celebrities. De Wolf Hopper hosted with Raymond Hitchcock Eddie Foy and James O Neill featured. Costumes and a brass band drew fashion figures and managers including Belasco Klein Erlanger and Broadhurst as state figures.
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New York
The
Saints Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Belasco
Augustus Thomas Charles Klein
A. L. Erlanger
George Broadhurst
de Wolf Hopper
Raymond Hitchcock
Eddie Foy
Nat M. Wills
Macklyn Arbuckle
Charles Evans
Ignacio Martinetti
Andrew Mack
Victor Herbert
Forum Secene
Julius Cesar
James O'Neill
Brutus
Marc Antony
William Muldoon
William and Melville Stewart
George W. Hobart
Wilton Lackeye
Dustin Farnum
Digby Bell
David Belasco
Lew Fields
Clay M. Greene
Charles Klein
John Mason
Eugene
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
HY. Mayir
Lambs Gambol
Gotham
Story County
Mevada
Iowa
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
Cash
G. A. Keenan
Story County Bank
Ames
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
Newree National Bank of Commerce
First Nati Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Judish Bros
Oxfords
Black Oxblood
Canier Brothers & Herman
ED. Miller
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U.S
Haverly
Frank Maverly
Prop
Morgan, Morgan & Watts
Attorneys-at-Law
Ames Savings Bank
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