The Gotham Millionaire Moves Across States
The New York Sun notes the spectacle when a great American millionaire relocates. It recalls the Webb and Vanderbilts shifting homes from Newport to Narragansett and other estates with caravans of carriages, yachts, and stable staff, provoking public curiosity and wealth discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Mr. Webb
Vermont
Newrt
Narragansett
Mr. Vanderbilt
Astors
Hudson
Rhode Island
Newport
Bay
Webb
Rail and travel promos from Chicago Great Western and others
Advertisements from a newspaper column promoting rail travel on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago Great Western railways. Details include excursion and tourist ticket sales, routes between Chicago Des Moines and western states, and generic maxims on money time and travel life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sioux City
Geo. H. Heafford
Great Western R'y
Texas
Oklahomaerritories
New Mexico
A. W. Noyes
T. A
C. J. Brooks
Chicago Great Western R'y
TF. A
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Iowa
The Tale the Terrapin Told and a Fisherman's Daughter
A long fragment shows Basil Beresford the artist falling under an oak during a Chesapeake Bay storm. A terrapin hoards his meals and a clever plot ends with Phyllis Marmaduke rescuing Basil after a diamond back shell message reveals his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifler
Liberty Hall
Mr. Miller
Chesapeake Bay
Basil Beresford
Basil
Phyllis Marmaduke
Harold Marmaduke
Phyllis
Besil
Miss Marmaduke
A Ter
Arist
Bay
Chesapeake
Whyllis
Oating Dangers at outing
Mrs Baxter shouts for help as Leetle Yacob falls into a riffer during an outing. Mr Baxter exclaims in shocked French style as a child slips from danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Baxter
Isaac
Leetle Yacob
Mr. Baxter
People of the Day and Miscellany Highlights
A collage of brief notes listing notable figures from Charles Eastman to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lord Rosebery, and Empress Victoria, plus miscellany on asthma remedies, teething cures, and public health topics. Mentions Meade, Oliphant, and figures in politics, science, and social commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eastman
Elaine Goodale
St. Paul
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Melville
Olympia
Minneapolis
Colombia
New York
Lord Rosebery
Dalmeny Park
George
Oliphant
Windsor Castle
The
Spectator
Strength of an Arch Span Tested in Beaune France
The brick arch for a service reservoir was tested in Beaune France. It spans 18 feet 1 inch with a rise of 1 foot 11 1/2 inches using 11.8 by 5.1 by 1.2 inch bricks laid with 0.4 inch mortar joints and an 8.10 inch outer mortar layer. A two foot section on rock abutments carried 820 pounds per square foot for eighteen hours without failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaue
France
Himalayas Hint Sparks Madam’s Scenic Debate
A playful exchange unfolds as a speaker praises the Himalayas while a critic notes Lance’s article about them. The remark contrasts with local Alps used as a humorous benchmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalayas
Alps
Lance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Terrapin
Henry Miller
Charles Frohman
Mr. Mil
Philadelphia
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Iron
Ilinois Central Railroad
Southern
Northern
Manchester
Lowa
Merry
Royal Baking Powder
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
People OF the Day
Wixstow
Coce
Banson
Berlin
Congress
Baltimore
South Carolina
Mississippi
W.l.douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
ST. Jacobs Oil
Washington, D.C
Atty Slot Sio Jouin W. Morkes
Pioneer Knitting
Goode Manuface
McElrees
Carduie
VIA
Berr
Peoria
St. Louis
Ole Columbus
Indianapolis
Benton Marie Sandusky
Wagner
Cincinnati
Pullman& Ing
Chesapeake & Ohio
Q & Crescent
Louisville
the. Youths Companion
Queen Victoria
Lady Jeune
Koch
Harold Ernst
Charles Dickens
W. Clark Russell
George Curzon
M.P
Sam
Geo. J. Monson
Artunities
Wll
Nanion
the Youth’s Companion
Boston
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