Tunnel Work Completed for Catskill Aqueduct Celebration
Mayor Gaynor and the Water Board celebrated the completion of the Storm King to Break Neck tunnel for the Catskill Aqueduct. The 500 foot deep tunnel under the Hudson marks a key step toward the 60 mile system with a projected cost of about 162 million dollars. The project, praised as greater than the Panama Canal, will supply New York City with a vast water supply from twelve reservoirs led by the Ashokan with enormous capacity.
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Catskill Aqueduct
New York
Gaynor
Board of Water Supply
Storm King
Hudson River
Highlands
Hudson
Break Neck
Isthmus
Rome
Catskills
Ashokan
Killarney
A Hundred Years Since the Launching of the Monitor
Washington marks a centennial since the launching of the ironclad Monitor at Brooklyn. The ship’s revolving turret and its Hampton Roads clash with the Merrimac defined ironclad superiority and spurred a century of naval innovation, with Great Britain leading the early shift and the United States and Germany pressing for top ranks.
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D. C
Brooklyn
Hampton Roads
Merrimac
Great Britain
United States
Germany
National Cash Register Co
Canada
Europe
Australia
South America
Cuba
Dayton
Corruption Charges Filed Against Portland Officials
In Portland Maine six city leaders including Mayor Oakley C. Curtis appear in the supreme court on corruption charges under the corrupt practices act. Proceedings involve potential invalidation of the election and temporary disqualification from office with possible fines and imprisonment if indicted and convicted.
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Portland
Oakley C. Curtis
Supreme Court
Maine
May Grand Jury
Speedy skaters in contest at Saranac Lake
Mor ris Wood, world professional champion, and Edmund Lamy, recently retired U S and Canada champion, met in Saranac Lake N Y for a two day series to decide the professional world title.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Morris Wood
Edmund Lamy
United States
Canada
In Memory of the Martyr King
London marks the anniversary of King Charles I’s beheading with memorial meetings wreaths at Trafalgar Square. Legitimist and Jacobite orders observe the day and submit wreaths for approval to the Commission of Woods and Forests to prevent sedition.
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London
Charles I
England
Whitehall
Trafalger Square
New England Club Women Meet Opens in New Haven
Special to the Banner reports a two day conference of the New England Federation of Women's Clubs opening in New Haven Connecticut with a focus on Child Labor. Delegates from most New England clubs attend and tomorrow's session will discuss Pure Food.
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New Haven
Conn
New England Federation of Women’s Clubs
New England
The Lion and the Mouse at Colonial to morrow evening
The United Play Co presents Charles Klein's The Lion and the Mouse at the Colonial with no price increase. The drama exposes trust machinations and finance magnates, contrasting them with steadfast American womanhood in a tale of struggle toward victory for the heroine. The piece has drawn wide interest.
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Charles Klein
United Play Co
Klein
Finance
W. E. Henley
Grace Lord
Elizabeth Gillespie
Raymond Wells
Frank Patton
Chas. T. del Vochhio
Edmond Sprague
Wm. Weston
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NEW England Club
Columbia
Athens, GA
Erwin & Company
College Avenue
National Cash Register Company
E. O. Hinson
N.C. R
N.C.R. Hall of Industrial Education
Globe Trotters
HI. M
Madame Sherry
Terpsichore
Athens Empire Laundry CO
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