Modern City Dwellers and the Rise of Apartments
The piece argues that American cities, especially New York, are shifting from single houses to large apartment blocks. It notes rising rents from $1,800 to $15,000 yearly in prime buildings, dwindling space for traditional homes, and imprints of European living styles on the metropolis. It contrasts native Americans with immigrant groups and cites Riverside Drive and Fifth Avenue as emblematic. It also observes how other cities like Chicago and San Francisco embrace high-density living.
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United States
Europe
W. J. Bryan
America
Bryan
Manhattan
New York
Naples
Genoa
Venice
Riverside Drive
Fifth Avenue
Newark
Fifth, Park
Madison
Ennes
59Th
110Th Street
Central Park
Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Open Door in China opens vast market for American goods
The article notes Manchuria’s open door after Russo Japanese war assures equal trade rights, praising US Chinese trade growth. It cites 7 months ending last July with over thirty seven million dollars in exports and describes Chinese demand for Southern cotton goods, despite a boycott against American products.
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Manchuria
Russia
United States
Japan
South
Hay
China
England
America
Uncle Sam
Great Commercial Guilds
Japanese Reason for Success
Aaron Komura attributes Japan's success to a just cause honesty in administration and extreme simplicity of life among the masses of the people.
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Aaron Komura
Japan
Old Virginia Lovers Reunited After Half Century
Mrs Lela Moir of Lynchburg Virginia learns her childhood sweetheart Charlie Clay now in Washington State has died while en route to marry her. After decades apart they rekindle a romance through letters and photographs. Moir travels toward Omaha to wed him but reaches the city as news of his death arrives.
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Omaha
Lela Moir
Lynchburg
Lela Saunders
Charlie Clay
Clay
Miss Saunders
Butler's Federal Sanitation Recovers New Orleans Spirit
The Buffalo Express recalls how General Butler's wartime Federal control of sanitation and strict quarantine helped stop yellow fever in New Orleans. Citizens now support federal efforts with public subscriptions to fund disease control.
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The
Buffalo Express
Ben Butler
New Orleans
General Butler
Literary Works of John Hay To Be Published by Daughter
The article notes John Hay's literary executor selection, his daughter Mrs. Payne Whitney inheriting manuscripts for publication, and her background as a contributor to major periodicals. It highlights her own publishing history, children prompting her stories for children, and her close ties to her father’s work through memory and perspective.
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John Hay
Payne Whitney
Helen Iay
Hay
Whitney
National Capital
Miss Hay
London
Adelbert Hay
Danger in Door Knobs Says Lancet
A fragment from a medical note warns that dirty door knobs pose sanitary risks due to constant hand contact and potential contamination, stressing vigilance against vague but plausible hygienic offenses.
Parcels Post Debate Divides Merchants and Public
The St Paul Trade clashes with Elbert Hubbard over parcels post value. It argues mail order houses push out small merchants and town department stores, while catalogs offer cheap but uncertain goods with lack of choice. The piece analyzes potential regional impacts and benefits for manufacturers and wholesalers.
Heading Off Lotteries Move Sparks U S Fraud Order
Information received by the Post Office Department alleges lottery ticket selling flourishes in the United States. An investigation recommends a fraud order against KE. Bogelsang of Hamburg Germany is tied to conducting state lotteries in Germany. Circulars intercepted in New York solicit remittances to Bogelsang in Hamburg.
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Post Office Department
United States
KE. Bogelsang
Hamburg
Germany
Brunswick
New York
Bogelsang
Mellons Start Opposition to Standard Oil Trust
The Mellons of Pittsburgh banking prominence led a campaign against the Standard Oil Trust and faced swift counteraction from its supporters.
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Washington Post
Mellons
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Trust
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the Parcels Post
Wallall
Meil
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Haskell
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Mexico
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St. Louis Republic
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