Real estate record breaks New York price mark
New York real estate set a price record with the Gillender building sale at 1.5 million dollars, about 822 a square foot. The Manhattan Trust Company plans to replace the nineteen story structure with a taller skyscraper to boost earnings as a swell of new construction pushes city investment to historic highs. Nearby, a gruesome dog attack on a man on West 120th Street shocks residents as courts face public anger over lenient judges.
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New York
New York City
Gillender
Nagsna and
Wall Streets
Snandal District
Wall Street
Broadway
Manhattan Trust Company
Carl Limpert
Slawer
West 120Th Street
Ike
Brute
Limpert
Timepert
Jersey
Hartwell Stafford
Hackensack
Milton Demarest
Mr. Stafford
Annual Geologic Survey Bulletin on Coal Lands and Water Power
The bulletin outlines how the Geological Survey provides valuations for coal land tracts, separates mineral and surface rights, and aims to restore barren lands to agricultural entry. It notes releases of millions of acres in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, with significant price advances. It also covers water power site withdrawals, national importance of water-resource studies, mine accident testing in Pittsburgh, and extensive topographic and geologic atlas progress.
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General Land Office
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Pilteburg
Pitteburg
Pittsburgh
United States
Maskan
Reflections Of A Bachelor From The New York Press
A humorous sample notes a girl seeking flattery about her looks and manners, while a man dreams of invention during leisure. It contrasts a woman’s cherished memory of a romance with an old rose kept for sentiment and romance.
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New York
Press
Speech of yours echoes through crossroads store
In a tense exchange Senator Sorghum rejects a grand legacy speech and insists on a practical, local impact that will resonate at the crossroads grocery store. The Washington Star frames the moment as a reflection on public aims for the New Year.
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Senator Sorghum
Crossroads
Washington Star
Dr John P Fort Pioneer Atlanta Farmer of Georgia
Dr John P Fort of Atlanta is celebrated for pioneering water and fruit farming in Georgia. He tapped artesian wells in Dougherty County, promoted peach and cherry orchards in Northeast Georgia, and developed Rabun County Forts Prize apples winning 1908 national and 1909 southern shows, boosting state agriculture and publicity.
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Sale
Georgia
Union
John Port
Empire State
Fort
Milledgeville
Oglethorpe University
Dougherty County
South Georgia
Dr Fort
Dr. Fort
North Georgia
Washington, D. C
Rabun Gap
Denver
Arkansas
Oregon
University of Georgia
Iast
John P Fort, Jr
Colleege
Mt Alry
South
Great Educational Gathering At Charlotte
Charlotte N C Dec 28 Sixteen states sent large delegations to the annual convention of the Southern Educational Association in this city for a three days session. State and city superintendents attend along with noted educators from across the country who will address the gathering. Prominent visitors include former President Eliot and university presidents from Chicago Stanford Missouri Texas Virginia Alabama North Carolina Tennessee and Mississippi. Additional sessions run with the American School Peace League and other educational bodies.
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Charlotte
N.C
Southern Educational Association
Eliot
Harvard University
Judson
University of Chicago
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Hill
Mienouri
Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Mezes
University of Texas
Denny
Washington and Lee University
Abercrombie
University of Alabama
Venable
University of North Carolina
Mitchell
University of South Carolina
Kincannon
University of
Florida Teachers Convene at Deland for State Meeting
Deland Florida December brings the annual convention of the Florida State Educational Association with several hundred teachers arriving to attend three days of sessions in the Stetson University auditorium. F A Hathaway of Jacksonville will preside as officers plan the program.
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Florida
Deland
Fia
Florida State Educational Associaon
Stetson University
F. A. Hathaway
Jacksonville
FADS AND FASHIONS OF INTEREST TO LADIES
New York fashion notes describe refined taste among middle and upper classes with draped gowns, clinging lines, and adaptations from Directoire to Moyen Age silhouettes. Emphasis on versatile daytime pieces, high necklines for economy, and chic black velvet dinner frocks, with velvet, foulard, and blue suiting trends noted for winter wear.
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New York
Directoire
Moyen Agedea
Parhion
Venice
A E Convention Adjourned At Rome
A biennial convention of Province Epsilon of the 8 A B fraternity met in Rome Georgia with social events and secret sessions. Delegates from the University of Georgia Mercer Tech Emory College University of Alabama Auburn and Southern University reported growth and prosperity. Officers were re elected W W Brandon and Jelks J Cabaniss with J D McCartney as vice president. Zelaya of Nicaragua plans months in Mexico while criticizing U S consular actions.
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Rome
Province Epsilon
Lindsay Johnson, Jr
J. D. McCartney
University of Georgia
Mercer
Tech
Emory College
University of Alabama
Auburn
Southern University
Macon
W. W. Brandon
Montgomery
Ala
Jelks J1. Cabaniss
Birmingham
Chariton Ogburn
Atlanta
W. M. Henry
Jim Maddox
Lauren W. Foreman
W. H. Jack
Greensboro
Aln
England Remembers Gladstone Anniversary
London reports saturated with observances marking Gladstone birth centenary headings. The piece chronicles his career from Tory beginnings to Liberal leadership, reform efforts, and home rule debates, noting memorials, tomb visits, and hawarden tributes across the year.
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London
Pers
Gladstone
Ie Ues
National League
Young Liberals
Westminster Abbey
Hawarden
St. Clement, Dane's Church
Strand
Liverpool
Eton
Oxford
the Treasury
Board of Trade
Mint
Liberal Party
Peel
Lord Russell
Ireland
House of Commons
House of Lords
Two Sicilies
Herbert Gladstone
Souh African Federation
Wiliam E. Gladstone
Tranavaal
Mrr
Transvaal
Student Volunteer Convention Meets in Rochester
The International convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions opened in Rochester with over 3,000 delegates from colleges and universities. Five days of addresses by leading missionaries cover industrial, international, evangelical, medical, and personal work as global missions leaders speak.
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Rochester
Abi Medical
Jill Bryce
McDowell
Hendrix
Kansas City
Op Lloyd
Virginia
Gifford
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Tazewell Bliett
House of Representatives
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Oman
Nicola Zerole
Giovanni Zenatelo
Manhattan Opera House
Zenatello
Tannhaizer
Zerola
Metropolitan Opera House
S Ingers
America
Marl Jorn
Metropolitan Opera Company
Supreme Court
Sweden
Bulletin OF Geological Survey
John P. Fort
Tome
Parla
Hly
Ely Broa
Warren Atteet
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Mexico
Knoxie
England
Athens
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