Chicago to Have a Bank for Women
Mrs. Antoinette Funk leads a plan to open a women owned bank for women in Chicago, starting in Edison Park suburb to reduce costs with a future downtown branch. The project aims to prove women trust women with savings and to attract deposits through trust and savings services. Backers will be women of solid financial status. no stock sales or deposit inducements are planned.
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Biscago
Chicago
Antoinette Funk
Joplin
Womens Bank For
Edison Park
Funk
City Will Pipe Water Long Distance
Kansas City capitalists plan to buy water from Bennett Spring in Dallas County Missouri for a 150 mile pipeline to the city. The spring yields about 104000 60 gallons daily and has run since Indian times. The project would cross Dallas and Jackson counties and pass through Johnson Henry St. Clair and Hickory. The supply is praised for purity and medicinal reputation, with limited local use for mill power.
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Ansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Bennett Spring
Dallas County
Brice
Jackson County
Johnson
Henry
St. Clair
Hickory
New York's Big Bridges Are Useless
Critics say spending 90 to 100 million dollars on new East River bridges for rapid transit is wasteful as the two Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges fail to serve main travel lines. They argue tunnels outperform bridges for rapid transport and note current bridges carry little of their capacity while congestion remains worst at Brooklyn.
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York
Hast
Williamsburg
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Kansas Agricultural College To Offer Table Manners Course
ANIZTAYTAN Kan A new course of Study is being prepared at the Kansas Agricultural College and will begin in the spring term. It is a four course table manners program requested by seniors and will be required for graduation, with emphasis on etiquette and proper dining practices. The move follows a state education board morals and manners initiative for common schools, encouraging teachers to instill upright conduct in students nationwide.
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Aniztaytan, Kan
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Agricultural College
State Board of Education
gBtate
Engine Is His Life The Reverse Bar His Heart
A veteran engineer, age fifty six with twenty years on an express train, describes the reverse bar as the engine's heart. He says the ride gives him life and that he is married to his latest engine, speaking of risks, memories of collisions, and the pull of the rails. He notes he could retire but would still dream of trains.
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Chicago Post
Mada
Tanny
Danny
Chicago
Largest locomotive ever built for Mexico railway
The Vulcan Locomotive company in Lancashire is constructing the largest UK locomotive for the Mexican National Railway. The 140 ton tank engine features a 40 foot boiler, central control, dual cabs, two furnaces, end funnels with vast sandboxes, cow-catchers, and six paired driving wheels. It can haul 400 tons up steep mountain gradients.
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United Kingdom
Vulcan Locomotive Company
Newtonle-Willows
Lancashire
Mexican National Railway Company
Hungary backs six new dreadnoughts and arms drive
News from the Fatherland reports Hungary cheerfully supports six new dreadnoughts while Hungarian manufacturers unite for firearms. Germany seemingly doubles rapid fire ordnance efficiency as crown prince tailed tiger hunts in India and rulers in Europe pursue state interests. Bohemia's landtag is ordered to convene January tenth amid attempts to patch German Czech compromise. Admiral Montecuccoli seeks navy funds to eight dreadnoughts by 1916. Prince Heinrich of Prussia pressures Kiel theater press. Grand Admiral Koester warns that England’s naval boom strains other budgets. A split in Alliance Israelite Universelle weakens German influence. German Jews exit after Paris refuses concessions. A dog in Hamburg speaks seven German words, proving comprehension under scholarly study. Temperance outreach grows on German warships under Prince Henry, with 100,000 members and school-based efforts. Carnegie funds life-saving in Germany, modeled after hero funds, aiding injured heroes and families, with education provisions for children.
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Hungary
Germany
Crown Prince
India
Edward
Czar
Russia
Landtag of
Bohemia
Kaiser Franz Joseph
Luitpold
Bayern
Montecuccoli
Austria-Hungary
Heinrich
Prussia
Kiel
von Koester
England
Alliance Israelite Universelle
Paris
Hamburg
Pfungst
University of Berlin
Prince Henry
Good Templary
Empire
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation
Hero Fund
United States
France
Treaty hopes ease fear of war and exclude question
Washington officials believe the forthcoming treaty with Japan can remove main war fears and address Japanese exclusion to ease labor tensions on the coast. Rep Goulden of New York pushes a civil service retirement pension bill, amid Senate and House resistance and fears of an entering wedge. Virginia and DC prepare for holly sales as forest protection debates rise.
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George Clinton
Washington
Japan
Senate of the
United States
Emperor’s Council
America
Commodore Perry
Goulden
New York
Friends of the Pension Plan
Whits
Virginia
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
The Locomotive Whistle Language Explained
The article explains locomotive signal meanings. Two long blasts signal air brakes release. Four short blasts direct the rear brakeman to protect the train. Four long blasts indicate tracks cleared and return to the train. Four short blasts at danger arrests signals. Three long whistles warn of a broken drawbar or broken coupling. Sudden stops risk rear collisions and costly wreckage.
British tiny train whistles contrast with American steam
The piece notes that English locomotives carry whistle devices smaller than American ones. While intended as yard warnings, the English whistles resemble nickels in size and emit a squeak likened to a frightened pig. The passage emphasizes differing uses and perceived nerve-wracking effects of whistles between nations.
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England
Well, Said the Optimistic Hoarder Exchange
In a humorous exchange two boarders debate abundance and scarcity at a boarding house. The optimistic hoarder praises unlimited meals while the pessimistic one notes endless options but perpetual unfulfillment. The quip highlights contrasting attitudes toward plenty and want.
Millions for Elevating Railroads Across Cities
The Boston Globe notes railroads operating in dense city areas have long pursued elevating tracks to reduce street disturbances. Costs run into millions with Chicago near 1 million for elevation, Boston area around 16 million, and Lynn Harrison Square projects at least 5 million. Additional plans in Waltham and Salem will add to the total, signaling a massive nationwide program.
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Chicago
Boston
Lynn
Harrison Square
Waltham
Salem
Boston Globe
Sympathetic Burglar Returns Valuables to Brown Family
A thoughtful burglar who broke into Joseph Brown's Streatham Highroad home last week has returned two cherished miniatures and other portable valuables valued at £12 to £14. The thief kept a gold miniature locket with portraits of Brown's two sons but returned the items, including the locket, after learning its significance to the family. The elder boy had recently died, making replacement impossible.
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Joseph Brown
Streatham Highroad
London Daily Mal
No Trick at All Closefist I Saw a Magician
A vivid snippet reports a magician last night who makes money vanish as if never existed. The speaker’s tone hints at disbelief and astonishment while a playful aside notes Hub can perform the feat.
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Closefist
Hub
A Mere Beginner in Your Class Now
A brief quip from the Catholic Standard and Times noting a light exchange about Gaddie Well and Youngley in a classroom, with Popley clarifying that Gaddie is a proud papa while remarking he is only an amateur.
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Gaddie
Youngley
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