Rail system for Philippine islands promises prosperity and growth
A team of engineers from the United States has developed a comprehensive railroad plan in the Philippine group. The project aims to direct the Filipino toward industry and thrift, with multiple lines planned from Manila north to Dagupan and into Cagayan valley, Bantagas, Albay and Sorsogon. American investment could reach 20 to 30 million dollars, and future rolling stock may be built by native workers.
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Seattle
P. E. Fansler
van Norden Magazine
Purdue
Cornell
Wisconsin
Boston
Tech
China
Luzon
United States
Manila
Dagupan
Lepanto-Bontok
Cagayan Valley
Bantagas
Albay
Sorsogon
Natal Government Railway
le Chemin du Fer du Kongo
Sudan Government Military Railway
Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Electric
Milly Graham and Larry McKay at Golden Hope Mine Rescue
Milly drives a buckboard loaded with blasting gear to fetch the new mine super Larry McKay. A rough ride ends in a crash and a daring millyard rescue when Milly is wounded thwarting a Mexican thief attempting to steal amalgam wires. The couple later wed after the trial and stay abroad on their honeymoon.
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Milly
Phoenix
Golden Hope Mine
Jupiter
Graham
Town
Harry
Larry
Adam
Mr. McKay
Desert
Mills
McKay
Super
Golden Tope
Rules of the Engineman From Early Railroading Practices
A Pioneer Engineman recounts how old rules governed trains before telegraph control. The specimen rules show careful throttle use to avoid jolt, stopping for stock, smooth starts to protect cars and passengers, ensuring steam efficiency at stops, and keeping dampers open to illuminate engines at night.
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Illustrated Sunday Magazine
World shares sympathy for the lovelorn over time
A reflective line notes that public sentiment often leans toward compassion for a man in love, even as occasional admirers celebrate romance. The saying contrasts enduring affection with society's pitying stance.
Milly and Larry Begin A Turbulent Courtship
In a dusty camp town tale Milly rebuffs Larry after he pays a grave bill for powder caps and acid. She withdraws to the hills while he presses his suit, and Milly proves resourceful tending batteries in the ore loft as their strained affair unfolds.
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Graham
Larry
Milly
Circumstantial Evidence In A Philadelphia Dinner Tale
A humorous anecdote from Everybody's Magazine recounts A J Cassatt at a Philadelphia Country Club dinner disparaging women riding astride. The tale then shifts to a Lan caster pile accident where a rider is thrown, a pharmacist at a nearby pharmacy spots a gold cigarette case, and miscommunications ensue involving the Browne family and Miss Browne.
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A. J. Cassatt
Philadelphia
Mr. Cassatt
Lancaster Pile
Pharmacy
S. Browne
Walnut Street
Jack
Out of His Hands in a Pig Swindle
Uncle Mose, needing money, sold a pig to a Northern lawyer and later stole it to resell to Judge Pickens. The two men, meeting later, confronted him and he admitted guilt. He told them he was no lawyer and left them to settle the matter themselves.
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Uncle Mose
Crows Return to Capitol Park and Post Office Tower
A long time Capitol Park crow reappears in its familiar tree and joins a returning post office crow at the tower. The latter was killed last year by a hawk on the postal tower edge, with the head saved by Officer Emmert as a midair trophy.
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Capitol Park
Washington
Post Office Department
Frank Emmert
Emmert
Novelty of Railroad Depot in Washington
The Washington Union station features a presidential State Suite unlike royal European equivalents. The suite is designed to reflect U S dignity and the United States as a leading railroad nation, contrasting with London Windsor station where royal rooms sit in a separate marble house on the platform.
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Union Station
Washington
United States
Windsor
London
Its Glories Departed House at Eighteenth and G Streets
A Washington DC three story brick house on the southeast corner of Eighteenth and G once housed Edward Everett who became secretary of state under Fillmore after serving in Congress and Massachusetts governor. Jefferson Davis occupied it when he was secretary of state for the federal government, then Jacob Thompson lived there after Buchanan era. Capt Henry Wise also stayed, marrying Everett’s daughter. The building later fell from splendor, its halls silent, now dusty and spider inhabited.
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Eighteenth
Washington
Edward Everett
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Fillmore
Daniel Webster
Everett
Mount Vernon
Judge Harlan His Son's Twin Portraits Shared Likeness
The piece compares Justice Harlan of the U S Supreme Court with his Chicago lawyer son John Maynard Har lan noting identical height weight facial contour and even mustaches when worn. It adds both share high foreheads and thinning temple hair with regular health habits linked to mood.
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Harlan
America
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
John Maynard Harlan
Chicago
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A. B. Guthrie
Choteau, Teton CO. Mont
Philippine
Milly of
The
Golden Hope
Mason & Whipple's
McIay
Larry McKay
Golden Hope Mill
Luke Crosby
San Francisco
Pather
Simms
No. 1
Yuma
George Guy Chetwynd
Rosalind Secor
New York
Novelty OF Railroad Depot
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