Harriman Builds $2 Million Ramapo Mountain Estate
Edward H Harriman returns from Europe to occupy a new Arden New York country house on Tower hill. The mansion, costing well over $100,000 with grounds nearly $2,000,000, sits high in the Ramapo range with an incline railroad, multiple elevators, 72 rooms, marble statuary, Venetian gardens, lake water supply, and extensive servant quarters. Plans for a library, billiards and wireless station are announced for next year.
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Arden
N. Y
Tower Hill
New York
Edward H. Harriman
Europe
America
Harriman
Newsburg
Ramapo
Hudson
Mr. Harriman
Ramapo Range
Down
Charles P. Ford
Harriman House
Indiana
Fifth Avenue
Edward
Prince of Wales
Union Square
Astor House
Hamilton’ Grange
The Freight Car Surplus A Boon For Railroads And Shippers
The Wall Street Summary argues that a surplus of idle freight cars is essential for handling traffic pressure and emergencies. It notes improved car efficiency, with about twenty percent more work per car, and urges continued car-building to maintain a reserve supply to avoid congestion and economic loss.
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Wall Street
Austria's War on Snakes Reduces Poisonous Bites
Austria reports a large increase in snakes killed after premiums for snake hunting were introduced in 1906. In 1907 about 280 thousand snakes were killed, most of them poisonous, while reported bites declined from 206 in 1907 to 140 last year.
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Austria
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
The Cruel Blackmailer
Western detective H. K. Adair says blackmail is a business in Budapest with more practitioners than anywhere. He cites a Budapest case where a man lived in luxury for years using knowledge about a local woman with a wooden leg.
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H. K. Adair
Budapest
Mr. Adair
New York Embraces Rapid Urban Makeover By 1925 Predicted
The article notes New York’s swift transformation erasing older landmarks as hotels and historic sites vanish for modern offices. It argues sentiment falters amid a boom driven by commerce, expecting the city to become the world’s largest in mere generations.
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York
New York
People's Kitchen Reopens Feeding Hundreds at Seven Cent Meals
Paul Lansky praises plain food and a full stomach as East Side residents flock to the People's Kitchen. The revived establishment serves about 500 meals daily at seven cents each, aims to triple capacity, and plans branching kitchens to aid workers, students, and aspiring immigrants.
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Aving
Paul Lansky
People's Kitchen
Division Street
Rutgers Park
Lansky
Hudson Show to Boost New York Population to Historic High
City planners forecast New York will top 16 million residents during a late month celebration marking Hudson river discovery 300 years and Fulton's steamboat 100th anniversary. A 3000 guest banquet at Hotel Astor opens a new grand ballroom, with 1500 couples dancing, and over 100 million dollars projected to be spent.
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United States
New York
Frudson River
Robert Fulton
Henry Hudson
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Hotel Astor
Fulton
Father Knickerbocker
One Bad New Yorker Out of Every Twenty
The New York police arrest about every two minutes in the five boroughs. On average 28 people are taken into custody per hour, about 670 daily, with 244,822 arrests in the past year. Each arrest costs $59 and the police budget nears $14.45 million. There are 10,000 officers averaging two arrests monthly, about 1,460 dollars per officer in yearly salary. Most arrests, 219,613, are for misdemeanors. Five percent of New Yorkers, or one in 20, face legal action.
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New York
Five Boroughs
City of
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