England's Electrical Awakening to Underground Transit
London to open six and a half mile underground electric line from Shepherd's Bush to the Bank of England in twenty five minutes. Sir William Preece, leading British electrical expert, touts cheap power and new lines rising under the Thames. He warns of labor limits and praises American efficiency in an era of growing electric railways and power companies.
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London
William Preece
Great Britain
Curtis Brown
Pecial Correspondence Commercial Tribune
England
America
United States
John Bull
Germany
Cape
Shepherd’s Bush
Bank of England
New York
Thames Iin
Jone
Wnidh
Manchester
Liverpool
House of Commons
Kely
Asia
Royal Society
Legion of Honor
Institute of
Metriltan
Sterns
Edison
Delany
William
Thomases
Marconi
Sir William
Sir William Preece
North
Wales
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Common
Robin Gray
Metropolitan Underground Railways
Metropolitan
Liverpool and
Behr
Lundell
Switzerland
Edinburgh
Globe
Pari Passu
Famine Aid in India by American Relief Effort
Special Correspondent Gibson Willets reports from Ahmednagar during May 19 detailing government relief camps feeding and clothing 6,000,000 famine dependents and private missionary aid reaching 40,000,000 more. Dr Louis Klopsch of Christian Herald aims to raise $1,000,000 to bolster relief efforts, with the Quito ship carrying corn on its way to India.
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Redgaon
Bombay
Warwand
Deccan
Bombay Presidency
Ahmednagar
Kapurwadi
Great Britain
Thdla
Gibson Willets
Commercial Tribune
India
Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
Klopsch
Quito
Dr. Klopsch
Paris
America
Transatlantic
Ces Yankees
Americans Shape Paris Exposition Scene with Bold Spending
Paris heats up as American visitors reveal a new, autonomy driven style. Working men and guides adjust to the longer stay and higher prices, while the U S embassy negotiates daily with citizens seeking help and information.
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Jedus
Jehu
France
United States
Unite States
Paris
The Umbrella City of London Spends on Umbrellas
Ten million dollars a year is spent in London on umbrellas as residents habitually carry them in all weather. The practice persists regardless of rain.
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London
Capturing Them Now and Farm Ventures After War
Two figures discuss postwar aims in the Free State focusing on farm acquisitions and the agricultural upheaval felt as Imperial Yeomen consider new lands. The dialogue hints at a shift from wartime actions to rebuilding and farming opportunities.
Mary of Salisbury Keeps Seventy Indoor Servants
Hy Marquis reports that Mary of Salisbury maintains about seventy indoor servants plus higher class dependents such as private secretaries librarians and chaplains in her household care.
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Mary of Salisbury
Imperial Yeomanry officer valued at ten thousand a year
A service member in the Imperial Yeomanry in Africa is described as earning £10,000 annually. The note emphasizes the high value of this position and its financial reward.
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Imperial Yeomanry
Africa
The Personality of Paris as Tarbell Describes
Ida M. Tarbell portrays Paris as a friendly city where strangers are greeted warmly. She notes universal politeness, helpful strangers, and a norm of amiable deception by tradespeople, driven by pleasure and social ease.
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England and Electricity
United Kingdom
Sam
Ment
Christian Herald Mission
Great Underground
Manchester and
Stephen MacKenna
Fenimore Cooper
Milor
Europe
Baedecker
Spain
Fifth Avenue
Parc Monceau
Denver
Exposition
Exposition Gates
Sherry’s
Waldorf- Astoria
Free State
Ida M. Tarbell
Scribner
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