Marvels of modern transportation unfold in one travel day
The narrator recalls a single day of diverse travel through New Jersey and New York using electric subways elevated rail steam trains taxis and airplanes. He notes how gasoline electric and air power enable journeys from surface routes to tunnels and air routes showing modern transport's vast reach.
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Electoa
Earth
Vome
New Jersey
Hudson River
Sylvantin Station
New York
Mineola
Arting Point
Rialto Bridge of Venice a Grand Canal Landmark
A fragment details the Rialto bridges history in Venice, describing the Grand Canal span built by Giovanni da Ponte with a single arch, tall 24 feet, supported by 12 006 piles. It notes Rialto from Rivo Alto, its role as a financial center, and Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice reference.
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Rialto
Grand Canal
Giovanni da Ponte
Rivo Alto
Venice
Shakespeare
Antonio
Largest American Bell Shattered Windows in Cincinnati
The shattered bell in Cincinnati surpasses Moscow in size, weighing about 30,000 pounds and standing 12 feet high. It rang with deep tones feared to threaten the supporting tower, yet no one has dared to ring it. Tap sounds exceed normal ringing, with E flat tone detectable within 15 miles.
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Phareh
Cincinnati
Ohio
America
Moscow
Rough Road Dialogue on Red Trail Romance
Unclear dialogue between two speakers discusses a path described as red and romantic. References a rough scene, a jazzy imitation, and a disorderly stone quarry with a toggled road. The fragmentary exchanges imply confusion over the scene or setting.
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Urist
Maso
Petters Grammar on Negations Sparks Debate
A fragment from an American weekly quotes a professor and a youth discussing grammar and negations, highlighting a playful exchange as the student leaves school. The line captures a classroom moment with a witty remark about affirmation and speech.
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Dryasdust
le Weekly
A Gloomy View are you born with a silver spoon our mouth
A fragment from the Kansas City Journal notes a line about inherited debt and pessimistic fortune. It references a person born owing eighty nine dollars of a debt and uses a proverb about silver spoons and fate.
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Kansas City Journal
Oldest Odd Fellow in Texas Found in Coleman
Coleman Times notes T. W. White known as Squire White as the oldest Odd Fellow in Texas with about 64 years in the order. Born November 4, 1830 in Alabama, he joined in 1860 and now seeks a gold medal from the Coleman lodge for his long service. His friend J. F. Gordon urges action as White is now an invalid and desires the recognition.
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Coleman Times
Texas
Coleman
T. W. White
Squire White
Mr. White
Sumpter County
Ala
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Carthage
Odd Fellows Lodge
Chapel Hill
Coleman Lodge of Odd Fellows
Bread Lodge
White
J. F. Gordon
Times
Odd Fellows
Ferrasal Claim Manages Colitis Health Solution
Advert claims a cure for colitis and related ailments via Ferrasal a preparation said to dissolve colon waste heal mucus lining aid digestion and regulate kidneys. Testimonies from patients claim rapid relief and permanent improvement after months of use with money back guarantee. © Dallas Texas area locations Hamilton Drug Co. and other druggists.
Memories of Santa Anna Home Warns of Filial Duty
A reminiscence piece urges readers to honor aging parents and improve the final years of family life. It warns that neglect now leads to lasting regret when memories on the home and its furnishings haunt the survivor. The piece stresses gratitude, kindness, and responsible guidance for younger siblings.
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Santa Anna
London Provides Well for Selected Vallabonds
April 2 London reports Metropolitan Asylums Board opens a hostel in Gray's Inn Road to aid tramp rehabilitation. One hundred men stay in small furnished cabins with meals three times daily a reading room bathrooms and hot water. Guests must be in by 11 p m and cannot smoke in rooms. Selection comes from casual wards and hundreds have already benefited.
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London
Metropolitan Asylums Board
Gray's Inn Road
Fertilizer Use in the South Rises in 1924
Farms in eight Southern states used 1,440,268 tons of fertilizer during seven months ending February 1924. The figure shows an increase of 139,296 tons from the same period a year earlier, per a report by Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
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New Orleans
Hester
Candidate F Jacobs Enters Alderman Race
F Jacobs announces candidacy for alderman in the city election set for the first Tuesday in April 2032. He campaigns on local civic reform and improved services.
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F. Jacobs
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Rialto Bridge
Petters’ Grammar
Peace Odd
Pim St
Dallas
Hamilton Drug Co
Baselets AG
Brownwood
Marion Davies
Oyyope
Toou
Detroit
Ford
Sora
Comanche
Bettis & Gibbs
the Ladies’ Store of
H. L. Stewart
Iestance
Comanche Telephone
Comanche, Texas
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