Giant River Tunnels Open From New Jersey to Manhattan
After decades of debate engineers completed twin bore tunneling under the Hudson River. The 5700 foot long tubes with steel linings will connect New Jersey rail hubs to Manhattan lines, allow one track and a sidewalk, and enable a five cent ride from Hoboken to the subway in eighteen months. About six hundred workerslabored on the project.
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Hudson River
New Jersey
Island of
Manhattan
Jersey
New York
W. G. Oakman
Hudson Companies
Manhattan- Jersey
New York City
Hudson
Old Hudson Company
New York and New Jersey Railroad Company
New Jersey Shore
Cortlandt
Church Streets
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Fourth Avenue
Astor Place
Sixth Avenue
Thirty Third Street
Hoboken
Tunnels to be Dug for Rapid Rail Links
The plan foresees multiple tunnels under the Hudson and connections to Jersey City and beyond. It predicts rapid railroad expansion with trunks lines each having its own tunnel and electric trains cutting travel time from Philadelphia to New York to about one hour within ten years.
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Hudson River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
East River
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
No Turkey Stuffing Declares Thanksgiving Tradition
An outspoken piece defends stuffing as essential to turkey with a nostalgic, ceremonial tone. It derides critics who urge plain roasted turkey without stuffing, calling stuffing the soul of the bird and a civilizational standard. The author frames traditional prep as American heritage and family memory.
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Epicure
Turkey
Queen Beatrice Rose May Bring Huge Profits for Growers
A Washington gardener introduces the Queen Beatrice rose a pink crimson tea rose praised for color stability and strong fragrance. It grows on two to three foot stems from parents including American Beauty rivals and may yield up to 200000 in profits as hothouses expand and plants are sold to catalog houses. Originated by Peter Bissett at Twin Oaks near Washington the rose will be marketed by F H Kramer with earlier sales to florists bidding as high as thirty thousand dollars.
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Washington
Beatrice
Vny
Kramer
Robert E. Lee
F. H. Kramer
N. H. Kramer
Liberty
Madam Chatenay
Gardiner Hubbard Mansion
Peter Bissett
Bissett
Gardiner Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Alexander Graham Bell
Twin Oaks
National Capital
Thomas Lawson
Lawson
Lawson Pink
Carnation
Thomas Fields
Ready
Fields
Washington Florist
Golden Gate
Washington Florists’ Club
Beatrice” Rose
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in Paris Boudoir
The famed actress is described in a Paris chateau boudoir with royal purple decor and silk canopy. The room features old tapestries and illuminated monkey skulls while a baboon companion replaces her tiger. Bernhardt is depicted as youthful, spry, and lively in her demeanor.
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Thomas Carlyle
Sarah Bernhardt
Chateau
Paris
Mme. Bernhardt
Sarah
Bernhardt
Cupid as a Recruiting Factor and Zeigler Heir
A World War I era piece notes Cupid drives enlistment as women and romance pull men to service while vanity draws others to wear a uniform. It discusses Zeigler, the fourteen year old adopted heir to a nearly twenty million dollar fortune.
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Cupid
Sam
Love
Uncle Sam
Zeigler
Edwin Booth Known For Long Smoking Habit
A historical note recalls Edwin Booth who reportedly smoked about twenty five cigars daily for many years, highlighting his enduring tobacco habit.
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Edwin Booth
Public Land Frauds and the Roosevelts Commission Report
Three men in the American West gain big land holdings under desert land and homestead laws by fast filing and fake improvements. The Public Lands Commission led by W. A. Richards Gifford Pinchot and Frederick H. Newell exposed widespread fraud threatening homesteaders. The piece cites Oregon timber cases and urges Congress to act. further discussion promised for next week.
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Middle West
United States
Oregon
Lewis and Clarke
Congress
Far Northwest
Sam
Roosevelt
West
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Frederick H. Newell
National Irrigation Or Reclamation Service
Senate
Public Lands Commission
House of Representatives
Public Landa Commission
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Beatrice Rose
Public Land
President's
Public Land Commission
Richard Hamilton Byrd
Republic
Easte
Great West
John J. Murphy
Fyman
Cook
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