New York Goes Tunnel Mad Over Underground Plans
New York faces a zealous revival of tunnel schemes spanning Jersey City, Brooklyn, and beyond. Promoters including Rothschilds, Rockefellers, and Whitneys push vast subway nets while old projects like the Hudson River tunnel loom as cautionary tales. The era promises monumental transit unions and near-elimination of distance, as financiers back a multi-tunnel system across the five boroughs.
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New York City
Fiest
New York
Europe
Ien
Jersey
Brooklyn
Slate Island
Broadway
Boroughs
Long Island City
Manhattan
Staten Island
New Yorker
Rockefellers
Whitneys
Wideners
Rothchilds
Marone
J.ne
Absurd sailor superstitions about unlucky ships
A New York Mail and Express piece surveys long standing sailor myths that ships are unlucky at launch or birth. It cites the Shamrock, Defender, Columbia, Britannic, and other vessels, noting modern crews dismiss superstition as many ships prove luckier through time.
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New York Mail and Express
Bristol Harbor
Tebo's
South
Brooklyn
Beng
Valkyrie TI
Amelia
Ryan
Hog Island
Fistol Bay
New Rochelle
Columbia
Franklin Osgood
Sappho
J. Livonia
Lightning Strikes Steel Spine of Wallkill Valley Line
Kingston dispatch details engineer David Jackson and crew fleeing a storm on the Wallkill Valley Railroad from Kingston to Campbell Hall. A lightning bolt struck behind the speeding train as firemen improvised to outrun the strike, switching to sidings at Spyingtown and New Hurley. The bolt wrecked a hog pen and melted seven hogs, ending with the crew surviving the closest call of Jackson’s years railroading career.
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Kingston
Cin+ reinnatl Enquirer
David Jackson
Campbell Hall
Wallkim Valley Railroad
Marcus Ont
Jackson
Los Temerity
Asackson
Spying- Town
Charley Morton
Dave
Charley
Gardiner
Morton
New Hurley
Prelude to a Misunderstanding Ends A Brief Romance
Touree Ferguson confronts Laura Jones after a mistaken kiss, ending their acquaintance as Laura declares they shall meet as strangers. Ferguson acknowledges the hurt, admitting a grave misjudgment of propriety and restraint in his exalted view of Laura.
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Ferguson
Plorniy
George Fergusan
Thad
Laura Jones
Farewell Request From a Striker to a Dismissal Authority
A sorrowful speaker, claiming injustice, resigns himself to termination and asks for one final request as he steps into a harsh future. He appeals to be allowed to leave, ending with a terse exchange where the other insists on moving him off.
King of Swaways Stowaway Captivates Atlantic Ports
The steamship Lackawanna brought into Philadelphia a famed stowaway known as The Weasel, a year old British boy from Hirkentead who has hidden aboard ships since under ten. He has sailed Liverpool to New York and beyond to Santos and Argentine ports, charming crews and captains, including Captain White who offered adoption though the boy remains onboard and seeks the Klondike.
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Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Liverpool
Ward Murphy Fx
Hirkentead
England
Larelessan
New York
Santos
Rosario
Argentine Republic
Barbaudoes
Sowthmptin
Tate
America
Klondike
Pillsbury's Great Feat at London Chess Club
American chess champion H Nelson Pillsbury staged a three hour entertainment at the Metropolitan Chess club. He played blindfolded against six chess opponents, two at draughts and joined in whist. He won all chess and draughts games, split the whist rubbers, and received thanks for a unique display.
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London Mall
H. Nelson Pillsbury
Metropolitan Chess Club
Mitchell
James Hill
No. & Chessboard
Pillsbury
Mr. Pillsbury
High Heels Origin From Persia Say Proponents
A fragment claims high heels originated in Persia to lift the feet from scorching sands, noting the notion as an etymology or popular belief without further details.
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Persia
Bonfire of Bank Notes at Bank of England
The Bank of England destroys about 350,000 notes weekly to replace them with freshly printed ones. One evening each week is set aside for this costly bonfire.
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Bank of England
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Hudson River
Cal. DeWitt Clinton Haskins
Hudnot
Union Pacific Railroad
Hla Dulalon
Senator Jones
Nevada
Parke
Fae Sneha Scheing
Watt
Engheh Enpatat
Wenfiamin Baker
Jiehn Fowler
Dy Deen
Rothchild
Rockefeller
Whitney
Widene Kine
Plower
Brady Cure
York
North
New
Yoris
Livonia
W. Douglass
Osgood
Lester Wallack
White Star Line
Britannic
Germanic
Celtic
Amerika
Thingvalla
Sandy Hook
Yecuhs
Sammere N. Smith
Newport Ewe Shipbuilding Company
Blackwall
King OF
Swaways
Pillsbury's
Montana Hardware Company
North Main Street
Butte, Mont
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