What the Next Census Will Be
A long overview of preparations for the twelfth U S census to begin on the rat day of next June. It covers expected personnel of about 45 000, with Merriam as director and Wines as chief statistician, and notes plans to publish results over several years. It discusses scope including population vital statistics agriculture manufacturing and social topics, and cites historical population growth and projected costs around 15 million dollars.
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Eahington
North Pole
Equator
Atlantic
Merriam
Hia Gassetante
Censua
Washington
William KR Merrian
F. H. Wines
United States
Gage
the Treasury
Maine
California
Alaska
Key West
Spain
Hawai
China
Great Britain
Russia
George Washington
Army of Enumerators
New York's Big Tunnel 18 Begun
A New York subway project begins with plans to bore a central manhattan tunnel under skyscrapers. The route runs from City Hall to Harlem via Park Row Center Street Astor Place Fourth Avenue and Forty second Street with four tracks and high speed express services. Construction aims to minimize property damage and preserve parks while delivering a 40 mph average speed.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Rapid Transit
City Hall
Harlem
Park Row
City Hall Park
Center Street
New Elm Street
Lafayette Place
Astor Place
Ninth Street
Fourth Avenue
Park Avenue
Grand Central Depot
Broadway
Sixth Street
City of
Parsons
Central Park
Sean
Parcrow
Harlem River
Fifty-ninth Street
Manhattan
London
Tunnel
Boston
Shrewd Trick Recalled In English Berlin Tale And Egg Orchard
A Boston man recalls a German customs anecdote from the era of Bismarck describing surly officers who packed a traveler’s baggage after he sent telegrams to Berlin and the British ambassador. The piece then shifts to a comic verse about a wife plotting to harvest vegetables for meals, ending with a Baltimore American attribution.
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R. RR. Catchings
Boston
Berlin
Bramarck
Germany
Tron
Foreign Office
Sitine Bismarck
Ambasan
Dor
Land of Sannikor Reappears in Arctic Exploration
The curious tale of Sannikor island reemerges as Baron Toll, a Russian explorer, again asserts having seen such land in the Are are sea. Historical maps wavered between belief and doubt, with earlier lines labeled Land seen by Sununiket and Saint-Mot, before geographers dismissed the illusion. Toll's renewed claim revives interest in a long disputed geographic mystery.
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Sannikor Island
Sununiket
Banniker
Saint- Mot
Baron Toll
Savage Bachelor Disputes with Women Over Bayonet Weld
A fragmentary dialogue shows a savage bachelor arguing with a young woman about altered views and a mock pact. The exchange mentions a tense scene and a possible accident involving trees, with unclear names or dates.
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United Kingdom
Eixtieth, Street
Gqne Hundred
Fiftieth Street
Isln
Rrussia
Bavot
Jacob Banniker
Yakutsk
Lena River
New Siberian Islands
Mr. Syrovatsk
Yaktusk
Sannikos
Matthiax Hedenstrom
Sannikof
Hedenstrom
New Biberian Islands
Kotelnol
New Siberia
Wedenstrom
Anjou
Austin Minister of Marine
Leutenant
Ile
G Long
Fannikof
Raton Toll
Arctic
Sberia
Sunnikof Land
Toll Wae
Haron Toll
Chen
Ben
Baltimore American
Great City Hall
Rapid Transit Railroad
Chiff Engin
Sannikor
Tue Savage
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