Giant River Tunnels and Hudson River Borings Completed
Completion of the twin Hudson River tunnels makes it possible to walk dry shod from Jersey to New York. Two steel lined tubes, 5700 feet long and 15 1/4 feet diameter, connect New Jersey with Manhattan with a planned cost of about 30 million dollars and cars ready in eighteen months. Six hundred men labor underground. a five cent trip spans the full river tunnel route.
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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
Iudion Company
New York and New Jersey Railroad Company
New Jersey Shore
Cortlandt
Church Streets
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Subway
Fourth Avenue
Astor Place
Sixth Avenue
Thirty Third Street
Hoboken
Tunnel Plans Speed Jersey City Rail Links
The text discusses enabling tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers, enabling rapid rail links. It predicts the Pennsylvania Railroad will advance tunnels, reducing travel friction, with trains from Philadelphia to Boston within five years and electric trains to New York in about ten years, potentially cutting travel to one hour.
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Hudson River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
East River
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
No Turkey Stuffing Says Pro Stuffing Loyalists
A humorous tirade defends turkey stuffing as essential to Christmas dinner. The speaker denounces critics who demand plain turkey without stuffing, praising stuffing as the heart of the meal. The piece extols tradition, aroma, and family memories tied to the savory stuffing pairing with the bird.
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Epicure
Tre
Turkey
The Unconventional Sarah Bernhardt Revealed in Paris Chateau
A vivid portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in a Paris chateau described by Thomas Carlyle as savage genius. The room features regal purple, peacock plumes, silk canopy, crimson shield, monkey skulls with electric eyes, and a pet baboon with gold rings. Bernhardt is said to look youthful, spry, and vivacious as ever.
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Thomas Carlyle
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Bernhardt
Sarah
Rernhardt
Queen Beatrice rose hailed as richest rose ever grown
A Washington gardener origInates the Queen Beatrice rose a pink crimson tea rose valued up to two hundred thousand dollars by florists. Developed at Gardiner Hubbard mansion twin Oaks near Washington the plant by Peter Bissett and Florist W H Kramer and linked to Gardiner Hubbard and Alexander Graham Bell, the rose is praised for color fragrance and hardiness. Purchases and bids soar with growers touting vast potential and public interest in the new American bloom.
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Washington
Kramer
Ori
Robert E. Lee
PE. HH
SVE
Ife
Beatrice’ Rose
Richies
Liberty
Madam Chatenay
Beatrice
Gardiner Hubbard Mansion
Peter Bissett
Py H W. Kramer
Bissett
Gardiner Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Alexander Graham Bell
Twin Oaks
National Capital
Thomas Lawson
Viancee
Carnation
Lawson
Lawson Pink
Thomas Wields
Hesbando
Ready
Pields
Beatrice” Rose
Art Harge
Golden Gate
Washington Vicarists’ Club
Cupid as recruiting officer guides youths to join Uncle Sam
The piece notes Cupid drives enlistment by romance and vanity, with sergeants at recruiting HQ describing how heartbreak and a desire to wear a uniform push young men to join the service, filling gaps in Uncle Sam’s ranks. It frames love and vanity as powerful motivators in military recruitment.
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Cupid
Uncle Sam
Oan Duck
Love
Elas
Iaterial
Uncle Sams
Rich heir Zeigler's adopted son to inherit millions
The boy, aged fourteen, is described as one of the richest in the world and the adopted son of the late millionaire Zeigler. He is set to inherit nearly 20 million dollars under the will, highlighting the vast fortune involved and the young beneficiary's future.
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Zeigler
Edwin Booth’s Long Habit of Smoking Cigar Tome
Edwin Booth reportedly averaged about twenty five cigars daily over a long period, reflecting his strong tobacco use and personal routine during his career.
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Edwin Booth
Public Land Frauds and Three Western Land Grabs
An exposé discusses three men who pursued government claims in cattle, sheep, and timber country across the central western United States. It details fake irrigation and residence, rapid “proved up” purchases, and rapid sales to larger land grabbers, portraying a nationwide pattern of land theft and urging Congress to reform land laws. The report cites the Public Lands Commission chaired by W. A. Richards with Pinchot and Newell, and notes ongoing consideration of the issue.
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Middle West
United States
Tie
Far Northwest
Oregon Country
Lewis and Clarke
Oman
Desert
Eptimitn
Congress
Tais Nan
Sam An Qevrezate
Republic
West
Elfect
Roosevelt
Ele
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Frederick H. Newell
National Irrigation Or Reclamation Service
Senate
Hcuse of Representatives
Public Lands Commission
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Spap
Beatrice Rose
Confort
Uncle San
Public Land
President's
Public Land Commission
Richard Hamilton Byrd
Public Lands Comtmission
Nomestead
Tom T. Murphy
Cook
Great West
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