Tuberculo sis Institute Loss in Philadelphia Real Estate Turmoil
The article describes Dr. Flick and Mr. Phipps facing failed attempts to secure Lombard Street properties for a famed tuberculosis institute in Philadelphia. Escalating prices, rampant bidding, and rising rents disrupt plans, risking the loss of the project and its hoped for charitable benefactions to the city.
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Philadelphia
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Maigor Institute
Jowhard Street
Seventh Eighth Street
Laurence Ick
Phipps
Dr. Flick
Lombard Street
Flick
Phi
Phi Intitute
Pps
Phippa
New York
Pythia
Hulle
Seventh Street
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Thore
Eighth
Spruce
Eve Lum
Boy rides on job first of his kind from Providence to Albany
An 1830s boy, Stephen Smith Dubois, 15 years old, walked forty miles from Providence to Albany to witness the De Witt Clinton railroad tests. His eager, fearless ride on a brake car drew national chatter and was foreseen to change travel, as locals dubbed the venture the Yankee spectacle.
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New York
Aera
Sean Stephen Smith Dubois
Providence
Bara
Albany
Ani
St Pecapett
Ak Mallee
de Witt Clinton
Jonathas
Steam coach excursion thrills state officials and riders
A first person account describes a five coach Mohawk and Hudson excursion packed with seventy five passengers including directors, senators, governors, editors, and dignitaries. The crowd endured water stops, high speed, and crowds along the route while the exuberant narrator, a 15 year old boy, recalls the dramatic adventure aboard the vintage stage coach like rail car.
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Mohawk and Hudson
Jervis
John B. Jervis
John Hampton
John Clark
Tafts Tribes Totem Curiously Explained and Mocked
Fragmentary verse and quips discuss William H Taft's coat of arms with comic misreadings. A raven helm, gold drops, castle towers, and tears are debated as symbols while unflattering opinions and public lampooning appear beside unrelated humorous snippets from periodicals.
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Richard Rawson
Fryatone
England
Mont
Assard
Yast
Elso
Taft
Don Marquis
Uncle Remus
Mageszine
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Tondon
Baseball Goods
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Tapestry
Brussels
Velvets Assa
Las Body
Reese
Ue Be Saas
Princess
Dresears
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Kes
Iran
Dixons Free
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Lissner’s
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Elizabeth Novelty Co
Broad St, Elizabeth
Rexall
Mackeys
Mackey Bros
Journal
Sternberg
Bareet
ST. Penne
Fricke
Elizabeth Avenue
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