City Planning in America’s Evolving Urban Form
Analysis traces historical roots of city planning from 17th century London and L Enfant in Washington to 19th century American cities and later metropolises. It contrasts deliberate early plans with growth along lines of least resistance in Chicago Cleveland New York and San Francisco. The article notes a civic awakening and push for improvement after dissatisfaction with existing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Christopher Wren
London
County Council
L’enfant
Buffalo
Detroit
Danny
Siberia
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
San Francisco
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Paris
Clinton R. ‘Woodruff
Atlantic
Playgrounds Demand New York City Action and International Trade Curios
A period essay urges New York to invest in playgrounds to aid child growth and safety, noting Chicago and London as examples and calling for municipal planning and supervision. It also reports on Boston students studying Brazilian trade, Hetty Green relocating to costly rooms, Belgium’s Flemish linguistic preservation, and a quip from an Edmonton opera house program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World
Seward Park
Chicago
London
Hetty Green
Hetty
Denver Democrats Nominate Kern for Vice President
The Democratic national convention in Denver nominated John Worth Kern of Indiana for vice president by acclamation after hours of tumult. Bryan was renominated, while Charles Towne, Archibald McNeill and Clark Howell withdrew before ballots. The platform was adopted amid contentious debates and a major credentials dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Charles A. Towne
Archibald McNeill
Clark Howell
Taft
Hitchcock
Sheldon
Repubican National Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Judge Gray
Delaware
Bryan
Credentials Committee
Pennsylvania
Gregsman H. D. Clayton
Alabama
Committee On Platform
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Committee On Credentials
Contesta
District of Columbia
John L Sullivan seeks divorce from Annie after 25 years
Pugilist and temperance lecturer John L Sullivan has filed for divorce from wife Annie, whom he wed in Boston about a quarter century ago and with whom he later separated.
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John L. Sullivan
Annie
Boston
Walter R. Coperly
Chicago
Illinois Chrisian “Endeavor Union
Urbana
Charles E. Brown
Danville
Secret Service
James S. Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas B. Watson
United States
Atlanta
Multiple Disasters Reported In US and Europe Casualties In Drownings Fires and Explosions
News outlines several tragedies including four drownings aboard a Marion launch after an explosion and others in heat related bathers. Rescues occur for two Marblehead men after 12 hours at sea. The Olympic Games open in London with 2,000 athletes from 20 nations. A Chicago woman drowns as bystanders watch. Maine forest fires threaten towns. A large fire in College Point causes about 200000 in damages. A Rhine bridge collapse in Cologne kills 20. Honduran conflict forces resist arsonists in Choluteca. A Boston tenement gas blast injures many. William M. Ingraham Jr contests his father’s will in Brookline succession.
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Marion
Mass
Roland Worthington
Boston
John T. Trull
Woburn
Joseph 8. Beal
Milton
George Savory
Marblehead
A. P. Tarbell
Thwart Pecker
London
Chicago
Maine
Arloys
College Point
L. I
Zehden
Condera
Rhine
Cologne
Salvador
Gracias
Honduras
Wiliam M. Ingraham, Jr
Waverly
Hin
Brookee
Jung
Socialites Injured In Auto Crash Near Louisville Bridge Collapse
Miss Elizabeth Sherley, a Louisville socialite engaged to Marquis De Mores, and five companions were injured when their auto plunged through a Salt River bridge blown away by a recent storm. Shelby Bonnie and wife Mrs Bonnie, Dr Carl Weinman, Richard Menefee, and chauffeur Sam Ball suffered serious injuries as the party struggled to seek aid. The Marquis De Mores is son of a nobleman famed for western ventures and his romantic marriage in New York history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Elizabeth Sherley
Kentucky
Marquis ‘de Mores
Salt River
Shelby Bonnie
Bonnie
Carl Weinman
Richard Menefee
Sam Ball
Marquis de Mores
Honduras Press Reports Capture Gracias and Threat to Choluteca
Official advices confirm Honduran government forces have taken Gracias and threaten Choluteca as Honduras faces northern border threats and alleged cross-border aid to revolutionists. Meanwhile a U.S. report notes Guatemala and Salvador accused of neutrality violations at Cartago with Nicaragua filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Gracias
Choluteca
Honduras
Caribbean Sea
Puerto Cortez
Lee Christmas
Dodge
Seats Department
Cartago
Guatemala
Salvador
Department of Nicaragua
Notions of Disloyalty and a Whistling Trial in Alsace
A Barr Alsace trial questioned what counts as treason in old world regimes. A laborer was arrested for whistling in public, accused of seditious conduct for La Marseillaise. Both sides presented their tunes in court. the laborer, loyal and honest, was jailed briefly while his regimental air earned him a days confinement for the gendarme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Alsace
Toilor
Brunswick Hussars
Sunday Magazine
A Woman's Reason About Visiting Cards and Tombstones
A dialogue explores motives for marriage and single life. Miss Afternoon Tea and Clarice debate the value of having a name on a tombstone versus visiting cards. Jane Smiley explains she marries sooner to avoid reordering cards with a new name.
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Miss Afternoon Tea
Mrs
Clarice
Jane Smiley
Mystery of Natural Gas Says Expert About Its Caprice
A Kansas gas man with years in the business warns that natural gas is capricious and that even seasoned researchers often give up trying to explain its unpredictable behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Enormous Banana Trade Reported With Wide Exports
A single fruit company exported 40 million banana bunches last year to Europe and the United States from Central and South America and Jamaica. The shipment highlights a massive agricultural trade flow and shows the firm’s dominant position in the banana market across major regions.
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Europe
United States
Central
South America
Jamaica
Fire damages Genesee Fruit Co plant in Rochester
A large blaze in Rochester New York Monday night damaged the Genesee Fruit Co plant in the northwestern part of the city with about 125000 in losses. Heat in Chicago caused three more deaths Monday raising the total to 18 for the weekend. Authorities noted ongoing investigations and heat related fatalities across cities.
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Rochester
N. Y
Genesee Fruit Co
Chicago
Deputy Jim Drives Suspect by Mule to Court in Tallapoosa Waters
An Alabama deputy marshal recounts catching a man out on bail in Georgia and forcing him toward court. He rode into town on a mule leading the prisoner, who swam part of the way after a clothesline tether. The judge questions the method and the prisoner’s condition.
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Philadelphia
Wanamaker
Snce
Central Station
Sergt. Bauswine
Alabama
John 2D. Fearhake
Georgia
Jim
Tallapoosa
Quarrel Over Carter Boy Sparks Tension
Dialogue shows Tommy admitting a fight with the Carter boy and explaining the rift after the Carter family quarreled. The exchange suggests blame shifting and lingering tensions as the parties are not speaking.
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Tommy
Carter
He Could Still Lie Rear window remark in unusual defense
A wife taunts a police officer after discovering her husband unconscious, joking that his clever persona would keep him from being shaken by the incident. The exchange reflects wit amid a troubling moment.
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Henry Haake
Ferdinand
High School of Commerce
Brazil
Belgium
Fey
Edmonton Opera House
Brandon
WEEN
Panama
Don ‘Jose Domingo de Obsidia
Amador
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
A. J
George W. Smith
St. Louis
J. T. Rock
Iowa
Travelers’ Protective Association
South Carolina
Cramps
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Robert Roman
Great Northern Road
Idaho
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Hapgoods
New Mexico
W. R. Hutchings
Brooklyn
Center Moriches
Petoskey Fiber Paper Company
Nevada
Columbus
Medicine Hat
Hazleton
Grace Goodsell
Venezuela
Senor Veloz-Goilicoa
Bacon
Paraguay
B. C. O’brien
Charles Taylor
Missouri Pacific
Lamonte
Knobwoster
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Philharmonic Hall
Berlin
Buckusburg
Wayne Lawrence
Annie Bannister
Edmund Smith
North Rose
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
George R. Sheldon
Arthur I. Vorga
Jon Wal Insky
Mo Une
Richard Alexander
Real Estate Board of Brokers of
Dexter, Me
Frank A
Gov. Sanders
Louisiana
State Board of Arbitration
General News
Salt River Rocks
Delmont
Amos Polhamus
Helen
Polhamus
Sarah
Treasury
The
General Fund
Pere Cegaee
Hide
I AM
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
S. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown, By
Pom Biomed
Chuck Cee Tiarard
Day Jensure
Hasy
Prati Eisen
John Church Company
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