NOW A COMMON TRAMP
Edward Morse Field son of Cyrus W. Field once a Wall Street prince is described as a common tramp amid Bellevue hospital and police court appearances. The bitter fall from wealth includes a long family saga of alleged insanity and public ruin ending with repeated arrests for vagrancy and drunkenness.
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Edward Morse Field
Cyrus W. Field
New York Journal
Gramercy Park
New York
Hell's Kitchen
Field Mansion
America
Cyrus Field
Atlantic
Bellevue
Wall Street
Daniel Lindley
John Bright
New
Edward Morse
Fields
Atlantic Cable
Henry Martyn Field
Field
Timothy Field
Brattleboro
Lorenzo
Ella
Douglas Field
Cyrus
Cyrus C. Field
Wrecke
Nework
Ned
Ned” Field
Field, Lindley, Weichers & Co
No. 1
Broadway
Miss Lindley
Edward Field
Young Field
Adirondacks
Inlaw
Lindsey
Dr. Lindley
Dr. Lin
Aladdin Palace
Weichers
Cyrus W. Field, Jr
Manchester Mansion
Bronxville
Ludlow Street
Welchers
Judas Iscariot
van Brunt
Buffalo Insane Asylum
George Dietz
Long Island
Yorkville
Cyrus Field, Jr
Insane Asylum
North River Front
West Fortysixth Street
Ohio Woman Invents Wheel Mounted Leaf Picker
An Ohio woman has devised a rapid leaf collecting device with a large hopper on wheels and a ground level mouth fan blades. The mechanism, powered by gearing inside the wheels, swirls leaves into the hopper for quick cleanup.
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Ohio
Petrified Forests of Arizona Described by Ward Report
The U S Geological Survey, in preparation for printing, reports by paleontologist Lester F Ward at Smithsonian and land office command, describing the Petrified Forests of Arizona as ancient Triassic age, with varied colors and gem like mineralization. The area lies between the Little Colorado and Rio Puerco near Holbrook and Adamana, eight miles square, with notable features including a natural bridge and extensive erosion creating ridges and mesas.
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United States Geological Survey
Lester F. Ward
Institution
Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
General Land Office
America
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
California
Trias
Petrified Forest
Little Colorado
Rio Puerco
Holbrook
Adamana Station
Santa Fe Pacific
Portland
Newark
Senecca
Potomac River
Manassas
Virginia
Wisc
Canada’s Vast Peat Bogs and New Fuel Process
The Buffalo Express reports Ontario hosts about 100000 acres of undeveloped peat bogs, mainly in Perth Welland and Essex counties, with Perth’s 40000 acre swamp eight miles north of Stratford. Peat is cut dried pulverized formed into 3 inch blocks, dense, low moisture, and claimed to rival coal in heat with no smoke or soot. The machinery is inexpensive and low maintenance, offering a clean domestic fuel for stoves ranges and furnaces.
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Ontario
Perth
Welland
Essex
County of
Stratford
Grand Trunk Railway
Buffalo Express
Flats For Workingmen In Denver High Grade Apts
Four Denver men two tied to the Colorado and Southern railroad organize to build two large apartment houses for shop workers. Each four story building will hold twelve flats per floor six rooms per home with modern conveniences and rents from 20 dollars monthly. Ground plans shaped like an L with front parking space. Elevators water gas and electric lighting planned. Cost estimated at sixty to seventy thousand dollars per building.
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Denver
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Colorado and Southern
Flying trip sets travel record from Alaska to Chicago
A Chicago woman, Mrs Thomas Mahoney, spent twelve days and twelve hours in travel from Dawson Alaska to Chicago. She now holds the fastest descent from Dawson to Seattle, surpassing the thirteen day record between those points.
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Chicago
Thomas 8. Mahoney
Dawson
Alaska
Klondike Fields
Seattle
Baltimore Herald
Insect Census Aims to Classify Bugs By Benefit
A scientific Englishman has conducted an insect census to assess which species are boon to humanity and which are harmful. The study, carried out on purely scientific lines, will publish results this spring.
The Vice Presidency in History and Duty Explained
Adlai E. Stevenson discusses the vice president as Senate president, casting vote power, and succession. He cites Dallas, Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur, Calhoun, and Van Buren as notable cases, then details qualifications, duties, and social standing of the office.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Senate
Dallas
Polk
John Tyler
Harrison
Millard Filmore
Taylor
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
Clinton
Gerry
King
Wilson
Hendricks
Hobart
John C. Calhoun
Jackson
Calhoun
Martin van Buren
New York
Richard M. Johnston
Kentucky
Manderson
Nebraska
Harris
Tennessee
Frye
Maine
McKinley
Chickamauga National Park
Cleveland
Columbus
Central Park
New York City
Africa Railways to Cape Cairo Line Expand Across Continent
The Engineering Magazine foresees rapid railway growth in Africa over twenty years. Major trunk lines will connect Johannesburg to Bulawayo and Walfisch Bay, with links to east coast routes and Belgian networks. Rhodes’s leadership could drive the Cape to Cairo project to a paying, near-complete reality.
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Africa
Cape Cairo
Johannesburg
Bulawayo
Walfisch Bay
German West Africa
Central Africa
Cape-to-Cairo
Rhodes
the Engineering Magazine
Victoria in Uniform Reveals Early Royal Troop Reviews
The article notes Queen Victoria’s first military displays after accession, riding a gray charger at Windsor with a blue coat and skirt and star on the breast, then a round cap with a gold band, later adopting a long habit with a cutaway jacket and plumed hat in subsequent reviews.
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Windsor
Submarine Trolley For English Channel Crossing
A French inventor proposes a submarine boat, propelled by cable traction, to carry about 250 passengers across the English Channel in roughly one hour. If the motive power fails, the vessel can detach and rise to the surface to continue the journey by conventional means.
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English Channel
Eindianapolis Press
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Stephen Johnson Field
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
David Dudley Field
Congress
Wonders OF Nature
Eral
Canada
African Railways
Victoria
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