Boston's Subway Solution for Rapid Transit
Boston adopts a subway and tunnel plan to relieve downtown congestion. The project, begun after 1898 by a subway commission, runs from the old North Station through downtown streets to Tremont and Boylston, with double and sub-subway tracks to avoid intersections. The city borrows funds to build and may later lease or retain control to regulate fares and recover costs.
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Boston
Ronda
Atresta
Board of
Subway Commissioners
Boston Transfit Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
North End
Washington, Cornhill
Hanover Arrests
Scollay Square
Tremont Atreat
Boylston Street
Tremont Strect
Pleasant Street
Public Garden
Philadelphia Press
Icebergs and a rocky hill country farm tale
A summer resident asks Ashville farmer Mr. Willet about rocks forming from Icebergs. Uncle Amos eyes two stones, jokes that if true the rocks must have arrived during a mighty warm season when they struck his farm. The scene captures patient stone removal and rustic humor.
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New England
Amos
Ashville
Mr. Willet
Angelo Amos
Gurv
College Bred Convicts on Blackwell's Island
A New York clergyman visiting the penitentiary noted 16 graduates among prisoners on Blackwell's Island. He identified several intelligent faces, but the keeper pointed out three of the most repulsive inmates as college graduates, including a notorious lifelong inmate described as a “tough.”
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Blackwell's Island
Penitentiary
College Amen
New York Times
Presidents with One Christian Name Cited by Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript notes a tradition of presidents having a single given name. It lists the first fifteen leaders and claims McKinley will be the seventeenth without a middle name, naming Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Harrison.
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Boston Transcript
Mckinley
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Jamies Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Millard Filmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Clevland
Benjamin Harrison
London hydraulic power system shown as unique power supply
In Cassier's K B Ellington notes hydraulic power in London operates as a unique city wide power supplier. It links large central plants to industrial users with rates around 1s 6d per 1000 gallons and pressure of 760 psi, with private depots pumping 100,000,000 gallons yearly at about 9d per 1000 gallons.
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London
Paria
K. B. Eliington
Cassier
Trocha Fortified Across Cuba to Block Cuban Forces
The Cuban dispatch describes a trocha or fortified line from Mariel to Majana designed to cut off Pinar del Rio and trap Maceo’s forces. It details sections from Majana to Artemisa with blockhouses, trenches, barbed wire, and camps. Artemisa to Guanajay with stone breastworks. Guanajay to Mariel through broken terrain. and twenty thousand Spanish troops guarding the line per the Youth's Companion.
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Trocha
Weyler
Mariel
Majana
Cndl
Pinar del Rio
Maceo
Martel
Havana
Guanajay
Artemisa
Thanks and Sale in Greene and Ulster Counties Card
A Prattville woman thanks neighbors for aid during her husband’s sudden death and illness, then offers for sale a milch cow a rowan gelding horse eight years old and a black and white shore horse at low prices. The note quotes a Bible verse and reflects gratitude and business.
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Down
Greene
Ulster
United Aid
Troy
N. Y
What Makes Iron Rust Previously Held Rust Theory Debunked
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt explains rust requires carbonic acid and water to form ferrous carbonate then ferrous bicarbonate, with oxidation proceeding via hydrated ferric oxide. Dry air or pure water do not rust iron, and electricity influences rust rates between electropositive and electronegative metals.
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Arequipa
Peru
San Francisco Chronicle
The Little Breaker Nursery Tale Goes Wrong
A New York item recalls a nursery where children from age seven to ten know the verse Ho ho the little breakers roar by heart. A 7 year old trips crossing the room dropping a cherished dishes set, smashing nearly every piece while an 8 year old dances and shouts the familiar rhyme.
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Nursery Walla
New York
Notable mentions mix of society notes and public figures
The item lists diverse tidbits including Cora Hortense Smith of Arkansas City owning a large ranch and 5000 cattle, a Maine Central office family connection to Joseph H Manley, Arthur Sewall, and Thomas B Reed, a Durham cattleman profiting from Kansas City land, a Windsor Magazine quote on ministers, aging British admirals Keppel and Milne, Mayor Britlin reallocating his salary, and Mrs Langtry filing her third divorce suit in London after 21 years of marriage.
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Cora Hortense Smith
Arkansas City
Kan
Maine Central Railroad
Joseph H. Manley
Arthur Sewall
Thomas B. Reed
Kansas City
Kaw
Windsor Magazine
Gladstone
Henry Keppel
Alexander Milne
Britlin
New Orleans
California in Century impressions by William B Smythe
A summary essay discusses California as viewed from both within and abroad. It contrasts the state’s infancy and rapid changes with outside stereotypes, noting economic booms and social tensions from industry to labor, and the paradox of wealth and poverty framed by a traveler’s perspective.
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California
Europe
Pacific Coast
Paradise
Golden State
William B. Smythe
Century
Novel Entertainment Party with Fancy Dress Guessing Game
A social evening hosted for 88 guests featured a novelty game where 40 masquerade characters were chosen from known literary works. Hosts and guests exchanged cards naming the character and author, then matched guesses to reveal correct authors for prizes.
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Ai Ingetildus
Emms Woodhouse
Jane Austen
Molly Gibson
Ethel May
Miss Yonge
Helen Ward
Mrs. Deland
May Lownie
J. M. Barrie
Rose Clark
Fanny Fern
Clara Huddlestone
Stevenson
Mrs. Peixada
Sidney Luska
Miggles
Dickens
Mrs. Poyser
George Sliot
Margaret Howe
Ian Maclaren
Laura Dalton
Ike Marvel
Allie Noble
John Brown
Dolly Foster
Anthony Hope
Raoul de Mar
Stanley Weyman
Jack de Ford
J. 8. Wood
Alfred Tollet
Mary Wilkins
Herr Melna
Goethe
Lord Steepleton
F. M. Crawford
Amyas Leigh
Charles ‘Kingsley
Leonard Ewbank
Wordsworth
Romney Leigh
Mrs. Browning
Floyd Ir
James Drummond
William Black
Uncle Venner
Nathaniel Hawthorne
John Brooke
Miss Alcott
Philadelphia Press
Children of the Rich and the Veil of Wealth
A Century magazine quote discusses vulgar children of newly rich parents as misfits between labor and leisure. Marion Crawford notes such offspring lack true fulfillment, becoming objects of derision to the poor and amusement to the privileged, while their value rests in bank books.
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Marion Crawford
The Grumbling Bachelor and a curious remark on sanity
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip features the Grumbling Bachelor and a witty exchange about a murder suspect’s sanity plea. The sweet young thing questions whether cruelty to a partner implies mental imbalance, while the Bachelor notes marriage as proof of weakness.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
New Roomer and Landlady Exchange Satirical Dialogue
Sarcastic exchange depicts a roomer asking about soap while the landlady confirms the limited supply. The brief dialogue records a comedic resident interaction in a Baltimore newspaper snippet.
Dream Within a Dream Ends Broker's Illusion
An unnamed speaker recounts a dream about a miner lure to Wash ington Territory for gold that turns into a warning about credulity. He reveals the tale was a dream within a dream and admits he never left St. Louis, undermining the lure and exposing deception.
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Washington
Blewett
Placer Mining
St. Louis
Detroit Free Press
Browning Rice For Digestible Steamed Rice
Brown a cupful of rice on a baking tin in a moderately hot oven stirring often until each kernel is yellowish brown like ripened wheat. Steam with two cups water per cup browned rice until kernels are dry and mealy. This method is described as more digestible than non browned cooking.
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Hoston
St.oota
College
THE
Landlacy
Laltimore
Rand, McNall Co
Chicago
Holiday Presents
Gash
Ortmeier & Bokemeier
Stephenson Street
Freeport
Ill
Onhursday
M. McHenry
Court House
Fred
Kte
Sovereign
Rockford
Urown
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