A Day Tour of Historic New York for Country Guests
A guide describes a one day personally conducted tour of New York City highlights. The route covers Cortlandt Street, Battery Park, Ellis Island, Wall Street, Trinity Church, Delmonico’s, the Stock Exchange, Chinatown, Bowery, Five Points, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Madison Square, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum, and ends with Grant’s Tomb and a memorial tablet. The piece notes landmark museums, churches, and storied sites tied to early American history.
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New York
Cortlandt Street
Jersey
Singer
Trinity Church
Charlotte Temple
Alexander Hamilton
McAdoo Terminal
Washington Market
Washington Street
Dan” Finn
Battery Park
Circular Aquarium
Castle Garden
Jenny Lind
America
United States
Bedloe’s Island
Liberty Statue
Manhattan
Ellis Island
Commodore Vanderbilt
Staten Island
Whitehall Street
State Street
Fifth Avenue
New Custom House
Old Fort Amsterdam
Bowling Green Park
Standard Oil
New Amsterdam
George III
Broad Street
Washington
Delmonico’s
Grace Church Yard
Central Park
Delmonico
Greece
Wall Street
Financial
Custom House
J. P. Morgan & Co
Assay
United States Sub-Treasury
Broad
Wall Streets
Stock Exchange
Trinity
Consolidated Exchange
Rocky Mountain States
St. Paul's Chapel
Gen. Washington
Gen. Montgomery
Quebec
Lavelay Street
St. Peter's
St. Paul's
Astor House
Jackson
Houston
Webster
Clay
Lincoln
Irving
Dickens
Gray
Nathan Hale
City Hall
Hughes
Newspaper Row
Tammany
Brooklyn Bridge
County Court House
Boss” Tweed
Great East Side
Centre Street
New Hall of Records
Chambers Street
Tombs
Franklin
Criminal Courts
Sing Sing
Mulberry Park
Naques
Roosevelt Street
Park Street
St. Patrick’s
Chinatown
Bowery
Pell Street
Charlotte Temple, the Central Figure In Mrs. Rowsome
Peter Stuyvesant
Uch
Ann Duff
George Barrett
John Gilbert
Charlotte Cushman
Priscilla Cooper
Tyler Forrest
Booth
Delancey Farm
Delancey
Christie Streets
Waverley Place
Washington Square
Stanford White
Washington Arch
Judson Memorial Church
Farragut
Sherman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
Flor
Riverside Drive
Bazaar revival in modern retail via arcades and bazaars
Article notes that modern arcades—multiple shops under one roof with independent management—mirror ancient bazaars. It cites Siegel Cooper’s New York bazaar fountain area, Vantine’s Oriental tea room, and Wanamaker’s gallery as examples, predicting Western retail return to first principles. It references Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Cleveland, and New York as centers of the trend.
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Alexander Hume Ford
System
Magazine of Business
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Cleveland
New York
Amsterdam
Siegel Cooper
Vantine’s
Wanamaker
Damascus
Scorching at Meals by Lawrence Mott Critique
Lawrence Mott, noted author and automobilist, condemns scorched meals and poor ham sandwiches. He argues against swift condemnation and shares a railway anecdote where a man dismisses a ham sandwich as tasteless.
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Lawrence Mott
Philadelphia Bulletin
Woman Finds Seven Miles Daily From Household Work
A woman using two pedometers discovers she covers seven miles daily in the course of her ordinary household duties, highlighting surprising activity levels in domestic labor.
The Church Abroad and Global Faith Movements
A survey of church growth and leadership across nations and eras. Key notes include London clergy density, Lyon and Texas mission expansion, New York missions entering long-term work, international Bible reading growth, Alaska orphan support, Corea church expansion, Canon Lyon’s resignation, and Salvation Army outreach.
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London
Society of Friends
Lyon
Mass
Baptists of Texas
McAuley Water Street
New York
International Bible Reading Association
Baptist Orphanage
Wood Island
Alaska
Sunday Schools
Newad
Corea
William Hector Lyon
Sherborne
England
Woman's Society of Georgia Missions of the Christian Church
Evangelistic Committee
New York City
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
Thomas Spurgeon
Venice
Milwaukee
St. Paul’s
Russia
Salvation Army
Duchess of Portland
Hucknall Torkard
Nottingham
Canon Godber
Stoke Hall
Suffolk
America
Mallalieu
Boston
Swedish Methodist Church
Emory College
Young J. Allen
Methodist Church
China
Holiness Church
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Association of Pentecosttl Churches of
New England
Santa Clara Historical Society
San Jose
California
The
Christian Brothers
Catholic Church
France
Portland
Ore
Baltimore
Neston
Constantinople
Teknopoulos
Winsford
Anderson
Church Army of England
Alexander Lamont Henderson
Scadding
He Pollay
Cooperation on Smoke Aims to Clear Chicago Air
The chief smoke inspector urges citizen backing for a city wide drive to cut smoke from locomotives and plants. Railways pledge help testing devices and fuels while schools receive scrutiny for excessive emissions. Progress hinges on patient, unified action and enforcement of new equipment rules.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Power House
Aeroplane poised to transform travel and warfare
The outlook for the aeroplane is bright as it passes from possibility to practicality. Balloons and dirigibles play growing roles in sport and military use, but the aeroplane promises rapid long distance transport and eventual warfare applications with troop deployment and air strikes.
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Ballooning
Aeris Navigation
F. P. Lahm
the Outing Magazine
Lady of the Bedchamber Knollys Served Queen Longest
Queen Alexandra’s longtime confidante Hon. Charlotte Knollys, known as The Shadow, served forty four years in the royal household. She once rescued the Queen during a Sandringham fire and later chose loyalty to the Queen over marriage. She earns 3509 dollars from the government and 1500 from the Queen’s privy purse.
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Alexandra
England
Charlotte Knollys
Sandringham
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New York Herald
Nassau
Nassau Street
John Street
Clearing House
Uber of Commerce
Columbia
William Street
Golden Hill
Lexington
Broadway
Fulton
Grand Street
Hester Street
Mulberry Street
Bayard Farm
Great Britain
Marion and
Prince Streets
James Monroe
Prince and Mott Streets
St. Patrick’s Old Cemetery
Lorenzo Daponte
Pierre de Landais
A. T. Stewart
Stewart
Beingworth
Robert Richard
Grant
Hudson
New Jersey
Pacific Coast
Christ's Mission
West Fifty-seventh Street
James A. O'Connor