Inventor proposes moving platform bridge to carry 174000 per hour
A Boston World inspired concept describes a five platform bridge on a river with moving sections at fifteen miles per hour. Each platform would hold six passengers, enabling rapid transfer and purportedly no need for conductors or brakes, raising questions about practicality and safety. The article also notes detective service practices and global famine concerns in Africa and India, plus discussion of Made in Germany labels and early aeroplane pilots.
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Sta
Cpe
Fklyn
Promotra
Mombasa
Telegraph firms tally colossal convention traffic in Chicago
Western Union and Postal Telegraph report handling about 5.5 million words of convention related newspaper copy over eight to nine days with peak volumes on Thursday night into Friday morning. New York received roughly 150 000 Western Union words and 116 000 Postal Telegraph words daily.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Louis
Alton B. Parker
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Company
Press Association
Associated Press
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coasts
New York
Wedding Tour in Arctic Seas Ties Melrose Bride to Bering Trader
Miss Bertha Landers of Melrose Wisconsin marries Capt Alexander Allen in Seattle then sails north on a 15 ton schooner to endure an Arctic honeymoon. Allen, a leading Bering Sea trader, plans to voyage amid icebergs and Eskimo communities trading for ivory fur and whalebone, as Mrs Allen braves months of isolation and danger.
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Seattle
Allen
Finland
New Hide-and-Seek Bird Appears Near Lansdale
A mysterious large bird and three feathered youngsters were found in a hollow tree between Penllyn and Gwynedd stations. Workmen captured the adult, brought the flock for display, and sent the mother to Harrisburg for identification while the babies remained thriving in Lansdale.
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Lansdale
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Stockton
Boskin
Bethlehem Division
Reading Railway
Penllyn
Gwynedd
Huge Stack Is Razed in Trenton Fire Site
A large crowd watched the 136 foot smokestack at the demolished rope shop of John A Roebling's Sons Company in Trenton N Y be torn down after a winter fire. The stack held 250000 bricks and collapsed with a roar like a cannon discharge.
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Trenton
N. Y
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
New AMA President Col. William C. Gorgas Praised Worldwide
Col. William C. Gorgas, head of physicians and new president of the American Medical Association, gains international renown for his work in controlling yellow fever in Havana and sanitizing the Panama Canal Zone. His campaigns reduced malaria and fever through fumigation, screens, and mosquito control, with a noted drop in American death rates in the zone.
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Col
William Gorgas
Panama Zone
American Medical Association
Chicago
William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Havana
Canal Zone
Illinois
Vermont
Gorgas
Mobile
Medical Corps
Fort Brown
Texas
Co. Gorgas
Carlos Finlay
Mos
Quitoes
Ronald Ross
British-India Medical Service
Cuba
India
Philippines
Congress
Panama
Col. Gorgas
Panama City
Colon
Nature as a Sculptress in the San Juan Islands
A Seattle writer describes Waldr on island and nearby islets as a shoreline gallery where natural features resemble Washington’s profile, a shiplike formation called Battleship island, and other rock figures. He notes British forces once contested the area, now peaceful summer resorts attract visitors, while ancient blockhouses and lingering traces of early days remain.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Union
British Territory
Gilbert Stuart
Vancouver Island
Nature
Great Britain
America
Washington Rock
Waldron Island
San Juan
Puget Sound
Battleship Island
More's Island
Strait de Hora
Sucia Island
East Sound
Pacific
Nation's Assets Must Be Conserved for Demands of Future
An essay argues that Earth's resources are a fixed patrimony and must be used judiciously. It warns that unrestrained commerce erodes boundaries, population will reach 200 million in the U S by mid-century, and by 1950 wheat exports may reverse as domestic demand grows. It cautions mineral depletion and reliance on soil if abuse continues.
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Tressury
Tressury Department
Congress
Secret Service
Earth
Professor Shaler
America
United States
Canada
Public Menaces to Morality in Wealthy Society
The piece critiques behavior in high society and the influence of the young elite on public morals. It argues earnest remonstrance rarely yields improvement and urges higher standards among the richest classes to protect social order.
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Hans
New York Times
Americans Enjoyment Of Life And Holiday Spirit
The article contrasts American tastes in sport, religion, art, and courtship, praising the nation as exceptionally joyful and experiential. It notes Americans’ strong enjoyment of material and spiritual pursuits, while suggesting Italians excel in artistic forms. It highlights the universal holiday spirit and children’s abundant, healthy joy in the United States from school to home and beyond.
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America
Science Revealer of God
A discussion argues that belief in an intelligent universe follows from four facts: nature’s stability, its intelligibility, the practical use of nature, and the mystic harmony between nature and humanity. It contends prophecy forecasts future laws and that ongoing inquiry may reveal an unseen life, erasing death’s bitterness.
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Convention
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Asher Hinds
National House of Representatives
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William C.gorgas
Cleopatra
Ania
Aspasia
Cleveland
Guiseppe DE Marco
Science
Herschel
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