Opened Hudson tunnel system links New Jersey to Manhattan
President Roosevelt activated the Hudson and Manhattan tunnels linking northern New Jersey to Manhattan. The project cost nearly 60 million dollars and shortens commutes to seven to twelve minutes with five cent fares. Key sites include Hoboken Jersey City Newark and connections to Herald Square and Sixth Avenue lines. McAdoo spearheaded the effort with Jacobs as chief engineer.
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Roosevelt
White House
Manhattan
New Jersey
Manhattan Island
Hoboken
Jersey City
Newark
Herald Square
Ninth Avenue
Herall Square
New York City
Nineteenth Street
Christopher
Greenwich Streets
Christopher Street
Sixth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
D. C. Haskins
Charles M. Jacobs
Pennsylvania
North River
Hudson
Skate sailing a sport that thrills and swedes' innovation
Skate sailing is a fast winter sport with new five cornered sail design from Sweden. The sail, about five square yards for men, is light sailcloth on bamboo spars and can be reefed. It is ten feet long and six feet at bottom, with easy handling and body positioning to keep wind between sail and craft. The article notes technique, safety, and the thrill of sailing over ice, including how to tack and ride wind angles.
Limited Accommodations at Jamestown Exposition
A hesitant suburban man asks the Chicago station ticket clerk about round trip reduced rates for the Jamestown exposition. The clerk notes limited hotel accommodations nearby and wonders if a John Smith day will occur, settling on practicality over novelty.
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Chicago
Stringer
Champagne price cut rumor ignites local mock alarm
An editor receives a marked copy of an eastern daily claiming a 20 percent champagne price cut under a France trade deal. The piece ridicules the notion, noting no impact on local beer and whisky prices, and mocks champagne drinkers while praising cheaper necessities.
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France
New York
Bacchus
Coney Island
Denver
Chicago
History Can Now Be Corrected
The New York Times notes the Peking Gazette has suspended publication. It calls the paper an official circular rather than a true newspaper and doubts a future version with editorials will become a genuine newspaper, though it could be worth reading.
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New York Times
Peking Gazette
China
Forsakes Sign Advertising by Henry W Savage
Henry W Savage, theatrical manager, abandons all indoor advertising for his attractions in New York. He will advertise only in newspapers, arguing signs and lithographs draw less patronage. The move contrasts with another manager who planned to use signs, then shifted to newspapers after poor results.
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Henry W. Savage
New York Herald
Metropolis
The Old Subscriber and Editors Wealth Tale
A column notes the value of long time readers who pay on time and endure editor slights. It contrasts patient subscribers with editors who grow rich through frugality and hard work, citing an Illinois editor who built wealth from 15 dollars start and a rich uncle inheritance.
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Lansing
Mirror
Illinois
Byron Williams
Rubbing It In A Printer's Dander Over Poets
The long haired caller vents in the editorial room claiming poets are born while the editor questions the motive behind such talent. The exchange reveals tension between indignation and critique as the writer presses for a why.
Soldier on cowcatcher survives freezing rail ride
James O Connor, a 20 year old private in the Twenty-Sixth Coast Artillery, rode the B and O midnight express on the engine cowcatcher at 12 40 AM when the thermometer read 15 degrees. He lost consciousness from cold but regained life after telegraph and police response and was taken to University Hospital in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
James O’connor
Twenty-Sixth Coast Artillery
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Camden Station
Weather Bureau
University Hospital
O'Connor
Fort Flagler
Washington
Seattle
Washington, D. C
W&s
Union Station
O’connor
Laure
Camden
Western Police
Drift for 752 Miles Through Grand Canyon
Charles S. Rus Sell and E. R. Monett finished a 752 mile river voyage in a 16 foot rowboat through the Colorado from Green River Utah to Needles California. They endured Diamond Creek rapids and Big Eddy challenges, with Monett protecting camera plates and provisions nearly exhausted after 141 days on the trip. Russell declined to reveal mineral findings in the second granite gorge. The final 332 miles from Bright Angel took 33 days.
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Needles
Cal
Charles S. Russell
E. R. Monett
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Robert B. Stanton
Russell
Bright Angel
Niagara
Diamond Creek
Monett
Granite
Green River
Utah
Sailor Counts Sails to Salute Mail on Yokohama Bay
A sailor recalls port watch duty lasting seventy two hours as an American mail is sighted near Yokohama. He salutes and sings briefly before an officer orders silence. The tale ends with him counting seven thousand eleven sails seen beyond the sampan.
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Andy
Homoka
Yokohama
Nicholas
5 Ek
Santa Cruz
Leann
Old Mae
Atezirs
T’ 2
Did Didoes Reach From Queen Dido To American Slang
A scanned text discusses the origin of the slang term didos or didoes. It cites Murray onited States slang meanings like prank or disturbance and traces usages from Sam Slick to Haliburton and Wright. The piece weighs origins from Ireland Isle of Wight Kent and suggests a possible Dido connection before concluding the derivation remains unclear.
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Quiller Conch
Duchy
Murray
Sam Slick
Englas
Haliburton
My ‘the
Isle of Wight
Kent
Wright
Dido
Aneas
Dog halts Erie train in Hubbard chase on board
A large English mastiff owned by Joe Madaline boarded Erie train No. 29 at Hubbard delaying the coach for about 30 minutes. Brakemen tried to remove the dog, the conductor argued, and the dog bit his trousers. A meat store trick finally enticed the dog off the platform and he chased the train two miles before giving up.
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Youngstown
Erie
Hubbard
Joe Madaline
Man Survives Burial Prank in New Jersey Grave
While digging a grave at St Jerome cemetery Mike Bosack fell asleep from cold. His companions boxed him in a rough coffin with no lid fastenings. At the funeral the undertaker opened the lid and Bosack sat up, causing panic before the interment resumed.
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Freeland
N. J
St. Jerome
Mike Bosack
Bosack
Baby Saves Her Mother in Storm Rescue
In Marion Ohio a 16 month old girl saved her mother by slipping through a broken window during a windstorm after Mrs Scott Gast was trapped by an auto window catch. The baby fled to a neighbor for help as the mother, exhausted, whispered a final kiss before being assisted. An investigation followed the rescue.
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Marion
Scott
Gast
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Baltic
Toronto Bay
Aviomobile Fire Brigade
Wade, Schanralr
Awful
Colorado River
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