Vault of Rockefeller Fortunes Revealed in Bombproof NY Vault
Reports detail a bombproof vault beneath New York City Produce Exchange capable of storing about 200 million dollars in Rockefeller stocks and bonds. The room is 9 by 9 by 15 feet with 40 inch walls, reinforced by 90 pound steel rails and solid steel, with multiple locks and small sheet steel boxes guarding individual securities. A card index tracks bond maturities and coupon dates inside the compartments.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
Captain Dreyfus
Devil's Island
William H. Person
Safe Deposit Company
Mr. Rockefeller
Old Watts Farm Sold at Public Auction in New York
Representatives of the Mary G Pinkney estate announce a public sale of the large Watts Farm holdings at the Vessey street salesrooms with auctioneer Joseph F Day. Abram I Elkus notes it is an unusual, historic estate sale and the largest estate ever offered at one time in New York.
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New York
Mary G. Pinkney
Canary Bird That Can Talk In Philadelphia
Mrs. Peter Carney of 178 North Broad Street owns a talking canary with a five word vocabulary. An emissary from New Yorks Zoological Gardens offered $1000 after noting the bird can say Pretty little Peter Pretty the baby or Pretty little birdie and the owner refused. The zoologist says the bird is the only canary known to enunciate English.
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Philadelphia
Peter Carney
North Broad Street
Zoological Gardens of
New York City
Peter
Birdie
Stop Aeroplane Joy Rides
New York reports the Aero Club of America weighs a bill to misdemeanor unauthorised aircraft use. The law committee drafts proposed provisions modeled on recent automobile lane laws to ban using planes without the owner’s consent.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Pressed Wood as New Fuel Gains Popularity in California
In California pressed wood from sawdust and shavings is touted as a superior fuel for homes. A patented process compresses waste into 12 by 3 inch molds, yielding slow burning, high heat with cleaner output. It is said to match coal in energy per ton and sells retail at a corn price per ton.
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Los Angeles
California
Hat Trimming Illustrations Show Three Leading Styles
In a Hat Trimming feature by Julia Bottomley, three standout models in black and white ribbons and straw reveal popular summer shapes. Fig 1 features a French sailor brim with an Alsatian bow and rose accents. Fig 2 shows rough bronze braid with a bronze velvet facing and wild flower spray. Fig 3 displays a leg horn straw with a drooping brim and rose bouquets.
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Julia Bottomley
Count Hugo Christalnigg Seeks American Heiress for Royal Marriage
Fraulein Arma Bleyer of New York claims Count Hugo Christalnigg will wed an American heiress and attend King George V’s coronation. She cites his looks with a forwarded photograph and describes her role as nobility broker and confidante to princes and counts.
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New York
Hugo Christalnigg
George V
Fraulein Arma Bleyer
Miss Bleyer
Travel Ready Hatbag from Mulberry Cashmere Dress
A smart mulberry cashmere dress with a draped skirt and passementerie trim is described for travel. Tips describe making a hat bag from brown paper to fit a hat on trains, including envelope-like folding, slits for ends, edge snips, and cord handles for packing.
Driftwood House Rises By The Pacific Coast
An 1887 driftwood cabin near the Pacific coast near the Columbia River has grown into a sizable house with many rooms. No nails were used in the construction, joints are mortice and dove-tail, and furniture follows a mission style using driftwood from across the country and world.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Ocean
Columbis River
Confederate Engine Saved For Grant Park Display
Atlanta resolves to preserve the Civil War era locomotive Texas in a new building at Grant Park after it had deteriorated on a spur track. The city council adopted the plan yesterday, ensuring historic railway preservation in Georgia’s capital.
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Atlanta
Texas
Grant Park
Notable Appeal for Wealthy American Visitors to London and Vienna
A speaker claims to draw a large crowd of affluent Americans and families to London, noting Vienna is not far from the British capital and Chicago from New York. He boasts over forty letters from American cities expressing interest in becoming clients, including letters from young women and inquiries from parents about his discretion.
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London
Vienna
Chicago
New York
Dress sewing specification for ninon tunic and vest
The pattern details describe each side crossed over a vest of tucked cream ninon with sleeves matched to the bodice. Tight under sleeves are of tucked ninon. Materials called for include six yards 46 inches wide six yards lining one and a half yards ninon 40 inches wide and three yards trimming.
Explosive Neckties Explain Dangers In Silk Processes
The article discusses artificial silk made from cellulose plastics with gloss similar to real silk. Most methods are as safe as cotton, but one uses nitro-cellulose or soluble guncotton. If not denitrated after drawing, the threads become dangerous guncotton fabric.
Giant Stone Cross Marks Golden Gate Park History
In Golden Gate park stands one of the world’s largest stone crosses linked to early Pacific coast history. Sir Francis Drake’s 1597 voyage touched San Francisco Bay and he held English religious services near Drake’s Bay, later memorialized by George W. Childs of Philadelphia who donated the cross during the 1894 midwinter fair opening.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Sir Francis Drake
Pacific Coast
Drake
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Drake's Bay
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Linen for Needle Work in Gray Linens
Heavy gray linen is favored as a background for embroideries used in home decor. Bedrooms and country houses use gray linen for bed hangings cushion covers and window hangings. Ambitious needlewomen craft elaborate color designs including wood fairies and fuchsias in violet green pale yellow and fuchsia on a single bedroom set.
Small Girl's Hobble Skirt Fashion Debate
Harper's Bazar notes varied opinion on belt placement for little girls frocks. Some French styles show belts near normal height while others place belts near the hem, hindering movement yet creating an abnormally long waist effect that charms some children.
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Harper’s Bazar
Boy’s Outfit Guidelines for Boys Fashion in Harpers Bazaar
The passage prescribes a practical morning outfit for a small boy featuring a natural linen Russian blouse suit with a wide patent belt. It suggests brown boots with stockings, notes low shoes and socks as fashionable for all children, and recommends leather leggings outdoors until warm weather. It cautions against forcing the boy to keep knickerbockers as he grows taller and should wear long trousers.
Man Walks 27006 Miles On Duty To Cure Leg
In Chico California M. E. Crookum a Diamond Match night watchman injured his leg six years four months and twenty four days ago. Doctors said cure would rely on walking. He has walked 27006 miles on duty plus two miles daily to work and back. His one mile beat is covered hourly twelve times nightly for seven nights weekly and he has missed only two days of work.
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Chico
Cal
M. E. Crookum
Diamond Match Company
Crookum
Alexander Got Even in Shreveport Reserved Negro Seats He Hoarded
A Kansas City Star retelling describes Alexander in Shreveport buying all tickets set aside for colored patrons at a southern show. He paid $111.25 for 105 seats, keeping 104 tickets hidden while intending to sit alone in the reserved section. A large delegation awaited him after the performance, details unclear.
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Shreveport
Jane
Alexander
Mike
Kansas City Star
Old Treasury Platform Replaced By Modern System
The Washington treasury’s iron bound wooden platform, once the daily resting place for millions of dollars in currency notes and bonds, is retired. A new system will handle the flow of funds as $100,000,000 could be stacked on its 30 square foot top. The platform saw every dollar entering or leaving the federal government, including mutilated notes and coins sent to workers and merchants.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
New Sea Sport on Adriatic Prompts Smoking Room Feat
Passengers on the White Star liner Adriatic reported an athletic program in the smoking room that night. Exhibitions included lifting chairs by the roots and dragging doors from hinges as a famous Princeton athlete, who once kicked a decisive field goal, starred among contenders. No official score was kept beyond the chief steward’s pill the next morning.
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Princeton
Eli
In Their Spare Time Paradox Sparks on Strike Line
A witty exchange jokes about labor conflict as workers hired to break a strike end up striking for higher pay themselves. The quip highlights tension between strikers and strikebreakers with a playful jab at the paradox.
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Seel
Puck
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