Electric Power of Great City Graphic Illustration
A July Sun report details Manhattan's total public and private light and power capacity near 1,230,000 horsepower. An electrician warns of theoretical catastrophe if all insulation failed, illustrated by a New York Central viaduct incident releasing 100,000 horsepower. The piece covers Japan relations, Brooklyn Bridge concerns, Fifth Avenue Hotel history, and Salvation Army paper drives amid rising city real estate and unusual lot developments.
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New York
Manhattan
New York Central
St. and Park
Big Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
New
Williamsburg Bridge
Old Bridge
Mrs Gould Heroine During European Car Adventure
Special to The Luna reporting Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould traveling in Europe. In Switzerland a mountain road jolt nearly toppled their car, but Mrs Gould kept control at the steering wheel, averting a plunge 500 feet down the declivity as Mr Gould regained balance.
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New York
Edwin Gould
Europe
Switzerland
Gould
It is due to the fact that we do not practice false economy by skimping the quality of materials
The remark asserts a commitment to quality over cost saving, arguing that shoddy materials undermine value. It emphasizes prudent purchasing and durability as guiding principles in production decisions.
Soul Photograph Claim Shocks New York Residents
Retired professor Henry Price says the soul is small gelatinous and beneath the first rib and offers to photograph it as it leaves the body. He seeks Bellevue hospital permission to set up cameras at deathbeds to capture images, arguing only the virtuous possess souls while the rest die without one.
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New York
Boston
Henry Price
Bellevue Hospital
Professor Price
Professor argues sow weighs less than a gram in discovery remark
A professor, seeking a chance to photograph the discovery after a lifetime of study, contends that a sow does not weigh more than a gram. The remark underscores the challenge of capturing evidence in tiny scales.
Burglar Leaves Taunting Card At Winchester Drug Store
In Fermland, Indiana, a break in at Murray Blish's drug store freed the cash register of coins. A burglar posted a Blick Hand emblem card reading Beware, we will come again. Suspect Zeb Adams confessed after handwriting clues tangled him. money recovered from a tin can in a hay wagon.
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Winchester
Ind
Murray Blish
Fermland
Zeb Adams
Despondent man, 8, hangs self in Indiana shed
New Albany Ind July 3 Despondent because he could no longer work John Andrew Gebhart 8 committed death by own action by hanging himself to a rafter of a shed in the rear of his home The shed was so low the old gentleman raised his feet to let his weight rest on the rope
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New Albany
Ind
John Andrew Gebhart
Puro Distilled Water Company Bottles Sold Cheap
Fragments report penny prices for distilled water and related supplies. Mentions five gallon bottles and demijohns with a few unclear notes on new hose and miscellaneous items.
Arrest Boys Who Smoke Under 18 Chicago Police Action
Chicago police under Chief Shippy will arrest every boy under eighteen found smoking tobacco. The order targets all forms of tobacco use including tailormades makins butts snipes and pipes. Enforcement begins immediately under new legislative provisions.
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Chicago
Shippy
Pastor Resigns to Start New Pastorate in July
Rev. T. C. Hood resigned as pastor of the E. Washington street Presbyterian church. He will begin his new pastorate at the First Presbyterian church in Madison on July 2, at Sunday services.
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T. C. Hood
Presbyterian Church
At. iMadieon
Tid
Desperate suspect dies after repeated acid attempt in Toledo
Raymond Hanson formerly tied to the National Supply company made a second suicide bid by drinking carbolic acid yesterday after detectives' visit. He had earlier taken a dose Saturday night and died soon after telling his wife of the act. Hanson was wanted on charges of passing two worthless checks.
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Toledo
Raymond Hanson
R. L. Henderson
Hanson
Ahem Vleve
National Supply, Company
Wee
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Pilgrim Society
Lindsey Ruswell
Admiral Yamamoto
United States
Cornelius N. Bliss
E. H. Harriman
Jacob H. Schiff
Aaron Kuroki
Viscount S. Aoki
Admiral Dewey
Fred D. Grant
Jokichi Takamino
Pacific
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Astor House
Dickens
Daniel Webster
Madison Square
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Thomas C. Platt
Lincoln
Prince of Wales
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Fifth Ave
New England
Prince Devowongse
Eno
Salvation Army
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W. Forty-eignthst
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Flauren
Building Department
Delancey
Norfolksts
Mrs. Gould
Husband
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