New York Singer Tower Offers Daring 700-Foot Balcony View
Twenty five visitors rode a traction express to the 40th floor in 45 seconds then climbed a two foot square sheet iron platform at the crow s nest near the flag pole for a near heaven view. From the crow s nest visibility spans Hudson Highlands Sandy Hook and Garden City with two roof top baseball games observed. Exterior illumination features 6000 hidden lights and 70 electric clocks all under one master clock. The tower houses 935 offices across 42 usable floors starting at the 14th with each room boasting an ice water bucket and pneumatic whisk broom.
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New York
Singer Tower
Navesink
Long Island
Garden City
Orange Mountains
McAdoo Terminal
Sandy Hook
Midnight Saloon Visit Features Arkansan Traveler Fiddle
A late night in a saloon on West Twelfth Street hosts an Arkansan traveler in plain clothes who plays a mismatched neckless fiddle and delivers a humorous roadside monologue. Patrons react with amusement as the improvised song and jokes unfold before the clock tolls midnight.
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Kansas City
West Twelfth Street
Sparen & Y
Arenas Senate
Arkansie
Making coal waste into coal briquets
The article argues that converting coal waste to briquets can profitably conserve resources. It cites tests showing briquets burn hotter with less smoke, and notes advancing use of gas engines and gas producers to expand coal energy, potentially generating electricity over long distances.
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American Review of Reviews
America
Atlantic Coast Line
Geological Survey
Cherry stone relic sparks odd Paris tale of Paderewski
A visitor to Paderewski's Paris villa reportedly found a cherry stone on the mantel and had it set into pearls and diamonds as a relic. When Paderewski learned of the item he quipped that he never eats cherries and suggested the stone was left by his servant.
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Jon
Washington Post
Paderewski
Paris
Ebe
Ald Paderewele
Tommy
Tork
Learoleg
Wiarton
Chase
Indo
Punta del Gado
United States
Queenstown
Ireland
Quee
Portugi
Madeira
The Prodigal’s Father as Hero in a Parable
In this critique of the Prodigal Son from Putnam's and The Reader the father is the central, patient hero. The elder brother's discontent contrasts with the father's forgiving, boundless love, culminating in the line Ben thou art ever with me all that I have is thine and we should make merry.
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Putnam's
The Good Ships Clipper And Its Speedy Legacy
A nostalgic look at the American clipper ships from the tea trade era starting 1543 through the Civil War, describing their speed and beauty. Captain Arthur H. M. Clark notes in Harper's Magazine that few modern steamers match the clipper’s famed hull and tall masts despite advances.
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China
Neversink
Arthur HM. Clark
Harper's Magazine
Fragmented reminiscence of a moonlit summer night
A damaged excerpt recalls a past summer night and a lingering, intimate memory. The speaker mentions a shared moment under the moon and a distant farewell near a shoulder and hand, with partial dialogue and unclear names.
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Alford
HIS ERROR AND HERS. A MOMENT OF CHOICE AND TEMPTATION
A wife weighs longing for an absent husband against a past infidelity and a newer, stronger resolve. She discovers a compromising letter, rejects the other man, and finds strength in fidelity, believing goodness and heaven can set things right in time.
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Gou
How Uncle Sam Trains His Sailors on the Alliance
February aboard the Alliance, a U S training ship at Hampton Roads, begins a ten month cruise through West Indian and European waters. The crew of 160 bluejackets, divided into watches, study gunnery and seamanship while masters at arms enforce discipline on the spar and gun decks.
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Virginian
Hampton Roads
San Francisco Chronicle
Alliance
Uncle Sam
Brandhew
Jimmy Legs
Royal Pole
Colt
Onous
Jimmy
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