Moving sidewalks on Brooklyn Bridge proposed by New York inventor
A New York inventor backed by prominent financiers proposes five moving platforms on the Brooklyn Bridge to shuttle pedestrians during rush hours. The system would run sequentially at 3 to 15 mph, claim ease of transfer, and could move up to 174000 people per hour with no motormen conductors or brakemen needed, promising lower power and maintenance costs.
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Subway
Gand
New York
Brooklyn ‘Bridge
Chicago
Brooklyn Bridge
Hkhridge
Mystery and Mission of the Government Secret Service
The article describes the government secret service as a Treasury Bureau protecting the president and detecting counterfeiters. It notes agents work under confidential requisition from department heads and can be loaned to other agencies. Congress debated diverting treasury detectives from their core duties.
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Government Secret Service
Secret Service
Secret Service Bureau
Treasury Department
Attorney General
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Famine in Osoga Uganda Reveals Transportation Failing
Report from Mombasa shows 40000 deaths in Osoga Uganda due to famine. Causes mirror Indian famines: collapse of food supply and relief reach caused by inadequate transport. Highlights civilization's aim to equalize access to life essentials.
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Mombasa
British East Africa
Osoga
Uganda
India
Made in Germany label eyed for Adirondack reforestation
New York state purchased 950000 seedling trees from German nurseries this year. Three year old stock will be planted in treeless Adirondack districts while younger stock will be grown in nurseries for a year before field planting. Germans sell three year olds at about four for a cent, prompting the overseas order.
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Germany
Adirondack
State of
New York
Sky pilots and new terms in aviation talk
A fragmented editorial note discusses language for aviation leaders, dismissing borrowed terms and urging originality. It mentions Iowa editors questioning a widower with dyed whiskers and references figures connected to Wheeler and Roosevelt, along with a messy aside about Berlin and education ministries.
Electric guns rewrite war as cities face 200 mile range shells
A Contemporary Review report cites Col. Frederic Maude on an electric gun with 30 000 feet per second velocity and 200 mile range. The weapon lacks recoil and could fire up to 2 000 pound missiles, enabling devastating strikes on European capitals from offshore positions.
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England
France
Germany
French
Alps
Boston
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Col
Frederic N. Maude
C. B
Manchester University
Col. Maude
Contemporary Review
Mr. Simpson
Europe
London
Liverpool
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Channel
Westminster
Pantheon
Houses of Parliament
Louvre
The Seat of Life and the Pituitary Discovery
Dr Charles E d M Sajous claims the pituitary body is the somatic brain governing vegetative functions and the ultimate seat of life. He says the pituitary connects to adrenal fluids and acts as a disease-fighting organ, central to human physiology and survival.
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Galen
Hippocrates
Metschnikoff
Koch
Philadelphia
Charles B. de M. Sajous
Sajous
New President of AMA Attained International Renown
Chicago report profiles Col. William C. Gorgas selected as president of the American Medical Association. It recounts his work in Havana that ended yellow fever, his sanitation drive in the Panama Zone, and his rise from Mobile Alabama born 1854 to a noted scientist and military officer.
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Chicago
William ©. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
American Medical Association
Havana
Canal Zone
Illinois
Vermont
Col. Gorgas
Mobile
Ala
Josiah Gorgas
Gorgas
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
New York City
Fort Brown
Texas
Col
Carlos Finlay
Mos
Quitoes
Ronald Ross
British-India Medical Service
Cuba
India
Philippines
Congress
Panama Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Co. Gorgas
Panama City
Colon
Queen of the Air Her Harbord Eyes Gordon Bennett Race
Mrs Assheton Harbord, famed balloon navigator, eyes the Gordon Bennett cup contest in Germany this October. Her eightieth ascent, night flights, and English Channel crossings highlight a storied career, with France praised for steadier conditions and wider open skies for ballooning adventures.
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Aesheton Harbard
Gordon Bennett
Germany
Asshe
Ton Harbord
Krabble
Assheton Harbord
London
Driffield
England
France
Mme. Surcouf
English Channel
Alps
Mme. Flammarion
Russian Wolves Vanquish in Forest Battle Officers Fall
Four Russian soldiers guard a frontier camp face a pack of six wolves in a brutal night clash. Two wolves die under rifle fire, the rest press forward as bayonets and swords turn the tide. Only one survivor, bandaged by a coat, climbs a tree to await dawn and recount the deadly encounter.
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Georgenburg
Humorous Retort Over Glasses and Punch Exchange
A humorous fragment depicts a clash over etiquette as one character orders glasses before punch, while another cites custom. The exchange plays on social norms and mock severity.
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Montana
Iowa
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Feies University of
California
Theodore
Charles E. d. M. SajJous
William "Gorgas
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Gorga
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