Views from the Singer Building Tower Revealed
Twenty five newspaper men viewed New York from the Singer tower on Friday morning. The ascent included a crow's nest over 700 feet high with a railing. The party toured the building and joined a luncheon hosted by the Singer Company reception committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Singer Tower
C.N. Coleman
Singer Company
Fred P. Whitney
Ca OT Mepak
Cai VlinghOut
Crow’s Nest
Hudson River Highlands
Sandy Hook
Navesink
Long Island
Garden City
Orange Mountains
McAdoo Terminal
Vanity of Men and Loud Locks Spark Discussion
A reader letter in The Star mocks male vanity as much as women with hairstyles and hairpieces, citing the trend of loud locks and the “Merry Widow” fashion to satirize men’s display.
Fortieth story ascent at a height limit building tour
A reception committee led visitors through a fortieth floor ascent in a traction express elevator reaching forty five seconds, though a 600 foot per minute limit applies. They described steel woodlike finishes, fireproof construction, and an exterior lighting plan. The piece pivots to a social observation on menswear vanity and streetcar behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Traction Express
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Daisies Give Way to Homes in Kansas City Plot
R L Winter buys the 28 acre “daisy farm” between 65th and 66th streets Troost for 28350 to plat as Maryland Ridge homes. Lots 100 by 200 feet sell for 10 to 12 dollars per front foot with minimum 2500 dollar houses. Daisy meadow once grew from a seed mix mistake nine years ago, bringing joy to hospitals jails churches and schools before sale ends.
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R. L. Winter
Troost Avenue
Marlborough Line
Metropolitan
New York Life Building
Maryland Ridge
Bayse
George W
Jacob Bayse
Rass
Star
Ublic
Kansas City
Engagement of George W. Barnes Jr to Miss Madge Mitchell
Announcement states George W. Barnes Jr a leading mid continent oil operator in Muskogee will wed Miss Madge Mitchell of Lima Ohio. Barnes is noted as wealthy and the couple publicize their upcoming marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskocer
George W. Barnes, Jr
Mid-Continent
Madge Mitchell
Lima
Mr. Barnes
Muskogee
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Newskork
Singer Building
Trinity Hutson
Trinity Church
EMPRE
American Surety Building
Sixty-Fifth and
Troost
Hood
Emma L. Bowman
Beacon St
Everett
Mass
Ugh B. Thompson
Uthward St. Jon
BSS
Ines Swan
Willfin
North-Mehornays
Chase
Boston
Brussels
Smyrna
Walnut Street
Ay City
Davenport
Out
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