New 1000 Foot Mills Project Described Amid High Stakes
The piece surveys a proposed 1000 foot building on the Mills Drexel site in New York. It notes current landmarks like the Mills and Drexel structures, discusses land costs, potential ground value, and a possible $40 billion-scale impact with 50 elevators and space for 18 000 people. It mentions D C Mills and J Pierpont Morgan in merger talks and the era’s appetite for grand towers.
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New York
D. O. Mills
California
Broad Street
Exchange Place
Mills
Drexel
J. P. Morgan & Company
Wall Street
Tony’ Drexel
Broad and Wall
Equitable
Broadway
D. C. Mills
Europe
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Henry Clews
Mement
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Mills-Drexel
Hudson Terminal
Stock Company at the Nelson opens week with On the Ranch
The Columbia Stock company debuts at the Nelson with On the Ranch to a packed crowd. Six vaudeville acts including the Wilson children and Unique Duo entertain, with Golden Inn and Out West slated for the next shows. Ten cent matinees continue.
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Nelson
Columbia Stock Company
Wilson
Golden Inn
West
John Stanley Shot While Cleaning Rifle Near Deer Creek
John Stanley twenty years old son of Mr and Mrs William Stanley of Deer Creek area was accidentally shot while cleaning a 22 calibre rifle. While placing the rifle butt on the floor the weapon exploded the bullet entered his left hip and lodged near the back. Doctors Kitchell and McClary of Deer Creek attended him and he rests easily today. No definite cause is given for the accident.
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John Stanley
William Stanley
Deer Creek
Kitchell and
McClary
Travel Deal to Mackinac Island on Wabash Route
Fare of six dollars covers round trip to Mackinac Island and back on September 3 using Wabash railroad and Detroit and Canada steamship line City of Alpena. Tickets valid twelve days.
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Mackinac Island
Wabash Railroad
City of Alpena
Four Brown Brothers and Doc Kealey Headline Majestic Act
Four Brown Brothers and Doc Kealey tour the big cities and headline the Majestic in Chicago next week. The act blends music with clean comedy and features a unique large saxophone and skilled instrumental performance. Frances Schwartz and her company, plus The Bruces and Billy Raymond, add strong vaudeville talent to the program.
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Brown Brothers
Doc” Kealey
the Majestic
Chicago
Iteam
Frances Schwartz
Iime
Bruces
Billy Raymond
Paid in Full shines at Grand Opera House in Chicago
Playgoers mourn the nearing end of the dramatic triumph Paid in Full at the Grand Opera House Chicago as the production, praised from opening night, nears its curtain call.
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Chicago
Vaudeville Bill at the Majestic Chicago
The Majestic Theatre in Chicago opens the week of August 31 with headliner the Keonde Typewriters presenting Fun in an Office. Other acts include the Eight Berlin Madcaps returning to vaudeville, Frank Byron and Louise Langdon in The Dude Detective, the Four Brothers Brown and Keeley dancing, and Gypsy Violinists Mapel Adams plus additional specialties.
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Majestic Theatre
Chicago
Keonde Typewriters
Gus Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Berlin
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Frank Byron
Louise Langdon
Brown
Keeley
Mapel Adams
Chicago Opera House Reopens With Gillette Comedy They
The Chicago Opera House returns for a renovated season with Frederic Thompson presenting a new William Gillette comedy titled They on Saturday September 5. The show follows last spring’s trial success and aims to continue the theater’s tradition of major entertainments at Jauna Park and the New York Hippodrome.
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Mary Ryan
Chicago
Old Learborn Stock Company
Iin
Frederic Lewis
Julia Marlowe
E. H. Sothern
Gillette
Winchell Smith
William Gillette
Chicago Opera House
Mr. Thompson
Jauna, Park
Coney Island
New York Hippodrome
America
Ladies Day at Indiana State Fair Highlights Dairy Education
The Indiana state fair will spend a week starting September 7 as ladies day with attractions for women including dairy and creamery displays. Purdue University butter makers led by Prof. G. I. Christie will lecture on butter making while milk testing and cream ripening are demonstrated.
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Indiana State Fair
Indiana
Colosseum
Purdue University
Purdue
G. I. Christie
Family Row Breaks Out Over Market Street Store
A quarrel erupted yesterday afternoon near the Snider queensware store on Market street drawing police involvement. Mrs Jacob Geppinger and Miss Carrie Sherbert fought while Alf Sherbert and Mrs Geppinger’s husband also joined the melee. No affidavits filed and no arrests made last evening.
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Snider Queensware
Market Street
Jacob Geppinger
Carrie Sherbert
Alf
Kenneth Stone Tested for Michigan Pike Road
A sample stone from the mile of road on the Michigan pike north of the city was tested by the U S government road department. The test found the stone of average hardness but very low toughness suitable only for light traffic roads.
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Kenneth Stone
Rode
Michigan Pike
U. S. Government
Actors Arrive From Europe with Plans for Coming Season
A Europe to New York influx brings star names to the Philadelphia of the American Line. William Faversham Julie Oppon Rose Melville Ted Marks and others arrive with new plays and plans. Faversham previews productions at Daly’s and Chicago engagements before returning to New York for the season.
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New York
Philadelphia
American Line
Europe
Cherbourg
Southampton
Plymouth
Broadway
William Faversham
Lionel Walsh
Frank Goldsmith
John Drew
Frank Wilstach
Leslie Carter
Rose Melville
Belle Davis
Blanche Garbett
Longweed
Faversham
Surrey
Daly's Theatre
Shuberts
Chicago
Daly's
George Bernard Shaw
Julia Opp
New Orleans
Edward Charles Carpenter
Mme
Fred de Grassac
Itty
Albert Chevalier
London
Anthony Hope
Brown at State Meet in Indiana Politician Conference
Republican County Chairman Herbert A. Brown returned from Indianapolis where state politicians met to discuss campaigns for Governor Hanly and Vice President Fairbanks. The gathering included James A. Kemenway, James P. Goodrich, James E. Watson, W. A. Kittinger, Miles Farras, George Dinwiddie, and state committee officers Ired Sims and Carl W. Riddick.
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Herbert A. Brown
Indianapolis
Hanly
Fairbanks
John L. Griffiths
Liverpool
Hemenway
Boonville
James E. Watson
Fort Warne
James A. Kemenway
James P. Goodrich
W. A. Kittinger
Anderson
Miles Farras
Winchester
George Dinwiddie
Frankfort
Ired Sims
Carl W. Riddick
Association Disbands Then Real Estate Company To Acquire Sites
At a stockholders meeting of the Industrial association formed over a year ago, the group decided to disband. A large real estate company of thirty men will take over factory sites on the South Side of the Wabash river and boost the city by giving away sites. The company will be formed at a meeting tonight.
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Industrial Association
Wabash River
Kansas breaks machine rule in first state-wide primary
In Topeka August 25 Kansas voters rejected machine politics in the first test of the new state-wide primary law. The Republican contest for U S senator and governor paired Long and Leland with Bristow and Stubbs. Bristow defeated Long as a reformer backed by LaFollette. Stubbs secured a large governor victory.
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United States
Long
Leland
Bristow
Stubbs
Chester I. Long
Senate
Washington
Railroads
Kansas
Cyrus Leland, Jr
Hoss Cy
Joseph J. Bristow
Cuba
United States Postal Department
Joseph Ralph Burton
Uncle Sam
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Yonge
LaFollette
Kansas House
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Association Disbands
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Frank Colby
Fern
Mack
Iivlle
Topeka
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W. 1. Stubbs
Spencer Park Music
Spencer Park
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George Bush
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