The Kaiser and the prince and platonic friendships debated
The Marble Hill Press surveys trends from brick architecture in Philadelphia to revived platonic friendship debates. It praises Sons of the Revolution and Nathan Hale memorials, notes Niagara Falls utilitarian use, and highlights Cornelia Bradford’s practical charity offering burials and small loans at 4 percent, with borrower character checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Cornelia Bradford
New York
Miss Bradford
Paris
Para-Tornadoes: French Inventor Proposes Aerial Torpedoes
A Paris correspondent reports Eugene Turpin unveils Para-Tornadoes, towers armed with explosives to disrupt tornadoes. He cites meteorology and Faye as wind theories, detailing 60 towers for a three mile town and costs around 40,000 pounds. He claims the system offers near complete protection with minimal building damage risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Turpin
Turpin
France
America
Faye
Lieut Findlay
United States Weather Bureau
Remarkable man McKane ruled Coney Island with despotic zeal
A profile of John Y. McKane of Gravesend New York. Described as one of the four MacKane bosses who controlled Brooklyn politics and Coney Island. Highlights his power over venues and attractions, his sharp dealings with Standard Oil, acts of generosity to the poor, clashes with a barkeeper, Sunday Bowery tolerance, and the alleged ballot-box crime linked to his name. Also notes advancement of Col Otis to brigadier general and brief military career details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. McKane
Gravesend
5. Y
Coney Island
McKane
Brooklyn
Four Macs
East River
MeKane
Messrs
McCarty
McGarren
McLaughlin
Gould
Vanderbilt
Iavesend Bay
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island Creek
Norton’s Point
Bowery
West Brighton
Dickens
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Fefore
White
New York
Bauer's
Pavilion
Evo
Christ
Dominie
Coney Island Bowery
John Y McKane
Carlin
Uien
Harrison
Col
Otis
Senate
Cleveland
General Carlin
Spottsylvania
Chapel House
Maryland
One Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry
Twenty- Second Infantry
Twentieth Infantry
Pennsylvania
Recrui
A Philippine Flower Discovered on Apo Volcano
A British scientific expedition reports finding an extraordinary flower on Apo, the extinct volcano in the Philippines. The bloom grows at about 2,500 feet elevation on the mountain’s slopes, measures five feet and a half in diameter, and is described as remarkable for its size and height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Apo
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Marble Hill Press
Tom Allen
Marble Hill
Missouri
Kaiser
Prince
Pintavecrnia
Philadelphia
Sons of the Revolution
Nathan Hale
City Ball Park
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Mitchell
Coughlin
Dr. Cronin
Hisiege
Bismarck
Germany
United States
National Observatory At
Washington
M'Kane
Czar
Russias
M. de Visle
Chicago Herald
Mexico
Planchas Placera
Sonora
John ¥. Wrkane
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