Electric roads and the dream of 200 mph trains
Professor Oberlin Smith of Bridgeton argues electricity will power future New York to Philadelphia travel in a fraction of the present time. He envisions air-line, elevated tracks with single electric cars at speeds over 100 mph, rubber tires, and derailment-free rails, funded by a $6,000,000 capitalization.
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New York
Philadelphia
Gotham
Quaker City
Dattery
Harlem
Smith
Philadelria
Atlantic City
Gloucester City
Weaver
American Society of Civic Engineers
Cape Stuy
Oberlin Smith
Bridgeton
N. I
Professor Smith
Fer- Tacul Machine Company
N. J
Cigil
Cape May
Animals That Climb and Other Oddities From the Times
A collage from New York debunks primeval man and animal climbing limits with notes on stair fears in natives dogs and foxes and a tale of railway delays caused by grasshoppers and shad flies. Prehistoric biology hints at teeth jaws eyes ears and smell in ancient humans. A new school teaches simians acting with hopes of reform and repeal of cruelty laws.
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New York
New York World
Mulberry Street
Harduppi
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ufer
Gay
Roosevelt
Anlich
New York Journal
The Fighting Ostrich and its Fearsome Kicks
In S Schriener's instructive Os trich study the ostrich kick is described as powerful and dangerous. The larger toe digs and tears, sending combatants flying and even harming riders. Anecdotes include a cock punching through iron and a railway guard facing a rampaging bird.
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Engles
Extraordinary Brussels street collapse blamed on rats
A mild woman walking with her caps drawn by five dogs in Brussels encountered a sudden road collapse when the roadway caved in. A cart and the dogs disappeared as investigators found the street undermined by rats swarming the area.
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Hales
Brussels
Tarvollah
Fragmentary Youth Dialogue Report
An incomprehensible excerpt depicts a directorial remark to a boy named Gilbert and a crude exchange about a protruding tongue and a failed task. The text is garbled, with unclear speakers and context, providing no verifiable event, date, or location.
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Oberlin Smiths
Western Railroad
Lehigh Valley Road
Homel's Ferry
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Gilbert
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