Meeting of Old Classmates in a Buffalo Grand Hotel
In the Metropolitan Grand Hotel Buffalo Professor Stillson Renmark meets his old friend journalist Richard Yates. The pair recounts past pranks and careers, from school days at Scragmore’s academy to teaching in Toronto and a life on the road as a reporter. Conversations reveal their ironies and ambitions as they settle into a fifth floor suite and toast with exotic drinks.
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Metropolitan Grand Hotel
Buffalo
Stillson Renmark
House of Entertainment
Albany
Saratoga
Troy
Boston
New York
East
Sam
Cleveland
Richard Yates
Stilly
Yates
Chicago Express
Buffalo Creek
Renmark
Rhenmark
Metropolitan Grand
Professor
Richard
Old Scragmore’s Academy
Canada
Sully
Rochester
New Rk
Francisco
Aca
Spink
Montreal
Spirin
Toronto
Scragmore
Dessay
University College, Toronto
Verhoeff the Missing Scientist of Peary Expedition
A Boston Transcript correspondent recounts John M. Verhoeff’s life, the Greenland bound scientist of Peary’s first Arctic expedition who was believed lost in a crevasse last September. His disciplined youth, bicycle ride to Yale, and vow to reach the North Pole are highlighted, with Peary praising him as loyal and conscientious. Four nations deploy Arctic exploration crews this summer, raising hope Verhoeff may still be alive.
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Boston Transcript
John M. Verhoeff
Verhoetl
Paris
Louisville
John
Greenland
North Pole
New Haven
Copa
Yale College
Peary
Verhoeff
Sesatisa
Arctic
Verhoelf
Salvage and demolition of Jackson Park expositions buildings
The article surveys the costly fate of the World’s Fair structures at Jackson Park. It estimates $19 million invested in iron and materials, questions salvage value, and notes potential losses, tearing down costs, and disposal challenges including 10 000 to 12 690 cargo loads of waste and possible creation of an artificial mound. It cites Flem ing of Carnegie and Ferris wheel and Manufactures Building costs, and asks what should be done with the buildings and rubble.
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Jackson Park
Exposition Company
South Park
Fair Corporation
John C. Fleming
Chicago
Carnegie Companies
Steele Mackaye
Emil Phillipson
White City
Fight Between a Lion and a Bull At La Paz Exhibit
A lion and a bull fought at an exhibit in La Paz Bolivia witnessed by about 6000 people with bets totaling around 140000 sols. The bull won by pinning the lion with its horns through jaw and body, killing him quickly after earlier battles the lion had won.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Tombs of Alexander and Cleopatra Found in Alexandria
A Boston Advertiser correspondent reports in London on six week old Alexandria discoveries of tombs of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra. Bronze doors with Greek inscriptions guard vaults below a site described as a library of parchments, with vases, gold objects, a crown and a fine stela. The khedive is expected to oversee further excavations after Constantinople.
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London
Boston Advertiser
Alexandria
Alexander
Cleopatra
Aberdeen
Constantinople
Grant Bey
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Bond
The
Enquirer
Dick Yates
Ane
Alexander and Cleopatra
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