Vision of a Hundred Story Building and Future Skyscrapers
A New York feature describes the coming hundred story tower and the evolution of urban construction. It notes historic milestones from Adram Block’s huts in 1618 to the first skeleton skyscraper of 1888 89 and imagines future pneumatic elevators climate controlled interiors and city within a building with floor based districts and transfer hubs.
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New York
Broadway
Bowling Green
Adram Block
Tiger
Manhattan Island
No. 48
Society of Architectural Iron Manufacturers of
Bradford le Gilbert
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Florida
Canada
Manhattan
Jacob Schiff
Mr. Starrett
Part of Girl's Spine Cut Out
The report details Vincenzo Cepola, 13, from East One Hundred and Whneyth street, presenting at the New York Academy of Medicine after a gunshot wound operation by Dr J S Haynes to illustrate spinal cord regeneration. Only nine cases on record show regeneration, with four cases sustaining greater injury.
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New York Herald
Surgery
Vincenzo Cepola
East One Hundred
New York Academy of Medicine
West Forty Third Street
J. S. Haynes
Cornell Medical School
James Garfield
Mashall Tied, Jr
Vincenza Cepola
East One Hundred and Eleventh Street
Harlem Hospital
John J. Moorhead
Moorehead
Sven
I. §. Haynes
Cornell University Medical School
Harlem
Remarkable Recovery After Spine Injury Surgery
A Cenola girl survived a back hole injury with no guide, surgeons sewing the edges together and using frequent massages, electricity, and cocoa butter. She regained sensation and learned to walk using a steel jumper, later walking unaided with minimal wobble, celebrating near-total recovery.
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Forty-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Cement Power For Everyday Structures In America
An article discusses the growing dominance of Portland cement as a durable, economical building material with wide uses from gutters to houses. It notes cement costs, mixing ratios, and the advantage over wood while urging careful sourcing from known suppliers and using iron molds for efficiency. It cites Farmers Bulletin No. 235 on cement mortar and concrete and emphasizes proper dry storage and aging of cement.
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America
United States
Portland
Department of Agriculture
Voice
Chicago
New York Eyes 100-Story Concrete Skyscraper Dream
The article details early plans for a towering reinforced concrete New York building on Broadway at Sixty-second Street, explaining how concrete foundations and small steel rods replace steel frames, and quotes Theodore Starrett on future elevating methods and the skyline’s evolution. It also notes debates on elevator tech limits and the shift from wooden huts to megastructures.
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New York
Bellamy
Lower Broadway
Manhattan
Broadway
Sixty-second Street
Theodore Starrett
Thompson- Starrett Building Construction Company
Starrett
Manhattan Island
Atherton’s San Francisco Tragic Dawn Recalls a City’s Spirit
Gertrude Atherton writes a striking personal narrative for Harper’s Weekly on the San Francisco disaster and its aftermath. Commissioned from Berkeley, she praises the old city’s unique character, noting its ruins, landmarks, and diverse roots, predicting the area as a future continental showplace.
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San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
Harper’s Weekly
Hong Kong
Italy
Where It Went Liquor Story In a Clip
A liquor dealer recalls a half barrel of rye that disappeared as the barrel was eaten by a hole in the cask and the whisky leaked into the cellar. The exchange captures a humorous misfortune in a dryly told anecdote.
Poultry Farming Tips and Trends
Poultry is the cheapest farm food and a good business. Proper nesting placement aids hens and farm efficiency. Turkey production leads in Texas with Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio following. Avoid selling high quality eggs cheaply and ensure water troughs are protected. Males are not essential for good egg production. The Kansas Topeka show highlighted Barred Plymouth Rocks, with 192 birds and a first prize cockerel selling for 45 dollars. Poultry farming has become a wide spread business inviting small investors and women participants.
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Topeka
Pacific Fruit World
Onions From Seed And Sanitary Care For Hens
Onions need rich soil with constant moisture and early sowing in rows. Cover seeds lightly and avoid crusts. water alone is not enough. A thorough washing keeps drinking vessels clean and hens sanitary. A firm turn inspires seeds and work.
How Much Can The Business Girl Earn
The article explains earning capacity for young women entering business, stressing health training and personality as key earnings determinants. It outlines expected salaries for stenographers, clerks, telephone operators, seamstresses, and teachers, with training times and the importance of promptness accuracy and neat appearance in securing higher pay. It emphasizes staying productive and aligned with employer needs to sustain positions and higher wages.
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McClure-Phillips Company
Sally Chamberlain
Lyrical Golfers From the King at Leeds Club Dinner
Golfers at the Leeds Golf Club dinner heard songs and poems about the game. Ernest Turner performed a song titled Goon Company and sang a verse about club life. Rev H T S Gedge, captain, shared an original golf song with a chorus urging youth and vigor in golf.
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Ernest Turner
Leeds Golf Club
H. T. S. Gedge
Yorkminster
More Bad Luck from the New York Weekly
The excerpt shows Mr Winks and Mrs Winks reacting to chance events while Drugg Co advertises half price patent medicines. The tone mimics a humorous or gossip column with casual dialogue and sales copy in a 19th century newspaper style.
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New York Weekly
Mr. Winks
Cheap
Drugg & Co
Mrs. Winkse
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Philippines
Ireland
Rome
Archbishop Island
Eugenie
Omy
South Africa
Ing
Adrian Block
Plymouth
Pneumatic
Gothfloor
Saltair
St. Paul
Beltrami County
Charles Saxrud
Maple Ridge Township
Bemidji
Saxrud
George McTaggart
City of
Fred W. Rhoda
District Court
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