Grand Central Terminal Renewal in New York City
The piece explains a vast reconstruction of New York's grand railroad terminal area from Forty-second to Fiftieth streets and Lexington to Madison. It details a massive investment, the digging of a deep rock channel, new multilevel buildings on Park Avenue, an amphitheater, and an opera house replacing or rebuilding older structures. The plan envisions Park Avenue becoming a tree lined highway with extensive rail infrastructure beneath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid
New York
Egypt
Lexington
Madison Avenue
Grand Central Station
Grand Central
Forty-second Street
Fiftieth Street
Panama Canal
Park Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
Forty-eighth Street
Lexington Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Opera House
Forty-fifth
Forty-sixth Streets
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Central Railroad
Vanderbilt Avenue
New York Central
Clever Detective Tricks in Monroe-Head Counterfeit Case
In McClure's Magazine Detective Burns reveals a scheme to expose counterfeiters. A boy employed to flag customers is used to access offices. Burns rents a velvet suit, recruits a secret service team, and uses the boy to hand a bundle to a presumed contact. The plan includes stealing keys, visiting Yale Lock for a duplicate, and returning keys unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Detective Burns
Secret Service
Taylor and Bredell
Guy’s
Walnut Street
Yale Lock Company
British Peer Hats Dusthole Incident at Coronation
A story recalls Lord Sunborough's hat for the coronation being found in a dusthole after a shopman mistook its napless greasy condition for a discarded headpiece. The hat was reclaimed by the valet and sent to Storr and Mortimer for cleaning at the jeweler's expense, in a tale cited from Grenville-Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storr & Mortimer’s
Lord Sunborough
The Need of Men in Changing Times
Saint Nicholas argues that human labor grows with changing industries. As automobiles emerged, bicycle makers shifted to new jobs, proving work expands even as forms evolve. The piece urges recognizing enduring demand across fields and avoiding futile regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
Nicholas
Opening of Terminal Auditorium and Opera House Planned in 1912
The article notes expectations that in 1912 the new terminal will open along with the completion of the new auditorium and possibly the new opera house, signaling major city developments.
German Actor Friedrich Haase Bequeaths Iffland Ring to Bassermann
The Iffland ring, originally given by August Wilhelm Iffland and passing through Ludwig Devrient Emil Devrient Theodor Doring and Friedrich Haase, now belongs to Albert Bassermann after Haase named him heir following years of identifying worthy successors.
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Friedrich Haase
Iffand
August Wilhelm Iffland
Ludwig Devrient
Emil Devrient
Theodor Doring
Haase
Mitterwurzer
Matkowski
Josef Kainz
Iffland
Hfe
Albert Bassermann
Colors Give Up Their Secrets
A Harper’s Weekly note explains Sevres blue can be made in other French potteries with pure cobalt oxide and proper care. It also states celadon green, though invented in China, can be reproduced elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevres
China
Harper’s Weekly
Advertisement Promises Painfree Hair Removal Recipe
An ad offers a recipe for painless removal of superfluous hair. It invites readers to send for the cure and claims it will be given to their barber.
The Supreme Test
A brief anecdote from Mr. Harvey's Irish Life and Humor recalls Lord Wolseley meeting a four year old who asks if he fought in battles and then begs him to "holler" for proof. The boy's question frames heroism as fear and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harvey
Lord Wolseley
England
India
Wolseley
Touching Little Story Told To George In Hard Times
A brief exchange reveals a simple scene of shared feeling and financial strain. The speaker offers a touching tale while George replies with a blunt remark about being broke, highlighting hardship and human connection.
Tenement House Definition and Practice
The article explains that a tenement house can be spoken of in the singular as a single house or in the plural for its multiple habitations. It defines a tenement house as a building divided into separate dwellings housing many families within one structure.
Pills and Pinkham’s Cure Told by Pound Woman
A Pound Wisconsin resident, Mrs Herman Lieth, says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her fourteen year struggle with dyspepsia and female troubles. The letter extols relief from displacements inflammation and related symptoms and invites others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pound
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Herman Lieth
Two Beautiful Systems in a Wardrobe Mixup
A light exchange shows a couple debating missing clothing items. The man laments lost collars shirts and ties, while the woman admits uncertainty and jokes about his card index system as the worst place to hide items.
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Portland
Third and
Davis Streets
Depot
Keeley Are
Oregon
Boynton
J. C. Bayer Furnace CO
Front and Market Sts
Portland, Or
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Mrooklyn, A
Golden Joe
Closset
Royal Shoe CO
Morrison St
Bet
H. W. Freeze
Merchants’ Trust Bldg
Pacific College OF Chiropractic
Commonwealth Bidg
Greiner
Chiropractic Health
Matilda M. Greiner
D. C
Williams Avenue
Crescent Chemical CO
Washington St
Ore
Gotham
Spilan
New Yorks
Hostetter
Lydia E. Pinknam
Ayer
Formu
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
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