New York's New Battery Tunnel Opens Under East River
The Battery tunnel from Bowling Green Manhattan to Borough Hall Brooklyn becomes the first interborough underriver rapid transit. Two tubes, 30,000 passengers per hour, eight-car trains, two-minute headways, ventilation shafts, and automatic safety systems mark a landmark in New York transit.
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Battery
Brooklyn
New York City
New York
Manhattan
City of Churches
East River
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Belmont
Forty Second Street
Long Island City
Interborough
Thirty-third Street
Long Island
Battery Tunnel
Manhattan Island
New Jersey
Bowling Green
Boroughhall
Borough Hall
Flatbush Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Hogs Need Proper Feed and Morals for Best Health
The article argues hogs thrive on good feeding and clean water, warns against reliance on tonics, and calls for stricter business morals. It cites feeding practices, weather and sun value, and notes about parents, banking distrust, and a store fire. It also discusses fresh air’s role in pneumonia, and foresees timber yields in the Appalachian region with prudent cutting to meet demand.
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Chicago
Government
Forest Service
Appalachian Mountain
Nothing New. Mr. Hardapple Reading
In a humorous chat, Mandy says Russia shoos geese while Mrs. Hardapple notes they shoo hens too, reflecting lighthearted domestic banter reported by Chicago News.
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Mr. Hardapple
Mandy
Russia
Knitting Skills for Princes and Practical Farm Tips
The article advocates knitting for boys as a productive habit. It critiques wasteful household saving, suggests feeding practices to boost eggs, and describes seed cleaning, plant antagonisms, coal ashes, and the durum wheat crop. It highlights spineless cactus as fodder, and stresses engaging, practical farmer institute discussions over formal speeches.
Uncle Sam's Granary Shows Record Farm Wealth
The 1907 agricultural year added $7.412 billion in farm wealth, topping 1906 by $600 million and vastly surpassing earlier years. Secretary Wilson notes crops could underwrite railroad expansion and banking power in coming years, with key gains in cotton hay wheat and dairy. Exports reached $1.055 billion, irrigation expands, and agriculture fights pests and diseases while bills praise Wilson’s engaging annual report.
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Sam
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Michigan
Wilson
Department
Dakota breeder learns costly lesson at Chicago fat stock show
A Dakota breeder who won prizes six years ago failed to attend the Chicago fat stock show until this year. On arrival he saw vast improvements and found his stock outclassed. He asked if a shed could house his animals outside the grounds until the show ended, a lesson learned expensively.
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Chicago
Countess of Yarmouth Suffered in Matrimonial Strain
The Countess of Yarmouth has begun divorce proceedings in English courts seeking an annulment of her 1908 marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. She endured public scrutiny during her brother Harry K Thaw's murder trial in New York, while the Earl reportedly pursued other women. Her return to England brought a cooler reception from the Earl's family, though kindness from his mother offered some solace. The couple’s tumult and Thaw saga have colored the family image, with the Countess once beloved in Pittsburgh.
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Countess of Yarmouth
Earl of Yarmouth
America
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Monte Carlo
Pittsburg
England
United States
Alice Cornella Thaw
Thaw
Harry
Hertford
Facts From France and Odd Official Notes
The text notes 40,000 Freemason women in France and mentions the throne King Charles X used when opening the French parliament found in a Paris lumber room. It cites M Peyrinet as chief potato peeler at the national asylum for convalescents. It also reports Petit Parisien readers answering yes or no to death penalty with 1,083,665 yes and 368,692 no.
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France
Charles X
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
M. Peyrinet
Pierre
National Asylum For Convalescents
Official de la Republique Francaise
Petit Parisien
Mental Bank Accounts for a Balanced Life
A Good Housekeeping contributor urges men to audit their mental bank accounts. He says energy is spent on work, the body, and emotions, and totals exceed available reserves. After assessing how one lies, works, thinks, and feels, one should plan betterment and then forget the reasoning to commit fully.
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Good Housekeeping
Sweet Off For Wounds Reveals A Home Remedy
A brief note extols a home remedy for cuts and scratches when medical help is hard to obtain. It advises washing the wound with antiseptic, removing poison, then applying cloths soaked in sweet oil kept regenerating as the wound heals. A young woman injured on barbed wire reportedly healed without visible scar.
Realizing the unseen through faith and effort
A collection of religious thoughts from ministers across denominations emphasizing righteousness as passion, action over contemplation, equal rights, and wealth as spiritual wealth. The writers urge prayer, obedience to God, and seeking enduring values, with guidance on personal growth and looking through God's perspective.
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J. H. van Ness
Baptast
Nashville
W. EH. Barton
Congregationalist
Chicago
W. W. Nevins
Baptist
Washington
George Clarke Peck
Methodist
New York
George Hooper Ferris
Philadelphia
Harry N. Wilson
Presbyterian
St. Paul
God
Christ
Len G. Broughton
Atlanta
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New Tunnel
Anarchy Feeder
Regi
Rockford
Hive
Prince and Princess of Wales
Beda
Luther Burbank
Farmers’ Institute
Srime
Earl and Countess OF
Yarmouth
M. W. Stryker
Clinton, N
Stev
Joel B. Slocum
Robert Bagnell
Hind
Henry Elmer Gilchrist
Unitarian
New Orleans
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