Woolworth Building Set To Reshape New York Skyline
The Woolworth Building at Broadway and Park Place aims to rise 45 stories plus a tower, reaching 625 feet, and be the world’s third tallest after Eiffel and Metropolitan towers. Estimated cost near 5 million dollars. foundations include 38 caissons sunk to bedrock, with extensive basement and subbasement levels and a 260 member club.
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Park Place
City Mall Park
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Einger
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Eltel
Ruthskeller
Prom Cho Eenetings
Morganite Named for J Pierpont Morgan by Gem Discovery
Dr George F Kunz announced at a New York Academy of Science meeting that a new pink beryl variety was named morganite after J Pierpont Morgan in tribute to his support of arts and sciences and his museum gifts. The gem, found on Mount Bity Madagascar, ranges 1 to 100 carats and is praised for its flawlessness and rose pink color.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Lin
T Uave
George F. Kunz
New York Academy of Science
Museums of Natural History
Paris
Kunz
Mount Bity
Madagascar
Four Ounces For Day's Rations
The latest emergency ration adopted for the United States Army condenses each meal into a compact tablet weighing four ounces.
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United States Army
Electrified wedding house aims to wow Waukegan
Louis J. Yeoman of Waukegan Illinois plans a fully electrified home for his marriage to Florence Voelker of Milwaukee. The house will automate cooking washing heating and transportation with push button controls and electric appliances throughout including doors elevator and lighting. Yeoman hopes the novelty will draw visitors from Chicago and showcase future labor saving ideas.
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Benjamin Franklin
Louis J. Yeoman
Waukegan
Ill
Benjamin
Yeoman
Florence Voelker
Milwaukee
Lane
Incheon
Galileo in the Fields
Arthur B. Kane a Colorado farmer near Greeley entertains himself by solving a mental arithmetic problem as he plows if the challenge exceeds his power he uses a fencepost as a pencil to work out the solution Kane has practiced this habit for years finding it updates his daily routine with a mathematical pastime
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Colorado
Arthur B. Kane
Greeley
Colo
Kane
Beware Mercury Ointments for Catarrh and Hall's Cure
Warning against mercury based catarrh ointments and recommending Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Advertises price 75 cents per bottle and availability from druggists with testimonials free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. Cheney & Co
Congressman Joel Cook Succumbs After Stroke
Congressman Joel Cook dies following a stroke. The report notes his passing and mentions his long service in Congress and his status as a prominent political figure.
Congressmen Joel Cook Dies After Stroke in Philadelphia
Philadelphia notes the death of Congressman Joel Cook of the Second Pennsylvania district after an apoplectic stroke. He was stricken in Washington last Saturday, already had a prior light paralytic stroke last summer, and died in Philadelphia at age sixty eight.
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Philadelphia
Joel Cook
Pennsylvania
Detective Sergeant Fires in Chicago Strike Riot
In Chicago on December 16 a mob of striking garment workers attacked a group of special policemen and strikebreakers. Detective Sergeant Charles Weinicki fired his weapon, killing an unknown striker identified later as P. Nogareckis, and wounding another striker, Mark Lyngewicz, before the crowd dispersed. The fatality was taken to Heinz morgue for identification.
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Chicago
Charles Weinicki
Toore
Weinicki
Mark Lyngewicz
McQuire & White Detective Agency
Heinz’ Morgue
P. Nogareckis
B. Kuppenheimer
Four Bodies Recovered From Leyden Coal Mine Fire
Four miners died in a Leyden Colorado coal mine fire. Bodies were found in shaft No 2 after efforts to reach fresh air amid the blaze. Authorities describe the deaths as likely due to smoke and flames during the escape attempt.
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Denver
Leyden
Colo
Agricultural price report from Minneapolis and Chicago markets
Grain and provision prices across Minneapolis and Duluth show wheat bids for Dec May and July delivery, along with on track and arrived figures for No 1 hard and Northern grades. St Paul live stock lists cattle, hogs, and sheep prices, while Chicago markets record wheat corn oats pork butter and poultry values and comprehensive live stock ranges.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
St. Paul
Chicago
C. Springs
Texas
Muskrats Predict Harsh Winter With High Densities
Delaware trappers warn of a severe coming winter based on muskrat behavior. Muskrats build high large houses to endure cold, signaling increased fur demand and rising prices from 20 to 35 cents previously to about 80 cents. Trappers report growing activity and even interest from England and Russia.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
England
Fussia
Seek Indian Heiresses Belles of Yakima Reservation
The Yakima Indian girls are described as highly desirable by fortune seekers, with several mixed-blood marriages noted. A Mold Wash man offered $2,500 upon marriage to a wealthy half or quarter-breed. A Toppenish quarter-breed recently married a white man after two weeks, owning allotment wealth and real estate valued around $50 000. Josephine Lillie’s daughter, with a store and real estate, is among notable heirs, and Josephine has married whites twice. her daughter was raised in Portland.
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Yakima Reservation
Yakima
Washington Indian Reservation
Wash
Fort Simcoe
Marrie
Lam Temperance
Redskins
Josephine Lillie
Toppenish
Josephine
Portland
Ore
Telescope eyeglasses aid shortsighted German invention
A German inventor unveils telescope eyeglasses for nearsighted users by enlarging retinal images with a two part monocle frame. Another German introduces police eyeglasses with side mirrors that show nearly behind the wearer, aimed at secret police use.
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Secret Police
Iowan Shucker Claims 231 Bushels in Nine Hours
I. B. Stewart of Knowlton Iowa is proclaimed United States cornhusker champion after shucking 231 bushels and 50 pounds in nine hours and fifty-five minutes. He worked with four brief breaks including a lunch and a husking pin break, and a tree in the field broke during the day.
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I. B. Stewart
Knowlton
United States
Stewart
Oil Monopoly For English In Venezuela Hints At Control
Venezuela grants British interests expansive rights to explore petroleum, signaling near monopoly. Britain continues to dominate beef production, supplying roughly seven eighths of the meat consumed, highlighting strong imperial economic reach.
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Venezuela
Slaps Save Boys Life In Jamaica Bay Rescue
William Shore risked exposure for hours clinging to an overturned cat boat with two boys in Jamaica Bay. He slapped their faces to revive circulation as cold water numbed them, attracting a launch that rescued all three and ferried them to St Marys Hospital. In Jamaica Europe Trackless Trolleys Spread notes.
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Jamaica Bay
Rockaway Inlet
William Shore
Shore
St Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Count Leo Tolstoy Career In Brief
Count Leo Tolstoy born Yasnaya Polyana Russia August 8 1835 educated at Kazan University served in the Crimean War 1853 1856 married Sophia Behrs September 23 1862 lived as writer and organizer of peasant schools 1875 co operated in cheap publications 1885-89 organized relief for starving nation left property and rights to wife in 1909 1910 faced personal turmoil and reunion with wife in the Caucasus November 15 1910 notable works include Anna Karenina My Confession The Kreutzer Sonata and Our Time
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Yasnaya Pollana
Russia
Kazan University
Sophia Behra
Caucasus
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