Wealthy Duke's Vast London and Country Estates Revealed
Report on the late Duke of Westminster describing 600 acres in London including Belgravia, 80 000 country acres, and an income of 750 000. Estimated London realty value around 30 million. Heir is Viscount Helgrave, aid‑de‑camp to Sir Alfred Milner in Cape Colony.
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Duke of Westminster
Singland
London
Belgravia
Helgrave
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Rondali
Cheshire
Lived Alone for Fifty Years in Pike County Cave
Hunters exploring near Dingmans, Pike County, Pa., discover Rustin Shells living solitary in a cave he has inhabited for decades. The aged man declined assistance, saying he wished to remain with his self supplied vegetables and chickens in the woods. A tale of isolation and self sufficiency, with local reactions from nearby communities.
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Pike County
Dingmans
Woods
Wen Nile
Sheldon
Mar
Hospital tent redesigned for tropics by Capt Monson
Army surgeon Capt E L Monson at Washington Barracks proposes a tropical hospital tent modification. He cuts a 12 by four foot section from the root area replacing canvas with rayw netting, adds a false ridge pole, and stretches a larger fly to improve ventilation. Benefits cited include cooler temperatures, better cross ventilation, and increased patient capacity. the design was examined and recommended for field use in heated tropical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Monson
Washington Barracks
Yale Submarine Light Gains Russian Order
Report from New Haven says the Yale submarine light invented by F C Hall Jr and L E Burdick has attracted Russian government orders, marking Europe’s final major nation to back the Yale undergraduates invention. The lamp, about a year old, yields 2000 candle power and is designed for minute wreck examinations.
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New Haven
Loon
Yale
F. C. Hall, Jr
New York City
L E. Burdick
Dansville
N. Y
United States
Playful slap breaks neck in Brooklyn party tragedy
Edward Watson 23 lived with his widowed mother in Brooklyn. Private Thomas Leary of the Fifth Army corps slapped him on the back during a merry gathering. Watson died that night from a broken neck as doctors noted possible calcification making bones brittle.
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Edward Watson
Brooklyn
Thomas Leary
Fifth Army Corps
Watson
Leary
Bathing Facilities Planned for Mishawaka Schools
At the Northern Indiana Teachers Association annual meeting leaders urged school buildings to provide bathing facilities to promote health and learning. Mishawaka city boards will equip the Laure school with baths and plan similar additions to other city schools, aiming to test the idea locally.
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Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Central West
City Board of Education
Mishawaka
Jeants
New York Plans for Largest Office Building Filed
Plans filed with the city authorities by Peter J. Merrick for Alliance Realty in New York outline a 20 story steel faced office tower to be built on Exchange Place and Broad Street. The complex would span about 26 000 square feet of ground, extend into the block, and include a 283 foot height with roughly 520 000 square feet of office space. Estimated cost nears 4 million dollars and fronts will feature stone terra cotta and brick.
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New York
Peter J. Merrick
Alliance Realty Company
Central Realty, Bond & Trust Co
Exchange Place
Broad Street
Striking Skin Shedding Man Near St Joseph
O S Buskirk a 48 year old farm worker near St Joseph Missouri has shed his skin four times in a year and suffers throat trouble. Physicians are baffled. He works for Isaac Miller and may be sent to the poor farm. After shedding his skin he has tender hands and feet but soon recovers enough to work.
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O. S. Buskirk
St. Joseph
Buskirk
Isaac Miller
Miller
English Soldiers Armament and Boer Tactics in South Africa
The Chicago Times-Terald notes English troops are supplied with modern arms yet the traditional Boer remains effective. In England, several automobile makers reject new orders unless a nine month delivery clause is added to contracts.
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South Africa
England
Elviving Wreath Piel and Oysters in Season
A fragmented notice notes oysters in season and mentions high prices for hogs cattle wool and hides. Names, dates, or places are unreadable but the item points to agricultural market pricing and seafood availability in a local trading period.
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Waa
Pennsylvania
Yale Submarine Light
Jake
Indiana
Chicago Times-Herald
LION
Gabriel Max
Chamisso
Dorothy
Plemen Isnoex
AO Wen
Ladies’ Scissors
Alven
Lion Weads
Fruit Picture
Naval
Razor
Game
India
Lion Coffee
Etterstotes 7 Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Jac. Klossner & Co
Basewans
Magceinery
van Brum Amd Wilkins
Hoosier
Avery
Blutal & Co S
Deering
Masonic Blok
Express
Wittig Giannis
Chicago
Tito
Gliuchiel
Montgomery Wan & CO
Michigan Ave
Bladison St
Our
Ibe
RSG
J. Browne & Co
Pennsylvania Ave
Ishington, Bb
Meat Market
Geo, Schipberich, Prop
Nagel, Boock & Public
Cexutractors
New Ulm
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