Architects' Plans for New Post Office by McKim Mead & White
The Treasury and Postmaster General select McKim Mead & White to design a monumental post office. The Eighth Avenue facade features a Corinthian colonnade and end pavilions, with pilasters on street facades. The project aims to span above Pennsylvania tracks and extend along Wighth Avenue between Thirty‑first and Thirty‑third Streets.
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Desigin
McKim, Mead & White
Secretary of the Treasury
Wighth Avenue
Thirty-first
Thirty-third Streets
Eighth Avenue
Accepted Design for City Post Office Aligns Government and City
The proposed post office between Seventh and Eighth Avenues will span about 400 feet on Highth Avenue and extend along Thirty-first and Thirty-third Streets for 835 feet. It will feature broad steps, direct links to the underground station, and a ground‑breaking in anticipation of funding after Congress approves plans and preliminary work.
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Pennsylvania
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Figchts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Times
Belmont
Iarzse
Rich traveler committed to mental asylum in Cleveland
John M. Coates, an English man with papers claiming influence and property, was committed to the Newbury Insane Asylum by Judge Harden after being found wandering in a Euclid Avenue rooming house. Authorities reported bankbooks, $200,000 in deeds, and a Bank of England draft among scattered belongings. A Dublin solicitor’s letter referenced estate management.
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Cleveland
Ohio
England
John M. Coates
Newbury Insane Asylum
Harden
Coates
Euclid Avenue
Bank of England
William Frye & Son
Dublin
Ireland
Yale to start daily newspaper for student journalism
Col. George B. Harvey criticized limited journalism experience for undergraduates at Yale prompting creation of a new Yale daily next fall. Wealthy New York Yale alumni have pledged funds and articles of incorporation will be filed next week. Editors vow to revolutionize student journalism.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
George B. Harvey
Yale
Yale Daily
New York Yale
Mrs Alice Webb Duke Held on Forged Checks Charge
Chicago April 1 Mrs Alice Webb Duke former wife of Brodie L Duke of the American Tobacco Company was held to await grand jury action in bonds of 2000 unable to furnish surety sent to county jail. She admitted signing the checks but blamed illness and said she was persecuted by the tobacco firm and offered to restore 74 dollars but the court took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice Webb- Duke
Brodie. L. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Choate Urges Women to Aid Charities Drive
State Charities Aid Association leaders Homer Folk and G F Canfield outline boon roles in orphan care Bellevue Nursing School funding and tuberculosis eradication. Choate appeals wealthy members to donate immediately, noting TB costs and broader social impact. Senator Owens attends briefly.
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Joseph H. Choate
State Charities Aid Association
Choate
Robert L. Owens
Oklahoma
Mr. Choate
Mr. Folk
Rabid Irish Terrier Bites Naval Constructor in Brooklyn
An Irish terrier that bit Naval Constructor William J. Baxter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Friday was found rabid after examination at the Pasteur Institute in Manhattan. Baxter obtained leave to undergo treatment for the leg wound.
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Pasteur Institute
Manhattan
Naval
William J. Baxter
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Baxter
Cole Murder Suspect Declared Insane in Buffalo
Lionel M. Cole assistant cashier at Mutual Life Insurance in Buffalo was found insane by a lunacy commission. He will be sent to Matteawan. Insanity manifested as idealization of wife and child and home life and a belief their spirits needed no bodies and would return after death.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lionel M. Cole
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Isamburg
Matteawan
Cole
Will Forger Gets Ten Years In Forgery Case
George R. B. Schooley, once of Philadelphia, received the maximum penalty of ten years in Eastern Penitentiary for forging a will to claim the Crawford estate. He pleaded guilty after the forged will was exposed. accomplices Bachman and Beidel received five-year terms after pleading guilty to uttering forged documents.
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Scranton
Penn
George RB. Schooley
Philadelphia
James I. Crawford
Eastern Penitentiary
Tle
Albert N. Bachman
Swedesborough
N. J
Charles F. Beidel
Landisville
Schooley
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New Pennsylvania Station
Corinthian
Seattle
Col. Harvey
Alice Webb-Duke Held
A. Jaeckel & Co
Furriers
Fifth Avenue
State Aid Association
Homer Folk
G. F. Canfield
Asso
New York
Folks
Bellevue Training School For
Canfield
Association
Louise Dresser
Miss Dreser
Madame Irene
West 35Th Street
Son
Will Forger
G. B. Schooley
Crawford
34Th Street
Millinery Department
Women’s Coat Department
B. Akman & CO
Gether
Limoges
Infants’ & Little Children’s Wear
Irs Oy
Wilton
Axminster
Brussels
Smyrna
35Th Street
St. Avenue
New Pork
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