Railroads Embrace Art and Forestry to Attract Patrons
Railroads expand landscaping and advertising to lure travelers. Superintendents describe planting tens of thousands of flowers and shrubs, hiring landscape experts, and maintaining greenhouses. They note aesthetic grounds boost resort interest and suburban growth, while rival roads push costly campaigns and new timber forestry to secure ties and poles.
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Pauwrons
Embankment Cave-In Traps Three Men in Middle Village
Three workers digging a sand embankment on Juniper Avenue near Juniper Swamp Road in Middle Village were buried when a bank collapsed. Augustine Cratti was killed. Frank Darone was severely injured and taken to St. John's Hospital. John Morgan survived with minor injuries. Foreman Peter J. Salisbury supervised the rescue.
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Brooklyn
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St. John's Hospital
Long Island City
Manning
Morgan
Peter J. Salisbury
Lutheran Cemetery
New York and Queens County Railway Company
Cratti
Wheat Soars as Speculation Rules Trading Floor
Wheat jumped wildly amid a speculative frenzy with prices swinging up to 2 cents a bushel in minutes. Curb trading and foreign cues from Liverpool and Budapest intensified the frenzy as locals feared selling and watched for a market top amid weak Northwest crop news. Prices closed near 92 to 94 cents depending on delivery terms, with eight loads exported via Gulf ports.
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Chicago Wheat Surges to Highest Close in Week
July wheat futures climbed sharply on bullish demand and dire Northwest crop losses. Liverpool gains plus near-total Northwest crop destruction sent prices up to a high, with July closing near 89 cents and 17 cents above last Saturday's close.
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Birthplace of Old Glory Fund Grows in Philadelphia
In eighteen months the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association has raised $18,000 for purchasing Betsy Ross birthplace. The treasurer announced monthly gains of about $1,000 since December 1898. Membership costs 10 cents with world wide distribution of certificates, plus a premium picture after forming a club of thirty members.
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Betsy Ross Memorial Association
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Woman on Overturned Engine Shocked Train Crew Detail
Engineer Herbert Holt disobeyed orders by allowing his wife into the cab. A switch was left open and the locomotive toppled at Jerome Park Reservoir. Both were severely scalded and bruised, pulled from the wreck, rushed to Fordham Hospital. Holt had aimed to dine on the move, then ran into the open switch as steam enveloped them.
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Ex Senator McNulty to Seek Charter Annulment in Albany
Ex Senator Peter H McNulty of Brooklyn with counsel Stephen Baldwin travels to Albany to petition the Attorney General to annul Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company charter for allegedly charging more than five cents on certain Coney Island lines. Baldwin prepared a lengthy petition including Justice Dickey’s opinion on McNulty’s injunction request to restrain the railroad from overcharging fares.
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Brooklyn
Stephen Baldwin
Albany
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
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Supreme Court
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Convict Tames Robin Inside Sing Sing Prison
A state prison inmate known for bird keeping tamed a young robin while temporarily at work outside the north wall. The bird now responds to his whistle and perches on his finger. It visits his cell at night and remains near him during the day, staying with him during work hours.
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