System praises skyscraper steel flow and railroad timing
The article details the logistics of steel delivery for skyscrapers, showing how beams are manufactured and stored months ahead, then loaded by cranes onto barges and trucks. It explains the precise timing and teamwork required to keep a building rising a story each day, with an army of workers coordinating movements. It includes a Youth's Companion anecdote about a father and son walking before breakfast guided by Dr Ringgold.
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New York
Ee Ee
Evith Shansd
River Hole
New York Press
Dr. Ringgold
Three Forms of Water in Daily Life
The New York Sun explains water’s three states gas liquid and solid and how heat changes them. It notes boiling cooling freezing and condensation with simple examples like boiling kettle fog on a floor and ice in a warm room.
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New York
Misreading a Shakespeare Volume Leads to Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Mixup
A barefoot man asked a librarian for Shakespeare and misidentified the title. After a tour of shelves the man rejected The Merchant of Venice and insisted he wanted the book about Dr. Jekyll killing Mr. Hyde.
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Dr. Jay Killin
Mr. Hyde
Washington Star
Lawyer Hounds Doctor in Assault Case
A lawyer pressed a doctor in a defense witness cross examination in an assault case. The physician described a black eye as a severe contusion over the frontal bone with extensive ecchymosis and tissue infiltration, prompting the witness to be released from further questioning.
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New York Sun
Distress Visit Strikes Vermort Boarding House
An Associated Charities agent investigated a Vermort boarding house run by a widow and her widower brother. The inquiry sought a family composition and the mistress replied we are all remnants, highlighting a frail household struck by hardship.
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Vermort
Associated Charities
Willie and Tommy Eat Dream From Wedding Cake
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls a mother giving her nephews Willie and Tommy slices of wedding cake to dream on under their pillows. After prayers and good nights, the boys’ dream prompt arrives: Willie has eaten his dream.
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Willie
Tommy
London Telegraph
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