Monorail Plan Between Jersey City and Newark
Three ex New York rapid transit officials back a monorail line from Jersey City to Newark at 60 to 100 mph with 5 cent and 3 cent fares. The system uses a narrow single rail with an overhead equilibrium trolley, claims low cost at $75,000 per mile for four tracks, and may connect to McAdoo tunnel. if not, fast ferries are planned.
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New York
Jersey City
Newark
N.J
exposition grounds
Jamestown
New Yorl Times
John I. Stalin
rapid transit commission
Charles Stewart Smith
Woodbury Langdon
commission
McAdoo
Hoboken
Behr
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Howard WL. Tonis
Baltimore
Stalin
rapid transit boards
New York City
Bronx
Mastodon Bones Are Found in Indiana Creek Bed
Workmen in a gravel pit on Ancil Winslow’s farm two miles north of Tairmount Indiana spotted a large animal tooth protruding from a discharge pipe. The tooth weighed fourteen pounds and a four foot long bone surfaced, with other mastodon fragments. The skeleton seems largely intact sixteen feet underground, prompting removal rather than abandonment of the pit. A prior discovery nearby led to litigation over bone ownership, ending with sale to a New York museum for $1,060.
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Indiana Farm
Back creek
Ancil Winslow
Tairmount
Ind
Fairmohant
Indianapolis Star
Lairmount
Smith Uréthere
Gift farm
Grant county
New York
Yale Adviser Describes London Baseball as Laughable
Walter Camp Yale athletic adviser, five weeks in England, told the New York Tribune that baseball there is laughable. He attended a Rhodes students versus Oxford picks game in London where errors led to rapid scoring. He sat from 2 pm to 3 pm. the Rhodes led about 58 to 2 in the third inning. He predicted no major changes to football rules.
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Yale
London
Walter Camp
Yale univers
England
New York
Cunard
New York Tribune
Camp
Rhodes
rapiny
Monkeys as Reasoners Study by Professor Watson
Professor John B. Watson of the University of Chicago conducts simian studies on Dry Tortugas Florida to test reasoning in two monkeys. He reports observations that the larger monkey used the smaller to retrieve fruit after a stone was dropped, linking the event to danger and a banana. He aims to learn the simian language and advance understanding of intelligent behavior.
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Watson
John B. Watson
University of Chicago
gulf of Mexico
Chicago
New York Times
Garner
Florida
To Bury His Feet In China Story From Springfield
Sank Loo a Chinese man in Springfield was struck from an interurban car. His feet were severed and buried in China after a court awarded him $5,000 from the railroad. He had the feet embalmed and shipped back to his homeland.
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China
Loo
Springfield
Believer In Cheerful Funerals Officiates In Gray Suit
London pastor Rev Frederick Spurr sparked talk at a deacon’s funeral by wearing a gray suit and declaring belief in cheerful funerals. He said he avoided pagan gloom, noting the deacon died at eighty two after a long Christian life and the service included an Easter hymn.
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Frederick Spurr
London
New York
Boy's Fight for Life at Eleanor Hospital in Indianapolis
Willie Lesby a three year old in Indianapolis hospital has not tasted food for nine months after swallowing lye. Through a stomach tube he is fed milk eggs beef juice and vegetables while doctors expect his ultimate recovery. He sits at mealtimes and jokes about pumpkin pie to nurses, with a clear voice and lively interest in others meals.
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Willie Lesby
Eleanor hospital
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
Willie
Wille
J. B. Reed
Joe
Mary
Ife
Tie
Kentucky hills
Alaska Yukon Exposition to Open in Seattle in 1900
Ground broken for the Alaska Yukon exposition to be held in Seattle on June 2, 1900, marking the fortieth anniversary of the Alaska purchase. The event aims to honor the purchase and aligns with nearby expositions, with New York Chamber of Commerce resolutions urging state participation and several states already arranging representation. The exposition will cost about 1.0 million dollars, cover 250 acres, and include twelve exhibit pavilions.
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Seattle
sass Lester
Alaska
Porting
Ore
New York
United States
Albany
California
Washington
Prices at Jamestown Exposition
The Springfield Republican notes Jamestown exposition prices for items and services: a suit tomato five cents a moderate luncheon for two ten dollars a shave and face massage twenty five cents one truck hauled to exposition grounds seven dollars.
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Springfeld Republican
Wives Chosen by Indiana Rule Draws Lively Debate
L. W. Sheldon in New York Times notes a controversial Indiana idea: arranged marriage by a fixed dowry paid yearly, plus further payments on death. The satirical poem mocks the plan, listing absurd restrictions on pets and habits and suggesting wives chosen in the dark.
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Indiana
L. W. Sheldon
New York Times
Price of Flavor Versus Nutritive Value Examined
A Lancet note discusses how taste drives food choices beyond nutrition. It cites turtle soup, oysters, caviar, and cigars as palatability influenced by cost. It argues flavor can trump nutritive worth and notes digestive issues when temptations clash with health.
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Havana
Lancet
War Department to Probe Colonel Tucker Misconduct
Washington July 1 Secretary Taft announced charges filed by Lt Colonel William F. Tue deputy paymaster general against by his wife Mrs Tucker regarding conduct with an American woman in Manila Portland and San Francisco A court of inquiry will review three years of alleged misconduct Major Galbraith and Major West of the inspector general's staff lead the investigation The affair linked to Mrs John A Logan and Senator Cullom may trigger a court martial and possible divorce proceedings amid ongoing department efforts to avoid scandal.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Taft
department
William F. Tue
army
Chicago
Manila
Tucker
John A. Logan
Senator Cullom
Colonel Tucker
Logans
inspector general
war department
Philippines
Judge Landis Orders Second Subpoena for Rockefeller
In Chicago on July 1 Judge Landis, determined to serve John D Rockefeller, issues a second process after the original New York summons could only be served within New York state.
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John D. Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Landis
New York
Baldwin Locomotive Works Outputs 25 Million in Six Months
During the first half of 1907 the Baldwin Locomotive Works produced 25,060,600 dollars worth of locomotives in Philadelphia. The report highlights substantial output and financial scale for the period ending July 1.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baseball records and standings across leagues
Summary of American League results with Pittsburg and Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis games across 14 innings, plus rainouts. Tri-State and Atlantic leagues list team records and standings for Williamsport, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Trenton, Altoona, Wilmington, York, Johnstown. Saturday and Sunday results note rain postponements and weather summary for June. Weather Bureau reports Washington unit noting coolest June in 35 years and cooler temps across regions.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Reading
Allentown
Elizabeth
Newark
BUD
Washington
Weather Bureau
New England
middle Atlantic
lake
United States
P.C
teeheeey
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Loui
Palestine beggar trick spreads as honest charity fallacy
A circular from Jerusalem warns Americans of a beggar scheme posing as a flower worker seeking charity. A clever Palestinian may use handwritten letters then typewritten appeals to collect funds, with fake flowers tied to religious imagery. The State Department notes some messages are frauds, urging caution with out-of-town solicitations.
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Holy City
jas
State Department
Jermisiém
Holy Land
Hax Zion
Brest
buainas
Jarusalem
cananl
Palestine
Isrugsiem
moreoccar
United States
Palestina
cocculate
hhim
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