Tunnels and trains reshape New York transit dream
The piece discusses a vast railroad project linking New York with New Jersey and the Hudson, detailing tunnels near Aluntauk Point and a $160 million cost. It notes passenger routes, a bridge-like system, and the impact on city travel, while contrasting Palladino's claimed feats with the scale of the transit plan.
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Usyl
Aluntauk Point
Nlar
New York
Ersey
United States
Hudson
Ledreck
Ambitious figures, scandals, and a storm of gossip
A long, fragmentary column traces varied topics from Christian Scientists and legal figures to socialite divorce, parliamentary salaries, and a purported storm over poet William Watson in New York. It mentions Mrs. Eddy, Mr. Strickler, Colonel Astor, and Juba Astor amid broad comments on public publicity and politics.
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Cardinal Wolsey
Stetson
Christian Science
Mrs. Eddy
Omaha
Strickler
Lincoln
Hfe
Virginia
Juba Jacob Astor
West Indies
Astor
Wiliam Watson
America
Mr. Watson
Richard le Gallienne
New York
London
Everett C. Brown Named President of the Amateur Athletic Union
Everett C. Brown elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union succeeding James Sullivan. Brown, longtime sports figure and rowing champion, was born in Oneida Illinois and educated in Chicago. He rowed for Farragut Boat Club and held records while active in Chicago athletic circles.
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Amateur Athletic Union
Everett C. Brown
Brown
James &. Sullivan
Philadelphia
Farragut Boar Club
Chicago
Chicago Navy
Calumet Lake
Farragut Boat Club
Me. Brown
Oneida
Chicago Grammar and
Chicago College of Law
Law Department
Lake Forest University
Chicago Athletic Association
Chicago Yacht Club
South Shore Country Club
London Tit-Bits Humorous Exchange About Engagement
A jokey excerpt shows a man boasting of proposing to Miss Parpo, the old maid Dawkins claimed was engaged to him, and now he seeks Dawkins to confront him. The dialogue captures witty banter over mistaken romance in a London social vignette.
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Tomkins
Miss Parpo
Dawkins
London
Applying for U S Passports in the State Department
The New York American notes that U S passports are issued upon application to the State Department in Washington. Applications require a notarized oath on citizenship, birth place, and age, plus a second citizen’s attestation. A description of the applicant is needed. blank forms are available, and a $1 fee applies.
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Supreme Court
New York
Board of Estimate
Tammany
United States
State Department
Washington
Mount Etna Climates and Laugher in Curious Fragments
A column surveys Mount Etna as a source of varied climates and exotic notes from travelers, claiming its landscapes hold many climatic belts and legendary features. It also ponders laughter, tracing it to fear, triumph, and ticklish sensations across children and adults.
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Mount Etna
Earth
Lipari
Panari
Alicudi
Strombali
Volcano
Sicily
Bina
California
Chicago News
A Sure Sign City Visitor Dogwood Bark Joke
A Baltimore American quip notes how to tell a tree is a dogwood by its bark with a light urban joke about suburban life.
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Baltimore
First Electric Railway Built in Ireland in 1880s
Report of the world’s first electric railway in Ireland at Bj mile 1 Giant’s case with W84, details unclear but noted as historic innovation in transport history.
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Ireland
Bjmile
Giant's Case Wioy
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Bellevi
Scheuer Bids
Newark
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Newark, N.J
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