Grand Central Station to be Replaced in $17 Million Plan
New York Central Railroad accelerates work at Forty second Street to raze current Grand Central and build a new terminal. Plans total $25 million for two-track system with elevated suburban and distant-point lines and full electrification. The Water Level line serves as a major east west corridor totaling 964 miles with ongoing expansion. America’s Greatest Railroad branding underscored by expansive regional reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Forty-second Street
New York City
Grand Central
Railroad Company
New York Central
Hudson River
New York
Albany
Mohawk River
Erie Canal
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Toledo
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Niagara Trails
Continents
America
Born Fighter Survives Scorpion Attack in Delaware
Antonio Barone a Wilmington fruit dealer faced a green scorpion that leaped from bananas and struck him. He yelled brushed away the arachnid and it jumped again causing him to fall. Barone trapped it with a basket and the scorpion stung itself to death before being preserved in alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Barone
Wilmington
Delaware
Antonio
Barone
Still Solvent and Struck by Billing in Modern Ledger
A departing American at Liverpool warned of those who haven’t been paid yet, noting a shared sense of being done. In California a hotel guest faced a $124 bill after four days, feeling the charge excessive and surprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
British Isles
Europe
Washington Post
California
OUST TRE DEMON A Tussle With Coffee
A California couple attributes relief from nervous headaches and neck tension to quitting coffee and using Postum Coffee. They report improved nerve stability and headaches, with no relapse to old coffee, and now serve Postum to their children. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan claims no drug content and offers a reason for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Graham mush recipe forces warm corn meal dish
A recipe from Graham mush instructs to mix one quart of boiling water with one teacup of corn meal and one teacup of graham flour, add half a teaspoon of salt, boil well and pour into a dish to cool.
Rice and Jam Bake with Cream
Boil a half pound of rice in enough milk until soft. Stir in two ounces of butter, then cool and beat in three eggs. Layer bread crumbs, then rice and jam in a dish. Repeat layers, bake forty minutes, and serve hot or cold with sweetened cream.
Recipe for baked bread and jam pudding with almonds
Instructions to assemble a pudding by layering three fourths of a pint of crumbs with fruit jam, then beat four eggs, two ounces of sugar, three ounces of butter, one ounce of almonds, or chocolate substitute, and a pint of milk. Pour over crumbs and bake one hour in a moderate oven.
Stewed Cucumbers Described As Delicate Flavor
A brief guide explains stewed cucumbers peeled and quartered with crosswise cuts. They are simmered in salted water until tender, drained, and served with a thin white sauce. The description highlights the cucumber’s delicate flavor and puzzled reception by some diners.
Dyeing Wicker Furniture For Fresh Look
The article explains removing old varnish from wicker pieces using boiling water with washing soda, then wiping with flannel dampened in turpentine or naphtha. After drying, sandpapering is needed. To ensure even dyeing, dampen the entire surface with clear hot water before applying color.
Frugal Gravy Craft From Scraps and Stock
The article explains saving meat remnants to make stock and gravy. It advises boiling bones and bits, skimming grease, storing jelly stock in a stone jar, and using brown flour to thicken gravy. It also describes browning flour for flavor and storing in closed cans for future use.
Household hacks and repairs and a brief note on Osaka Electric
Cleaning lace with boiled rice water keeps color and stiffness. Window draperies can widen narrow rooms by side hangings. Tea can stop bleeding from a cat. A stiff brush cleans dust from velvet and ribbon folds. Darning wools and silks uses ravelings with waxed thread to match fabric. Osaka Electric Light Company in Osaka uses American electrical apparatus. An exhibit at Bad Kreuznach displayed about 0,000 rose bushes.
The Life Giving Stream of Ezekiel Vision Observed
The lesson outlines Ezekiel's vision of a life giving stream flowing from the temple, symbolizing divine presence and transformative gospel work. It tracks the stream from altar to sea, its growth exemplifying salvation history and the spread of grace to nations, with implications for faith, repentance, and fruitful living.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Canaan
John the Baptist
Christ
Temple
Helen
Ezekiel
Arabah
Jordan
Dead Sea
Red Sea
Hens Stop Tandem Riders In Franklin Township
August Ballerstead and Frank Campbell rode a tandem cycle through Franklin township when they bumped into a flock of chickens. At Malaga they found two fat hens jammed in the gear but alive. After freeing them the hens ran off unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
N. J
August Ballerstead
Frank Campbell
Franklin Township
Malaga
The Need of Commercial Schools
A discussion on higher commercial education in Germany notes that technical training benefits engineers and urges scientific, organized commercial schooling. It argues bankers and merchants may also gain from structured, efficient instruction, reducing time over apprenticeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Frank A. Vanderlip
Scribner's
Measures and standards from historical notes
The text explains that a pint is not a pound and clarifies that a gallon weighs ten pounds of distilled water. It describes the Imperial yard as the distance between two lines on a brouse bar measured at 62 degrees F, with the bar stored on eight rollers in a steel safe in London. The pound is kept in a silver-gilt box inside a bronze box in a secure safe compartment. It notes that the German metric system replaced many local measures and references various old feet from Hesse Darmstadt and Schwarzburg Rudolstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hesse-Darmstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
New York World
Beetles Known As Sextons Of Animal World
A Brooklyn observer notes beetles bury the dead bodies of other insects and small animals, performing tasks several times their size. Over fifty days, four beetles buried frogs birds fish a mole and grasshoppers, with beetles common in temperate zones where decay is slower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal World
Brooklyn Hagie
Lawsuit 400 Years Old and Other Odds and Ends
A scattered reader’s page notes a 1517 pension dispute in Spain between the Marquis de Viana and the Count Torres de Cabréra, described as a marvel of delay. Also mentions a punchline about a child’s greeting at a visit to an English country house and a quip on education. The items blend humor, miscellany, and brief notices from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarndyce
Spain
Marquis de Viana
Torres de Cabréra
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health To Women
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illness and fatigue. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Bessie Ainsley of Tacoma Washington praising improved health after use. The copy argues the remedy strengthens the system, restores vigor, and remains a leading cure for women's diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Bessie Ainsley
South 10Th Street
Tacoma
Wash
Lydia BB. Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia
Pinkham
Brain Health Advised to Stay Busy Says Duke
Dr Duke a leading English brain specialist claims most brains lack activity and should not rest except during sleep. He urges professionals to relax from intellectual pursuits through chess problems and scientific investigations to maintain brain blood circulation.
Cuticura Promises Hair Growth and Scalp Health
A Virginia man reports twelve years of hair loss and dandruff resolved by one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, praising the product as a toilet soap. Also notes Paris faith in Pasteur Institute for hydrophobia and German empire population rise to 60,164,000 in 1905 from 59,364,000 in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W.latt
Independence
A. W. Daft
Imperial Bureau of Statistics
German Empire
Woman Recovers From Kidney Ailment After Using Pills
Mrs. B. W. Wright of Hargerhill Massachusetts suffered back pains dizzy spells irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods for four years. After using Drains Kidney Pills she improved quickly and was cured after three boxes. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sells them for 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Wright
Main St. Hargerhill
Mass
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Grace at table prompts four year old’s remark
A dominie ad spoke of grace but a four year old girl across from the minister quips that her father’s grace at supper is different. The child recounts her father’s exclamation, My goodness What a supper, eliciting gentle humor from the minister.
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Dominie
Ladies’ Home Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graham Mush
Empress
Osaka Electric Light Company
Osaka
Japan
Bad Kreuznach
the Sunday School
Animal World Sextons
Your Grace
England
Tattler
Balaam
Harper’s Weekly
London City Council
Lkely
Kline
B. H. Kurne, Ltd
Arch St
Phila, Pal
Ocean Grove
N.J
Paxton Company
Mast
JO ‘Gatch
Ladies Mart
Bashee
Post
Bmaas
Es Thompson
Careraie
Lynn, Mass
Pasteur Institute
spoueLss _ SHOES
PRI
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Eversy
Douglas
W. L. Douglas Strong
SIP
W.l-Douglas
Pake
W. i. Douglas
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