New York City’s Bold Subway and Bridge Transformation
The World’s Work describes early 1900s New York urban renewal with massive subway construction, under-river tunnels, and four new bridges spanning the East River and Bay. It highlights the Rapid Transit Commission, Abram S Hewitt, and Alexander E Orr as drivers, with $35 million city bonds and a future central port role. The piece details underground drilling, elevated lines, and the scale of federal-style urban planning across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
Bronx
Desacy
Bayt River
Derome
Correll
Manhattan Island
Fiee
Manhattan
New York City
Rapidraptd Conestruction Company
Acrossarm
City Hall Loop
Abram S. Hewitt
Sar
Alexander E. Orr
Rapid Transit Commission
Rome
Piaces
Tnion Square
Britten
Cortral Park
Park Avenue
Tong Island City
Corther
Waalem
Bling
Wast
Jacobs & Daria
East River
Long Island Railroad
Long Island
Taus Island City
Ewll
Thairtythint Street
Herald Square
France in New Orleans and Creole Dives into Identity
A fragmentary reminiscence on New Orleans French quarter life contrasts old and new quarters with Creole heritage, Indian and African ancestry myths, and readers’ views. It highlights the quarter’s preserved yet undervalued historic charm and the social mix of French, Italian, and Creole populations amid ongoing cultural curiosity.
The French Quarter and Market Life of Old New Orleans
A vivid reminiscence by W. S. Harwood in Ainslee's paints narrow stone streets, open sewers, and three to four story Creole houses with banquettes. It recalls ironwork galleries, bustle on Esplanade and St. Charles, the Garden District, and the French Market where Creoles Italians and Indians mingle. The lugger landing and oyster runners illuminate the city’s epicurean fame, ending with a call to linger in the French quarter for its rare beauty.
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New Orleans
Ste
Fife
Louisiana
Gulf
W. S. Harwood
Ainslee's
King and royals engage in talks as coronation date eyed
London reports that the king, queen, and the prince and princess of Wales hold constant conversations. Officials say the doctor advises against troubling the monarch with weighing matters. A government source expects to fix the coronation date within a week, likely for early autumn.
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Associated Prose
London
Associated Press
Prince and Princess of Wales
Uhat
Tarkington to Seek Country Life After Marriage
Booth Tarkington, famed author and politician, plans to move to a country home near Greensburg after his June 15 marriage to Miss Louisa Fletcher. He intends to start a small farming venture, learning orchard care and tomato cultivation, and delays further society life, citing weariness with dinners, balls, and receptions. He recalls childhood visits to his grandfather’s Hoosier Schoolmaster country and hopes for a natural, quieter pace away from city life.
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Booth Tarkington
Miso Louisa Fletcher
Weir
Mr. Tarkinton
Greensburg
Edward Egsieston
Decatur County
Indiana
New York
Maine's Constructor Dies in Brooklyn Home
William Lines Mintonye naval constructor retired, who supervised the Maine battleship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, died at his Brooklyn home. The item notes public remarks on marriage and female insistence in a colloquial aside.
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New York
Jane
Willam” Lines Mintonye
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Defaulter and Thief Found Dead in Office
New York June 28 A six syesive years old man named HA Leatson once a public official in Hempstead was found dead in his office. He killed himself by inhaling gas leaving a note stating he was a defaulter and thief and that his family would be better off without him. The note described humiliation and confessed to embezzling funds.
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New
Yorkeel
HA Leatson
Sat Hempsteadad
B Ty
Ile
Blinvelf
Uwe
Origins of Vaudeville and Early Theaters in New York
The New York Sun recounts vaudeville's roots from burlesque and minstrel forms, detailing early venues like Rosery, White's theater, and the American at Broadway, and naming key figures such as Tony Pastor, J. F. Keith, and Sam Ritchie. It notes the shift to family friendly shows, introduction of cleaner content, continuous performances, and the origin of the term vaudeville.
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Burrogink
Rosery
Charlie Whit
Diamead
RB. M. Carroll
Carroll
Diamond
White
Broadway
Robert W. Butler
Butler
Tony Poster
Ainger
Bowery
Volks-Garden
The
People's Theater
Tony
Alls
Boardway
Fourteenth Street
Tammany Hall
Paster
Theater Comique
Olympic Theater
Pastor
Potter
J. F. Keith
Boston
Hne
Sam Ritchie
Ritchie
John Hart
Bowery Theater
Foster’s Theater
Chicago Scholar Leaves for Cornell Professorship
Ralph C H Catterall, an instructor at the University of Chicago, will join Cornell University as an assistant professor of modern and English history. He will leave Chicago after the current quarter and spend a year studying in Europe on leave, before commencing duties at Cornell upon his return.
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Chicago
Ralph C. H. Catterall
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Catterall
University
Correll
Europe
Morgan's New Cixare and the Jekylsland Connection
Morgan's new cigar collection grows with a Jekylsland visit influencing his taste. A novelty eight inch cigar bearing his initials is added to his possessions. The piece notes politics and banking failures as worsening troubles.
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Pierpont Morgan
Aiice Shin
Jekylsland
Royal Navy to Celebrate King Coronation Worldwide
Portsmouth Letter to London Telegraph reports a grand naval celebration with ships from seven squadrons stationed globally to salute the king. About 100000 sailors will drink to the monarch as fleets converge at Spithead for a massive review featuring vessels from wooden brigs to the battleship London and cruiser Sulley.
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Admiralty
Bia
Westminster Abbey
South American
Republica
Were Indies
Afrian
Dominion of
Canada
Orean
Spithead
Southsea
Channel
Home
London
Sulley
Victoria and Albert
Osborne
Alberta
Trinity House
Portsmouth
London Telegraph
The Misouri River Legend in Omaha’s Early History
A nostalgic account recalls a phrase about the Missouri River and recounts the 1807 discovery by John H Mensing of land near Kansas City. Mensing withstood a bayonet assault to defend a river island stockade, which shrank under the river’s power yet grew in value as federal plans to reserve the land faced delays and competing claims.
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Omaha
Missouri
Misaouri
Xechlnes
Town
Nebraska
Kansas City
John H. Mensing
Mensing
Sam
Providence
Interior Department
Ponsesalon
Missouri River Diminishes In Size And Power
The Missouri River is described as aging and diminished, with three of four original bluffs now on dry banks at Blumark North Dakota. Water intake issues and lowered river levels affect cities along the river, sparking theories about artesian wells diverting underground flows. Civil engineers notice a narrows channel and exposed wrecks where ships once sailed, labeling the Big Muddy as a once mighty stream in a slow decline.
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Mensing
Missouri
Northern Pacific Railroad
Blumark
N. D
Blamark
Biemark
Mississippi
Dakotas
Atutea
Big Muddy
New York Times
Supreme Court Justices Enjoy Open Carriage Ride in D.C.
Washington коррrespondent recalls a court outing after a decision, noting Justices Shiras McKenna Peckham White and colleagues strolling from the capital's streets in an open car. The scene emphasizes their relaxed demeanor and public curiosity as a parade-like procession formed outside the vast court precincts.
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Shiras
Bia
Justice McKenna
Justice Peckham
Fong
Uthe
Justice White
Washington
New York Evening Post
Real Estate Bargains Near Main Street and Merrill School
Real estate deals offered including five building lots near Main Street and Merrill School priced 250 to 500, four lots on Jackson Street near New York Avenue, a peat and cheapest building lot in a top residence district, and two modern houses at 339 Elm Street with 10 by 22 foot lots, valuation up to 8,000, asking 5,500 or rent at 23 per month.
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Main Street
Merrill School
Jackson St
New York Ave
Jota
Elm St
Observers Note Lord Kitchener Mood Shifts in South Africa
A New York Times account recalls three mood stages in Lord Kitchener during the South African campaign. Early optimism about ending the war with a quick Boers victory gave way to cautious replies as questions persisted, revealing tension between desire for victory and search for a feasible peace.
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Lord Kitchener
New York Times
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