Bridge to Link New York and New Jersey
Port Authority moves toward construction of the Hudson River span linking upper Manhattan and Fort Lee with a $60 million financing plan. The project will start early in 1927 pending War Department approval, with New York and New Jersey contributing $3 million each over five years and total cost estimated at $50 million. The bridge will be the world’s greatest span, with a 3556 foot unsupported section and a 206 foot vessel clearance, built in three construction stages to add traffic lanes.
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Phihiduphla Camden Bridge
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Princess Meets Romance in U S Princess at West Point
Princess Senna of Romania arrives with Queen Marie and Prince Nicholas. Cadet William Glasgow and Cadet Captain Henry Douglas escort her at West Point social, ending with a luncheon arranged through Paul Cravath. The princess later visits New York for a moonlit view and reunion.
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Tlenoa
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Romania
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Willl
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M. BP. Stewart
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Wiliam J. Clasgow
Washington
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Bel Air
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Army
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Tieana
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Generel
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Theana
General Stewart
Thayer Hotel
T Douglas
Bar Children to All Degenerates Would Bar Children
Dr Adolf Lorenz a Vienna surgeon argued against allowing mentally or physically weak to reproduce. He claimed humanity’s decline comes from prolonging lives of constitutionally weak individuals with hereditary disease. He warned measures to prevent the poor stock from reproducing are far from implemented.
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New York
Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Farmhand David Lewis wins long service medal
David Lewis a farmhand on a British estate for 65 years receives the Banbury Agricultural Association long service medal for his dedicated work and tenure.
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Looden
David Lewis
Banbury Agricultural Association
Kreowleon to Build Seven-Story Apt House with Elevator
China plans a seven story apartment building in Kreowleon featuring an elevator and three room suites. The project aims to provide distributed living space with compact unit layouts and modern amenities.
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Kreowleon
China
France Spends Vast Sums On Hair Across Nation
An estimate suggests French women’s beauty routines cost about 3.96 billion francs yearly, including bobbing, waving, and cleaning. If 3 million wives each paid 1827 francs annually, the annual outlay nears $125 million, with costs split between haircuts and permanents.
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Paris
Frapre Wuere
France
Scrub Oaks From America Used For French Game Preserves
Dr David G Pair of the U S Department of Agriculture reports that small scrub oaks from the northeastern United States are being shipped to France to provide brush cover on three country estates. The dwarf oaks grow to about nine feet and thrive on steep ground, promising better cover than local species.
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Wallogton
United States
David G. Pairchild
United States Department of Agricuiture
Ruth
Miayee
Grain King Trelle Crowned North America Wheat and Grain Show Champion
Hernand Trelle of Wembley Pesce River Alberta was crowned both wheat and grain show king at the International Live Stock Exposition. He is American by birth, homesteaded 100 acres in the Peace River district ten years ago, and now owns and farms 490 acres.
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Toneetend Fares
Wembley
Pesce River
Alberta
North America
Tretle
Peaca River
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