Massive Demolition for Pennsylvania Rail Terminal Site
New York December 9 One of the worst wrecks in building the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal project spans Seventh to Ninth avenues and Thirty first to Thirty third streets. About 600 workers and 146 teams clear debris from 300 buildings valued at $1 million, aided by three 70 ton steam shovels and 60 steam hills boring through rock, as the vast rail yards and underground structures take shape.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ninth Avenues
Acame
Dickinson and Penn State debate on labor unions in Carlisle
In Carlisle Pennsylvania this evening Dickinson College debates Pennsylvania State College on the resolution that labor unions are inimical to the public welfare The visiting team supports the affirmative and Dickinson the negative The winning team advances to meet Swarthmore and Franklin and Marshall winners
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Carlisle
Dickinson
Pennsylvania State
G A R Leaders Gather in Chicago for Denver Encampment
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic executive committee and staff of Commander in Chief General Blackman of Boston assemble in Chicago to prepare for a Denver trip. The encampment dates will be decided at the meeting, with the party traveling about ten days. Shoppers note Teutach's Department Store offering felt slippers as Christmas gifts.
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Chicago
Iil
Grand Army of the Republic
Waterproofing Grant's Tomb Promises Century Preservation
New York dispatch reports a waterproofing plan for Grant's Tomb using paraffin infiltration to seal stone pores. Heated surface treatment and sprayed wax deepen to about a quarter inch, aiming to prevent interior and exterior leakage for 100 years. Also notes admissions about deafness cure claims and a university debate on the canteen system.
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New York
Grant
Central Park
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Holden Star
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F. S. Younger
Main Street
Anzing
Jara
Teutach's
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J. Cheney Co CO
Toledo
Athens
University of Georgia
University of the South
Sewanee Han
Georgia
United States Army
Albany, Or
Rob Begg
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