Pontoon Bridge Across the Hudson Proposed by Park Officials
Major Welch of the Palisades Interstate Park advocates a pontoon bridge spanning the Hudson from Yonkers to Alpine to ease auto congestion and ferry crowding. The plan would reuse 50 ships as pontoons, built in under a year for about two million dollars, with a four-lane deck and drawspan provisions for river traffic.
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Dickinson Sherman
Hudson
Yonkers
Alpine
Aerous
United States
Europe
New York
Palisades Interstate Park
W. A. Welch
New Jersey
Palisades
The
Federated Club
BH. Harriman
New York City
George W. Perkins
Shipping Board
Wood
Indiana
James River
United States Shipping Board Snatly
Ship Construction and ‘Trading Corporation of New York
Hudson River
Selentide
Youke
T Park
Major Welch
Otis He Cutler
Hudson River Bridge
Jay Lindenthal
Lindenthal
Delaware
Philidelp
Yonkers Wis
New York Ferries
Measuring Rain Gauges And Grasshoppers In Markets
The text explains rainfall measurement with a funnel rain gauge and a simple 4 copper funnel design, noting an opening area of ten square inches and a method to convert measured rain to depth using a conversion factor. It also mentions rain gauges should be placed open and unobstructed, and briefly notes grasshoppers as a staple in food markets in Arabia, Egypt and Madagascar.
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Arabia
Egypt
Madagascar
Flies Breed In Old Broome Grease Soaked Brooms
An ant fly campaign in Canil zone traced breeding to twelve old grease soaked corn brooms used to sweep Balbos restaurant floors. The finding highlights sanitation hazards in the dining area and prompts corrective action by management.
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Old Broome
Canil Zone
Fies
Balbos
4 Rare Bird A peptimist goes in the back door
A tersely phrased item notes a quirky statement about a peptimist who enters through the back door when the front is shut and blows off the root of the chimney. The Arklight is mentioned in a clipped, decorative style with playful wordplay.
Flowers and the Seas
A Canadian professor reports on flowering plants from 639 specimens across Quebec, noting white blooms appear in about one third, yellow flowers in about one quarter, and purples blues in roughly one tenth. White flowers are most common in April, May and June.
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Quebec
Good Roads Aid Prosperity In Virginia County
A fragmented local piece credits better roads with prosperity, linking road improvements to a boom in creameries and milk delivery. It notes farms upgrading to purebred dairy cattle, more auto trucks, and revived creameries after improved roads sparked business year round.
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Mumory
Virginia
Willie Ayaniser
Rockinghim
Creamry
Do Tes
Eathishasia Waite
Udm
Cate Creaieries
Mrs Roosevelt Race with Mule Ends in Draw at Duchess Fair
The Duchess county fair at Poughkeepsie New York featured a race with Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs J Griswold on a mule. The event finished in a draw as a photograph captured Mrs Roosevelt in a silk outfit and her husband guiding the mule. A separate tale mentions a tuna fish tow linked to Willa K Vanderbilt, with a 12 mile round trip and a 500 pound estimate, ending when the line jammed and the fish escaped near shore.
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Theodore Roosevelt
J. Griswold
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Willa K. Vanderbilt
Copinse
Halifax
Lotus Eater Becomes Wisconsin Flagship Bloom Scene
Miss Lucile Biren holds an armful of genuine lotus blossoms gathered at Grass Lakes Wisconsin. Local beds claim to be the world’s best lotus source, and the only true lotuses on the North American continent, drawing curious shoppers and photo lovers.
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Wisconsin
Lucile Biren
Grass Lakes
Wis
North America
Condensations From a Distant World In Brief
The Sitka widow mourns with a deeply painted upper face. Danish girls learn to swim and roam both land and water. The Roman bridal wreath used verbena plucked by the bride. Hoof freachers hint at wealth in labor. China claims an early newspaper in Christian era history.
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Denmark
United States
China
Tibetan Shrine Exhibit At New York Museum Reveals Buddhist Saint
A detailed Tibetan temple shrine is on temporary display at the American Museum History. The collection, largely from Tibetan temples via a Chinese expedition after Younghusband’s departure, is owned mainly by British artist Alexander Scott who lived in Darjeeling. The central figure is Pads Sambhava, the first Buddhist teacher, depicted with a vulture, symbolizing high doctrine. The exhibit draws many summer visitors.
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New York
Tibet
Francis Younghusband
Shassa
Forbidden City
Alexander Scott
Darjeeling
India
Young- Husband
Himalayas
Pads
Sambhava
Vadina Simbhava
Thie Saint i
Mont Papleinge
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Marquis of Lafayette
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Marne
Uilon Square
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Jobin F. O'Ryin
Lafayatte
Asia Minor
Jan Add
Eski-Shelir
Mrs. Roosevelt
W. K
Ulster
Stormont Castle
Welfast
Northern Ireland
New York Museum
Maine
State
Union
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