Need of Good Roads Explained Promotes Road Improvement
A Union College address by Colonel Francis V. Greene argues roads measure civilization and urges common road improvements. He cites Massachusetts New Jersey and New York costs, notes railroads dominate transport, and praises macadam and crushed stone methods with county support and railroad cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union College
Francis V. Greene
Greene
United States
New Jersey
Ealy
Roy Stone
Massachusetts
New York
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Stone
General Stone
Pennsylvania
Union County
A. Dunham
Telford
McAdam
Clites
Qunandalgua
Cain
Middle
Am Excnze
Telford Foundation
Gen. Stone
Road Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Farewell to the trolley heralds new electric underground system
A New York City transit breakthrough introduces an underground conduit electric railway on Lenox Avenue connected to the Metropolitan Traction system. The General Electric designed conduit allows one transfer from Battery to 146th Street and promises rapid development of a new Harlem corridor with safety features and sectional control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
New York City
Metropolitan Traction Company
One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
West One Hundred and Eighth Street
New York
General Electric Company
Lenox Avenue
Novel underground conduit electric traction system tested
A new conduit based electric street railway system uses two side by side conductors with a plough contact pressing on them. The General Electric 8006 motors and K2 controllers power cars similar to Broadway line, promising cheap, fault tolerant rapid transit without overhead wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Street
Lenox
Seventh Avenue
Atrip
General Electric
Broadway
New York
The Wane of Comstock in Gotham Art Scene
Gotham reporting on Anthony Comstock losing status as an art authority after a clash with Steven Brodie over immoral paintings. Commissioner Woodman rejects his demand to revoke Brodie’s license and notes past contradictions involving Comstock’s own displayed works. Strong local dynamism stirs public satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
Order of Things
New York
Cleveland World
Anthony Cometock
Anthony
Excise Board
Steven Brodie
Brodie
Woodman
World of Melody Signals Joyful Winter Music Scene
In the Electric City the winter season promises rich musical activity. The Lyric Club led by T. J. Davies, United choirs under John T. Watkins, and Richard Lindsay with new comic opera ventures, plus Hemberger’s Symphony Orchestra reset for active work, all indicate a bustling season with notable artists like Mme Georgine von Januschofaky and Miss Hortense Coyne taking prominent roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Whippoorwill
Lyric Club
T. J. Davies
United Choirs
John T. Watkins
Richard Lindsay
Hemberger
Electric City
Miss Moore
Dramatic Mirror
Mme, Georgine von Januschofaky
Mesra
Abbey and
Grau
Metropolitan Opera House
Isolde
the Bruenhildes
Fidello
Elizabeth
Grateful Carter Finds Treasure From Loyal Horse
James Hudson, a poor carter, befriends his horse Baldy who uncovers a deep grave with a Spanish doubloon and a heavy gold strong box. Old Malily samples a coin. the treasure value is about 27019 dollars. Hudson vows not to sell Baldy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Hudson
Kaneateles
James
Baldy
Bally
Hudson
Malily
Maps and Schedules Tweaked for Shorter Routes
A disgruntled general passenger agent orders a map maker to move Chicago closer to the “direct” line to New York and to shift Buffalo Detroit and New York positions. He demands crooked lines and regional adjustments to make the Buffalo division seem shortest to Boston and hints at the map maker’s inexperience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peasenger
Chicago
New York
Buffalo
Detroit
Yank Benton
Boston
Roth in Evidence and the Cherry Red Mercury
A clipped item from the Indianapolis Journal notes metaphorical images of Roth in evidence as a bright ambitious mercury heated to a cherry red while butter and the summer girl begin to make a spread, evoking vivid salon imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth
Indianapolis Journal
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine advertised for women health
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a tonic for ladies suffering weakness and exhaustion. It claims to restore flesh and plumpness, improve digestion and blood, and recommends mothers use it for daughters. Matthews Bros. of Scranton sells it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Matthews Bros
Scranton
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Weeoneln
Tractiom Company
One Hundred
Harlem
Comstock
Misa Hortense Coyne
Adams Avenue
P. H. Coyne
Misa Coyne
Vieltation Academy
Washington
D. C
Miss Coyne
George B. Carter
London Missionary Society
Wales
George Meredith
Llanelly
Valley of Aberdare
Merthyr
Chance
Second Presbyterian Church
Professor Weedon
Preston Park
Mme. Patti
M. Nicolini
Nicolini
Nicolin
Victor Herbert
Pittsburg
Harry B. Smith
Nordlea
Sousa
Patt
Mancianelli
America
Aberystwyth
Frederic Grifith
Jeu Welshman
Royal Academy of Music
Senor Manuel Gomez
Clarionettist
Septimus Webbe
Frederick the Great
Frederic
D. Rees
East London
Cape Colony
Chatterton
Leoncavallo
Dumas
Femme de
Claude
Juan Vatera
Pepita Jimines
Senor Albenis
Li Lehmann
Mme. Bembrich
Messrs. Abbey and Grau
Next Seawas
National Theatre
Rome
Saint Laeas
Mredegonde
Ernest Gueraud
England
Louise Moore
Hadway
Lelie
Radway & CO
Radway’'S
Eva M. Hetzel
E. M. Hetzel
Dupont
Wapwal Milla
Lo Eerme County
Opmington, Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming District
NTE Wyomingave
Third National Bank
Wictes
Medano Chemical” Com
Gexter Snee Co
Deslore
Gilhool’s Carriage ‘Works
Globe Shoe Store
Lackarve
Evans & Powell, Prop’ra
Lexion
HEBRA
Eee
Drogsicts
A. C
Sete
Johe
Aylesworth’s
Wyoming
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