Two Cities Share A Home Split by Street Line
A Yonkers and New York jurisdiction dispute centers on Thomas Doyle’s five flat buildings at 200 and 400 Fortieth Street and McLean Avenue. Half the property lies in Yonkers and half in New York, leaving no fire exits and unclear responsibility. Residents joke about cross city breakfasts and double-slit kitchens as officials consider who must respond in a fire. The situation includes a combined market on the ground floor where meat is NY located and cash handled in Yonkers.
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New York
Thomas Doyle
Two Hundred and Fortieth Street
McLean Venue
Sonkers
Yonkers
Papa
Mamma
John
Yonkera
African Jungle Cotillion Stuns Chicago Society Scene
The La Salle hotel hosts a Parisian style cotillion by Mrs Houghteling and Mrs Butler for Miss Leila Houghteling and Miss Marion Butler. Debutantes appear as gilded gun wielding animals with Jack Winterbotham as Roosevelt. Other tableaux include Young Lochinvar on hobby horses, Scottish bagpipers, bridal brides, and a flower arch finale with bedecked sedan chairs.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Jack Winterbotham
James L. Houghteling
Herman B. Butler
Leila Houghteling
Marion Butler
la Salle Hotel
Kenneth Goodman
Lochinvar
Hens Cause A Stir In Cedar Grove Night
Max Reismann toiled through a sleepless night checking a hen house where 15 visits, loud clucks and crowing roosters followed. Neighbors were awake as well. The source notes that Mrs. Reismann brewed coffee grounds in the yard, triggering the hens to stay awake after an afternoon feeding.
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Cedar Grove
N. J
Max Reismann
Max
Moving Picture Show for Norfolk Asylum
The state board of public lands and buildings will buy a moving picture machine for the amusement of the insane patients at the Norfolk asylum. Superintendent J C Percival says the pictures soothe patients and can be watched without the exciting effects of other diversions.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Norfolk Asylum
J. C. Percival
White immigration promotes Hawaii growth and tourism
In Los Angeles, Antonio Perry, associate Hawaii Supreme Court justice, argues for white immigration to Hawaii to boost plantations, education, and youth services. He notes Russians and Portuguese arriving, a growing tourist trade, and calls for suspending a coastwise shipping law to ease passenger travel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Honolulu
Antonio Perry
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Board of Education of
Siberia
Azores
C. L. Atkinson
United States
Colorado
Perry
Congress
Philippines
New York Moves to Enforce Higher Marriage Ages
City clerk P. J. Scully orders clerks to refuse licenses to anyone under 21 for men or 18 for women until the corporation counsel rules on annulments. Over two years about 70,000 licenses issued in New York City and roughly 1,400 involved at least one party below the legal age.
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New York
Appellate Division
P. J. Scully
Corporation Counsel
Palmistry: A Critique of Charms and Charlatans
A critic mocks palm readers and astrology while detailing how palmistry claims to map mounts and lines to fate, health, and character. The piece argues scientific psychology rejects palmistry as nonsense, noting readings are insults masquerading as guidance and that fingers and hands reflect only muscle flexures, not destiny.
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New York
Washington Square
Lincoln Square
Apollo
Venus
C. Vanlair
Revue de Belgique
la Main Psychologique
Fere
Palmistry
Vanlair
Prof
Stirling
Victoria University
England
Royal Institution
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Palatial Museum OF the Sea
Prince Albert
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Newseum
Carlo
Oceanographical Museum
Estab
Great Metropolis
Hawai
New York City
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
Moon
Prof. Stirling
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