Mayor Predicts Two Hour Chicago to New York Transit
Cleveland Mayor Tom L Johnson spoke at the Cleveland Civil Engineers' club banquet of a future rapid transit system using electric toboggan slide rails. He forecast a Chicago to New York trip in about two hours, faster than a ballistic timetable, driven by magnetically drawn, straight rail slides and electric propulsion.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland Civil Engineers’ Club
Chicago
New York
Tulsa Ad Campaign Train to Promote Resources Visit
A hundred volunteers will ride a special train through Illinois Indiana Ohio Iowa and Missouri to advertise Tulsa’s natural gas coal and other resources. The modified baggage car serves as a newspaper office printing daily editions for each visited city. A 50 piece brass band will accompany the train and an exhibit of local resources will travel in the coach.
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Tulsa
I. T
United States
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Missouri
Newspaper Dome
Daily Record
Jail A House Of Plenty In Woodbury County
Taxpayers protest jail conditions in Woodbury County Iowa alleging inflated food bills and luxurious inmate amenities. Grand jury report prompts demand for work programs and end to excess luxuries as overcrowding concerns persist. Citizens vow to petition authorities amid accusations of sheriff profits from meals.
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Bronx City
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Roosevelts plan for long range weapons and bayonet changes
The policy details new army and navy upgrades. The army prepares for hand to hand combat with sharpened sabers and a broader bayonet, while the navy shifts to longer range guns. The president orders rapid readiness, noting Manchurian and Port Arthur lessons. The reach of American rifles is shorter, prompting a switch to longer rifles, bayonets, and new styles.
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Roose Yell
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Far East
Love story of Mr. Steyn at Cape Town reveal romance
Ex President Steyn arrives in Cape Town with wife and daughters after years away. A youthful courtship began on a ship with a girl aged 12. Years later in Bloemfontein he meets the now 18 year old Miss Fraser, proposes, but poverty delays marriage. Letters were misdirected to a trusted friend, fueling gossip the barrister faced betrayal.
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Cape Town
Steyn
South Africa
Europe
Bloemfontein
Fraser
Explorer Aid Sought for Amundsen Naval Expedition
San Francisco report notes Collector Stratton forwarding Swedish Norwegian consul Henry Lund's notice of Captain Amundsen leading eight Norwegians aboard the 47 ton sloop Gjoa in 1903. The aim is magnetic north pole fixing near Boethier Feliz peninsula and a possible northwest passage, with revenue cutters on standby for relief if needed.
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San Francisco
Stratton
Heory Lund
Sweden
Norway
United States
Gjoa
Ronald Amundses
James Ross
Boethier Feliz
Amundsen
North Pacific
Arctic
Gjou
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J. 8 Morrison
Mills Building
el Paso
Texas
W. & Brown
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Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Harvey
Will M. Robins
General Merchandise
I. L. Gatzert & Co
White Sewing Machine Company
Silver Leaf
Tomlinson
Hillsboro
N. Mex
W. A. Shepard
Tival Club
Chas. U. Meyers
Propr
Teaford
New Mexico
A. B. Elliott
H. A. Wolford
WM. H. Bucher
Frank I, Given, M. D
Offiice—Post Olive Drug Store
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Laidlaw Building
Court House
Alianza Sierra
Josh Villasenor
Tom Murphy
Pool and Billiads
Gotham
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Indian Territory
A. J. Hannah
Umatilla, Fla
Liniment Co. Uu
S.A
Geo. T. Miller
Post Office
MR. Steyn
Orange Free State
Francee
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