Giant River Tunnels Bring Jersey to Manhattan Walk
After decades of talk the Hudson River tunnels near completion allow dry shod passage from New Jersey to New York. Two parallel tubes under the river, financed by Hudson Companies, will carry trains with a five cent fare for a full river-to-city journey in eighteen months.
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Hudson River
New Jersey
Manhattan
Jersey
New York
W. G. Oakman
Hudson Companies
Manhattan- Jersey
New York City
Hudson
Old Hudson Company
New York and New Jersey Railroad Company
New Jersey Shore
Cortlandt
Church Strets
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Fourth Avvvenue
Sixth Avenue
Thirty Third Street
Hoboker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
East River
Philadelphia
Boston
No Stuffing Turkey Sparks Strong Opinion
A lively anonymous opinion piece mocks the idea of serving Christmas turkey without stuffing. It defends stuffing as essential to the bird’s flavor and to American tradition. The essay muses on Sarah Bernhardt and eccentric tastes as it pivots back to culinary heritage.
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Epicure
Simon
Turkey
Thomas Carlyle
Sarah Bernhardt
Chateau
Paris
Mme. Berkhardt
Louis Eve
Queen Beatrice rose shines from Washington gardens
A Washington gardener unveiled the Queen Beatrice rose a promising tea variety with pink and light crimson shading and strong fragrance. Developed by Peter Bissett at Twin Oaks the rose is planned for spring 1907 distribution with Kramer of Washington handling sales and a $30,000 price tag cited for a single bloom.
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Washington
Beatrice
Vny
Kramer
Robert E. Lee
F. H. Inkramer
F. H. Kramer
Beatrice” Rose
Richies
Liberty
Madam Chatenay
Gardiner Hubbard Mansion
Peter Bissett
Bissett
Gardiner Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Alexander Graham Bell
Twin Oaks
National Capital
Thomas Lawson
Lawson
Lawson Pink
Clination
Ikxramer
Washington Florist
Golden Gate
Washington Florists’ Club
Cupid the recruiting officer in Uncle Sam’s army romance
A wartime article describes Cupid as a powerful recruiter for the U S Army and Navy. Sergeants say lovers and heartbreak drive many enlistments as youths seek a uniform to impress their sweethearts or avoid heartbreak.
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Cupid
Sam
lIove
Inamorata
Uncle Sam
Richest Young Heir Nearing Vast Inheritance
A fourteen year old boy, adopted son of late millionaire Zeigier, is described as one of the richest youths in the world and will inherit nearly twenty million dollars. He is positioned among the era’s notable fortunes and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigier
Public Land Frauds and Western Land Grab
Three western men used desert land, homestead, and timber laws to claim and quickly sell government land for profit. Descriptions show fake irrigation, minimal residence, and rapid patenting, illustrating a pattern of fraud that fed vast private landholdings. The piece cites Roosevelt era reforms and a Public Lands Commission led by W A Richards Gifford Pinchot and Frederick H Newell, urging congressional action.
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Middle West
United States
Northwest
Oregon
Lewis and Clarke
Congress
Far Northwest
Sam
Roosevelt
West
W.A. Richards
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Frederick H. Newell
National Irrigation Or Reclamation Service
Senate
House of Representatives
Public Lands
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Sarah
Bernhardt
Thomas Fields
Ready
Fields
Beatrice Rose
Public Land
President's
Public Land Commission
Richard Hamilton Byrd
Republic
W. A. Richards
Public Lands Commission
John J. Murphy
Cook
Great West
Whico
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