Norway Opens Mountain Route Bergen Christiania Rail
The King Haakon opened a new railway linking Bergen and Christiania through 492 kilometers of road and 178 tunnels. The Gravehall tunnel and many shorter tunnels mark the route, built by Norwegian engineers and workers at a total cost of 64 million kroner. The line promises year round traffic with wooden cut walls and three American rotary snow plows aiding operations.
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Christiania
Bergen
Haakon
Norway
Dovre
Fylefjeld
Langfjeldene
Trondhjem
Harold Saarfager
Storthing
Bergen-Christiania
Voss
Asbjornsen
Woas
Opset
Giselle
Gravehall
Taugevaud
Hallingdale
Christiania-Gjovik
Roa
Chinese Adept Fan Makers Washington
American consul at Swatow reports on the ancient Chinese fan trade. Fans originate in Peng-Chow near Swatow where bamboo and skilled women and now men and children mold frames. The process uses split bamboo ribs, silk gauze faces, and varnished edges to create shell shaped fans for advertising use.
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Pontius
Swatow
Peng-Chow
Washington
Albert W. Pontius
China
Ampow
Shape note: platforms set lower than present levels
A planning statement notes that platforms will be lowered by about one and a half inches compared with current levels. The change aims to adjust access and ensure alignment with the overall design plan.
Governor Recites Letters to Comical Demand and Quack Cures
Indianapolis readers learn how the governor handles a flood of mail from across the states. A Monongahela Democrat asks for 100 dollars as a gift or loan, while others seek a 50 cent medicine name the governor allegedly used to cure rheumatism. A Kentucky writer mimics the cure story and claims long-standing dyspepsia. The governor notes Democrats claim a single disease and seeks no gifts.
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Ndianapolis
Monongahela
New York
Kentucky
California
Foiled in a Plan to Bunco the Baby
Pittsburg newlyweds wanted to start their baby in savings from birth by using a bank created for the child. Family planned deposits from relatives grew to about 20 to 30 dollars. When a need arose the mother attempted a ten dollar early withdrawal, but the teller opened the box revealing 347 pennies, four nickels and one dime.
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Ittsburg
Pittsburg
Jeff
Snookuime
Snookume
Mamma
Pastor declares devil a myth after New Year meeting
Rev Albert H Jordan of First Congregational Church argues from studies of Typhon Ahirman and Salem witches that there is no lasting evil principle. He cites The History of the Devil by Dr Paul Carus and says theology now favors life over damnation and that devil worship is a relic of the past.
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Devil
Paul ‘Carus
Carus
Some Philosophy of a Manicure Girl
A New York manicure girl shares blunt views on city life and its people. She notes furs as a winter craze and artificial powers hiding among them, observes tipping norms, and comments on gender, hardship, and the town’s hard edge.
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the Hague
Holland
Juliana
Wilhelmina
West Indies
York
New York
England
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