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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
W2A Radford Editor William A Budford answers readers questions on housing narrow lots and modern improvements. A design features an 18 foot wide house with 28 foot six inch length emphasizing light, a front dormer, and a back hall plan. It argues that attractive finishes and plumbing boost rent and sale appeal, plus anecdotes about trolley passengers and a humorous umbrella remark.
Eaisen Sage and other women have pledged $64,000 to the cause of woman suffrage for the United States. Payments will be made in $12,000 yearly installments over the next five years. The American Woman Suffrage Association annual income has grown from $2,534 in 1892 to $26,602 in 1907.
A historical survey of underground passages in Europe shows modern royal vaults and tunnels linking palaces to guard quarters and royal residences. Berlin and London boast extensive networks, Rome and Paris expose ancient catacombs while Stockholm houses vast subterranean chambers beneath the Berger Jart palace. Legends claim Charles XIV’s treasure lies within Gustave Adolphus era cellars.
Scattered across Washington, workshops housed in unlikely buildings support 116 employees as the new departmental building nears completion. The article notes varied a4 facilities, from corner depots to quirky upper stories, illustrating the dispersed federal workspace and its daily operations.
Gossip notes John D. Rockefeller has taken possession of a new million dollar estate at Pocantico Hills. The labyrinthine mansion features terraces, hidden passages, and high stone walls. Eighteen watchmen two detectives and a bloodhound guard the property with a single access through a gateway.
In vigilant pursuit of money, a roving group of brokers hustles to profit from the men who drive market demand. They peddle everything from a shoe string to a diamond and from a dog to a horoscope, drawing crumbs from the big table in the financial district. A pocket broker versed in the street life thrives, known to tempt with fine jewels and to profit from deals in the lobby of the New York exchange and nearby offices. A necktie seller by sample sits crippled by the market’s temptations.
Street commerce hums as two or three men vend puppies while “Shoestring Dilly” peddles from New Street. A der by hat can become a diamond ring in moments, and rumors claim a vast price lies hidden somewhere. Brokers fear daily offers from pocket merchants could ruin them in a year. Two fortune tellers arrive, adding to broker troubles.
The French Bulldog Club of America plans a roof show at the Waldorf Astoria on December 4 and 6, the first of its kind atop a hotel in the city. Waldorf owner George C. Heidt approves extensive alterations costing thousands to accommodate the exhibition space. Several prominent club members and guests from Philadelphia, Buffalo, and other cities are listed among the attendees and exhibitors.
The Waldorf Astoria roof will host a Toy Spaniel Club of America show with plans for future events on the hotel roof. Mrs Pulsifer of New Rochelle and Mrs Sell er of Philadelphia head the host committee alongside honorary president Thomas W. Lawson. The event aims to combine with the French Bulldog Club of America, enlarging kennel space and creating a glass roof enclosure for kennels and promenade. The entire roof space will be given to the club for two days and visitors will watch from the glass covered area.
John G Fitzgerald pastor of St Stephen's searches for four former parishioners missing for years. The men M S Troy J M White S P Gibbons and G Brown were adopted 17 years ago as subjects for life insurance policies naming the church as beneficiary. Policies on a 20 year plan were taken out with premiums funded by the church pending any word on their fate.
A church faced with long lost parishioners shows past leaders and members like Mosara, Troy, White, Gibbons, and Brown moved away with Kilby later in charge. Records later reveal no clear address for the former members, raising questions about their whereabouts over years.
A inebriated passenger dozing aboard a Boon Way surface car stirs a wake up call from the conductor. The man demands his fare, insisting the conductor reveal his name as others panic while the scene ends unresolved.
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