Great Works and Their Lost Nauman Lives
New York recounts the high human cost behind major public works. It notes dozens of deaths in caisson and tunnel projects under the East and North rivers, including the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges and the subway, with details on sand hogs, compressed air dangers, and notable casualty figures across years.
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New York
Delmeant
East River
Hudeon Company
Church and
Dey Streets
Brooklyn Bridge
John A. Roebling
Frst
Col W. A. Rowbling
Young Channing Ballard
Bullard
Cambridge Latin School
Pennsylvania
Bright
North River
Morton Street
De Soto oak doomed by invasive parasite attack in Florida
A 300 year old De Soto oak in Tampa Bay area parks is described as dying from a moss like parasite that attacks and kills trees. The report notes the moss spreads with wind and can produce a water like growth in branches, threatening the giant oak noted for its massive base and height.
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Florida
Tampa Hay Hotel
de Soto
de Sito
Cincinnati Enquirer
Not All Matter of Memory in a New York Hotel
An informal supper tale centers on a New York hotel manager boasting clerks remember all details. A midnight bet about stealing a key leads to a staged capture of a guest named Mr Johnson. The manager reveals the trick works because no room numbered below 100 is in the house. The ending notes a beleaguered boarder and a joke about hypnotism.
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New York
Mr. Johnson
Jonson
Safeguard the Home Good Citizens Rally
A vigorous call to duty urges citizens to stand as the nation’s bulwark, urging vigilance, civic participation, and moral stewardship in defense of constitutional values and community safety.
Two Vital Things for Progress Education and Protection
The piece urges education and home protection as foundations of progress and patriotism. It stresses American homes as pillars of the republic, the role of good roads, local schools, and prudent town growth, noting the harms of out-of-town trade and urging loyalty to home interests and community institutions. It questions who truly builds a town, arguing that money, trade, and preaching must stay local.
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Sach
Russia
Central American
America
Binell God
United States
Gov Folk expresses support for urban growth and rural prosperity
Gov Folk champions expanding wealth and population in cities while ensuring country towns prosper. He emphasizes freedom for merchants to build up livelihoods, stating if a place is good enough to live and earn, it is good enough to invest and spread wealth.
No Time for Study Warns Against Investment Frauds
A paper broadside urges readers to stay informed on public affairs and beware fraudulent investments. It warns about mining and oil scams that drain millions yearly, urges cautious scrutiny of high return promises, and stresses using newspapers and phones to verify schemes. It argues educated citizens defend themselves and the republic by informed participation.
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Java
Lke
Snipers
Peoce
Ufe
Science versus Liquor address by Dr Taylor in St Louis
Dr Bo Taylor of Boston spoke at an Anti Saloon League convention in St Louis on Science versus Liquor. He cited estimates of alcohol’s harm, urged education through public schools, and noted international temperance efforts including a shift from anti abuse to anti alcohol congress. The piece also mentions German temperance hand carts and Danish posters warning that alcohol causes insanity and crime.
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Bo ‘Taylor
Boston
St. Louis
Taylor
Europe
International Temperance Congress
International Anti-Alcohol Congress
Hadley
Yale University
Hose Watering Advice From Florist
In a May evening scene a suburbanite waters grass and shrubs via a hose. A florist warns against aiming like a gun and urges watering as nature does by showering from the sky to imitate rain for better results.
Adulterated Coffee and Canned Goods Warned by Chemists
Missouri and South Dakota chemists found samples of coffee extracts and canned goods from a premium giving concern to be highly adulterated. The items sold at premium prices. health minded shoppers are urged to avoid mall order foods. The mall order system is blamed for decaying small towns, harming farmers, markets, and schools.
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Iife
Missouri
South Dakota
Misfits In Songs and Plays Exchange Barbed Viewpoints
In a colorful exchange a speaker notes an American play tonight by an English author and jokes about English authors dominating American drama. The dialogue recalls a nostalgic English song with a repeated chorus about cotton fields and a bygone era, reflecting witty cultural contrasts.
Regulation pins disinfectants to usage directions in Victoria
A new Victorian rule makes it an offense to sell a disinfectant or substance unless the label directs its use to fill the germ of divoane and the explicit instruction "for use" appears on every bottle or wrap. Australia’s total disinfectant imports amount to about 250000 dollars.
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Victoria
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Swiss Move to Ban Absinthe Up for National Vote
The Swiss government faces a petition from 168,341 citizens urging suppression of absinthe production and sale. The measure links the spirit to widespread misery and calls for a nationwide popular vote on its prohibition.
The Foe of Labor Quote by Bishop Spalding
The foe of labor is not capital but ignorance and vice. In the English-speaking world, the worst enemy to drink is the saloon. Bishop Spalding of Peoria argues the saloon has the power to impoverish and degrade the workingman in his concise statement on labor and capital.
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Bishop Spalding
Peoria
Rasy
Smallest church in Penon Mexico dwarf church tucked near volcano
A tiny church in Penon Mexico near Mexico City measures about ten feet by twelve feet and sits under a volcano. The altar space only allows the couple to turn around once during a marriage ceremony. In Panama Zone, J J Kipite Fletcher reported on moral conditions and mission need among a white population near 3,000 with about 15,000 colored residents.
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Penon
Mex
Mexico City
Panama
J. J. Kipite Fletcher
Pregbtterian Board of Home Emissions
Panama Canal Zone
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