Moving stairway trial on Brooklyn Bridge raises questions
A Reno declined elevator moving stairway was installed on Brooklyn Bridge for experimental use with bridge officials. It previously operated at Coney Island for about two weeks last summer carrying over 74 000 people without accident. The device is a seven foot high tread mill style belt. passengers stand on a moving platform and are elevated by an electric motor, landing beside conventional stairs.
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Brazil's Railroads and Public Debt Policy
A Financial News item from Rio de Janeiro reports that earnings of government railroads will go to debt redemption. It says two thirds of railway proceeds will fund debt reduction and that all government lines are to be leased for sixty years. The notice outlines currency redemption and revenue use for public finances.
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Attacks Paper Trust in Capitol Hearings
Washington January 1 dispute over a paper trust dominates hearings before the waring committee. John Norris of the New York World and ex-Congressman William A Russell of Massachusetts clash over alleged plans to form a central paper trust to raise prices and squeeze publishers. Ex-Senator Warner Miller of New York echoes aims to extend the scheme to foreign markets. both deny a formed combine though Norris and Miller describe ongoing efforts and potential price protections for newspapers.
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Vice in Gotham A Temperance talk denounces lax law enforcement
Dr Tack Funk, addressing the American Temperance union at Chickering hall, renews charges of vice in fake hotels under the Barnes law and criticizes New York and Brooklyn authorities for inaction. He cites 2,760 police complaints and notes only one suspended conviction under the Barnes law in nine months. He cites affidavits claiming police pressure over Sunday saloon closures to appease German voters, and condemns police courts as a weak link in municipal governance while urging better enforcement.
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The Semi-Weekly Tribune Announces Twinkles Supplement
The New York Semi-Weekly Tribune offers a 16 page colored seria comic supplement titled Twinkles with every Friday issue. Subscriptions at $2 a year direct to The Tribune include free access for readers who remit the full annual price, while others do not receive the supplement.
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Harper's Weekly marks forty years of public service
Harper's Weekly reflects on forty years of covering politics science arts and letters. It previews future goals and promises continued cartoons serials departments and world news while inviting subscribers to renew at four dollars per year with postage free nationwide.
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Red Letter Year for 1897 in Scribner's Magazine
Scribner's Magazine outlines 1897 plans with London through Gibson and Davis novel Soldiers of Fortune. It previews The Conduct of Great Businesses series, undergraduate life at Yale Princeton Harvard, Japan and China since the war, The Unquiet Sex by Helen Watterson Moody, Howells story of a play, Cable stories, travel pieces, and illustrated features expected from American and foreign artists.
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Scribner's Magazine ad for 1897 features booklet offer
In a compact space the ad highlights numerous attractions of 1897 Scribner's Magazine. A beautiful illustrated booklet is prepared and available postage paid on request. Subscriptions are $3.00 a year or 25 cents per copy.
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North American Review Haunts Public Attention Shifts
In no way can Americans so effectively inform themselves on the subjects that claim public attention from one month to another as by reading the North American Review. This excerpt emphasizes the Review as a premier source for informed discourse and timely topics.
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The Review as a Family Magazine Highlighting Public Interest
This passage extols The Review as a family magazine closely tracking Public Interest across morals politics science literature business and municipal affairs. It boasts authoritative contributors and asserts timely treatment of subjects in the public mind with focus on women’s interests.
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