Three bosses in their own homes in a political era
A New York report surveys T C Platt and wife at their Broadway hotel suite and seaside summer retreat, Mark Hanna shaping a bustling Cleveland home life, and Croker balancing club life with a refined uptown residence. It contrasts public power with private domestic routines and the bosses’ family roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Boas
Ives
New York
Mrs. Platt
Sandation Beach
Planging
Mark Haute
Hannan
Sears
Hanna
Hga
Bors Croker
Croker
Crokers
Har
Democratic Club
Harlem House
Sundky
Mr. Croker
Newt Bieh
Papa
Mrs. Croker
Lawsuit of Nations Over Venezuela Boundary
A long arbitration dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana dominates headlines. The commission, formed by England United States and Venezuela, met in Paris to settle the boundary. Highlights include large sums paid to jurists, extensive briefs, and rich potential mineral and timber resources in the contested 69,000 square miles west of the Essequibo River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British Guiana
South America
France
Harrison
Venezuela
Paria
England
United States
Britsh Guiana
Cleveland
Italy
Russia
Greenwich
Congress
Lord Ruswell
Illowen
Richard Collins
Webster
Justice Fuller
Justice Brewer
Benjamin Harrison
General Tracy
Paris
Quai D’orgay
Prat. de Marteau
Rust
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Exssequibo River
Republic
el Calloa
Rothschilds
Trinidad
Essequibo River
Orinoco
Cuyunt
Mazarunt
Essequibo
Schomburg
Boundary disputes over Guiana span centuries and treaties
The article outlines competing claims in Guiana between Spain, the Dutch, and Britain, tracing the 1648 treaty and 166 years of Dutch control, then British cession in 1811. It notes voluminous archives from The Hague Seville Rome Caracas and London, with English translations and maps submitted to five arbitrators for a verdict on whether Britain or Venezuela will prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Guiana
Munster
Europe
British Guiana
Great Britain
Hague
Seville
Vatican
Rome
Piso
Venesuelan
Caracas
Venesuela
Venesusia
The Railroad of the Near Future Projections
A professor outlines plans for a high speed electric railway, with cars on runners or double rails and tubular tracks to prevent derailment. The system aims for 30 minute New York to Philadelphia trips, rubber tires, elevated tracks, and separated long narrow cars to reduce air resistance and noise.
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Chvia
Haa
Caste
Cape
Matt
Oberlin Smith
American Society of Engineers
Wig
Pete Cone
simMan
New York
Philadelphia
From Roots to Remedies in Antique Herbal List
A garbled historical excerpt lists plant products and preparations. It names gutta percha from Reece gutts trees, cinnamon inner rind, linseed seed, and madder dye, plus descriptions of emery, cream of tartar, and a simple fire extinguisher formula using salt and sal ammoniac in water.
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Orinoco R
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T. C. Platt
Ey Hanne
Beth
Groker
W York
Bien Ae
Aate Mays
Broadway
Muesh
Khows TC
Pratt
Hin
Dewey
Rei Root
Bose
Wick
Mark Hanna
Cartoo
Davenport
The
New York Journal
Thomas C. Platt
Albany
Washington
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Bush
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