Burke's London Playwright Turned Waiter in Chicago Tale
A portrait of A L Burke, who wrote a hit London play and formerly waited tables at a small restaurant. He worked fourteen hours daily, living on tips, while characters debate fortunes and dogmatic views in a crowded room. An expedition in Chicago is planned to scour distant places, possibly testing the drainage canal.
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Shera Hadlu
A. L. Burke
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Chicago
Chicago Drainage Canal
Prize offered for non stop Paris flight by which city
A city has offered a $30,000 prize for a nonstop Paris to its airport flight. The item notes public interest and confirms the prize amount and contest context without naming the city in this excerpt.
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Paris
Warren Street Railway Schedules and Connections
The notice lists private cars from Warren to Sheffield and Warren to Jamestown with first departures at 5 50 a m and 6 00 a m. Regular city service runs Main Line every ten minutes from 6 00 a m to 6 10 p m. North Warren and Conewango avenues run every half hour to 11 p m or 10 20 p m. Sunday start times extend from 6 22 a m for the Main Line to 8 00 a m for North Warren and 6 00 a m for Conewango Avenue. Warren and Jamestown Street Railway shows first Warren to Russell at 6 00 a m and last Jamestown route returning by 11 55 p m, with Frewsburg connections and Saturday/Sunday operations noted.
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Conenango Avenue
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Jamestown
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